Privacy notices - School transport; school transport for pupils with additional support needs

The Highland Council will collects your personal data in order to process your application for school transport.  The information will include:

• Your personal information (such as your name and address)
• Your child's personal information (such as their name, address, date of birth and their photo that is provided with their application)
• Special category information (Education Health and Care Plan status and detail of any Additional Support for Learning (ASL) Needs )
• Details about your household income, where parents apply for low income assessment

We will not be able to process your school transport request.

The legal basis for processing the data is our public task and statutory requirement to provide a bus service for mainstream entitled children and children with ASL Needs.

•  View personal data
•  Change personal data
•  Delete personal data
•  Restrict processing of personal data

Find out more about your rights

We share details with Highland Council Finance Officers for the payment of Parental Contracts (mileage payments).
We may share your information with partner organisations, including:

• Transport teams within Highland Council
• Commissioned providers of transport services
• Other schools and educations providers

We will only keep your information for the minimum period necessary. The information outlined in this privacy notice will be kept for 5 years following the date of last use. All information will be held securely and destroyed under confidential conditions.

Your personal information is not subject to automated decision making or profiling.

The data controller is The Highland Council

Data Protection Officer
Highland Council Headquarters
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
01463 702029   

dpo@highland.gov.uk

If you are unhappy with the way we have processed your personal information you can contact the Information Commissioner:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ (external link)