Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice for Train4Tomorrow

Who is collecting and using your personal data?

Devon County Council will act as a ‘data controller’ for any personal data that you provide to us. As such, we will ensure that the data given to us is processed in line with our organisation’s data protection policies and in line with your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulations and associated data protection laws currently applicable in the UK.

Should you wish to find out more about Devon County Council’s data protection policies please contact our Data Protection Officer.

Why are we collecting your personal data?

We are collecting your personal details to help the Train 4 Tomorrow team:

  • Provide you information about courses and the train for tomorrow programme,
  • Provide your company with information about courses,
  • Match you with employers and training providers,
  • Provide updates as appropriate.

As part of this we will respond to enquiries, we may also collate your details on a spreadsheet to provide you with information about future courses. We may forward enquiries about courses to our providers to be answered.

We may collect and store records about you which may include:

  • Your name and address,
  • Your telephone number and email address,
  • The type of company,
  • The number of employees in your company,
  • The Skills Bootcamp courses you may be interested in,
  • Other relevant details which you have chosen to disclose in our free text fields.

‘Training providers’ are those procured by Devon County Council (Train 4 Tomorrow) to deliver courses detailed on this website.

Who will we share your personal data with?

In some instances, it may be necessary to share your personal data with training providers who have been specifically commissioned by Devon County Council / Train for Tomorrow.

We may have to share you information with the Department for Education to meet our responsibilities for the Train 4 Tomorrow programme.

How long will we hold your personal data?

Devon County Council will retain your personal data for only as long as is necessary, and in line with our organisation’s record retention schedules.

Automated decisions

DCC does not intend to make any automated decisions using personal data that is processed for any of the purposes outlined in this notice.

Your data protection rights

Under Data Protection Legislation, you have the right to obtain a copy of their personal records held by us, this is called a Subject Access Request (SAR).

Details of how to make a request can be found here

Further details on your rights under data protection legislation and how to exercise them, are available here.

International transfers

DCC does not intend to transfer your personal data to any countries outside of the territorial scope of UK data protection laws.

Exercising your rights

Under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulations you have the following rights:

  • The right of access to your own personal data.
  • The right to request rectification or deletion of your personal data.
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal data.
  • The right to request a copy of the information you provide us in machine-readable format.
  • The right to withdraw your consent to any processing that is solely reliant upon your consent.
  • Should you wish to exercise any of your rights, you should contact the Data Protection Officer.

Your right to complain

In the event that you wish to complain about the way that your personal data has been handled by Devon County Council, you should write to the Data Protection Officer and clearly outline your case. Your complaint will then be investigated in accordance with the Council’s customer feedback procedure. If you remain dissatisfied with the way your personal data has been handled, you may refer the matter to the Information Commissioner’s Office whose contact details are below:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Email: casework@ico.org.uk

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