Policies
POR – Policy, Organisation and Rules
Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) defines the structure of Scouting in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and provides information about its management and training.
The current POR is available to view and download in individual chapters below or in a single pdf document.
https://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/71
GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
Data Protection and GDPR
This notice is issued in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
These Regulations govern how Personal Information (PI) can be handled and how it must be protected by Data Controllers. Because of the information held on its members, 4th Bolsover Scout Group is classed, under those Regulations, as a Data Controller, and must comply with the Regulations. For general information about these Regulations and how they apply in Scouting, see further guidance on GDPR here.
The Data Protection Act 1998 governs the collection, recording, storage, use and disclosure of personal data, whether such data is held electronically or in manual form. Young people have the same rights as adults under the Act.
Why are we processing your data?
So that we can safely deliver Scouting within the Group, each Section i.e. Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts, and the Group Executive Committee will need to hold personal information about our members, their parents or carers and our adult volunteers (the Data Subjects).
Personal data will only be collected and used for the purpose of activities directly relating to Scouting and/or a person’s Membership or association with Scouting.
We will use this information to contact you both routinely e.g. for invitations and updates to Scouting events that we are running or planning on attending, and in an emergency.
Where will the data be held?
We utilise Online Scout Manager (OSM), a third party online management system (Data Processor) for handling, collecting and storing personal data relevant to the day to day running of the Scout Group. This system has been developed specifically for Scouting and Guiding Organisations. More information about the security measures employed by OSM, to protect all personal data can be found here.
We store all Personal Data held by the Group on its members on this online platform and conduct all reviews and updating of information held, bookings, etc. through this system, except for payments received. In this case, the Group treasurer keeps an electronic record of payments received for accounting purposes only. This information is shared with section leaders and helpers when required and the information is deleted after use. No paper records of such information is held, although, on limited occasions, records may be printed out for taking to events/camps/sleepovers, where online access may not be possible. These physical records are then destroyed after the event.
We provide all parents with permanent access to their personal information records, held by the group, on this online system, which is available for remote access by all parents at any time, following their setting up an account with secure login (required to make payments, confirm attendance to events, etc). All parents are required to ensure that information held by the Group is up to date and they are able to amend/update records as they might change.
Personal Information held on adult members of the Group is handled through the Scout Association Online System, Compass. This has been developed and is managed by the Scout Association for the recording of adult details, training, permits, DBS Disclosures, etc. Information about the use of Compass in the context of GDPR can be found here.
As far as possible, email correspondence to and from us with third parties and parents is undertaken through our 4thbolsoverscoutgroup.org.uk email addresses, with some of this correspondence generated by Online Scout Manager.
Where consent has been given, photographs, videos and audio recordings may be taken of our members taking part in Scouting activities and temporarily stored on personal smartphones or personal cameras held by the Section Leaders. Again, where consent has been given, such photographs may also be utilised to make a keepsake scrapbook to be given to the member.
All text/phone call correspondence is conducted through personal mobile telephones held by the Section Leaders, or via OSM.
What data will we process?
The data we will process about our members will include but is not limited to names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, doctor’s details, health conditions including allergies, dietary requirements, payment information, gift aid registration, and anonymised ethnicity information.
Where consent has been given, photographs, videos and audio recordings may be taken of our members taking part in Scouting activities and we may publish these on our Closed Facebook page.
Occasionally, we may submit Photographs or Videos to local newspapers, the Group, District, or County newsletters, websites or put them for the sole purpose of promoting Scouting.
We will never provide the names of any young person when using any of the above media, without the express permission of parents, in writing.
Who will have access to this data?
Members of the 4th Bolsover Scout Group Leadership Team and the Executive Team will have varying levels of access to this information according to their role and information needs. Everyone who has access to this data holds a current Scouting Enhanced DBS certificate.
The Group is part of the East Scarsdale District Scouts (the District) and Derbyshire County Scouts (the County). The Group will periodically join in events that are run by the District or the County. For these events, essential data required to provide safe scouting may be shared with the organisers for the purpose of the event only.
As part of a larger Scouting Organisation, the Group shares certain records/information held from time to time with the Scout Association headquarters. No information is passed outside the Scout Group to Third Parties.
Our Closed Facebook Page is restricted to Parents or Carers/Guardians and Grandparents of children in our Group, our Youth Members over 13 years old, and Adult Members of our Group and District.
How long do we retain the data for?
We will retain data for as long as the Data Subject remains a part of our Group and for up to 12 months thereafter. After 12 months, we will retain some data in a more limited form (just name and badge records). We will also keep any Gift Aid information for the statutory 7 years as required by HMRC.
We also have our policies on Admissions, Attendance, Behaviour and Subscriptions.
