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</p> Privacy at the OU <p>The University collects and processes a variety of personal data in order to provide services, manage its operations effectively, and meet legal requirements.</p>
<p>The privacy notices in the links below provide more details about this for specific activities.</p>
<p>The Open University is the data controller for the personal data that we process, apart from any circumstances which will be set out in the relevant privacy notice.
The main establishment of the Open University is in the UK.
If your data is collected by our office in the Republic of Ireland, then this will also be processed in the UK.</p> Contact us <p>Please direct any queries about this policy or about the way we process your personal information to our Data Protection Officer using the contact details below.</p>
<ul>
<li>Email: data-protection@open.ac.uk</li>
<li>Telephone: +44(0)1908 653994</li>
<li>By post: The Data Protection Officer, PO Box 497, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AT.</li>
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<p>Data subjects within the EU can contact the Data Protection Officer c/o the Open University in Ireland: Holbrook House, Holles Street off Merrion Square, North Dublin 2, D02 EY84.</p> Your Rights <p>You have a number of rights in relation to your personal information, which apply in certain circumstances.
In order to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in this document.
These are described in more detail by the Information Commissioner’s Office.</p>
<p>You have the right</p>
<ul>
<li>to access the personal information we hold about you and to receive a copy </li>
<li>to correct inaccuracies in the personal information we hold about you </li>
<li>to have your data deleted when it is no longer required </li>
</ul>
<p>In some circumstances, you also have the right</p>
<ul>
<li>to limit how we use your personal information, </li>
<li>to data portability </li>
<li>to object to the use of your personal information </li>
</ul>
<p>Where we rely on consent as the legal basis on which we process your personal information, you may also withdraw that consent at any time.</p>
<p>Depending on our relationship with you, you can update your contact preferences for marketing and research when you sign into the Open University website, by using any unsubscribe options available in communications we send you, or by contacting us.If you are concerned about the way we have processed your personal information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Please visit the ICO’s website www.ico.org.uk for further details, or you can use their online tool for reporting concerns: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ </p>
<p>Please see the sections below for particular information, depending on your relationship with us</p> Staff, job applicants, contractors, partners and volunteers <p>This document sets out how we deal with the personal data of staff, workers, job applicants, contractors, agency staff, volunteers and anyone who works with or on behalf of the Open University</p>
<ul>
<li>Colleague privacy notice (pdf 304kb)</li>
</ul> Website visitors and enquirers <p>For more information about how we use your information as an enquirer or as a registered website user, please see our </p>
<ul>
<li>Enquirer and website privacy notice (pdf 214kb)</li>
<li>Enquirer and website privacy notice summary (pdf 53kb)</li>
</ul> Research participants <p>If you have been invited to participate in research conducted by the OU, then this privacy notice will be relevant to you.</p>
<ul>
<li>Research participant privacy notice (pdf 129kb)</li>
</ul> OpenLearn users <p>Please also see our website cookie policy</p>
<p>If you use OpenLearn or OpenLearn Create, please see their specific privacy notices.</p>
<ul>
<li>OpenLearn’s privacy statement</li>
<li>OpenLearn Create</li>
</ul>
Students and Learners <p>If you have registered as an OU student, we will collect and use more information about you in connection with your study, and we will keep long term academic transcript data.</p>
<ul>
<li>Student privacy notice</li>
<li>Executive Education: Corporate and Professional Development privacy notice (pdf 154kb)</li>
<li>Skills Bootcamp privacy notice (pdf 198kb)</li>
</ul> Alumni and supporters <p>Our Development Office maintains records on OU alumni (students who have completed an OU qualification), supporters of the University, and individuals who have been identified as a potential supporter of the Open University.</p>
<ul>
<li>Alumni and supporters privacy notice</li>
</ul> Business contacts <ul>
<li>Corporate contacts and suppliers (pdf 167kb)</li>
<li>Centre for Policing Research and Learning and Department of Policing Organisation and Practice privacy notice (pdf 114kb) </li>
<li>Government and External Affairs privacy notice (pdf 127kb)</li>
</ul> Event attendees <ul>
<li>Open University Events booked through Eventbrite (pdf 109kb)</li>
</ul> Mobile applications (apps) <p>Some of our apps utilise personal information for functionality purposes.
As per the iOS and Android app publishing guidelines, each one has an individual privacy policy.</p>
<ul>
<li>AMI Sports: Golf (pdf 155kb)</li>
<li>OU Anywhere (pdf 182kb) </li>
<li>OU Study (pdf 161kb)</li>
<li>Safe space reporting (pdf 76kb) </li>
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<li>Where do student fees go?</li>
</ul> Address your request to: <p>The Data Protection Co-ordinator<br>
PO Box 497<br>
The Open University<br>
Milton Keynes<br>
MK7 6AT</p>
<p>Email data-protection</p>
<p>Phone +44 (0)1908 653994</p> Back to top