Privacy Notices
Our full index of the University's privacy notices - Fulfilling the right to be informed.
Our approach to privacy
The University handles a substantial amount of personal data about individuals.
We hold personal data about:
- prospective students
- applicants
- current students
- alumni
- staff
- research participants
- users of our website
- many other individuals that we come into contact with as a provider of higher education
It is important to us that you have trust and confidence that we will protect your privacy and uphold the highest standard of compliance with data protection law.
We have an obligation to inform our data subjects about the collection and use of their personal data by the University. This is a key transparency requirement under the UK General Data Protection Regulation.
About our privacy notices
You can find out more information about the way we use personal data by viewing our wide range of privacy notices.
There are separate privacy notices for different categories of individuals who we hold personal data about and for the services we offer.
These notices inform you:
- who we are
- the personal data we process
- how we obtained your personal data
- how we use your personal data
- our lawful bases for processing
- who we share your personal data with
- if applicable, how you can withdraw consent
- your data subject rights
- Our relevant retention periods
- whether we use any automated profiling or decision-making
- contact information
List of notices
- Alterline Library Life Pulse Survey
- Alumni and Supporters
- Apprenticeship Programmes
- Apprentice Progress Reviews
- CCTV Data Subjects
- Centre for Enterprise
- Covid-19 Monitoring - Test and Trace
- Disclosure of Criminal Convictions
- Disability Service
- E19 innovation retreat
- Engaged Scholarship Network
- Enquirers and Prospective Students
- Enquirers and Prospective Students Web Chat
- eStore / Online store
- European Regional Development Fund Programmes
- Eventbrite Bookings
- External Examiners
- Freedom of Information and Rights Requests
- Health and Safety Incident and Near Miss Reporting
- Higher education access tracker
- Inclusion Service
- Information sharing with The Union
- ITT Bursary Recipients
- Jobs4Students
- Library Users
- Manchester Movement Unit
- Manchester School of Architecture
- Mentoring Scheme
- MMU Sport
- Online Lectures and Meetings
- Parents or Guardians
- Photography and Filming
- Prevent Duty
- Recognised Tutor Status
- SafeZone App
- Short Courses
- Sports Scholarships
- Staff
- Students
- Student Applicants
- Student Applicants (Online)
- Student Complaints
- Students in Accommodation and Residential Services
- Student Misconduct
- Students on Placement
- Students on Scholarships
- Student Relationship Management (SRM)
- Student Self Declaration Conviction Information
- Student Financial Support
- Students subject to the Department for Education ITT Education Destination Survey
- Student Visa Holders
- Study and Field Trips
- Website Users
- Widening Participation and Higher Education Tracker (HEAT)
Statement of public task
We explain when we rely upon UK GDPR Article 6(1)e - public task as our lawful basis for processing personal data in our Statement of Public Task.
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