Privacy Notice

Thank you for visiting the Jayad International School (JIS) Website. This privacy notice explains what personal data (information) we hold about you, and how we collect, use, or may share that information. You have our full assurance that we respect your privacy and that JIS is fully committed to safeguarding that privacy. Our goal is to handle your data responsibly in accordance with the Ghanaian Data Protection Act of 2012 (Act 843.

Under the Ghanaian Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843), JIS is required to inform you of why we collect certain personal data, how we store this data, how long we store the data for, and your rights as a data subject to the data (information) we store about you.

By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the school’s website, our online admission and student management system, you confirm that you have read, understood and accepted the terms and conditions in this privacy notice. Please ensure you read it thoroughly, especially the sections detailing your rights in relation to the personal information we collect about you. 

Collection of Personal Data

JIS will not collect any personally identifiable information about individuals, such as name, ID number, address, telephone number, online identifier (e-mail address), etc. ("personal data") and racial or ethnic data, political opinion, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data containing health or sex life, sexual orientation, etc.("special category of data"), unless individuals have been informed of the purpose of collecting the data and individuals have given the lawful basis for the data to be processed.

JIS will only process data which is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.

JIS may, with your explicit permission, submit your personal information to a third party institution or data processor for the purpose that will be communicated to you in advance.

The school will not sell, rent, or market personal data to third party institutions.

In the course of the application process, we collect the following personal information:

• Personal information (such as name, contact details, language, nationality, country of birth, photos, and passport information)
• Special category characteristics
• Ethnicity
• Relevant medical information
• Special educational needs (SEN) information
• Attendance information from previous schools (sessions attended, number of absences and absence reasons)
• Personal information from other sources (ex. schools) including:
• Personal information, special category information, assessment/examination results,

 

Using your personal information (Parents and Students)

We collect personal data for one or more of the following purposes:

• To support admissions (enrollment or re-enrollment) and Business Office (Fee billing) processes
• To monitor and report on student progress
• To inform teacher assessments
• To support student learning activities such as testing, field trips, awards, library needs, yearbook, food services, schedule of classes, university/college applications, transcripts
• To communicate and provide relevant information to students and parents
• To ensure safety and security of students and parents using ID cards and campus surveillance cameras
• To provide appropriate medical services to students
• To meet statutory reporting requirements to educational and accreditation authorities
• To provide appropriate learning support, pastoral care, and counseling support services to students
• To assess/review the quality of our provided services through various surveys
• To support the withdrawal process
• To improve the education and services we provide to students  

Using your personal information (Staff)

In addition to some of the above data processing, we also collect staff data for the following purposes:

• To process staff employment contracts, retirement benefits, medical insurance, leave requests, payroll, and support staff loan applications
• To process employee statutory obligations (SSNIT number, TIN registration, Ghana Card ID, Health Insurance)
• To conduct employee evaluations and procure professional development funding
• To provide all contractual obligations as stated in employee contract and conditions of employment

Apart from using your data to fulfill your contractual obligations, JIS may use the following non-sensitive data: your name, likeness (in the form of photographs, films, or portraits), and voice in the following venues: School intranet/ App (access would be restricted by password and limited to JIS staff, JIS students, and families of students).

• School intranet/ App (access would be restricted by password and limited to JIS staff, JIS students, and families of students).
• School ID card.
• Print version of the JIS yearbook.
• In class and co-curricular projects.
• In school buildings.

Length of personal data storage

We will hold your personal information securely in digital format permanently unless you ask us in writing to dispose of the records. A request to dispose of any records held on you will be subject to your rights as a data subject under the GDPR as detailed in the section “your rights as a data subject” below and also the legitimate interest of JIS. Any hard copy transcripts or contracts retained after a student withdraws are retained for ten(10) years, after which the hard copy documents are securely destroyed.

