Personal Information

 University Policy Statement on Personal Information

In order to carry out its statutory, academic and administrative functions the University needs to collect and process personal information relating to many categories of people, which include its students, staff, suppliers and people who are studied as part of a research project. The University takes the confidentiality of all personal information very seriously and consequently takes all reasonable steps to comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. To this end, the University aims to collect personal information only in order to meet specifically planned, agreed and necessary purposes, and to retain that information only for as long as those purposes remain valid. Ordinarily, the University will not pass on details of its individual past or present students or staff to any third party, save where required by law or statutory obligations. Information may be passed to third parties, eg partner institutions with the express consent of the individual concerned. Staff and students may access their own current records; the University will, at regular intervals, provide current staff and students with information held within their own records; they are encouraged to correct any factual inaccuracies contained therein. Any questions regarding the University´s data protection policy should be addressed to the Registrar and Secretary. For further information on personal information, please refer to the Personal Information Policy and the Guidelines for Staff Dealing with Personal Information.