Privacy Policy

Information – UK/EU GDPR updated 2023

  1. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors
    and service users.
  2. This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with
    respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service
    users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means
    of the processing of that personal data.
  3. Our website incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will
    process your personal data.
  4. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refers to our above establishment
    name only.
  5. How we use your personal data
    • In this Section we have set out:
      • the general categories of personal data that we may process;
      • the purposes for which we may process personal data; and
      • the legal bases of the processing.
  6. We may examine and process data about your use of our website.
    The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location,
    browser type, versions, operating system, referral source, length of
    visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as
    information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service
    use. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of
    analysing the use of the website. The legal basis for processing our
    legitimate interests, namely server monitoring, statistics, improving
    our STEM Academy website and SEO search results.
  7. We may process this data identified in this policy where necessary
    for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether
    in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court
    procedure. The legal basis for this processing is necessary for
    compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  8. We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy
    where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining
    insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional
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    advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legal obligation to
    protect our STEM Academy against risks.
  9. In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your
    personal data set out in this Section 5, we may also process any of
    your personal data where such processing is necessary for
    compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in
    order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another
    natural person.
    Retaining and deleting personal data
  10. This Section sets out our data retention policies and procedure,
    which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal
    obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of webpage
    content and visitors data.
  11. Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not
    be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those
    purposes.
  12. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 3, we may retain
    your personal data where such retention is necessary for
    compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in
    order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another
    natural person.
    Your rights
  13. In this Section, we have summarised the rights that you have under
    data protection law. Some of the rights are complex and not all of
    the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you
    should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory
    authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
  14. Your principal rights under data protection law are:
    • the right to access;
    • the right to rectification;
    • the right to erasure;
    • the right to restrict processing;
    • the right to object to processing;
    • the right to data portability;
    • the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and
    • the right to withdraw consent.

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  15. You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process
    your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data,
    together with certain additional information. That additional
    information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the
    categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the
    personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not
    affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data.
  16. You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you
    rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to
    have any incomplete personal data about you completed.
  17. In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of any
    content or data without undue delay. Those circumstances include:
    the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the
    purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you
    object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data
    protection law. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure.
    The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for
    exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for
    compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise
    or defence of legal claims.
  18. In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing
    of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the
    accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you
    oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the
    purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the
    establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have
    objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection.
    Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may
    continue to store your personal data. However, we will only
    otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment,
    exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of
    another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public
    interest.
  19. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data
    on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent
    that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is
    necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public
    interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the
    purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third
    party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the
    personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling
    legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests,
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    rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment,
    exercise or defence of legal claims.
  20. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data
    for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes
    on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the
    processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for
    reasons of public interest.
  21. If you consider that our processing of your personal information
    infringes UK/GDPR data protection laws, you have a legal right to
    lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data
    protection. You may do so in the UK/EU member state of your
    habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged
    infringement.
  22. To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your
    personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that
    consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of
    processing before the withdrawal.
  23. You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal
    data by contacting us enquiries@brackleyacademy.co.uk
    Links to other websites
  • Our website contains links to and from other websites. This privacy
    policy only applies to our website.
    Following a link to another website
  • If you go to another website from this one, including any websites that
    we link to, you should read the privacy policy on that website to find
    out what it does with your information.
    Following a link to our website from another website
  • If you come to our website from another website, we may receive
    personal information about you from the other website. You should
    read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more
    about this.
    Where our website is stored and who is who
  • Data is stored on corporate Dunsfold Reading datacentres UK to be
    compliant with UK & GDPR data regulations.
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  • The data centres have the highest level of ISO accreditation for a PSN
    based environment.
  • Your data can only be examined and viewed by our back-end
    administrative staff.