Adult skills privacy notice

The Adult Skills Programme is managed and provided by us and The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority (GLCCA).

We are public authorities known as “Controllers” of the information that we collect about you.

We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under registration numbers Z8397628 and ZB884122. You can view the registrations on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.

• to enable us to manage the adult skills fund budget
• to evaluate and assess your eligibility for funding
• to enable you to enrol on a funded programme
• to monitor equality of opportunity
• to fulfil our statutory duties
• to contact you for feedback and surveys
• to promote new course offerings

• name, date of birth, gender, address and contact information
• national insurance number
• unique learner number
• current qualifications held
• employment status
• first language
• course details
• financial information
• learning support needs

We may also process some special category (sensitive) data such as:

• race or ethnic origin
• health data (disabilities and special educational needs)

• necessary to comply with a legal obligation
• necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
• necessary for reasons of substantial public interest
• consent for marketing (obtained via the enrolment form)

• provided to us directly by you
• provided by another organisation when you sign up to their courses that are funded by us

• ​​​​​organisations and professionals involved in the provision of services, such as learning providers
• government agencies to meet funding arrangements, such as the department for education (dfe) and the department for work and pensions (dwp)
• other organisations for purposes of administration and statistical and research purposes relating to education, training, employment and well-being

You may be contacted by research organisations after you have completed your programme of learning to establish whether you have entered employment or gone on to further learning, volunteering or education.

Further information about the use of and access to your personal data, and details of organisations with whom the data is regularly shared, is available on DfE website. 

We are required to retain your information for as long as is necessary, after which it will be securely destroyed.

Further information on retention periods is available on our website: Retention schedule – Lincolnshire County Council 

You have several rights in relation to the information that we hold about you.

For information about your rights, when they might apply and how to make a request to exercise them, please see your information rights at customer privacy notice in our  Privacy – Greater Lincolnshire CCA.

LCC Customer Privacy Notice

GLCCA Privacy Notice