1+2 Language Policy Evaluation: Privacy Notice

Purpose

The 1+2 Language Policy Evaluation project is led by the University of Stirling. We would like to collect information on your views about your experience of language learning. We will use it to evaluate the effectiveness of the 1+2 policy in meeting its aims, and to provide further insight into its sustainability. Our analysis is not about individuals and all data will be anonymised in any reports about the project.

The personal data that we will collect will depend on the nature of your involvement in the project. We will collect it only with your consent.

Local Authority, Education Scotland, Scottish Government officials: data will include gender, ethnicity, email address, professional role, views on 1+2 implementation

Teachers: data will include gender, email address, school, views on 1+2 implementation

Parents: data will include gender, email address, attitudes towards language learning

Secondary School pupils: data will include gender, school, year group, email address, attitudes towards language learning.

Lawful basis

We can use your personal data if you have given your consent for it to be used. We can use data belonging to special categories, such as ethnicity, for research and statistical purposes, in order to establish the extent to which the project meets its aims among distinct groups.

 Sharing your personal data

We sometimes need to make personal data available to other organisations. These might include contracted partners (who we have employed to process your personal data on our behalf) and/or other organisations (with whom we need to share your personal data for specific purposes). Where we need to share your personal data with others, we ensure that this data sharing complies with data protection legislation. The University of Stirling is the main body which will be processing your data.

How long we will keep your personal data

The University of Stirling will keep your personal data for a maximum of ten years. After this time, we will securely delete any personal data we have about you.

Your rights

You have the right to request to see a copy of the information we hold about you and to request corrections or deletions of the information that is no longer required. If you provide consent for us to use your personal data in the ways outline above you have the right to subsequently withdraw your consent.

In some circumstance you may have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, to request it is erased where it is no longer required for the stated purposes, or that inaccurate information about you is corrected. For more information about your rights see the Data Protection Policy.

To exercise these rights please use the contact details below:

Contact details

If you have any questions relating to this form or the way we are planning to use your information please contact:

Mr David Vescio, Division of Literature and Languages

University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA. Email: dgv1@stir.ac.uk

You have the right to lodge a complaint against the University regarding data protection issues with the Information Commissioner’s Office. The University’s Data Protection officer is Joanna Morrow, Deputy Secretary. If you have any questions relating to data protection these can be addressed to: data.protection@stir.ac.uk in the first instance.