Privacy Policy
MH Academy of Performing Arts
General Data Protection Regulations 2018
In accordance with the GPDR Statement.
GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation and replaces the previous Data Protection. It was approved by the EU Parliament in 2016 and comes into effect on 25th May 2018. GDPR states that personal data should be ‘processed fairly & lawfully’ and ‘collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes’ and that individuals data is not processed without their knowledge and are only processed with their ‘explicit’ consent. GDPR covers personal data relating to individuals. MH Academy of Performing Arts is committed to protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals with respect to the processing of children’s, parents, visitors and staff personal data. The Data Protection Act gives individuals the right to know what information is held about them. It provides a framework to ensure that personal information is handled properly.
MH Academy of Performing Arts
Will not disclose (other than to Official Examination bodies) or sell personal data to third parties.
Will not disclose personal data to other members of the School and their families.
The School uses contact numbers and emails for communication with and updates to parents, whole school and individual communication, invoices and general information.
Emergency Parent contact numbers are given to MH Academy of Performing Arts for the use of emergency contact & for contact in respect of Dance School business only.
Personal data is stored in a locked password protected computer database.
Hard copy information is destroyed via a shredding device when the students leaves the Dancing School.
Information about individual children is used in certain documents, such as, a weekly register, medication information and examination documentation. These documents include data such as children’s names, date of birth and emergency contact numbers.
MH Academy of Performing Arts stores personal data held visually in photographs or video clips. No names are stored with images in photo albums, displays, on the website or on MH Academy of Performing Arts social media sites without express permission.
Access to the School Email account, Website, Personal Data, Social Media Accounts and Examination Details is password protected and is not available to members of the Public, members of the School and or it’s staff. with the exception of Administration Staff and the Principal Mark Harrington.
GDPR includes 7 rights for individuals
1) The right to be informed
MH Academy of Performing Arts is Affiliated with the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) and as such, is required to collect and manage certain data. The School collects parent’s and or guardian’s names, addresses, emergency telephone numbers, medical information and email addresses.
As an Employer of Self Employed practitioners, MH Academy of Performing Arts is required to hold data on its Teachers such as names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers and bank details. Information such as Disclosure and Barring Service checks (DBS), personal Public Liability insurance, ISTD Membership details.
2) The right of access
At any point an individual can make a request relating to their data and MH Academy of Performing Arts will need to provide a response (within 28 Days of the request being made). MH Academy of Performing Arts can refuse a request if we have a lawful obligation to retain data but we will inform the individual of the reasons for the rejection.
3) The right to erasure
You have the right to request the deletion of your data where there is no compelling reason for its continued use. However, MH Academy of Performing Arts has a legal duty to keep student and parents details for a reasonable time. MH Academy of Performing Arts retain any records relating to student’s accident and injury records for 19 years (or until the child reaches 21 years), and 22 years (or until the child reaches 24 years) for Child Protection records. Self Employed Teaching records will be erased when the member of staff leaves their position with the exception of teacher invoices as these are a legal tax requirement. All hard copy information is destroyed via a shredding device.
4) The right to restrict processing
Parents, visitors and staff can object to MH Academy of Performing Arts processing their data. This means that records can be stored but must not be used in any way, for example School Communications, General Emails about School news and updates. In this situation, The School has no obligation to refund any classes missed or cancelled due to ‘lack of communication’. It will be the parent’s responsibility to ensure they are informed about any event’s happening at the School.
5) The right to data portability
MH Academy of Performing Arts requires data, for example registration forms to be transferred from student, to teacher, to School Principal. The School is also required to provide data such as student DOB and exam pin number’s to be able to enter students in IDTA Exams. In this case recipients use secure file transfer systems and have their own policies and procedures in place in relation to GDPR.
6) The right to object
Parents, visitors and staff can object to their data being used for certain activities like marketing or research.
7) The right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.
Automated decisions and profiling are used for marketing-based organisations. MH Academy of Performing Arts does not use personal data for such purposes.
This Policy was issued by MH Academy of Performing Arts August 2020.