Curriculum for Life Privacy Policy

Your data and rights when using Curriculum for Life

This privacy policy explains how the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) deals with the personal information and data that we collect about you, or that you provide to us. GMCA provide this website, Curriculum for Life (C4L).

It explains how you can exercise your rights under the data protection laws (UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018) and any other governing legislation.

What is Curriculum for Life?

Curriculum for Life is website provides an advice service to help young people answer questions about navigating adult life. Young people have created it with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

It has information on it about a wide range of topics, all designed to help young people learn about new skills or things they might need to know.

Who provides Curriculum for Life?

The website is provided by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

Data controller

GMCA is the data controller for the data collected by this website. If you have any questions about how your data or information is stored, please contact the GMCA Data Protection Officer: [email protected]

Data we collect

We collect different data depending on whether you just visit the website or choose to submit data to us for display on Curriculum for Life.

Data collected as you use the website

When you visit the Curriculum for Life website, we collect data about your browsing activity. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • The resolution of your screen
  • The browser you use
  • Which pages you look at
  • The time you spend on site
  • If you clicked a link to Curriculum for Life, or if you click a link to exit Curriculum for Life

This data is anonymised, so it cannot be linked directly to you.

This anonymised data can only be viewed by authorised people at GMCA, and is sometimes shared with partner agencies, councils or our suppliers. This is so we can continue to improve the performance of our website and make sure it meets your needs.

How we collect data through your use of the website

We use several tools to perform the above actions.

WordPress

We use WordPress to build the website and store content. Our WordPress installation also collects anonymised usage data and displays this within the website. This is used to power the “view counter” functionality on each article on our website. This data is fully anonymous and cannot be used to identify you.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse how our site is used and to make sure the site is meeting the needs of those using it. Google Analytics does not store your IP address, and your use of the site is anonymised, so we can’t identify you.

For further details about how Google safeguards your data, please see the ‘Safeguarding your data’ section of Google’s support site.

YouTube

We use YouTube to embed videos from YouTube within our website. YouTube is a Google service. Depending on your settings within Google or YouTube, this may mean you see personalised recommendations or other personalised content. We don’t store or log any of the data that YouTube or Google may collect.

Cookies

These services all use cookies to function. Cookies remember bits of information from your visit to the site.

A cookie is a simple text file that’s stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server. Only that server can retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. So if we put a cookie on your computer, it can’t be read by any other website.

Changing your cookie settings

You can change your device settings at any time to accept all cookies, to tell you when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies. How you do this depends on your browser.

Find out more at: AboutCookies.org

Data you send to us

If you choose to send data to us, either because you have a query or request for help or because you are working with us on content creation for Curriculum for Life, we will store and process that data to meet your request. The way we do so depends on the way you send the data to us and what your request is. This may include your personal data, if you choose to share it with us. We may share this data with partners or other organisations, although we’ll only do so to meet your request.

How we collect data you send to us

The way we collect data you send to us will depend on the method you use to send it. We don’t collect more data that we need to help you or display the information you send us on GMACS.

Use of names and images on Curriculum for Life

People who are named authors of advice articles and who have provided their image have given their explicit consent for their personal information to be used as agreed on the website. Similarly, anyone who is featured in original visual media, or who has an original quote ascribed to them on the website, has given their explicit consent to this. Any party who has previously consented to their personal information being on the Curriculum for Life website can withdraw this consent at any time or update their information by emailing us at [email protected]. This will result in the adaptation or full withdrawal of the related content.

Legal reason for using this data

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is:

  • Your consent. You can remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting [email protected].

How your data will be used

We will use your data so we can:

  • answer your requests for help
  • publish information on Curriculum for Life that you ask us to
  • comply with the law
  • investigate complaints
  • maintain our accounts and records
  • promote our services
  • fix technical problems
  • evaluate the service
  • improve and plan future services

We may publish reports using anonymised data. The reports will not identify you or any other individual users.

Where your data is stored

The European Union (EU) will adopt the same Data Protection safeguards as the United Kingdom. It’s by exception that data would be sent outside the EU. You can find out more on the European Commission Justice website (external website)

Most personal information we collect is stored on electronic systems in the UK. However, there are some occasions when your information may leave the UK, when some personal information may be stored on computer services located in the European Economic Area (EEA). For example, if it needs to be transferred to another organisation, which may be based outside of the UK or that uses systems which store information outside of the UK.

Generally, personal information in our control will not be sent outside EEA, unless stored within cloud based computer services. If we transfer your information beyond the EU, we will make sure that it’s protected in the same way as if it was being used in the EU and have appropriate procedures and technologies in place to maintain the security of all personal information processed outside of the EEA.

Information on how Google Analytics complies with data protection laws

Keeping your data safe

Any data we collect as you use the site is stored using services which meet a range of security principles and legal requirements.

Any data you send to us is at your own risk as sending information over the internet is generally not completely secure, and we can’t guarantee the security of your data while it’s in transit. Once we receive your data, we have procedures and security features in place to keep your data secure.

How long will we keep your data?

Curriculum for Life is designed to be current. For this reason, anyone’s personal information (names and visual media) featured on the website will be removed after a maximum of five years as the content is refreshed. The information that we hold to improve and evaluate our service is held as statistical data. This means that we are not able to identify individual people from this data. 

Your data rights

You have various data rights. You can:

  • ask for copies of your data
  • raise concerns if you think your data is not being used or looked after in the right way
  • make sure your data is accurate and up to date
  • ask for a copy of your data in a digital format, for example as a csv file. You can also ask for your data to be transferred to another organisation.

To make a query or a complaint

If you have any questions or concerns about how we use your personal information, contact our Information and Data Governance team: [email protected]

To find out what information we hold about you, you need to make a Subject Access Request by email or in writing:

Email: [email protected]

Postal: Office of the DPO, Information and Data Governance, GMCA, Tootal Buildings, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6EU

If you wish to exercise any of your other information rights, please email our Data Protection Officer: [email protected]

 

Please say you are asking about the use of your data within Curriculum for Life.

You can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you think ICO rules or laws have been broken. Visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website (Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)) for more details.

We may track and record communication (internet, email and telephone calls) with us to help sort out complaints. This also helps us to prevent and detect crime.

Privacy notice and user agreement of the ‘Curriculum for Life GM Educator Resource Hub

The information you provide will be used for the purposes of the GMCA’s ‘Curriculum for Life Educator Resource Hub. As part of the service, we will be using Padlet as a digital repository, for educators to upload and also download resources to be utilised with the Curriculum for Life website. Lead teachers must ensure, and will be asked to confirm, that the resources they submit for display on the ‘Curriculum for Life GM Educator Resource Repository’ have gained permission on the intended use and that no details about individuals are included in the information published. 

By uploading content, you consent to us using your information in this way. We will retain your data for as long as they are needed for the Curriculum for Life GM Educator Repository. If you change your mind and wish to withdraw your consent after uploading content, please email: [email protected]  

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is the Data Controller for personal information collected in this form. We will hold your information securely and only process it for the purposes described above and in line with the Data Protection Legislation. Our Lawful Basis under the UK GDPR is Consent. We will not share your information with third parties. Data will be stored for up to five years.

For further information about how the GMCA handles your personal data and your rights under the Data Protection Legislation, please see our Privacy Notice on our website which you will find here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/who-we-are/accounts-transparency-and-governance/privacy-policy/