Childcare practitioners will need to assess their use of data and look at how they gather, hold, and share any personally identifiable information, which includes anything that can be used to identify a specific person.　 This is not new as such, as all practitioners who use software, mobile phones, tablets must register with Information Commissioners Office (ICO) anyway, however, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is looking to strengthen how the use of data is stored.

See supporting information from PACEY

Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2017The DfE has published the findings of the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents 2017.