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The University collects the personal data of applicants, staff, students, alumni, visitors, stakeholders, research participants and others. This data is used in a variety of ways and for a variety of purposes in the course of our work.
The policy sets out how the Academic Section manages its approach to the retention of semi-current records that need to be retained.
Find out how you need to archive paper and electronic documents.
There are many situations where the University might engage a third party to carry out activities on their behalf, perhaps some specialist expertise or a software platform.
Useful data protection terminology.
The Data Protection Impact Assessment is a legal requirement where any data processing is likely to result in a high risk to individuals and good practice for any project involving the processing of personal data.
The GDPR includes a range of rights for individuals around their data. Anyone whose data is processed by the University can make a rights request under GDPR.
The University will follow these rules for direct marketing by email, telephone campaigns and the use of cookies on our websites and emails.
A brief guide to disposing of paper and electronic documents.
We all have a right to control our personal data, including pictures of us. So we need to take care when taking pictures or filming at our campuses.