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List of active policies

Name Type User consent
Data collection policy Site policy All users
Third parties or publicly available sources policy Third parties policy All users

Data collection policy

Summary

The data we collect about you.

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Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which they can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, last name, username, student ID number, marital status, title, date of birth, gender, photograph, curriculum vitae ( CV), covering letter, academic record, employment history and references, complaints instigated by or made against you, disputes which involve you.
  • Special Category Data includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, information about your health, genetic and biometric data ( we have in place safeguards for processing such data including confidentiality agreements and restrictions on access to such data ).
  • Criminal Conviction Data includes details about any unspent criminal convictions and offences (where not covered by Section 1 (1) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) ( we have in place an appropriate policy document and safeguards which we are required by law to maintain when processing such data ).
  • Contact Data includes your home address, email address and telephone numbers
  • Financial Data includes payment reference and identification details
  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of services you have purchased from us.
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use when accessing our website or any of the websites of our subsidiaries accessed from that website.
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our websites and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
  • Aggregated Data includes statistical or demographic data which we may collect, use and share for any purpose. Where Aggregated Data can directly or indirectly identify you, we will use it in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with education services). In this case, we may have to cancel a service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case.


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Third parties or publicly available sources policy

Summary

This policy outlines how we collect data from third parties

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You may give us your personal data by filling in application forms, by sending us your CV and covering letter or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

  • create an account on our website;
  • request marketing information is sent to you;
  • apply for one of our courses;
  • apply for a job;
  • complete a survey; or
  • give us some feedback.

We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources such as those set out below:

  • Educational agents (involves special category data)
  • Universities (involves special category data)
  • Named Referees
  • Providers of technical, payment and delivery services
  • Technical Data from the following parties

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