Privacy Policy
We are committed to respecting your privacy. This notice is to let you know how we promise to look after your personal information, what your privacy rights are and how the law protects you. We promise:
- To keep your data safe and secure
- Not to sell your data
- To enable you to update/amend your marketing preferences
Contact details
Questions, comments and requests regarding the Privacy Policy are welcomed to contact@nationaleducationdiversityawards.com and 28 Whitcliffe Gardens, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 6UE.
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes, to comply with legal requirements and for dealing with queries:
- Names and contact details
- Website user journey information
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for
- Your right to rectification– You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Your right to erasure– You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.
- Your right to restriction of processing– You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.
- Your right to object to processing– You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- 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.
- Your right to withdraw consent– When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes, legal requirements and dealing with queries are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
How long we keep information
The duration for which we retain your personal information will differ depending on the type of information and the reason why we collected it from you, however, we will only hold your information for as long as is necessary or where you ask us to delete records we may delete it earlier.
How to Contact Us
If you have any queries about our use of your personal data, you can contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice. You can also contact the ICO.
Cookies
Certain parts of our Site use “cookies” to keep track of your visit and to help you navigate between sections.
A cookie is a small data file that certain websites store on your computer’s hard-drive when you visit such websites. Cookies can contain information such the pages you have visited. The only personal information a cookie contains is information that you have personally supplied.
We use cookies on our Site to enable us to deliver content that is specific to your interests and gives us an idea of which parts of the Site you are visiting and to recognise you when you return to the Site. Reading cookies does not give us access to other information on your computer’s hard-drive and our Site will not read cookies created by other websites that you have visited.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated 14 June 2025