Confidentiality and child protection Sample Clauses

Confidentiality and child protection. 5.1 Guillemont Junior School aims to strike a balance between confidentiality and trust, ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of our pupils.
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Confidentiality and child protection. 4.1. The school aims to strike a balance between confidentiality and trust, ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of our pupils.
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Confidentiality and child protection. The school will aim to strike a balance between confidentiality and trust, ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of our pupils. The contents of this section operate in conjunction with the Allegations of Abuse Against Staff Policy. The school will always prioritise the welfare of its pupils and this will remain the primary concern when investigating an allegation which has been made against a member of staff. The school recognises that unfounded allegations do happen, and any staff member who faces allegations relating to safeguarding concerns may find the investigation process extremely stressful. For this reason, the school will ensure that anyone who holds information relating to the investigation keeps said information confidential and will not ordinarily be shared with any other staff, pupils or parents who are not involved in the investigation. As an employer, the school has a duty of care for its employees; meaning that anyone who possesses relevant information and is involved in an investigation will not disclose any information beyond the individuals involved. Anyone involved in the initial assessment of an allegation will attend an allegations management meeting and share all the relevant information they have about the person who is the subject of an allegation, and about the alleged victim. Relevant information may include files or data stored on the alleged individual’s school hard drive. The school will not carry out investigations on the alleged person’s personal devices; this will be carried out by the police if necessary. Where the police are involved, the school will ask the police to obtain consent from the individuals involved to share their statements and evidence for use in the school’s disciplinary process. This will be done as the investigation proceeds to enable the police to share relevant information whilst avoiding any delay to the conclusion of the investigation or court case. The processes involved in maintaining confidentiality and carrying out an investigation will operate in line with The Education Act 2011, which made the publishing of any material illegal if it leads to the identification of a staff member in a school who has been subject to allegations by, or on behalf of, a pupil in the school. The school will take steps to ensure that confidentiality is maintained against any unwanted publicity whilst an allegation is being investigated or considered; this will include ensuring that all staff who have access to...
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  • Data Protection and Confidentiality 3.1.We obtain, use, process and disclose personal data about you and data subjects (as defined in the DPA) in order that we may provide services under the Agreement and for other related purposes including updating and enhancing client records, analysis for management purposes and statutory returns, crime prevention and legal and regulatory compliance.

  • CONFIDENTIALITY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION In respect of any Confidential Information it may receive directly or indirectly from the other party (“Discloser”) and subject always to the remainder of this Clause 33, each party receiving Confidential Information (“Recipient”) undertakes to keep secret and strictly confidential and shall not disclose any such Confidential Information to any third party without the Discloser’s prior written consent provided that the provisions of this Clause 33 shall not apply to any Confidential Information: which is in or enters the public domain other than by breach of this Contract or other act or omissions of the Recipient; which is obtained from a third party who is lawfully authorised to disclose such information without any obligation of confidentiality; or which the Recipient can demonstrate was in its possession without any obligation of confidentiality prior to receipt of the Confidential Information from the Discloser. A Recipient may disclose Confidential Information to the Recipient’s officers, employees and professional advisors who have a need to know (and only to such extent) provided that prior to disclosure such individuals have been directed in writing by the Recipient to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. On the expiry or termination of this Contract the Recipient shall deliver up to the Discloser (or, at the Discloser’s written election, securely destroy) all Confidential Information of the Discloser which is in its possession or control subject to the exception set out in Clause 40.1.2.(ii). The Service Provider must not disclose to any third party, save as permitted under this Clause 33, any information in any form or on any media whatsoever regarding the delivery of the Services under this Contract, or permit photography or film in connection with the Services or this Contract, without the prior written permission of the Fund. Any press, media or other enquiry about the Services or this Contract must be referred to the Fund’s Representatives. The Fund is entitled to disclose to any Contracting Authority or Transferee any Confidential Information of the Service Provider which relates to the performance of the Services by the Service Provider. In such circumstances, the Fund shall authorise the Contracting Authority or Transferee to use such Confidential Information only for purposes relating to the performance of the Services and for no other purposes and shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that such body accepts an obligation of confidence. The Service Provider must clearly identify to the Fund any business or trade secret which would prejudice the commercial interests of the Service Provider if disclosed pursuant to a request under the FOI Act or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. However, the Fund shall be responsible for determining in its absolute discretion whether any commercially sensitive information or other information is exempt from disclosure or may be disclosed either without consulting the Service Provider or following consultation with the Service Provider and having taken its views into consideration. Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 32, the Service Provider shall, and shall ensure that its employees or sub-contractors shall, provide all necessary information and assistance as reasonably requested by the Fund to enable the Fund to respond to any request for information it receives and in compliance with the provisions of the FOI Act. Nothing in this Clause 33 shall prevent the Recipient from disclosing Confidential Information where it is required to do so by judicial, administrative, governmental or regulatory process in connection with any action, suit, proceedings or claim or otherwise by applicable law, including the FOI Act or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

  • Confidentiality and Nondisclosure (a) Employee understands and agrees that he will be given Confidential Information (as defined below) and Training (as defined below) during his employment with Employer relating to the business of Employer and/or its Affiliates (as defined below). Employee hereby expressly agrees to maintain in strictest confidence and not to use in any way (including without limitation in any future business relationship of Employee), publish, disclose or authorize anyone else to use, publish or disclose in any way, any Confidential Information relating in any manner to the business or affairs of Employer and/or its Affiliates. Employee agrees further not to remove or retain any figures, calculations, letters, documents, lists, papers, or copies thereof, which embody Confidential Information of Employer and/or its Affiliates, and to return, prior to Employee's termination of employment, any such information in Employee's possession. If Employee discovers, or comes into possession of, any such information after his termination he shall promptly return it to Employer. Employee acknowledges that the provisions of this paragraph are consistent with Employer's Code of Conduct with which Employee, as an employee of Employer, is bound.

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