Rochester Pre-School adopts a policy of compliance with Data Protection laws of the United Kingdom and takes reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data. 

By supplying us with information you confirm that you do not consider use of your information in accordance with this privacy statement to be a breach of any of your rights under the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) regulations 1999.

By entering information on forms or providing us with any personal information you are consenting to us processing that data for our business use and holding it on our server. 

You should be aware that if the police request us or any regulatory or governmental authority investigating suspected unlawful activities to provide your personal details and/ or information concerning your activities whilst visiting this site, we shall do so. 

How we keep your information secure 

Rochester Preschool takes the security of your personal data very seriously, and all data is securely locked away accordingly. 

Updating of our Privacy Policy

This policy has been designed to meet the requirements of the Data Protection laws, and will be revised accordingly should these change at any time.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Is a new EU law that came into effect on 25 May 2018. It replaces the current Data Protection Act 1998 and the changes remain in place even after the UK leaves the EU in 2019.

At Rochester Preschool, we recognise that parents have a right to know that the information they share with us will be regarded as confidential, as well as to be informed about the circumstances when, and the reasons why, we are obliged to share information. 

We record and share information about children and their families in line with the six principles of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) (2018). 

The six principles state that personal data must be: 

1. Processed fairly, lawfully and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.
2. Collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed for other purposes incompatible with those purposes. 
3. Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which data is processed. 
4. Accurate and where necessary, kept up to date. 
5. Kept in a form that permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data is processed. 
6. Processed in a way that ensures appropriate security of the data.

Consent 

When parents choose our preschool for their child, they will share information about themselves and their families. This information is regarded as confidential. 

Staff and Parent(s)/ Carer(s) have all been made aware of how Rochester Preschool store and use their information.