Updated April 2023
If you have any questions please email us: s4science@swansea.ac.uk
Swansea University is the Data Controller and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
Swansea University has a Data Protection Officer who can be contacted via dataprotection@swansea.ac.uk
Personal data for which Swansea University (S4 Project) is the data controller:
Educators
Learners
The information you provide will be used by the University (S4 Project) to find out which of our resources are used the most and to find out what educators and learners use our research for.
This helps us to defend the impact of our project and learn lessons about how to produce future content.
Why we collect individual data and how we use it
We collect data on individuals for the following reasons: –
The portal user (educator or learner) is required to fill out an online form to access the resources which signs them up to the S4 Portal (s4scienceportal.co.uk). The user is required to let us know if they consent to be contacted in the future for the outlined purposes. All online form data is stored securely on our website (s4scienceportal.co.uk) which is hosted by Swansea University and is backed up on a secure server.
Email Contact – For interactions that involve the S4 Project directly contacting an individual if consent was given. The portal user (educator or learner) will be contacted by a member of the S4 Project team using the email address provided when completing the online form.
Anonymous data is processed for the purpose of statistics and analysis. Anonymising data will involve removing their full name and email address. The school name may be pseudonymised if necessary.
Data collected from the S4 Portal may be made available, in an anonymised dataset, to external bodies for analysis, impact and funding purposes.
The data will be for 6 years after the users last access date to the portal in accordance with the Limitation Act 1980 c. 58 s 5 for externally funded research projects.
If you choose to cancel your account, please email s4science@swansea.ac.uk
You can cancel your account at any time, to do this please email s4science@swansea.ac.uk
You can withdraw your consent to be contacted for feedback on resources at any time, to do this please email s4science@swansea.ac.uk
If you have any concerns about what information is being held, you have a right to access your personal information, to object to the processing of your personal information, as well as the right to rectify, erase and restrict your personal information. If you have any concerns about the use of data for these purposes or would like a copy of the data we hold about you, requests should be made in writing to the University Data Protection Officer:
Swansea University Data Protection Officer
University Compliance Officer (FOI/DP)
Vice-Chancellor’s Office
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP
Email: dataprotection@swansea.ac.uk
If you have further questions about how we process individual monitoring data, please feel free to get in touch with Will Bryan the Nominated Data Officer for the S4 Project w.a.bryan@swansea.ac.uk
If you are unhappy about the way in which your personal data is being used or processed, or if you have any issue with the accuracy of the information, you can contact the University Data Protection Officer using the details above.