East Kilbride and District Group Training Association

Data Protection & Equal Opportunities

East Kilbride & District Engineering Group Training Association Ltd. is committed to being an Equal Opportunities employer and all applicants for positions will receive equal and fair treatment irrespective of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality or ethnic origin, sexuality, age, disability or religion and will not be disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be relevant to performance in work or training with the Association.

To assist the Association in ensuring that its equal opportunities policy is being carried out effectively, please provide the information requested below. The information will be treated in the strictest confidence. It will be retained in this format, but may be processed and maintained electronically for statistical and monitoring purposes.

The processing of personal data by East Kilbride & District Engineering Group Training Association Ltd. has been notified under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 to the Information Commissioner, and in processing such information the Association complies with the Data Protection Principles set out in the said act and regulations.

Information you as a participant give to EKGTA

We will collect and process the following personal information:-

• information that you provide about you and your personal circumstances including:-
• Name
• Address
• Phone/Mobile Number
• Email Address
• NI Number
• Date of Birth
• information about your current your achievements and progress, your records of work etc
• information you provide about yourself in the EKGTA equalities monitoring form and any disability or care leaver form.                                                                                                                                                                               

Any personal data provided by an individual to EKGTA Ltd. will be held electronically and in paper-based systems, and may be used for or in connection with administrative purposes as part of EKGTA's standard business activities of training/employment education and/or training activities involving the named individual and the data may be disclosed to other organisations/individuals where there is a shared need in respect of the above prescribed purposes. The data will only be shared with the explicit consent of the individual, and the indiviual also has the following rights:

• the right to be informed
• the right of access
• the right to rectification
• the right to erasure
• the right to restrict processing
• the right to data portability
• the right to object
• the right not to be subject to automated decsion-making including profiling

Thank you for your co-operation