Privacy Policy

Learn about our commitment to protecting your privacy and personal information.

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information and covers

Contact details

Post: 177 Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, NG19 7AR

Contact Number: 07884 105854

Email: contact@train-catalyst.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information for student education and welfare:

  • Names and contact details for students/children

  • Names and contact details for carers

  • Gender

  • Pronoun preferences

  • Date of birth

  • Payment details and financial information including transactions

  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or additional support information (includes reasonable adjustments and special educational needs and disabilities)

  • Details of any criminal convictions

  • Biometric data for identification, access or payment purposes

  • Attendance and reason for absence data

  • Account access information

  • Exam results and qualifications

  • Progress reports

  • Information relating to compliments and complaints

  • Exclusion, suspension and behavioural information

We also collect or use the following information for student education and welfare:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

We collect or use the following information for disciplinary investigations or to prevent, detect, investigate or prosecute crimes:

  • Names and contact details for students/children

  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) information (includes reasonable adjustments and special educational needs and disabilities)

  • Attendance and reason for absence data

  • Witness statements and contact details

  • Records and reports

We also collect or use the following information for disciplinary investigations or to prevent, detect, investigate or prosecute crimes:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Names and contact details

  • Address

  • Payment details

  • Account login or user information

  • Purchase or service history

  • Call recordings

  • Witness statements and contact details

  • Relevant information from previous investigations

  • Financial transaction information

  • Information relating to health and safety (including incident investigation details and reports and accident book records)

  • Correspondence

  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or additional support information (includes reasonable adjustments and special educational needs and disabilities)

  • Attendance and reason for absence data

We also collect the following information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

We collect or use the following information for information updates or marketing purposes:

  • Names and contact details

  • Address

  • Marketing preferences

  • Website and app user journey information

  • IP addresses

  • Records of consent, where appropriate

We collect or use the following information for archiving purposes:

  • Names and contact details

  • Addresses

  • Website and app user journey information

  • IP addresses

We also collect or use the following information for archiving purposes:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

  • Biometric information (where used to identify someone)

We collect or use the following information for recruitment purposes:

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

  • Date of birth

  • National Insurance number

  • Copies of passports or other photo ID

  • 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, Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)

  • Security clearance details (eg basic checks and higher security clearance)

We also collect or use the following information for recruitment purposes:

Health information

We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Identification documents

  • Health and safety information

  • Criminal offence data (including Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)

We also collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

  • Biometric information (where used to identify someone)

  • Health information

We collect or use the following information to Awarding body certification and registration:

  • Names and contact details for students

  • Gender

  • Pronoun preferences

  • Date of birth

  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or additional support information (includes reasonable adjustments and special educational needs and disabilities)

  • Attendance and reason for absence data

  • Account access information

  • Exam results and qualifications

  • Progress reports

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 for student education and welfare are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • 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.

  • Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:

    • The information we collect would benefit the individual by creating and generating an individual training plan, which best suits their needs and interests.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for disciplinary investigations or to prevent, detect, investigate or prosecute crimes are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • 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.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • 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.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for archiving purposes are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • 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.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • 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.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information Awarding body certification and registration are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • 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

  • Directly from you

  • Market research organisations

How long we keep information

Learner records – 7 years after ceasing to be a Learner.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

  • Examination boards and bodies

  • Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons

  • External auditors or inspectors

  • Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with

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