Privacy Policy

DAS Academies is the data controller responsible for your personal information. Our registered address is 125 Deansgate, City Centre, Manchester, M3 2BY.

If you have any questions about how we use your personal information, or wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at info@dasacademies.co.uk or by telephone on 0300 1234 234.

We may collect and process the following categories of personal information:

• Identity information — such as your name and the name of your organisation
• Contact information — such as your email address and telephone number
• Correspondence — messages you send us via our website contact form or by email
• Technical data — such as your IP address, browser type, device type and pages visited, collected automatically when you use our website
• Usage data — information about how you interact with our website, including time spent on pages and referral source

We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please do not submit any personal information through our website.

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to enquiries you submit through our contact form or by email
• To maintain records of our communications with you
• To manage and develop our partnerships with education providers, employers and authorities
• To improve and maintain the functionality and content of our website
• To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
• To send you relevant updates or information about DAS Academies, where you have consented to receive such communications

We process your personal information on the following legal grounds:

• Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary for our legitimate business purposes, such as responding to enquiries and improving our website, and those interests are not overridden by your rights
• Contract — where processing is necessary to fulfil a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract
• Legal obligation — where processing is necessary to comply with a legal requirement
• Consent — where you have given us your explicit consent, for example to receive marketing communications. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers who process data on our behalf, such as IT and hosting providers, subject to strict data processing agreements
• Professional advisers such as lawyers, auditors and insurers where necessary
• Regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies or courts where required by law or to protect the rights and safety of others
• Partner organisations — only with your prior consent and in connection with a specific activity or programme

Where we transfer data outside the United Kingdom, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK GDPR requirements.

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Enquiry and correspondence records are typically retained for up to three years from the date of last contact. Website analytics data is retained in anonymised or aggregated form only. Financial and contractual records are retained for a minimum of seven years in line with statutory requirements.

When your information is no longer required, it is securely deleted or anonymised.

Under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@dasacademies.co.uk. We will respond within one month. If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Our website uses cookies — small text files placed on your device — to help us understand how visitors use our site and to improve your experience. We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies — essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off
• Analytics cookies — help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymised information
• Preference cookies — allow the website to remember choices you have made, such as language or display settings

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. When we make significant changes, we will update the revision date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

If you have any questions, concerns or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or our use of your personal information, please contact us:

DAS Academies — Data Privacy

125 Deansgate, City Centre, Manchester, M3 2BY

0300 1234 234

info@dasacademies.co.uk