School transport service

Data Controller – Somerset Council

Data Protection Officer contact – informationgovernance@somerset.gov.uk

Purpose for processing – The information that you give on this form will be used by the Council for the purpose of processing your application for school travel assistance for your child.

Legal basis for processing – By law: The Department for Education home to school travel and transport guidance 2014.

Legitimate Interests – For the prevention and detection of crime (Fraud Act 2006) and to help improve services.

Data Sharing – the personal data provided will be shared with early years settings, health authorities, schools, academies and free schools and may also be shared with other SC service providers, Somerset Councils software supplier and School Appeal Panels. If you are applying for a school outside Somerset it may be shared with other Local Authorities and schools and academies in their area. Data may be shared by schools with a private admissions provider. Somerset Council will not disclose this information to any unauthorised person or body.

Transfers abroad – This data is held within the EU and is accessible by the approved application provider.

Data Retention – The personal data supplied on this form will be retained for as long as is necessary to meet our statutory requirements and legitimate interests and it will be disposed of in a manner appropriate to its sensitivity.

Your Rights – You have the right to ask Somerset Council to a copy of your data, the right to rectify or erase your personal data, and the right to object to processing. However these rights are only applicable if the Council has no other legal obligation concerning that data. You also have the right to complain to the regulator, Information Commissioner’s Office (IOC).

Consequences: If you do not supply this information to us, we will not be able to process your application for a school place for your child.

For more information see our Privacy notices page.