Privacy Notice - Student Data
Introduction
The University of Southampton supports the student lifecycle from enrolment to graduation. We value your privacy and we recognise the need to process the personal information we hold about you (your data) in a fair and lawful manner.
The University is a "Data Controller". This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use your data. This privacy notice is being made available to you because you are enrolling in a programme of study or you are currently undertaking a programme of study with us, at which point or during the period of study you and third parties provide us with information about yourself. Its purpose is to inform you about how and why your personal data will be used, and how long it will usually be retained, by us. It provides you with certain information that must be provided under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR), the UK Data Protection Act 2018, and any other relevant data protection legislation that may apply (together ‘Data Protection Legislation’). Our registration number with the Information Commissioner’s Office is Z6801020.
Data refers to the information that we hold about you from which either on its own or in combination with other information you can be identified and may include names, contact details, photographs, identification numbers, online identifiers and expressions of opinion about you or indications as to our intentions about you. Categories of data held by the University about students are set out below. Processing means doing anything with your data, such as collecting, recording or holding the data as well as disclosing, destroying or using the data in any way.
This notice may be amended from time to time and you can obtain a current version at https://www.southampton.ac.uk/studentadmin/student-admin/privacy-notice.page