Guidance

ESFA: privacy notice

Explains what learner personal data is collected by the Department for Education, through the Education and Skills Funding Agency, and how it is handled.

From:
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Published
13 October 2017
Last updated
2 September 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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ESFA privacy notice

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The page provides access to privacy notices issued by the Department for Education through ESFA relating to the collection and handling of personal data of learners.

Subject access requests and other information rights requests

Our Personal Information Charter details what data Department for Education (DfE) and Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) holds about you and how to request a copy of your personal information, or how to tell us if you think the information we hold about you is wrong.

You must contact education/childcare providers directly to request personal information collected by schools and other education establishments.

Please note, you can obtain contact details for schools from Get Information About Schools.

Published 13 October 2017
Last updated 2 September 2021 + show all updates

  1. We have amended the section "Sharing your personal data" to include the sharing of information for law enforcement purposes.

  2. We have amended the section "Sharing your personal data" to include the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

  3. We have updated the ESFA privacy notice.

  4. We have updated the ESFA privacy notice.

  5. We have updated the ESFA privacy notice, specifically the learner information section.

  6. Updated privacy notice.

  7. First published.

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