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From: Ofsted Published: 23 May 2018 Last updated: 1 November 2024 See all updates Get emails about this page Applies to England Documents Contacting or working with Ofsted: privacy notice HTML Childcare: Ofsted privacy notice HTML Further education and skills: Ofsted privacy notice HTML Schools: Ofsted privacy notice HTML Social care: Ofsted privacy notice HTML Initial teacher education (ITE) partnerships: Ofsted privacy notice HTML Early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualifications (NPQs) inspections: Ofsted privacy notice HTML Details Ofsted was established by the Education & Inspections Act 2006. As a non-ministerial government department we are required to process personal data for a wide range of purposes. Ofsted is the data controller for the personal data described in these notices. For more about your rights and how to contact Ofsted about how we use personal data, visit our personal information charter. Updates to this page Published 23 May 2018 Last updated 1 November 2024 Show all updates 1 November 2024 Updated 'Childcare: Ofsted privacy notice' to include a new childcare provider type, ‘childminders without domestic premises’, following changes introduced by the Department for Education’s EYFS framework. 12 July 2024 Updated the 'Social care: Ofsted privacy notice' to reflect the changes to the Area SEND framework and handbook, which was updated on 5 April 2024. 2 March 2022 Added privacy notice for inspections of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualifications (NPQs). 1 October 2021 Updated the schools privacy notice to take into account a reduction in the range of personal data the DfE provide to us about people associated with independent schools. 2 September 2020 Updated the 'How long we keep personal data' section of the further education and skills, initial teacher education and schools privacy notices. 31 January 2020 Updated to include details of a pilot in which inspectors in the Unregistered Schools Team will use body worn video cameras when inspecting suspected unregistered schools. 18 November 2019 Updated the social care privacy notice to include references and links to the Care Inspectorate Wales. 1 November 2019 Updated the section 'Who we might share your data with' in the Childcare: Ofsted privacy notice to include childminder agencies that you apply to work for 5 June 2019 Added information about unregistered children's care services. 5 June 2018 Added details to the social care privacy notice about joint targeted area inspections and local area SEND inspections. 29 May 2018 Added privacy information about initial teacher education and recruitment. 25 May 2018 Added information about residential schools and colleges to the social care privacy notice. 23 May 2018 First published. 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