go4schools data sharing - a Freedom of Information Request

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Dear Ormiston Academies Trust,

A number of academies in the Ormiston Academies Trust use an application called 'go4schools'.

The application facilitates almost real time transmission of information about student progress, daily behaviour reports, annual reports etc to parents of pupils at the academies that use the go4schools application.

Parents can register to receive this information for their children.

The GDPR/UK DPA lists a number of legal basis for the sharing of such data. Please could you advise the legal basis of the sharing of the pupil data to the parents, eg:

1 - consent of the data subject (the child).
2 - necessary for the performance of a contract
3 - legal obligation placed upon controller
4 - necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject
5 - carried out in the public interest or is in the exercise of official authority
6 - legitimate interest pursued by controller

Yours faithfully,

Gary Symonds

OAT - Data Protection Officer, Ormiston Academies Trust

Dear Mr Symonds,
The legal basis we are relying on to use go4schools is article 6 (e)
Public task: the processing is necessary for us to perform a task in the
public interest or for our official functions, and the task or function
has a clear basis in law. There are various pieces of legislation that
require us to share those types of information with parents and this is
the method some of our schools have chosen to share it. Parents are not
obliged to sign up to the app and would still be entitled to receive the
information by an alternative method.
We believe we have responded fully to your request, however if you remain
dissatisfied with our response you are entitled to request an internal
review. Alternatively, you can complain directly to the Information
Commissioner's Office at the details below:
 
Information Commissioner's Office
 Wycliffe House
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 Wilmslow
 Cheshire
 SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
email: [1][email address]
kind regards,
OAT Data Protection and Complaints Manager

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Dear OAT - Data Protection Officer,

Thank you for your response. This is very useful information and I have marked the request as 'successful - I have received all the information I requested'.

Yours sincerely,

Gary Symonds

OAT - Data Protection Officer, Ormiston Academies Trust

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OAT - Data Protection Officer, Ormiston Academies Trust

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