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The Bell Educational Trust Limited, Hillscross, Red Cross Lane, Cambridge, CB2 0QU, United Kingdom.
The Management of The Bell Educational Trust Limited is committed to compliance with all national UK laws in respect of personal and special category data, and to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals. This includes partner organisations, programme participants, learners, staff and others in accordance with data protection legislation. The Bell Educational Trust Limited is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office to process information about its staff, participants, learners and other individuals with whom it has dealings for administrative purposes. To comply with the law, information about individuals must be collected and used fairly, stored safely and securely and not disclosed unlawfully to any third party.
In particular we will;
a) only process personal information where it falls within the lawful reasons set out in Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulations;
b) collect only the minimum personal information required for these purposes and not processing excessive personal information;
c) provide clear information to individuals about how their personal information will be used and by whom;
d) only process relevant and adequate personal information;
e) process personal information fairly and lawfully;
f) maintain an inventory of the categories of personal information processed by the organisation;
g) keep personal information accurate and, where necessary, up-to-date;
h) retain personal information only for as long as is necessary for legal or regulatory reasons or for legitimate organisational purposes;
i) respect individuals’ rights in relation to their personal information, including their right of subject access;
j) keep all personal information secure;
k) only transfer personal information outside the EEA in accordance with data protection legislation and where it can be adequately protected;
l) only apply the various exemptions allowable by data protection legislation where applicable;
m) where appropriate, identify internal and external stakeholders
The policy applies to all employees/staff, contractors, participants and programmes. Any breach of data protection legislation or this Policy will be dealt with under the Trust’s disciplinary policy and may also be a criminal offence, in which case the matter will be reported as soon as possible to the appropriate authorities. Partners, other agencies and any third parties working with or for the Trust, and who have or may have access to personal information, will be expected to have read, understood and comply with this policy. No third party may access personal data held by the Trust without having first entered into a data confidentiality agreement which imposes on the third party obligations no less onerous than those to which the Trust is committed and which gives the Trust the right to audit compliance with the agreement.
This policy statement is communicated to all persons working for or on behalf of the Trust who are expected to comply with this policy.
Data protection legislation specifies that any person who has personal or sensitive data held by the Trust has the right to access their data. On satisfactory submission of a Subject Access Request the Trust will respond appropriately within 30 days. To request a Subject Access Request Form please either email info@bell-foundation.org.uk or contact The Bell Foundation at Hillscross, Red Cross Lane, Cambridge, CB2 0QU.