Privacy & Cookies
Heart of Mercia Academy Trust Website Privacy
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust comprises of Hereford Sixth Form College and Worcester Sixth Form College. This privacy policy will explain how our Trust uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
What data do we collect?
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust may collect the following data:
- Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.).
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
- Send us an email/message.
- Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
- Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
- Our academies.
How will we use your data?
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust collects your data so that we can:
- Process and manage your enquiry.
- Assess the quality of our services.
- Enable the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust to carry out all of their functions.
If you agree the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust, will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.
- Hereford Sixth Form College.
- Worcester Sixth Form College.
What are your data protection rights?
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data from Heart of Mercia Academy Trust.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
How do we use cookies?
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Keeping you signed in.
- Understanding how you use our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
- Functionality – the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. These store no personal details.
- Advertising – the Heart of Mercia Academy uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. The cookies are used to store anonymous usage stats about the website, this gives us an idea of the most used pages but stores no personal details
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 16 January 2020.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email: dpo@heartofmercia.org.uk