 

Sharing your personal information

JIS will seek explicit permission from you before it transfers your personal data to a third party institution or vendors ( such as in the case of withdrawing to another school). Data will only be transferred to a third party institution to fulfill the requirements of a process which the data subject is aware of and consents to. Below are who we share your data (information) with:

• Schools or colleges that you attend after leaving JIS
• Contracted providers of services (such as school photographers, food service providers at JIS, National Health Insurance, etc) where consent has been previously given
• Data processors or third-party providers for internal administrative or communication services
• Online educational service providers (information society services) who are GDPR compliant and may collect personal information about your child(ren) for instructional purposes. To make changes to your online educational service providers permission, please complete this form
• Social Media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, when explicit consent by families are given through the enrolment contract. To make changes to your social media permissions, please complete this form

 

Data Security

Protecting your personal information is important to us. We use appropriate technical controls, organizational measures, and safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access, unlawful processing, and accidental loss of your personal information.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you (and any applicable regulator) of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

 

 

Cookies and Analytics

Cookies are small files containing information which may be downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies and analytical tools to help deliver our online services, identify any service issues, improve our online services, and monitor site traffic and usage.

We use analytical tools such as Google Analytics to monitor and improve our efficacy and performance.

More information about the ways in which Google Analytics collects and processes personal data can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

More information about cookies, including how to block them on all sites or delete them, can be found at https://www.aboutcookies.org.

 

Use of Email

JIS uses email and other means to communicate for all aspects of the services we provide.

Links

Please be aware that the JIS website may contain links to third-party websites. This Policy applies solely to information collected through this website. If you land on our website from other websites (or move to other sites from our website) you should read their separate privacy notice.

Your rights as a data subject

 

Data Subject Rights

As a data subject, whose personal information JIS holds, you have certain rights. In order to process requests, we ask you to complete a data subject access request form (DSAR). You will be required to provide one valid form of identification for verification purposes. Your rights are as follows:

• The right to be informed: JIS (Controller) is required to furnish you with clear and transparent information about data processing activities. By furnishing you with this privacy notice and any other related communication we may send to you, we are fulfilling this obligation.
• The right of access: Once your identity or, if necessary, the authority of your third party requester is proven, JIS will grant your request to access your personal data we hold without any cost. JIS will also provide the following information about your personal data:
  • The purposes of our processing
  • The categories of personal data concerned in processing
  • The recipients (data processor or third parties) to whom the personal data has been disclosed
  • The retention period or envisioned retention period for that personal data
  • The source of the personal data when personal data has been collected from a third party
  • Note: JIS reserves the right to refuse requests and will  inform you of the reasons for refusal. If your request is likely to require additional time we will inform you. In some cases, expenses incurred from your request will be your obligation to cover. JIS will inform you if there are any such charges .
     
• The right to rectification: You are allowed to exercise your right to update your personal data that JIS holds if you notice any inaccurate or incomplete personal information. While doing so, you may exercise your right to restrict processing to make sure that incorrect/incomplete information is not processed until it is corrected.
   
• The right to erasure (the ‘right to be forgotten’): While JIS does not have any overriding legal basis or legitimate reason to continue  processing your personal data, you may request that we delete the personal data that may have been unlawfully or lawfully processed. JIS will take all reasonable steps to ensure erasure.
   
• ​​​​​​​The right to restrict processing: Under the following conditions, you may ask us to stop processing your personal data:
  • The accuracy of the personal data is contested
  • Processing of the personal data is unlawful
  • JIS no longer needs the personal data for processing but the personal data is required for part of a legal process
  • The right to object has been exercised and processing is restricted pending a decision on the status of the processing

In all cases, JIS will still hold the data, but will not process it any further.

• The right to data portability: You may request your set of personal data be transferred to another controller such as another school, college, or processor, provided it is transferred to a commonly used and machine-readable format. This right is only offered if consent was given for the processing of original data. Data may be transferred by automated means and must be the fulfillment of a contractual obligation (such as transferring to a new school).
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• ​​​​​​​The right to object: You have the right to disapprove use of your data if that data processing:
  • is based on legitimate interest;
  • is for the purpose of direct marketing;
  • is for the purposes of scientific or historical research;
  • involves automated decision-making and profiling.

 

Contact Us

 

If you would like to contact us for one of the reasons mentioned above or you require further information on JIS’s Data Protection Policy then please contact our us.

P. O. Box 79, Sefwi Wiawso

Western North Region Ghana

WG-0288-5551

 0598964346 0245916980

 [email protected]