Privacy Policy
Introduction
The Observatory on Borderless and Higher Education (OBHE), is a brand owned by The Institute of Leadership & Management who are committed to data security and the fair and transparent processing of personal data. This privacy policy (Policy) sets out how we treat your personal data. Please read this Policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share your personal data, your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us.
Who is The Institute of Leadership & Management?
For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR), The Institute of Leadership & Management is the ‘controller’ of your personal data. The Institute of Leadership & Management is a charity registered both in England & Wales (248226) and in Scotland (SC039693), and a UK company limited by guarantee (601049). Our registered address is Pacific House, Relay Point, Tamworth, B77 5PA.
The Observatory on Borderless and Higher Education conducts high level research and disseminates emerging trends, best practices, policy frameworks, and assessment and quality assurance information relevant to cross-border higher education programme delivery across the globe. The organisation's primary purpose is to provide strategic information to enable institutional leaders and policy makers to make informed decisions relevant to their existing and/or future transnational higher education initiatives. Their mission is accomplished through extensive collaboration with global higher education, government, and private sector organisations that are key stakeholders in the global higher education arena.
The Institute of Leadership & Management is a professional membership body that connects like-minded people with the shared purpose of inspiring great leadership everywhere. If you have any queries about this Policy, the way in which we process personal data, or about exercising any of your rights, you may contact us by sending an email to [email protected] or writing to us at The Institute of Leadership & Management, Pacific House, Relay Point, Tamworth, B77 5PA.
What personal data do we collect?
We may collect and process the following personal data:
Information you provide to us if you:
create an account with us;
enter into a contract with us to receive products and/or services,
complete a form on our Website;
complete a survey;
correspond with us by phone, e-mail, or in writing;
report a problem;
sign up to receive our communications;
We may collect your name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, job role and employer information, and where applicable any dietary or access requirement. As part of any payments you make to us when contracting with us we may collect credit/debit card information.
Where do we obtain personal data from?
We will collect personal data directly from you in various ways. This could include when you complete an online form, or if you provide the data directly to a representative of Company.
We also gather personal data by the following methods:
From third-party organisations provided for a specific purpose; to deliver a product or service that has been requested.
From platforms that make use of device settings that allow geographical location tracking, such as IP Address mapping, WiFi, GPS signals and cell tower positioning.
If you visit our Website, we may automatically collect the following information:
technical information, including the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
information about your visit to our Website such as the products and/or services you searched for and view, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
How do we use your personal data?
When we ask you to supply us with personal data we will make it clear whether the personal data we are asking for must be supplied so that we can provide the products and services to you, or whether the supply of any personal data we ask for is optional.
Contract performance: we may use your personal data to fulfil a contract, or take steps linked to a contract:
to provide the products and/or services to you;
to communicate with you in relation to the provision of the contracted products and services;
to provide you with administrative support such as account creation, security, and responding to issues;
provide you with industry information, surveys, information about our awards and events, news and promotions related to new and existing products and services;
Legitimate interests: where this is necessary for purposes which are in our, or third parties, legitimate interests. These interests are:
To provide goods and services where it has been requested
To inform customers of other goods and services we provide or offers that may interest them
To send notification on subjects to individuals who have asked to be kept informed (i.e. subscribers)
To invite people to participate in research and surveys in fields and disciplines they are interested in.
To recognise when people re-engage with the organisation.
· To enhance the security measures in place that protect data the organisation is responsible for.
· providing you with newsletters, surveys, information about our events, offers, and promotions, related to products and services offered by a member which may be of interest to you;
communicating with you in relation to any issues, complaints, or disputes;
improving the quality of experience when you interact with our products and/or services, including testing the performance and customer experience of our Website;
performing analytics on sales/marketing data, determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests as set out below, under the heading Your rights.
Consent: By agreeing to our Terms & Conditions you give consent to us using your personal data to:
Send you newsletters, surveys, information about our awards and events, news and promotions related to new and existing products and services offered by OBHE which may be of interest to you;
Develop, improve, and deliver marketing and advertising for products and services offered by OBHE.
