Privacy Notice

The University of Strathclyde is committed to transparency and to complying with its responsibilities under data protection legislation.  This privacy notice sets out important information regarding how we will use your information and your rights under the legislation.  It is important that you read this notice prior to providing your information.

The University of Strathclyde is a data controller under data protection legislation.

Any enquiries regarding data protection should be made to the University’s Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@strath.ac.uk.

How we process your information

We will process identifiable information about you from the details you supply via the ‘alumni and industry engagement’ survey.

Purpose of the processing and legal basis

The University uses your personal data for a variety of reasons and processes it where necessary for its legitimate interests including:

• Assessing your engagement preferences in order to provide you with relevant information
• Sharing your data with staff in the Department in order to provide relevant information
• Where consent is received your personal data will be added to the Department’s newsletter mailing list

Who we will share your data with

We will not share your personal data with third parties.

Retention periods

We will retain your personal information for 1 year after the initial survey. If you consent to receive marketing information i.e. monthly newsletter, we will add your data to our mailing list. We will retain theses details as long as we have valid consent and you have not unsubscribed.

Your Rights

You have the right to access your personal data held by the University.  Please contact dataprotection@strath.ac.uk to exercise this right.

You have a number of other rights you are entitled to have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete. You can also opt out of marketing at any time.  To do this you can click ‘unsubscribe’ on any of the emails we have sent or contact chemeng-ke@strath.ac.uk

Right to complain to supervisory authority

If you have any concerns/issues with the way the University has processed your personal data you can contact the Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@strath.ac.uk.  You also have the right to lodge a complaint against the University regarding data protection issues with the Information Commissioner’s Office (https://ico.org.uk/concerns/).

Please contact us if you wish to exercise/enquire about any of these rights:

Data Protection Officer
University of Strathclyde
16 Richmond Street
Glasgow
G1 1XQ
Email: dataprotection@strath.ac.uk