DATA PROTECTION NOTICE
PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED AND OBTAINED
This Data Protection Notice (“Notice“) sets out the basis on which SOLAS (“SOLAS“, “we”, “our” or “us”) of Block 1, Castleforbes House, Castleforbes Road, Dublin 1 will use the Personal Data you provided when applying for an eCollege course (the “Application“) This Notice details how SOLAS will process your personal Data for the purpose of providing and administering the eCollege course you have selected.
The Personal Data provided by you will be held by SOLAS as a controller.
SOLAS will collect and process the Personal Data that you provide that it obtains throughout and after completing your eCollege course (eg name, contact details, PPSN, logins to the eCollege environment, IP Address, participation, progress, assessment, certification, outcomes etc.)
HOW AND WHY WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA
This section details how (“legal basis“) and why (“purposes“) we process your Personal Data:
Legal basis: it is necessary to process your Personal Data to enter into and perform our contract with you to provide eCollege courses including for the following purposes:
to create your profile on the eCollege environment, allowing you to access courses
to allow tutors, assessors and/or administrators to contact you to provide support and/or monitor your progress
to monitor and oversee your eCollege course and to ensure the smooth running of your learner relationship with your tutor,
to monitor and oversee the performance of eCollege as an online learning service and ensure the service continually improved;
to grant access to third party applications which support learning and certification supports such as anti-plagiarism comparisons, practice tests, virtual classrooms, content and resources etc.
to coordinate, take action (as necessary) and organise your eCollege course; and
to respond to you when we receive any correspondence from you.
IMPORTANT: if you do not provide us with your Personal Data so that we can process it for the above purposes, we will not be able to proceed with your eCollege course and/or communicate with you as necessary in relation to your enrolment and/or your eCollege course.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may disclose some or all of your Personal Data to the following parties: SOLAS business units, SOLAS agents or service providers, opt-in third-party applications on Moodle which support learning, and government and state authorities including in particular the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
We may also disclose your Personal Data to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Data in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation or request or to perform a public function.
HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR
We will keep your Personal Data for the duration of your eCollege course and for a period of 7.5 years from when your eCollege course terminates. In some cases, we may need to retain your Personal Data for longer periods after you cease to be an eCollege participant for compliance with legal obligations imposed on us or where we are a party to legal proceedings with you. Similarly, we may need to retain your Personal Data for longer periods after you cease to be an active eCollege participant in order to meet the requirements of Awarding and Certification bodies. In each case, we will not keep your Personal Data for any longer than is necessary in accordance with applicable law.
YOUR RIGHTS
This subsection sets out the rights which you have to address any concerns or queries with us about our processing of your Personal Data:
Right | Further Information |
Right to be Informed |
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Right of Access |
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Right to Rectification |
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Right to Erasure |
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Right to Restriction of Processing |
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Right to Data Portability |
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You can exercise any of these rights by submitting a request to the Data Protection Officer, SOLAS, Castleforbes House, Dublin 1
We will provide you with information on any action taken upon your request in relation to any of these rights without undue delay and at the latest within one month of receiving your request. We may extend this by up to 2 months if necessary, however we will inform you if this arises.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner with regards to us processing your Personal Data.
CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
We may amend this Notice from time to time, in whole or part, at our sole discretion. Any changes to this Notice will be effective immediately upon sending the revised Notice to you by e-mail or post.
If at any time we decide to use your Personal Data in a manner significantly different from that stated in this Notice, or otherwise disclosed to you at the time it was collected, we will notify you by e-mail, and you will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in the new manner.
CONTACT US
If you have questions or concerns about this Notice, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights as a data subject, please contact the SOLAS Data Protection Officer at SOLAS Data Protection Officer, SOLAS, Castleforbes House, Dublin 1 or email ecollegesupport@solas.ie