List of active policies
| Name | Type | User consent |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy Notice | Privacy policy | All users |
Summary
In order that you understand how we use your data, please read the following summary. Full details of our full Learner Privacy Notice are contained in the Enrolment section of your eILP, once you are enrolled, or available on request from dataprotection@accesscreative.ac.uk.
It is your responsibility to read the full privacy notice. This contains more detail on how we process, share and transfer your personal data. Please ensure you have read and understood this.
Full policy
About Us
Access Further Education Ltd (‘The College’) has subsidiary companies, trading names and trading partnerships through which it operates. The trading names and partnerships might have their own names or brands, but the legal entity for the purpose of this policy is Access Further Education Ltd. Trading subsidiaries, trading names and trading partnerships include Access Creative College (‘ACC’), Access Industry and Access Sport. The dBs Institute (DBS Music UK Holdings and its subsidiaries), whilst a separate legal entity, shares common Directorships with the College, however, responsibility for Data Protection related Policies within dBs falls to the DPO for Access Further Education Ltd.
Who we are
We are registered as a Data Controller with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Our registration numbers are:
Access Further Education Ltd - Z7480437
DBS Bristol Limited - ZA546654
Dbs Music Holdings Limited - ZB008849
Deep Blue Sound Ltd - Z8751984
DBS (Falmouth) Limited - ZB586460
Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted on dpo@accesscreative.ac.uk
Scope
This Privacy Notice is applicable to our current and former learners. In this circumstance, ‘learners’ refers to all learners funded under the Access Further Education Limited funding agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Authority (ESFA) acting as an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE), and all learners enrolled on higher education courses with dBs Institute. This includes learners with Access Creative College, Access Sport and all relevant external subcontractors. Apprentices engaged on an apprenticeship via Access Industry are also included in this Privacy Notice, including where funded by ESFA funding, Apprenticeship Levy-funded apprenticeships, or employer funded apprenticeships.
Purpose
We collect and process your personal data to effectively manage your learning and to meet our contractual and statutory obligations as a provider of education and skills. We will also use your data to provide you with information we feel is relevant to you as you study with us, such as career opportunities, further education and events.
Data storage
Your information is kept safe and is securely destroyed after it is no longer required for the purposes it has been collected for. We need to retain some personal data for audit purposes from our funding providers. Most of the time we are required to hold this for 6 years after the end of your final academic year. If your provision has been match funded with ESF (European Social Fund) funding, this data will be kept until at least 31.12.2030. Further information on our retention periods is available on request from the Data Protection team.
Contact
If you would like to discuss anything in this Privacy Notice Summary, or contact us about your rights under the UK GDPR, please contact us on the details below.
Under data protection legislation, all learners have the right to request access to the information we hold about them. To make a request for your personal information, or be given access to your young person’s educational record, contact dataprotection@accesscreative.ac.uk
Or you can contact us in writing:
Data Protection Team
Access Further Education Limited
26 Hulme Street
Manchester M1 5BW
Alternatively, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ if you have any concerns that we can not respond to to your satisfaction.
