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Privacy information: local authority employees

Details of the personal data the Department for Education (DfE) processes about the workforce in local authorities.

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Department for Education
Published
17 October 2023
Last updated
14 August 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Privacy information: local authority employees

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This document details what personal data DfE processes about the workforce in local authorities, including social work professionals that have responsibility for social work-related services.

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

Updates to this page

Published 17 October 2023
Last updated 14 August 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated data processors section for ‘using your data to support learner assessments’. We have also updated the ‘data sharing’ section to provide details of when we share your special category data.

  2. Added sections 9.2 'Using your data when you make a complaint about education providers, children’s social care or DfE' and 9.3 'Using your data when you make a referral of serious teacher misconduct to the TRA'.

  3. Added sections for using data: when a child is looked after by local authorities, when a child is in need, for learner assessments, when we receive a Serious Incident Notification and when you use DfE Sign-In. We have also updated the section 'Using your data when you contact us'.

  4. First published.

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