ContactPoint Fair Processing Notice

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead will disclose information to the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for inclusion on ContactPoint. ContactPoint will be an electronic directory that will hold basic information on all children and young people in England up to their 18th birthday.

ContactPoint will help people who work with children to quickly find out who else is working with the same child, making it easier to deliver more coordinated support.

ContactPoint will only hold:

• Child's name, address, gender, date of birth and a unique identifying number;
• Contact details for parents or carers;
• Contact details of educational setting (e.g. school);
• Contact details of primary medical practitioner (e.g. doctor);
• Contact details of other services (e.g. youth workers and school nurses).

By law, ContactPoint cannot hold any case information (such as medical records, school records, case notes or assessments).

Only people who need to use ContactPoint as part of their job to help support children and young people will have access to it. These people will have undergone mandatory training and passed security checks before being granted access. Users will have a user name, a password, a PIN and a security token to access the system.

To ensure it is accurate, ContactPoint will draw information from a number of sources. Section 12 of the Children Act 2004 and the supporting Regulations provide the legislative basis for this system. ContactPoint will begin operating in RBWM from April 2009.

For further information go to www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/contactpoint

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