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1. must be processed fairly, lawfully and in a transparent manner (and shall not be processed unless certain conditions are met);
2. must be obtained only for specified and lawful purposes and shall not be processed in any manner which is incompatible with those purposes;
3. must be adequate, relevant and not excessive with respect to the purposes for which it is processed;
4. must be accurate and, where appropriate, kept up-to-date;
5. must be kept for no longer than is necessary in light of the purpose(s) for which it is processed;
6. must be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects;
7. must be protected against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage through appropriate technical and organisational measures; and
8. must not be transferred to a country or territory outside of the UK unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.

1. the right to be informed that their personal data is being processed;
2. the right to access any of their personal data held by Busy Things within one month of making a request;
3. the right to rectification if their personal data is inaccurate or incomplete within one month of making a request (this can be extended by two months where the request for rectification is complex);
4. the right to erasure which enables data subjects to request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing;
5. the right to restrict processing personal data;
6. the right to data portability allows data subjects to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services;
7. the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling); direct marketing (including profiling); and processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics; and
8. rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

1. Full Name;
2. Date of birth (parent/home subscriptions only);
3. Email address;
4. Job title (school subscriptions only);
5. Telephone number;
6. School Name (school subscriptions only);
7. School Address (school subscriptions only);
8. Personal or home address (parent/home subscriptions only); and
9. IP address (automatically collected);
10. web browser type and version (automatically collected);
11. operating system (automatically collected);
12. your activity on this website, including the referring site and the pages you visit

For customers choosing to use Sign in with Google to access their Busy Things account, we collect the following information:

4.4.1 Full name;

4.4.2 Google User ID;

4.4.3 Email address (teachers only);

1. internal record keeping;
2. improvement of our products/services;
3. transmission by email of promotional materials that may be of interest to you;
4. contact for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the website.

1. all personal data collected and processed for and on behalf of Busy Things by any party is collected and processed fairly and lawfully;
2. data subjects are made fully aware of the reasons for the collection of personal data and are given details of the purpose for which the data will be used;
3. personal data is only collected to the extent that is necessary to fulfil the stated purpose(s);
4. all personal data is accurate at the time of collection and kept accurate and up-to-date while it is being held and/or processed;
5. no personal data is held for any longer than necessary in light of the stated purpose(s);
6. all personal data is held in a safe and secure manner, taking all appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the data;
7. all personal data is transferred using secure means, electronically or otherwise;
8. no personal data is transferred outside of the UK or EEA (as appropriate) without first ensuring that appropriate safeguards are in place in the destination country or territory; and
9. all data subjects can exercise their rights set out above in Section 3 and more fully in applicable legislation (including the GDPR).

1. all emails containing personal data must be encrypted;
2. personal data may be transmitted over secure networks only - transmission over unsecured networks is not permitted in any circumstances;
3. personal data may not be transmitted over a wireless network if there is a wired alternative that is reasonably practicable;
4. personal data contained in the body of an email, whether sent or received, should be copied from the body of that email and stored securely. The email itself should be deleted. All temporary files associated therewith should also be deleted;
5. where Personal data is to be sent by facsimile transmission the recipient should be informed in advance of the transmission and should be waiting by the fax machine to receive the data;
6. where Personal data is to be transferred in hardcopy form it should be passed directly to the recipient. Using an intermediary is not permitted;
7. all hardcopies of personal data should be stored securely in a locked box, drawer, cabinet or similar;
8. all electronic copies of personal data should be stored securely using passwords and suitable data encryption, where possible on a drive or server which cannot be accessed via the internet; and
9. all passwords used to protect personal data should be changed regularly and should not use words or phrases which can be easily guessed or otherwise compromised.

1. the Data Protection Officer (the "DPO") within Busy Things shall be appointed with the specific responsibility of overseeing data protection and ensuring compliance with the GDPR;
2. all employees, contractors, agents, consultants, partners or other parties working on behalf of Busy Things are made fully aware of both their individual responsibilities and Busy Things' responsibilities under the GDPR and shall be furnished with a copy of this Policy;
3. all employees, contractors, agents, consultants, partners or other parties working on behalf of Busy Things handling personal data will be appropriately trained to do so;
4. all employees, contractors, agents, consultants, partners or other parties working on behalf of Busy Things handling personal data will be appropriately supervised;
5. methods of collecting, holding and processing personal data shall be regularly evaluated and reviewed;
6. the Performance of those employees, contractors, agents, consultants, partners or other parties working on behalf of Busy Things handling personal data shall be regularly evaluated and reviewed;
7. all employees, contractors, agents, consultants, partners or other parties working on behalf of Busy Things handling personal data will be bound to do so in accordance with the principles of the GDPR and this Policy by contract. Failure by any employee to comply with the principles or this Policy shall constitute a disciplinary offence. Failure by any contractor, agent, consultant, partner or other party to comply with the principles or this Policy shall constitute a breach of contract. In all cases, failure to comply with the principles or this Policy may also constitute a criminal offence under the GDPR;
8. all contractors, agents, consultants, partners or other parties working on behalf of Busy Things handling personal data must ensure that any and all of their employees who are involved in the processing of personal data are held to the same conditions as those relevant employees of Busy Things arising out of this Policy and the GDPR;
9. where any contractor, agent, consultant, partner or other party working on behalf of Busy Things handling personal data fails in their obligations under this Policy that party shall indemnify and hold harmless Busy Things against any costs, liability, damages, loss, claims or proceedings which may arise out of that failure.

1. SARs must be made in writing, and if applicable, accompanied by the correct fee;
2. Busy Things shall provide a copy of the information free of charge, unless the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly if it is repetitive, in which case Busy Things shall charge a reasonable fee based on the administrative cost of providing the information.

1. whether or not Busy Things holds any personal data on the data subject;
2. a description of any personal data held on the data subject;
3. details of what that personal data is used for;
4. details of any third-party organisations that personal data is passed to; and
5. details of any technical terminology or codes