Data Controller
Centre for Leadership Executives (CLE)
71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ
Data Protection Officer Contact: admin@clegroup.org.uk
The Data We Collect
We collect the following personal data to facilitate your registration and certification:
How We Collect Data
- Direct Interaction: When you fill out forms on our website or communicate with us via email.
- Through Partners: When a Strategic Delivery Partner submits your details via the CLE Bulk Learner Registration Sheet.
Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing
We only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so. The table below sets out the purposes for which we process your data and the corresponding legal basis.
| Purpose | Type of Data | Legal Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Learner Registration | Identity, Contact, Academic | Contract Necessary to deliver the educational service. |
| Assessment & Certification | Identity, Academic | Contract To issue your Certificate and Transcript. |
| Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) | Identity, Academic | Legitimate Interest To maintain the standards of our credentials. |
| Credential Verification | Identity, Certification Status | Legitimate Interest To allow employers or third parties to verify your achievement (with your consent). |
Data Sharing
To deliver our programmes effectively, we may share your personal data with the following third parties:
- Subsidiaries and Group Companies: We may share data with other companies within the CLE corporate group for administrative and reporting purposes.
- Sub-Contractors and Service Providers: We use trusted third-party sub-contractors to assist with IT and VLE hosting, assessors and IQA verifiers, and administrative support services.
- Strategic Delivery Partners: To confirm your registration status and assessment results.
- Regulatory Authorities: If required by law.
- Verification Services: Third parties (e.g., employers) seeking to verify your Programme Achievement, strictly subject to your prior consent.
We do not sell your personal data to marketing companies. Your data is used solely for the purposes described in this policy.
International Transfers
We operate globally, and some of our subcontractors and processing partners are located outside the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA).
- Transfer Authorisation: By registering for a Programme, you acknowledge that your data may be transferred to, and processed by, our sub-contractors outside the UK for the purposes of administration, assessment, and certification.
- Safeguards: To protect your privacy, we ensure that any transfer of personal data to countries outside the UK is protected by appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection law.
Data Retention
Learner Records — Retained Indefinitely
Core learner records (Name, Date of Birth, Programme Achievement) are retained indefinitely to facilitate future verification requests and replacement certificate services.
Assessment Work — Retained for 3 Years
Student assignments are retained for 3 years for Internal Quality Assurance purposes, after which they are securely deleted in accordance with our data disposal procedures.
Your Rights
Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
Right of Access — Request access to your personal data held by CLE.
Right to Rectification — Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Erasure — Request deletion of your data where we are not legally required to retain it.
Right to Object — Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at the address provided in Section 1 or via admin@clegroup.org.uk.
Cookies
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Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or have a concern about how your personal data is being handled, please contact us using the details below.
Data Protection Officer — CLE
admin@clegroup.org.uk
71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ, England