At the TUC we respect everyone’s right to privacy, and value the trust you place in us by sharing your data with us. We are committed to:
This notice explains:
It is important you read and understand this notice so you are aware of how and why we use your data.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is the ‘controller’ of the data collected about you i.e. we are responsible for deciding how we collect and manage your personal data. If you have any queries about how we gather, and use your personal data then you can get in touch with our Data Protection Officer by post at:
Data Protection Officer
Trades Union Congress
Congress House
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3LS
Or via email: info@tuc.org.uk please put ‘For the attention of the Data Protection Officer’ in the subject line of your email.
You have a number of rights (subject to a few legal exemptions) relating to your personal data. You have the right to:
To learn more about these rights please see the Information Commissioner’s Office website: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer by post or email as detailed above. We will need to ask you to confirm your identity before we can deliver on a number of these rights.
The personal data that you supply with your enquiry/complaint may be retained by us for the purposes of processing your enquiry/ complaint, and for statistical and audit purposes and will be stored in accordance with our standard procedures.
If you believe that we have not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (the regulator for privacy / data protection legislation). The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 111
We collect personal information from visitors to this web site through the use of online forms, your participation in courses and use of resources, and every time you email us your details.
Our web logs collect additional information automatically about your visit to our web site, such as time of visit, pages read and your IP address.
What we do |
Why we do this |
Our legal basis |
How long do we keep this data? |
Who has access to your data/who do we share your data with? |
Collect personal information when you join the TUC Education website - see annex for a list of fields |
We collect personal information so we can see who us using our services. We want to provide educational resources that meet the needs of all groups. |
Contract |
We will delete you from the TUC Education web platform if you are inactive for five years. You can log in and update your site profile at any time. |
City and Guilds Kineo (data processor) |
Collect personal information when you access e-learning content or webinars |
We collect personal information so we can see who is using our services. We want to provide educational resources that meet the needs of all groups. |
Contract |
We will delete you from the TUC Education web platform if you are inactive for five years. You can log in and update your site profile at any time. |
City and Guilds Kineo (data processor) Elucidat (data processor) |
Collect annonymised monitoring information if you attend an event or college delivered course |
We collect monitoring information so we can see who is using our services. We want to provide educational resources that meet the needs of all groups. |
Legitimate interest |
One year |
|
Collect personal information when you apply for a tutor delivered course - see annex for a list of fields |
We are required to collect personal information for government funding purposes. Our college providers use this information to access financial support for your course. Where a freelance tutor is delivering the course, learner information is passed to them for course planning purposes. |
Contract |
We will delete your profile (and associated learning records) from the TUC web platform if you are inactive for five years. You can log in and update your site profile at any time. |
City and Guilds Kineo (data processor) Learning Pool (data processor) EventBrite (data processor) |
Contact you in relation to any matters arising from your booking and attendance at a TUC event or course e.g. in relation to dietary requirements, cancelled events, emergency situations, processing of payments. |
If you apply for a TUC course, we may contact you in order to inform you about course arrangements. |
Contract |
One year |
|
Publish an event or course delegate list (made available to delegates only) |
We publish course delegate lists in order to increase networking opportunities for attendees. |
Contract |
One year |
|
Collect your IP address, browser settings and how you use our website when registering with or logging in, carrying out transactions, when completing a survey or campaign action, when accessing e-learning or when you send emails to or correspond with us. |
We collect course interaction and participation information so that is allows you and course tutors to monitor course progress. |
Legitimate interest |
We will delete any web tracking data if you are inactive on our website for five years. |
City and Guilds Kineo (data processor) |
Where you have consented, we will send you 'direct marketing' information via email in relation to news or our campaigns, events, courses, blogs, products and services. |
We hope to keep you informed of the services, training courses and resources we offer. |
Consent |
You can unsubscribe from the service at any time. |
Mailchimp (data processor) |
Collect personal data when conducting research to support the delivery of TUC objectives and campaigns e.g. polls, interviews, case studies, surveys. |
In order to carry out research and evaluation to inform the effectiveness of our training. |
Legitimate interest |
One year |
University research partners that the TUC may engage from time to time in order to carry out research activities. |
Notify your union that you have undertaken training with the TUC or accessed e-resources |
Your union will be able to offer you further training and support for areas that interest you. |
Explicit consent |
Five years |
Our affiliated trade unions. See https://www.tuc.org.uk/unions |
Collect feedback information after you complete or take part in online learning e.g. an eNote or a webinar |
We collect feedback information to find out how you like to learn, what topics you find valuable and interesting and what we could improve about our services. We can then ensure future learning is designed better to meet your needs. We use anonymised feedback in our marketing and promotional materials. |
Consent |
One year |
Typeform (data processor) Microsoft Forms (data processor) |
None of these processes transfer any data outside of the EU with the exception of Mailchimp (email marketing service) which houses data in the USA.
Our web site may contain links to other web sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours.
