Data protection legislation is changing and a new legislation will become effective in May 2018. It will give you greater powers to protect your own privacy, and place greater responsibility on those processing your data for any purpose.

Note that this section only refers to your personal data (your name address and anything that could be used to identify you personally) not the content of your response to the Commission.

1. The identity of the data controller: The UPP Foundation is the data controller.
2. Why we are collecting your personal data.

   Your personal data is being collected as an essential part of the evidence gathering process, so that we can contact you regarding your response.

3. With whom we will be sharing your personal data.

   UPP Foundation is funded by UPP Group Limited and, consequently shares some resources with it. Therefore, responses submitted via email will be stored by UPP Foundation, UPP Group (and its subsidiary companies) and Public First (who are a the third party engaged by the UPP Foundation to service the Commission). In addition, information provided in response to this Commission, including personal information, will be shared between UPP Foundation, UPP Group (and its subsidiary companies) and Public First.

4. What we will publish

   A summary of responses will be published on the UPP Foundation Civic University Commission website at [address]. The summary will include a list of organisations that responded but not personal names, addresses or other contact details.

5. Your rights, e.g. access, rectification, erasure.

   The data we are collecting is your personal data, and you have considerable say over what happens to it. You have the right:

   a. to see what data we have about you
   b. to ask us to stop using your data, but keep it on record
   c. to have or corrected
   d. to lodge a complaint with the all or some of your data deleted independent Information Commissioner (ICO) if you think we are not handling your data fairly or in accordance with the law.  You can contact the ICO at https://ico.org.uk/, or telephone 0303 123 1113.

6. Your personal data will not be used for any automated decision making.

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