The Trust may collect personal information for the following purposes:

• To provide Trust Services including information, advice, guidance and social care to children, young persons, parents, guardians and families
• For the safeguarding and welfare of children and families
• When we act in a statutory role to provide social services and other statutory functions
• Carry out Trust functions.
• To help the Trust improve, plan and promote the services we offer.
• Sometimes we are bound by law to collect personal information or support its collection because of legal reasons. To maintain accounts and records
• For managing employees and support workers, processing job applications and other requests you or others might make to us in our role as a local authority and employer.
• Making payments to you and others for services, salaries and compensation.
• Personal information may be captured on CCTV if you visit our office location.
• Studying trend and contributing to research that will benefit our service users.
• Identity checks
• Help investigate any worries or complaints you have about our services.
• Improving your browsing experience when you use our website. Although we never use this information to identify you, it is still your personal information.

Whatever the reason is for collecting your personal information, we ensure there is an appropriate lawful basis in the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act, for doing so.

Lawful basis are legal paths in data protection law that regulate our approach and conduct when we collect your information. Please see section 5 for the Legal Basis the Trust uses for processing your personal information.