This policy is to ensure that Water Street Primary School complies with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), associated guidance and Codes of Practice issued under the legislation.

The Information Policy applies to information in all forms including, but not limited to:

  • Hard copy or documents printed or written on paper;
  • Information or data stored electronically, including scanned images;
  • Communications sent by post/courier or using electronic means such as email, fax or electronic file transfer;
  • Information or data stored on or transferred to removable media such as tape, CD, DVD, USB storage device or memory card;
  • Information stored on portable computing devices including mobile phones, tablets, cameras and laptops;
  • Speech, voice recordings and verbal communications, including voicemail;
  • Published web content, for example intranet and internet;
  • Photographs and other digital images.

The attached document sets out the School's policy about information