· You may withdraw your consent for us to process your personal data for these purposes at any time; after a withdrawal of consent request is received, we may have to contact you to verify the request.
Withdrawing your consent for us to process your personal data will not affect the lawfulness of the processing beforehand
Where required by law: We may also process your personal data if required by law, including responding to requests by government or law enforcement authorities, or for the prevention of crime or fraud.
Who do we share your personal data with?
We take all reasonable steps to ensure that our staff protect your personal data and are aware of their information security obligations. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to know it.
We may also share your personal data with trusted third parties including:
legal and other professional advisers, consultants, and professional experts;
service providers contracted to us in connection with provision of the products and services such as providers of IT services, distributors of journals and customer relationship management services; and analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our Website.
We will ensure there is a contract in place with the categories of recipients listed above which include obligations in relation to the confidentiality, security, and lawful processing of any personal data shared with them.
Where a third-party recipient is located outside the European Economic Area, we will ensure that the transfer of personal data will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission where the data protection authority does not believe that the third country has adequate data protection laws.
We will share personal data with law enforcement or other authorities if required by applicable law.
How long will we keep your personal data?
Where there is a contract between us, we will retain your personal data for the duration of the contract, and for a period of six years following its termination or expiry, to ensure we are able to comply with any contractual, legal, audit and other regulatory requirements, or any orders from competent courts or authorities. You may unsubscribe from receiving emails by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails, and review the contact information we hold for you in your account profile.
Where do we store your personal data and how is it protected?
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from loss or destruction. We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so. Where you have a username or password (or other identification information) which enables you to access certain services or parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your personal data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have various rights with respect to our use of your personal data:
Right to Access
You have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you by contacting us at the email or postal address given below. Please include with your request information that will enable us to verify your identity. We will respond with 30 days of request. Please note that there are exceptions to this right. We may be unable to make all information available to you if, for example, making the information available to you would reveal personal data about another person, if we are legally prevented from disclosing such information. Or if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
Right to rectification
We aim to keep your personal data accurate and complete. We encourage you to contact us using the contact details provided below to let us know if any of your personal data is not accurate or changes, so that we can keep your personal data up-to-date.
Right to erasure
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data where, for example, the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, where you withdraw your consent to processing, where there is no overriding legitimate interest for us to continue to process your personal data, or your personal data has been unlawfully processed. If you would like to request that your personal data is erased, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
Right to object
In certain circumstances, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where, for example, your personal data is being processed on the basis of legitimate interests and there is no overriding legitimate interest for us to continue to process your personal data, or if your data is being processed for direct marketing purposes. If you would like to object to the pressing of your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
Right to restrict processing
In certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we restrict the further processing of your personal data. This right arises where, for example, you have contested the accuracy of the personal data we hold about you and we are verifying the information, you have objected to processing based on legitimate interests and we are considering whether there are any overriding legitimate interests, or the processing is unlawful and you elect that processing is restricted rather than deleted. Please contact us using the contact details provided below.
Right to data portability
In certain circumstances, you have the right to request that some of your personal data is provided to you, or to another data controller, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. This right arises where you have provided your personal data to us, the processing is based on consent or the performance of a contract, and processing is carried out by automated means. If you would like to request that your personal data is ported to you, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
Please note that the GDPR sets out exceptions to these rights. If we are unable to comply with your request due to an exception we will explain this to you in our response.
Unsubscribing
You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the ‘unsubscribe’ functionality on the footer of any marketing communications sent to you, or by updating your details by emailing us. This does not include communication that we may send to you as part of your contract with us.
Contact
If you have any queries about this Policy, the way in which we process personal data, or about exercising any of your rights, you may contact us by sending an email to [email protected].
Complaints
If you believe that your data protection rights may have been breached, and we have been unable to resolve your concern, you may lodge a complaint the applicable supervisory authority or to seek a remedy through the courts. Please visit https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ for more information on how to report a concern to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
Changes to our Policy
Any changes we may make to our Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Policy.
Who is the Company Data Protection Officer?
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Rotherwas Industrial Estate
Hereford
Herefordshire
England
HR2 6JT
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