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Privacy Notice

Who we are

Your privacy is very important to us. At Manchester Metropolitan University we have a few fundamental principles that we follow:

  • We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
  • We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
  • We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of our site.

Our website address is: https://gmtrends.mmu.ac.uk

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.  This website uses cookies to help Manchester Metropolitan University identify and track visitors, their usage of the website, and their website access preferences.

For more information on which cookies this website uses and to set your preferences, please see this page: Cookie Policy

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at email: R.Ralphs@mmu.ac.uk, phone number: 07503 290809, if you wish to make a request.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Privacy Notice, please contact us by using the following contact details:

Manchester Metropolitan University
All Saints Building
Manchester
M15 6BH
United Kingdom
Website: https://gmtrends.mmu.ac.uk
Email: R.Ralphs@mmu.ac.uk
Phone number: 07503 290809

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us directly – using the contact details given above.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk