Who we are
Redbridge Institute of Adult Education
Gaysham Avenue, Gants Hill
Essex, IG2 6TD
Our website address is: www.redbridge-iae.ac.uk
Redbridge Institute Privacy Notice
This privacy notice informs you of what to expect when Redbridge Institute collects your personal information and what your rights are in respect of that information.
The Institute manages all personal information in accordance with its legal obligations under English Law.
The Institute’s Privacy Notice applies to information it collects from individuals including:
- People who have enrolled on a course
- People who apply for funding or support from the Institute
- Visitors to the college
- People who request course guides, course specifications, send an enquiry or apply online
- Those who register to attend the Institute’s programme of events
- Individuals who express an interest in becoming a volunteer
- All users of the Institute VLE system
What information do we collect and how do we use it?
When collecting personally identifiable information, the Institute will make this clear and will explain how it intends to use this information. Where relevant, an option will be provided to allow users to unsubscribe to on-going communications.
When someone visits the Institute website we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. This is to help us analyse those patterns, track visitor numbers and improve the user experience of website visitors. We collect this information in a way which does not personally identify those using our website. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.
Sharing personal details with third parties
The College will keep personal details confidential and only share information with third parties where it is legally or contractually obligated to do so, such as to meet the requirements of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and Greater London Authority (GLA), on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department of Education (DfE)
The security of your personal information
Redbridge Institute is committed to protecting your privacy. Data supplied will be used only for the purpose stated at the point of collection and will be kept in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Notice.
Your Rights
The General Data Protection Regulation provides you with certain statutory rights, including:
- The right to access your personal data
- The right to have personal data rectified
- The right to request the deletion or removal of personal data
- The right to restrict processing of personal data
- The right to obtain and reuse personal data for your own purposes across different services (portability)
- The right to object to processing in certain circumstances
- The right not to be subject to a decision when it is based on automatic processing and produces a legal or similarly significant effect on the individual
Full details of your rights can be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding data protection at Redbridge Institute, would like to request a copy of the information we hold about you, or exercise any of the other rights outlined above then please contact our Data Protection Officer:
Email: DPO@redbridge-iae.ac.uk
Updating or removing your personal details from marketing communications
While you are a student at the Institute, we will need to retain your personal details for business and contractual purposes.
If you wish to change the emails you receive from us or unsubscribe, please email us at enquires@redbridge-iae.ac.uk
Further Information
The Information Commissioners Office(ICO) is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
You can find out more information about the following topics by visiting the ICO’s Information for The Public webpage:
- the changes to privacy legislation,
- your rights
- changes to the way organisations collect data
- what they do with the data
- who you should contact for more information
If you would like to raise a concern with an organisation’s handling of your personal information, you can find guidance from the ICO’s “Raising a Concern” webpage.
You are also able to report a concern directly to the ICO here.
Cookies
To make this website easier to use, we sometimes place small text files on your device (for example your smartphone, iPad or laptop) called cookies. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. We use this information to improve access to the site and identify gaps in the content and see if it is something we should add to the site. Unless the law allows us to, we do not share any of the data we collect about you with others, or use this data to identify individuals.
The Redbridge Institute website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your visit to our website and compile reports and to help us improve the site. Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the UEL website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. See Google’s Privacy Policy webpage for more.
How to control and delete cookies
Our website will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our or any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. You can read more about it on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on our website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Further guidance on the use of personal information is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).