Data Protection Statement for Candidates for Senior Membership

How we use your personal information

This statement explains how Wolfson College (“we” and “our”) handles and uses information we collect about candidates (“you” and “your”) for senior membership (to include Fellows, Junior Research Fellows, Visiting Fellows, Press Fellows, College Research Associates, Visiting College Research Associates and Senior Members). In broad terms, we use your data to manage your application to the College and our subsequent election processes.

The controller for your personal data is Wolfson College, Cambridge CB3 9BB. The Data Protection Officer for the College is the Office of Intercollegiate Services Ltd (12B King’s Parade, Cambridge; 01223 768745; college.dpo@ois.cam.ac.uk): OIS Ltd. should be contacted if you have any concerns about how the College is managing your personal information, or if you require advice on how to exercise your rights as outlined in this statement. The person within the College otherwise responsible for data protection at the time of issue, and the person who is responsible for monitoring compliance with relevant legislation in relation to the protection of personal data, is the Bursar.

The legal basis for processing your personal data is that it is necessary in order for you to enter into membership of the College, where you will be subject to the College’s Statutes and Ordinances.

How your data is used by the College

Your data is used by us for in the first instance solely for the purposes of considering your suitability for election to a senior membership or Fellowship.

If you have concerns or queries about any of these purposes, or how we communicate with you, please contact us at the address given below.

The College holds the following personal data relating to you, in line with the purposes above:

A* personal details, including name, contact details (phone, email, postal);
B* your application form and associated information submitted by you at that time;
C other data relating to your application (including references we take up as part of the application process, and any assessment of you at an informal or formal interview);
D* information relating to your age, nationality, and gender;
E any correspondence relating to the outcome of the application process (either successful or unsuccessful).

Those marked with an * relate to information provided by you. Other data and information is generated by us or, where self-evident, provided by a third party.

Who we share your data with

Information is not shared with other third parties without your written consent. Generally, personal data is not shared outside of the European Economic Area.

If you are successful in your application, the data is subsequently held as part of your membership record with us.

If you are unsuccessful in your application, we retain all data and information for no more than twelve months after the closing date of the application process.

Your rights

You have the right: to ask us for access to, rectification or erasure of your data; to restrict processing (pending correction or deletion); and to ask for the transfer of your data electronically to a third party (data portability). Some of these rights are not automatic, and we reserve the right to discuss with you why we might not comply with a request from you to exercise them.

Failure to provide the information reasonably requested of you may result in an automatic disqualification from the election process.

You retain the right at all times to lodge a complaint about our management of your personal data with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Updated: May 2018