Information sharing

All children have a right to be protected from abuse and neglect. Protecting a child from such harm takes priority over protecting their
privacy, or the privacy rights of the person(s) failing to protect them.

The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) provide a framework to support information sharing where practitioners have reason to believe failure to share information may result in the child being at risk of harm.

• Department for Education: Information sharing advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services for children, young people,parents and carers (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• The seven golden rules of information sharing