Privacy POLICY

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal data the Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement website collects, how we use personal data, who we share it with and your rights regarding the personal information you provide to us. We are committed to is committed to looking after any information that is made available to us when you visit our websites in accordance with data protection law. Any information you provide about yourself to the Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement will only be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, detailed below.

The Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement Board is a collaborative partnership of universities across the region. The University of Manchester serves as the board’s communication and engagement lead and hosts this website.

Information we collect

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Automatically collected information: This includes information such as your IP address, browser information, network and device and web pages you visited prior to coming to this website. This information may also include details about your use of this website, including clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches and timestamps. This information is collected automatically by Squarespace and is used to analyse how visitors use the Website.

  • Information you provide: If you contact us through the Website, you may provide us with your name, email address, and other information in your message.

We will ensure that all personal information you supply is held in accordance with data protection legislation. We do not sell or otherwise transfer personal data to any third parties unless you have consented to this, or this is permitted by law. Further information about our use of cookies can be found in our cookie policy.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect about you for the following purposes:

  • Cookie Information: to operate and improve our website, to analyse how visitors use our website. This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace uses the information collected on this website to operate its website, as well as to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.

  • Information collected via our forms: to respond to your inquiries and requests. For example, if you sign up to our newsletter, we will use your contact details to send you information about the Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement, such as upcoming events and news.

Legal Basis for Processing Your Information

We rely on the following legal bases to process your information:

  • Legitimate interests: Processing your cookie information occurs because it is necessary to meet our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website, analysing how visitors use our website and ensuring its security.

  • Consent: We may ask for your consent to use your information for specific purposes, such as sending you email newsletters. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with the following third-party service providers:

  • Squarespace: We use Squarespace to host the Website. This means that Squarespace may have access to your information.

  • Google Analytics: Visitor information collected by Google Analytics may be used by Google for the purposes of enhancing their products and providing you with personalised services. You can opt out of Google Analytics collecting information about you on this website and other websites by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Extension.

We use the information provided by Squarespace, Google Analytics to help us maintain this website, to ensure the website is working properly, and to help us make our site more accessible and useful.

Your Rights

You have a number of rights in relation to your personal information under data protection laws. These rights include:

  • The right to access a copy of your personal information.

  • The right to rectify any inaccuracies in your personal information.

  • The right to request the erasure of your personal information.

  • The right to restrict the processing of your personal information.

  • The right to object to the processing of your personal information.

  • The right to data portability.

You can find out more about your data rights and guides about how to exercise each of these rights by visiting the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Website, or contacting the ICO directly.

You have a right to request copies of the personal data held about you by the University. To make a request or to exercise any of your other data protection rights, please contact our Information Governance Office.

Cookies

The Website uses cookies to collect information about your use of the Website. You can find more information about how we use cookies and how to control them in our Cookie Policy.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Contact Us

You can also contact the Information Governance Office by telephoning 0161 275 7789 or by emailing dataprotection@manchester.ac.uk.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on July 27, 2024.