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ParentPay (Holdings) Limited (“ParentPay Group”) through its subsidiaries ParentPay Limited, and Cypad Limited is engaged in the design, development, sales, marketing, supply, operation and maintenance of, in the case of ParentPay Limited (“PPL”) and Cypad Limited , payment collection, payment processing, school meal management, parent communication and management information systems and services for the education market, in the case of Nimbl Limited, youth banking, payment and debit card issuing services (together the “Group Products and Services”).
This notice explains to ParentPay Users (“you/your”) how ParentPay Group (“we/us”) use your personal information.
The PPL payment solutions, catering systems and communication platforms (“PPL Products and Services”), which are marketed in the UK under the ParentPay, Schoolcomms and Cypad brands, are provided to schools and their parents governed by a contract between us and the schools, Multi-Academy Trust or a Local Education Authority (“ParentPay Customer”), and also the Terms and Conditions that you agree with when you sign up (“ParentPay User”).
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
If we plan to introduce further processes for the use of your information, we will provide information about that purpose prior to such processing.
Under Data Protection Law, there are various grounds which are considered to be a ‘legal basis for processing’.
The legal basis for processing should be determined by the Data Controller.
Where we are the Data Processor, the legal basis is determined by the Customer. Typically, the legal basis in this scenario is:
‘processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest’
and/or
‘processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller’
Where we are the Data Controller, the legal basis for processing is based on:
‘processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller’
It should be noted that in some circumstances this legal basis may vary, however, we always operate in full compliance with Data Protection Law and will only process data with a fair and reasonable legal basis for doing so.
In order to carry out these services, we obtain (either from the Customer and/or from you directly) and process the following information:
| Data Subject (Who) | Data Category (What) | Description |
| Pupil \ Student | Forename | This is the forename of the pupil. |
| Pupil \ Student | Surname | This is the surname of the pupil. |
| Pupil \ Student | Known as | This is the name that the pupil is known as. |
| Pupil \ Student | DOB | This is the date of birth of the pupil. |
| Pupil \ Student | Gender | This is the pupil’s gender |
| Pupil \ Student | Groups | Registration group (if any), year, other groups |
| Pupil \ Student | Salutation | This is the pupil’s salutation. |
| Pupil \ Student | Dietary Requirements | This is the pupils special dietary requirements |
| Pupil \ Student | Postal Address | The student’s postal address |
| Pupil \ Student | Identifiers | Roll/Admission number, UPN, management system identifier |
| Pupil \ Student | Meal Selections and spend history | This is a history of a pupil’s meal selections and spends for school meals or non-meal-related items, including free school meals |
| Pupil \ Student | Trip information | Trip details collected from parents, e.g. emergency contacts, medical details, dietary requirements, doctor’s contact, EHIC and Passport |
| Parents \ Contacts | Title | This is the contact’s title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, etc). |
| Parents \ Contacts | Forename | This is the contact’s forename. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Surname | This is the contact’s surname. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Authentication data | Username and password, single-sign-or multi-factor-authentication tokens |
| Parents \ Contacts | Gender | The contact’s gender (Salutation) |
| Parents \ Contacts | House Name | The text entered as the contact’s house name. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Street | The text entered as the contact’s street. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Locality | The text entered as the contact’s locality. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Town | The text entered as the contact’s town. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Postcode | The text entered as the contact’s post code. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Day Telephone | The contact’s daytime telephone number. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Home Telephone | The contact’s home telephone number. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Mobile Telephone | This is the contact’s mobile telephone number used to receive alerts from Parentpay and for school communications |
| Parents \ Contacts | This is the contact’s E-mail address used to receive communications from Parentpay and for school communications. | |
| Parents \ Contacts | Payment History and balances | This is the contact’s history of payment transactions, including reversals, refunds and withdrawals of funds. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Payment card details | Payment card details are captured and passed to a 3rd party for authorisation. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Other | This is the contact’s alternative communication method. |
| Parents \ Contacts | In-app messages | Messages sent from parents to school within the ParentPay application |
| Parents \ Contacts | Message Status | We may record the ‘opened’ status of emails sent from the platform, via pixel tags |
| Parents \ Contacts | Trouble ticket data | When users submit trouble ticket information, this gets stored. |
| Parents \ Contacts | Shop information | ParentPay can be used as a payment page from externally or internally hosted shop systems. This the information captured as part of that (“shopping basket”). |
| Parents \ Contacts | Browser Details | IP address, cookies, browser information |
| Parents \ Contacts | Scottish UPRN | For users in Scotland who sign up via MyGovScot |
| School Staff | Title | This is the staff member’s title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, etc.). |
| School Staff | Forename | This is the staff member’s forename. |
| School Staff | Surname | This is the staff member’s surname. |
| School Staff | Gender | The staff member’s gender |
| Website Access | IP Address | The network address of your device or internet connection |
| Website Access | Browser Type and Version | The type of Web Browser your device is using |
| Website Access | Cookies | Special records in your browser to help the website operate |
| Website Access | Web Analytics | Generalised information about browsing behaviour and page statistics |
We use your personal information, and some of our employees have access to such information, only to the extent required to carry out the services for you and on behalf of the Customer.
