Bellevue High School

Bellevue High School
30D Old Railway Line, Brookfields, Freetown
Towards Tengbeh Town, Sierra Leone

Phone: +232 76 619 837 / +232 99 998 899 / +232 34 714 303
Email: bellevuehighschoolsl@gmail.com

Depending on how you interact with Bellevue High School, we may collect information including:

Student Information

• Full name
• Student identification number
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Class and academic information
• Attendance records
• Examination and assessment results
• Report-card information
• Assignment and academic records
• School fee and payment records
• Disciplinary or behavioural records where applicable

Parent or Guardian Information

• Name
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Address or other contact information
• Relationship to the student
• Communication preferences

Teacher and Staff Information

• Name
• Contact information
• Professional information
• Login and account information
• Information relating to school duties and administration

Website and Technical Information

When you use our website or digital platforms, we may collect information such as:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device information
• Pages visited
• Date and time of access
• Login activity
• Technical and security information

Bellevue High School may collect information through:

• Student registration and admission forms
• Parent or guardian registration
• School administration
• Teacher and staff records
• Student and parent portals
• Online forms
• School fee records
• Academic assessments
• Attendance systems
• Communication with the school
• School events and activities
• Website interactions
• Other legitimate school-related activities

Personal information may be used for legitimate school purposes, including:

• Student registration and administration
• Academic management
• Attendance management
• Examination and assessment management
• Preparation of report cards
• School fee administration
• Parent and guardian communication
• Teacher and staff administration
• School announcements
• Student welfare and safeguarding
• School security
• Improving school services
• Maintaining and securing school systems
• Meeting applicable legal and administrative requirements

We will seek to use personal information only for appropriate and legitimate purposes.

Because Bellevue High School provides educational services, some information relates directly to students.

Access to student information is restricted according to the person's role and authorization.

Students, parents, guardians, teachers, administrators, and other users may only access information that they are authorized to view.

The school will take reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to student records.

Parents and guardians may be required to provide personal information to enable the school to:

• Register and maintain student records
• Communicate important school information
• Manage attendance
• Provide academic updates
• Manage school fees
• Provide access to relevant student information
• Respond to administrative matters

A parent or guardian should provide accurate and up-to-date information and notify the school when important information changes.

Academic records may include grades, examination results, attendance, assignments, report cards, and other educational information.

Financial information may include school fees, balances, payment records, instalments, receipts, and related administrative information.

Such information is intended for authorized school, student, parent/guardian, and administrative purposes.

Bellevue High School does not intend to sell personal information.

Personal information may be shared where reasonably necessary for legitimate school purposes, including with:

• Authorized school administrators
• Teachers and relevant school staff
• Parents or guardians where authorized
• Service providers supporting school systems
• Payment or financial service providers where applicable
• Government or regulatory authorities where legally required
• Emergency or safeguarding authorities where appropriate

Where third-party service providers are used, Bellevue High School expects them to handle information appropriately and securely.

Bellevue High School takes reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to protect personal information against:

• Unauthorized access
• Unauthorized disclosure
• Loss
• Misuse
• Alteration
• Destruction
• Other inappropriate handling

These measures may include account authentication, access controls, password protection, restricted administrative access, and other appropriate security measures.

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Users with access to a Bellevue High School account are responsible for protecting their login information.

Users should:

• Keep passwords confidential
• Avoid sharing account credentials
• Log out of shared devices
• Use strong passwords where possible
• Report suspected unauthorized access to the school

Bellevue High School may temporarily suspend an account where necessary to protect school systems or personal information.

The Bellevue High School website may use cookies or similar technologies to support website functionality, security, preferences, and basic usage analysis.

Cookies may help the website remember certain information and improve the user experience.

Users may be able to control cookies through their web browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.

Bellevue High School recognizes that many users of its services are students and may be minors.

Student information is handled primarily for educational, administrative, safeguarding, and school-related purposes.

The school will take reasonable measures to ensure that student information is only accessed, used, or disclosed by authorized persons or where otherwise appropriate.

Parents and guardians may contact the school regarding concerns about the handling of a student's personal information.

Bellevue High School may take photographs or videos during school activities, events, ceremonies, sports activities, educational activities, and other school-related occasions.

Where appropriate, the school may seek consent or follow applicable school procedures concerning the use of images involving students.

Images may be used for legitimate school purposes, including school communications, reports, publications, social media, and promotional materials where appropriate.

Parents or guardians who have concerns about the use of a student's photograph or video should contact the school.

Bellevue High School may use third-party technology and service providers to support its operations.

These may include providers of:

• Website hosting
• Cloud storage
• Email
• Authentication
• School management systems
• Online payments
• Analytics
• Communication services
• Security services

When third-party services process personal information on behalf of the school, the school will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place.

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties.

Bellevue High School is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of external websites.

Users should review the privacy policies of third-party websites before submitting personal information to them.

Bellevue High School may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for:

• Student administration
• Academic records
• Financial records
• Legal or regulatory obligations
• School administration
• Historical or institutional records
• Dispute resolution
• Security and safeguarding purposes

When information is no longer reasonably required, the school may securely delete, destroy, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it where appropriate.

Subject to applicable law and legitimate school requirements, individuals may have rights concerning their personal information, including the ability to:

• Ask what personal information the school holds about them
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Ask questions about how their information is being used
• Raise concerns about the handling of their information
• Request appropriate action where information has been improperly handled

Some requests may be subject to verification, legal requirements, school record-keeping obligations, or other legitimate limitations.

If Bellevue High School becomes aware of a significant security incident involving personal information, the school will take reasonable steps to investigate, contain, and address the incident.

Where notification is required by applicable law or appropriate circumstances, the school may notify affected individuals and/or relevant authorities.

Bellevue High School may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• School operations
• Digital services
• Technology
• Privacy practices
• Applicable laws or regulatory requirements

The updated policy will be published through the school's website or communicated through an appropriate school channel.

The Last Updated date at the beginning of this policy will indicate when the policy was most recently revised.

If you have questions, concerns, complaints, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, please contact Bellevue High School.

Bellevue High School
Address: 30D Old Railway Line, Brookfields, Freetown
Location: Towards Tengbeh Town, Sierra Leone

Phone:
+232 76 619 837
+232 99 998 899
+232 34 714 303

Email: bellevuehighschoolsl@gmail.com

By using Bellevue High School's website, student portal, parent portal, or other digital services, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review this Privacy Policy.

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