Student Recruitment & Admissions privacy notice

Please click on the links below to see the information in each section of this Privacy Notice.  Each link opens a new page. 

In sections 4 and 5, the main text gives an outline of the processing activity and a symbol to show the legal basis of that processing.  The paragraphs marked “More information” provide further information about how and why the processing is undertaken and a description of the legal basis for it. 

Alternatively you can access a printable PDF copy of the full Privacy Notice by clicking on the link on the right of this page. 

BU’s Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) has oversight over data protection matters within BU.  If you have any questions about this Notice, or any queries or comments on the processing described in this Notice, you can contact the DPO on dpo@bournemouth.ac.uk, 01202 962472  or Poole House, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB.  

Changes to this Notice:  we review and update this Notice at the start of each academic year and application cycle.  If we make any significant changes during an application cycle, we will notify them to you using the email address we use for other communications with you.

Changes to your data:  Please tell us promptly about any changes to the data we hold about you.

Privacy Notice Contents:

• Introduction

  1. ​What is this Notice?
  2. What is data protection?
  3. Using this Notice
  4. Understanding the legal basis for processing of your data

• When and how we collect your data

• How we hold your data

• How and why we process your data for BU purposes

• Transfer of your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA)

• Retention: how long will we keep your data for?

• Your rights as a data subject and how to exercise them