Data Protection - The Open College of the Arts | Distance Learning Degrees and Courses

As a student you’ll provide personal and sensitive data as part of enrolment to OCA. We use this information to provide services to you, and to carry out our statutory duties. Our Data Protection policies detail what data we collect, what we use it for, who we share it with, and how long we keep it for.

Data Breach Policy

This policy looks at what happens if something goes wrong and data is inadvertently shared

Data Breach Policy

Data Protection and Confidentiality Policy

Our overarching policy on Data Protection. It sets out what data we collect, what we use it for, who we share it with, and how long we keep it for.

Data Protection and Confidentiality Policy

Data Protection Impact Assessment Policy

This policy details how OCA conducts assessments on data, both our need to ask for it, and what we need to do to keep it safe

Data Protection Impact Assessment Policy

Data Retention Schedule

This sets out what data we keep, and for how long.

Data Retention Schedule

Information Security Policy Set

A set of policies covering Information for students and staff at OCA. Entails emails, communications, network security and more.

Information Security Policy Set

Student Privacy Policy

The Student Privacy Policy covers the data we collect from you as a student, and how we process that data.

Student Privacy Policy