A cookie is a small piece of information that is placed on your computer, tablet or phone when you visit certain websites, including this one. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users - which makes the site work properly - and to monitor the health of the site. You can find out more about cookies at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.
We use the following types of cookie:
Session cookies: these are deleted when you finish browsing our website
Persistent cookies: these are stored on your computer after you have finished browsing our website so that we can recall your preferences the next time you visit.
Cookies used for analytics and performance monitoring are a mixture of session and persistent cookies, but they do not contain any personal information. For more information on these cookies see https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.
If you continue to use our site, we presume that you are happy to receive all its cookies. If not, most browsers allow you to turn off cookies; to do this, check the “help” menu on your browser, but note that switching off cookies may affect site operation and you may not be able to access some parts of our site.
If you delete cookies relating to this site we will not remember things about you, including your cookie preferences, and you will be treated as a first-time visitor when you come back.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this cookies policy, please email: info@tuc.org.uk.
Name | Usage | Expiry | Secure/Http Only |
---|---|---|---|
TotaraSession | Saves the session id for as long as the session exists. Used to map to the user id via a database table | On session finish when the browser is closed | False/False |
TOTARAID_ | Save encryted username, retrieved on the login page if 'Remember username' has been checked | 60 days | False/False |
If you take part in a TUC Education course or make use of a resource, you may wish to share information about yourself with other site members on forums, discussion boards or other sharing tools. You have full control of any data you choose to share this way.
Adult Learning Wales https://www.adultlearning.wales/en/other/cookies
South and City College Birmingham https://www.sccb.ac.uk/freedom-of-information
Blackburn College https://www.blackburn.ac.uk/privacy-and-cookies/
City of Bristol College http://www.cityofbristol.ac.uk/privacy-statement/
City of Glasgow College https://www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk/terms-conditions
Coleg Gwent https://www.coleggwent.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2656
College of Haringey Enfield and North-East London https://www.conel.ac.uk/legal-privacy-cookies.html
East Coast College https://www.eastcoast.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ECC-Privacy-Notice-College-Students-V7.pdf
East Riding College https://www.eastridingcollege.ac.uk/privacy-policy
Edinburgh College http://www.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/Welcome/Governance/Privacy
Fife College http://www.fife.ac.uk/pages/privacy.aspx
Newcastle College https://www.ncl-coll.ac.uk/privacy-and-cookie-policy
Ruskin College https://www.ruskin.ac.uk/about/policies
Shrewsbury College https://www.shrewsbury.ac.uk/accessibility
South Thames College https://www.south-thames.ac.uk/about/our-policies.html
Southampton City College https://www.southampton-city.ac.uk/freedom-of-information/
Stockport College http://www.stockport.ac.uk/our-college/policies-procedures/
The Manchester College https://www.tmc.ac.uk/policies-and-procedures
Warrington and Vale Royal College http://www.warrington.ac.uk/privacy_policy
West Thames College http://www.west-thames.ac.uk/governance/policies
Wirral Met College https://www.wmc.ac.uk/policies
City and Guilds Kineo
City and Guilds Kineo host the TUC Education website and provide technical support and backup.
Credly/Acclaim/DigitalMe
Credly is a digital credential platform that allows the TUC to recognise skills and knowledge gained.
https://credly.digitalme.co.uk/
Elucidat
Elucidat is an e-learning content authoring cloud based tool. If you access a piece of e-learning created in Elucidat, your name and email address will be logged with Elucidat.
Learning Pool
Learning Pool provide the TUC with Learning Locker and Stream. Learning Locker is a learning record store. It helps the TUC to analyse how our learning is used so that we can better plan future provision and content. Stream is our Learning Experience Platform. It is used to deliver our e-learning.
Mailchimp
Mailchimp is used for e-marketing and promotion.
https://mailchimp.com/features/landing-pages/
Crowdcast
Crowdcast is used for webinars. If you take part in a live webinar, your name and email address will be logged with Crowdcast.
YouTube
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel. This may set cookies on your computer.
http://support.google.com/youtube
Layershift
Layershift provide hosting for the TUC Education app.
Typeform
Typeform allows us to survey your opinion
Survey monkey
Survey monkey allows us to survey your opinion
Zoom
Zoom allows us to hold large scale video conferences
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Forms allows us to survey your opinion
Eventbrite
We use Eventbrite to advertise our tutor led courses and this is where you register for them.
ANNEX 3 – DATA FIELDS COLLECTED WHEN YOU JOIN THE TUC EDUCATION WEBSITE
Email address
Name
Date of birth
Gender
Union
TUC region
Job title
Name of employer
Name
Email address
Address
Phone number
Date of birth
Gender
Union
TUC region
Union posts held
Length of time you have been a trade union rep
Previous experience as a rep and any qualifications held
Job title
Name of employer
Employer address
Work pattern
Number of employees
Ethnicity
Disability
Learning requirements
* You can read the full TUC privacy statement on the TUC website.
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