Privacy notice – how we use your information
Free School Meal application
Calderdale Council is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Council takes its responsibilities under the Act very seriously.
The information provided by you is collected for the purposes of calculating whether you are entitled to Free School Meals. We need to collect this information in order to meet our obligations under the Education Act 2002.
However, Calderdale Council is also required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent or detect fraud.
Completion of this form/sharing your information with us constitutes consent from you for us to process your data for these purposes.
You have the right to see what information is held about you, to have inaccurate information corrected, to have information removed from our system unless we are required by law or a statutory purpose to keep it. You can do this by writing to Sarah Richardson at the Welfare and Benefits Service, Westgate House, Halifax, HX1 1PS.
You have the right to complain to the Date Protection Officer if you feel that your data has not been handled in accordance with the law.
You can contact the Council’s Data Protection Officer at information.management@calderdale.gov.uk.
Your name, contact details and eligibility are recorded electronically on our system to maintain up to date records. Once your entitlement to Free School Meals has ended the information you have provided will be kept for a maximum of 7 years.