Our contact details 

Name: Disabled Students UK
Address: 16 Hilden Gardens, Heaton, England, NE7 7LA
Phone Number: 07951832320
E-mail: contact@disabledstudents.co.uk 
Company Websites: http://disabledstudents.co.uk, http://accessinsights.co.uk

The type of personal information we collect 

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Email address
  • Name

Note that we do not and cannot connect this identifying information to your responses in the Annual Disabled Student Survey

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Your email address and name is provided to us directly by you for the following reason:

  • You wish to receive our newsletter

We use the email address that you have given us in order to send you information about our activites and updates about the sector.

We will not share your personal data with anyone outside of this organisation. 

At any point you can stop receiving the newletter by pressing unsubscribe on the emails you receive. You can also de-register as a contributor by reaching out to contact@disabledstudents.co.uk

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information under Articles 6 and 9 is:

(a) Explicit consent

How we store your personal information 

Your information is securely stored with Mailchimp which is GDPR compliant. DSUK team members who have access to Mailchimp have appropriate security measures in place. Unless you unsubscribe before then we keep your data for 3 years before asking whether you wish to continue receiving the newsletter.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at contact@disabledstudents.co.uk if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at contact@disabledstudents.co.uk.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:            
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

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