We have introduced appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your personal information during storage, processing and transit.
We are a Level 1 PCI-DSS certified organisation and are subject to regular and comprehensive security audits. We operate an ISO27001 compliant security programme to help protect your data at all times.
The PPL Products and Services only processes your personal information in the UK.
Some of our supporting services use cloud platforms that operate from Third Countries outside of the EEA. Where this is the case, we ensure that adequate safeguards are established to protect your data. This only applies to data for which we are the Data Controller, for example customer contact data; it does not apply to data for which we are the Data Processor, for example pupil and parent data, all of which is EEA/UK resident.
You have the right of access to your personal information that we process and details about that processing.
You can usually access that information directly within the PPL Products and Services (self-service). However, should this not be possible, you can raise a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) to receive this information in another format.
You have the right to request that information is corrected if it’s inaccurate. You can usually update your own information using the PPL Products and Services (self-service). However, should this not be possible, you can contact us to make the changes on your behalf. In some circumstances, you may have to contact your child’s school, to correct the data held by them and provided to us for processing.
You have the right to request that your information is removed; depending on the circumstances, we may or may not be obliged to action this request.
You have the right to object to the processing of your information; depending on the circumstances, we may or may not be obliged to action this request.
You have the right to request that we restrict the extent of our processing activities; depending on the circumstances, we may or may not be obliged to action this request.
You have the right to receive the personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format suitable for transferring to another controller.
If you think we have infringed your privacy rights, you can lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. You can lodge your complaint in particular in the country where your live, your place of work or place where you believe we infringed your right(s).
You can exercise your rights be sending an e-mail to dpo@parentpay.com. Please state clearly in the subject that your request concerns a privacy matter, and provide a clear description of your requirements.
Note: We may need to request additional information to verify your identity before we action your request.
We use a range of trusted service providers to help deliver our services. All of our suppliers are subject to appropriate safeguards, operating in accordance with our specific instructions and limitations, and in full compliance with Data Protection Law.
These service providers include:
We may also have access to your personal information as part of delivering the service. If we need to change or add additional third parties, we will always update our Privacy Notice accordingly. We will only disclose your information to other parties in the following limited circumstances
We will only retain information for as long as is necessary to deliver the service safely and securely. We may need to retain some records to maintain compliance with other applicable legislation – for example finance, taxation, fraud and money laundering law requires certain records to be retained for an extended duration, in some cases for up to seven years.
Pupil data will typically be removed or anonymised when the following rules are met:
Payer (Parent) data will usually be removed or anonymised when the following rules are met:
Manager Accounts that have been disabled and have not logged in for 13 months, will be removed or anonymised. Other school staff accounts are subject to the same rules as pupils (above)
Message attachments will be removed after 24 months.
File area uploads will be purged after 24 months.
Personal information in trip records will be removed 1 month after trip completion
It should be noted that Schools will still retain a complete finance audit trail for their statutory requirements. In unusual cases where specific personal information needs to be retained, then this can be facilitated upon request.
This policy will be reviewed regularly and updated versions will be posted on our websites.
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO); their contact details are as follows:
or
Data Protection Officer
ParentPay
Coventry Building Society Arena
Phoenix Way
Coventry
CV6 6GE
