Privacy Policy

Oxford Media and Business School customer privacy notice

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

Contact details

Telephone

01865 240963

Email

info@oxfordbusiness.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
  • Dietary requirements (including vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and halal requirements)
  • 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)
  • Welfare information (includes family and home life circumstances and history)
  • Photographs
  • Attendance and reason for absence data
  • Exam results and qualifications
  • Progress reports
  • Exclusion, suspension and behavioural information

Lawful bases and data protection rights

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.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Parents or carers

How long we keep information

OMBS stores personal information for 5 years.

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

Last updated

18/02/2025