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First Step Robotics staff / volunteers privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information when you work for us.

Contact details

Email: admin@firststeprobotics.com

What information we collect and use, and why

Staff recruitment, administration and management

We collect or use the following personal information as part of staff recruitment, administration and management:

  • Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)

  • Date of birth

  • National Insurance number

  • Gender

  • Photographs (eg staff ID card)

  • Copies of passports or other photo ID

  • Copies of proof of address documents (eg bank statements or bills)

  • Next of kin or emergency contact details

  • Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)

  • Education history (eg qualifications)

  • Right to work information

  • Details of any criminal convictions (eg DBS checks)

  • Training history and development needs

  • Monitoring employees’ IT use

We also collect the following information for staff recruitment, administration and management:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

  • Trade union membership

  • Health information

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information as part of staff recruitment, administration and management are:

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Where we get personal information from

We collect your information from the following places:

  • Directly from you

  • Schools, colleges, universities or other education organisations

How long we keep information

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Who we share information with

In some circumstances, we may share information with the following organisations:

  • Training suppliers

  • HMRC

  • External auditors

  • Suppliers and service providers

  • Professional consultants

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint