At Cheston Montessori, your right to privacy and our treatment of your personal data is important. Cheston Montessori is subjected to the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”) and legislation. The following statement outlines how TCheston Montessori manages personal data that it holds about individuals in accordance with the PDPA.

Personal data – what is it?

Personal data refers to data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified from that data; or from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access

Who will be collecting your personal data?

Cheston Montessori is a accredited and licensed Early Childhood Education Preschool.

Your personal data will be collected by Cheston Montessori to provide you with childcare / infant care services.

How will your data will be collected?

Generally, Cheston Montessori collects personal data directly from you. For example, it collects personal data when you:

  • deal with Cheston Montessori in person, by telephone, letter, fax, email or via our website;
  • fill out and submit a registration form;
  • submit any other information in connection with your application for registration;.

Security of your personal data

Cheston Montessori holds personal data in a combination of secure computer storage facilities and paper-based files.

Cheston Montessori has security procedures in place to protect the personal data it holds from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Cheston Montessori uses a number of processes to protect your personal data including:

  • locks and security systems;
  • computer passwords and limited access to shared network drives to authorised staff;
  • virus checking;
  • auditing procedures and data integrity checks;
  • recording of file movements;
  • security classification to identify data needing special protection.

Cheston Montessori will keep your personal data no longer than necessary. Cheston Montessoriwill appropriately dispose of your personal data when it is no longer required or if you ask to be removed from our systems so that it is protected from unauthorised use or disclosure.

Keeping your personal data up to date

Cheston Montessori takes reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is accurate, complete and up to date.

Cheston Montessori may also contact you from time to time to check that the data is still correct. However, please let Cheston Montessori know of any changes to your details as soon as you reasonably can in order for Cheston Montessori to maintain the accuracy of information held on you.

If you believe that personal or sensitive personal data Cheston Montessori holds about you is not accurate, complete and up to date, Cheston Montessori will take reasonable steps to correct it.

 

Other Websites

Clicking on links and banner advertisements and RSS feeds may result in your transfer to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of Cheston Montessori. It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with these privacy policies as Cheston Montessori accepts no responsibility for and has no control over them or any information or data collected by or for them.

Changes to Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be altered or updated by Cheston Montessori at any time, in which case Cheston Montessori will advise you of any such alterations or updates by notice on theCheston Montessori  website.

How to contact us:

If you wish to gain access to or correct your personal data or make a complaint about a breach of your privacy, please contact us at our centre hotline.