Why would they keep it secret from the families and children unless it's doing something nefarious?
They're not keeping it secret. It's the same sort of thing as all the EULAs/T&Cs we have to click agree to: much too boring to pay attention to, unless it's a headline.
That said:
> How long we will keep your personal information?
> We will hold this information for as long as it is needed, or if we are required to do so by law. In practice this means that your personal information may be retained for the relevant period listed below:
> • Integrated family Support (1772), 75 years
- https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/5977-insight-bris...
How on Earth is 75 years a legitimate duration for any of this information?
It may be how UK tort law works, making it legally justifiable (or even legally mandatory), but the duration is still definitely stupid and wrong.
Well, "stupid and wrong" unless this is one of those things where you need to be a lawyer in the first place to understand all the moving parts that make no sense otherwise; but that's how bad it looks from here.
From TFA:
> School safeguarding leads told Fair Trials that they kept the system secret from children and their families. One said: “They [parents and carers] wouldn’t know about this ... parents will have no kind of sight of it at all ... They just don’t know of its existence.”
By the way, can you send me your bank and credit card details so that I can just verify that you've done nothing wrong?