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This Policy applies as between you, the User of this Web Site and BSEEN the owner and provider of this Web Site. This Policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us in relation to your use of the Web Site and any Services or Systems therein.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
This Policy may be updated at any time. This version was published on 11 July 2018 and historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.
The data protection law in the UK changed on 25 May 2018 and you will be able to exercise your rights under the new legislation from that date.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account” means collectively the personal information and credentials used by Users to access Material and / or any communications System on the Web Site;
“BSEEN” means BSEEN, Aston University, Birmingham Science Park Aston, Faraday Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4BB;
“Content” means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Web Site;
“Data Protection Laws” means Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC, in each case as transposed into domestic legislation of each Member State of the European Economic Area and in each case as amended, replaced or superseded from time to time, including without limitation by the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (“GDPR“) and/or other applicable data protection or national/federal or state/provincial/emirate privacy legislation in force, including where applicable, statues, decisions, guidelines, guidance notes and codes of practice issued from time to time by courts, any supervisory authority and other applicable authorities;
“Service” means collectively any online facilities, tools, services or information that BSEEN makes available through the Web Site either now or in the future;
“System” means any online communications infrastructure that BSEEN makes available through the Web Site either now or in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, web-based email, message boards, live chat facilities and email links;
“User” / “Users” means any third party that accesses the Web Site and is not employed by BSEEN and acting in the course of their employment; and
“Web Site” means the website that you are currently using (www.graduateadvantage.co.uk) and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
BSEEN may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Policy.
The table below sets out a description of the ways in which we plan to use your personal data and the legal basis which we rely on to do so. We have also identified our legitimate interests where appropriate.
Please be aware that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
Purpose/Activity
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Type of data
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Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest |
To manage our relationship with you which will include: (a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy (b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey |
Identity Contact Profile Marketing and Communications
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Necessary to comply with a legal obligation Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services)
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To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey
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Identity Contact Profile Usage Marketing and Communications
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Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business)
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To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)
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Identity Contact Technical
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Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you
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Identity Contact Profile Usage Marketing and Communications Technical |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
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To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences |
Technical Usage
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Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) |
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. We will ask for your consent before sending you direct marketing. You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us, or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.
We will not share your personal data with any third party outside Aston University for marketing purposes.
You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages by contacting us at any time.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you would like to request an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
BSEEN may, from time to time, expand or reduce its business and this may involve the transfer of control of certain divisions to other parties. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any division so transferred, be transferred along with that division and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was supplied by you.
In the event that any Data submitted by Users will be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your Data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.
Under certain circumstances, you have the following rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:
Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at bseen@aston.ac.uk.
When you contact us to exercise your data subject rights:
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