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Privacy information: children, young people and care leavers

Details of the personal data the Department for Education (DfE) processes for under 18s that are not in mainstream education, or care leavers up to age 25.

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Department for Education
Published
3 October 2023
Last updated
24 October 2024 — See all updates

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Privacy information: children and young people who are aged under 18 and not in mainstream education, and care leavers aged up to 25

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Privacy information: children and young people, and care leaver's version

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Details of the personal data the Department for Education (DfE) processes for children and young people who are aged under 18 and not in mainstream education, and care leavers up to age 25.

Read DfE’s personal information charter for more on the standards you can expect when we collect, hold or use your personal information.

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Updates to this page

Published 3 October 2023
Last updated 24 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated sections on who collects your information and what we use it for in 'Privacy information: children and young people's version'.

  2. Added new sections: 'Using your data to get your views' and 'Using your data to gather evidence for policy development, evaluation and delivery'. Also updated the 'Data we collect' section of 'Data when you use our websites'.

  3. Updated the section 'Using your data when we share your personal information' with detail on when we share special category data.

  4. Added new section on using your data when you make a complaint about education providers, children’s social care or the DfE. Updated data collected and lawful basis in the children looked after by local authorities section and updated the notification details in the serious incident notification (SIN) section.

  5. Updated sections for 'Using your data so we can protect you', 'Contacting us to make an enquiry or complaint' and 'Using your data so we can undertake long-term research and publish official statistics'. Added new sections titled 'Using your data when you are a child that is looked after by local authorities', 'Using your data when you are a child in need', 'Using your data when we receive a serious incident notification' and 'Using your data when you use our social media channels'. Deleted a section titled 'Using your data to improve the well-being of children in England'.

  6. First published.

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