Privacy Policy for Island Careers Partnership

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Island Careers Partnership (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We are dedicated to supporting career development by linking schools on the Isle of Wight with local businesses for work experience, apprenticeships, and similar opportunities. Protecting and respecting your privacy is a priority for us. This policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and share your personal information when you engage with our services or visit our website, in compliance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Information We Collect

We collect and process only the minimal personal information necessary to fulfil our mission. This may include:

Personal Information: Names, telephone numbers, email addresses, and similar contact details of individuals associated with schools and local businesses.
Purpose-Specific Data: Information specifically related to the connection between schools and businesses, for the purpose of coordinating work experience, apprenticeships, or similar opportunities.
We do not collect sensitive personal data.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

Linking Schools and Businesses: To facilitate connections between schools and local businesses for work experience, apprenticeships, and other career development activities.
Communication: To communicate with you regarding relevant opportunities, events, scheduling, and partnership arrangements.
Customer Support: To respond to enquiries or requests for information.
Website and Service Improvement: To improve our website and ensure its security.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Our use of your personal data is based on:

Legitimate Interest: We process your data as necessary to carry out our mission of linking schools with businesses and fostering career development opportunities.
Consent: Where we may need to contact you for reasons beyond our primary mission, we will seek your explicit consent.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. However, we may share information in the following limited cases:

Partner Organisations: We may share your contact details with relevant local businesses or schools only for the purpose of facilitating work experience, apprenticeship opportunities, or other activities such as careers fairs and mock interviews.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a legal obligation.

6. Data Security

We are committed to safeguarding your information. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, misuse, or disclosure, including restricted access, and encryption methods where applicable.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to facilitate connections between schools and businesses or as required by law. After this period, we will securely delete your data.

8. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights regarding the personal data we hold about you, including:

Right to Access: You can request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data when it is no longer necessary for our purposes.
Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your data where we rely on legitimate interest, and we will review your request.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at Anna Tautz on info@islandcareerspartnership.co.uk

9. Cookies

Our website may use cookies to improve user experience. You can choose to accept or decline cookies through your browser settings.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, with an updated “last modified” date. Please review this policy periodically for any updates.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Island Careers Partnership
Charity number: 1196007

WESTBROOK COTTAGE
PONDWELL HILL
RYDE
ISLE OF WIGHT
PO33 1PY