Privacy Statement

Web Site

This web site does not use cookies or collect personal data. We may collect anonymous statistical data (type of browser used, geographical region, pages viewed) in order to improve the site design.

Data processing

We need to process third party data for a number of reasons including financial accounting, payroll/personnel recording and student funding. Data may be held both electronically and recorded on paper. All data is stored securely and is destroyed after a specified period of time once it is no longer required for the purpose it has been provided.

We will only ask you for the information we need, either to provide you with a service you have requested or for statutory or contractual requirements. Your data will only be available to be viewed and processed by authorised personnel.

Required Sharing of Data

Personal information may be passed to a third party for the purpose of registering and processing course certificates. All such sharing will be kept to a minimum and usually comprises only a delegates full name.

At no time will personal information be passed to organisations for marketing or sales purposes.

General Data Protection Regulation

All staff have completed the "Understanding GDPR-Data Controllers in Education Settings" training course.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets out the principles governing the use of personal information. The main purpose of these principles is to protect the interests of the individuals whose personal data is being processed and they apply to everything we do with personal data, unless an exemption applies.

These principles ensure that personal information is:

• Fairly and lawfully processed
• Processed for limited purposes
• Adequate, relevant and not excessive
• Accurate and up to date
• Not kept for longer than is necessary
• Processed in line with an individuals’ rights under GDPR
• Kept securely
• Not transferred to other countries without adequate protection

The General Data Protection Regulation gives you various rights governing the use of your personal data

• The right to be informed about the collection and use of your data
• The right to access your personal data and supplementary information
• The right to have your personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete
• The right to request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing
• The right to restrict processing of your personal data
• The right to data portability allowing you to obtain and re-use your personal data for your own purposes across different services
• The right to object to processing on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest, direct marketing, processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics
• The right related to automated decision making including profiling solely by automated means and without human involvement

If you wish to enquire about how we use your data, make a Data Subject Access Request, or pursue any of the above mentioned rights, please email: with full details.

Cyber Security

We take the security of your data seriously and take the following steps to ensure your data is safe.

• We use firewalls for all internet connections to prevent unauthorised access
• We secure the configuration of our systems and network security
• Sensitive data is securely encrypted before transmission
• Only authorised persons are given access to your data and only as and when required
• All data is protected by anti-virus and anti-malware software
• IT Equipment and software is regularly monitored and updated

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