Version 1 – December 2024
We respect your right to privacy, and we treat the confidentiality of the data we hold very seriously. This privacy policy sets out the information that we may collect from you, how we look after that information, and how we may use that information. This privacy notice is part of our programme to make the data processing activities we carry out transparent.
This privacy notice will be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure it is in line with national guidance and legislation. Please read this privacy policy carefully.
About Us
In this policy references to ‘we’ and ‘us’ are to Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance (The Cancer Academy), whose hosted registered office is The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Wirral, Bebington Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 4JY, who will be the controller of any personal data processed as described in this policy.
Context
This privacy policy applies only to how Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance use your personal data in relations to GDPR 2018.
Collection of Information
When you register to the Academy website, we collect, store and use certain personal information in line with this policy.
To register we ask for your name, email address, job role, professional group, clinical or non-clinical, your organisation and cancer alliance. This information is stored on our website to help us tailor the service we offer to suit you and to evaluate the impact of our educational offerings.
Use of Information
By registering on the Academy website, signing up to any education (online modules, face to face training, webinars or events), responding to, or participating in, any surveys or questionnaires sent to you by us, you agree that your personal information may be collected, stored, used and shared by us and our partners, course and content providers, or third parties we work with, for any of the following purposes:
- To provide, maintain, protect and improve the quality of The Cancer Academy network.
- To fulfil any contractual agreements between you and us and any third party who has commissioned the education on your behalf.
- To send you details of training courses, modules, study days and events which we think may interest you, unless you opt out as described at paragraph 9 below.
- To manage the personal account that you hold with us.
- To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
- To contact you occasionally to invite you to share your opinions and experiences about the Academy.
- To send you course notices and updates about the Academy via the monthly ebulletin.
Storage
All information is stored on secure servers.
Legal basis for processing information
Our legal basis for collecting and using personal information, as described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.
We will normally collect personal information from you only where:
- We have your consent to do so.
- We need the personal information to perform a contract with you/on your behalf via a third-party purchaser.
- The processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights.
Disclosure of information
We may disclose your personal information to third parties when permitted by law including:
- With your consent.
- These third-party organisations use of your personal data may be subject to their own privacy policies, which are available on their websites.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your information to comply with any legal obligations.
Data Retention
In line with article 5 of GDPR principles (relating to processing of personal information), we retain personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate need to do so, for example to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with accreditation by external bodies i.e. CPD.
Where we have no ongoing legitimate need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise it. If this is not possible for example due to your information being stored in backup archives, we will securely store your personal information and isolate it until its deletion is possible.
Your Rights
You have the following data protection rights:
You can edit your personal details by contacting us directly at ccf-tr.
In addition, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the ‘Contact us’ section below.
You may unsubscribe from certain email communications by emailing us at ccf-tr.
Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information based on your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
The Cancer Academy may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal information to these websites.
You may obtain a copy of your personal data that we have collected, and this will be returned in a commonly used electronic form. If you wish to access your personal data, then you will need to make a request in writing to the address found under the Contact us section.
Updating the privacy policy
We may update or amend this privacy policy from time to time, to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements. When we update this, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make.
Contacting the Cancer Academy
If you have any questions, comments or complaints about this privacy policy, please contact us using the details below:
Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance, JKD Building, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Bebington Road
Bebington
Wirral CH63 4JY
E-mail: ccf-tr.