To be able to collect, process, share and retain your personal information, we rely on different laws that tell us what information we are allowed to collect, how we process this personal information, who we can share this information with and how long we can keep it for.

Some of these laws tell us how to make sure people are safe, some of them tell us what information we are allowed to share with you. Here is a list of important legislation we rely on:

• Children Act 2004
• Children and Adoption Act 2006
• Children and Families Act 2014
• Children and Social Work Act 2017
• Children and Young Persons Act 2008
• Foster Service Regulations 2011
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
• Care Planning, Placement and Case Review and Fostering Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013
• The Care Act 2014
• The Mental Health Act 1983
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005
• The Human Rights Act 1998
• The Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• The Health and Social Care Act 2015
• The General Data Protection Regulation 2016
• The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
• The Data Protection Act 2018
• The Employment Relations Act 1999
• The Race Relations Act 1976
• The Recognition of Trusts Act 1987

This not exhaustive, some laws we rely on are not listed here but are connected with these laws and might contain directives not mentioned in these.  We use relevant legislation to guide our conduct across the services and areas we are responsible for.