Privacy Notice
We think it's important to tell you how we handle and process information about you.
What do we do with your information? We think it's important to tell you.
Here, at the DECC we help children and young people who are in care or are a care leaver, with their emotional wellbeing. We are a service provided by Action for Children, which is a charity.
When an adult in your life thinks you might need a service from us, the local authority responsible for your care (e.g., Derby City or Derbyshire) might get in touch with us.
Processing your information
As a children’s charity, we will process information about you that we need in order to provide you with this service. This information will be held by us, and in some cases, the local authority responsible for your care.
Once we have this information stored on our systems, we will hold onto it for a period of time - the length of time depends on the circumstances, but it will be in line with our charity’s policies.
Will we share your information?
We may share your information with relevant people when it is necessary to do so, for example with social workers, teachers, police, commissioners, etc.
The reasons we might need to share information could be:
- To safeguard or protect you, or someone else at risk.
- To prevent a crime.
- To make sure we are treating people fairly and equally.
- To ensure people have the right support for disability or health reasons.
- For insurance purposes and other legal reasons.
You have rights
As it is your data we are processing, you have rights. If you have any questions about what we do with information about you, please ask us.
You can contact the service team by phone on 01332 505484 or by emailing [email protected]
If you would like to know more, you can also download our detailed Privacy Notice below.