3.1 We will collect your personal information when you:
- access, participate in or sign up to any of our services, activities or online content
- apply or enrol for one of our courses,
- create an account on our website,
- phone or email us,
- donate money to City Lit,
- reserve a place at an event,
3.2 We may collect sensitive personal information from you such as ethnic origin, health, religious beliefs or sexual orientation (e.g. if you are applying to join one of our courses or applying for a job at City Lit). This type of sensitive personal information is also known as ‘special categories of personal data’. The processing of these categories is only permitted in certain situations such as providing health and social care during your studies. We are also required to report this information to our funding providers (see section 9). In these circumstances, we will explain further why we are collecting this information and how we will use it and obtain your explicit consent.
3.3 What types of personal data do we collect?
- name, ethnic origin, gender preference and date of birth
- contact details including postal address, email and phone
- your communication preferences
- household situation
- employment information,
- prior education level,
- household status & residency status
- state benefits where relevant
- disability/learning difficulty information, and support information where relevant
- records of academic assessment and outcomes
3.4 City Lit collects information about how you use its website and other City Lit online content, and the device(s) you use to access these services. This includes collecting unique online identifiers such as IP addresses, which are numbers that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the web. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.