Cancer Support Ambassador Network privacy notice

Information you need to know

The LJMU Cancer Support Ambassador Network is part of Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). See further information on the institution.

LJMU is the Data Controller.

Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted at DPO@ljmu.ac.uk.

LJMU takes your privacy very seriously. This privacy notice explains how we use your personal information and your rights regarding that information. We will always use your data as set out in the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and all current Data Protection Legislation. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use your data and to meeting our data protection obligations.

For information about how the wider university uses personal data please see the Privacy Notice section of our website.

Information we are collecting

The LJMU Cancer Support Ambassador Network will collect your:

  • name
  • email address
  • telephone number
  • your reason or reasons for requesting to connect with an ambassador

Why we are collecting your data and the legal basis for this

We will collect personal data from you to be able to contact you and to allocate the most relevant ambassador to support you. We will process your data on the basis for your explicit consent.

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the Network at cancersupport@ljmu.ac.uk.

Who has access to this data

Your personal data will be used only by administrators of the LJMU Cancer Support Ambassador Network where the data is necessary for them to undertake their designated role. The administrators are LJMU staff members. No data will be shared to anyone outside of the Network.

How the university protects your data

The university takes Data Protection very seriously and at all times your personal data will be handled in line with the university’s Information Security Policy.

How long the university keeps your data

Personal data will be held beginning when you first contact the Network until you no longer require the support of an ambassador.

Your rights

As a data subject, you have certain rights. You can:

  • Access and obtain a copy of your data on request, this could be in a portable electronic format.
  • Require the university to change incorrect or incomplete data if you think that it is inaccurate or out of date.
  • Require the university to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary or legally required for the purposes of processing.

Your personal data will be provided by consent, and you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting the Network.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer DPO@ljmu.ac.uk

If you do not provide data

If you do not provide the data, then we will not be able to contact you or allocate the most relevant ambassador to support you.

Transfers of data outside the EAA

We will not send your personal data outside the European Economic Area.

Automated decision-making

We will not make any decisions about you automatically using a computer, based on your personal data. All decisions affecting you will be taken by a human.

How to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office

You have the right to complain to The Information Commissioner if you believe that our processing of your personal data does not meet our data protection obligations. The Information Commissioner can be contacted:

  • Post: Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK95AF.
  • Telephone: 0303 123 1113.
  • Email: please see the ICO website.