Students’ Union Bournemouth University Privacy Statement

SUBU is fully committed to compliance with the Data Protection Act 1988. The following principles will apply when we handle your personal information:

Overall principles

• Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully.
• Personal data shall be held only for one or more specified and lawful purposes and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or purposes.
• Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which it is processed.
• Personal data shall be accurate and where necessary kept up to date.
• Personal data processed for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose.
• Personal data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subject under the Data Protection Act.
• Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of the data.
• Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or a territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.

These principles apply whether we hold your information on paper or in electronic format.

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