Data Protection Statement

The Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development (NICPLD), as part of Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

QUB is the Data Controller for the personal data processed by NICPLD. This means that the University is responsible for ensuring that personal data is handled in accordance with data protection laws. We process personal data for a variety of purposes, including academic, research, training, administrative, and professional development functions.

Data Protection Principles

NICPLD processes personal data in accordance with the following principles:

• Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency - Data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
• Purpose limitation - Data is collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes.
• Data minimisation - Only data necessary for the intended purpose is collected and processed.
• Accuracy - Personal data must be accurate and kept up to date where necessary.
• Storage limitation - Data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.
• Integrity and confidentiality - Appropriate security measures are in place to protect personal data from unauthorised or unlawful processing, loss, destruction, or damage.
• Accountability - QUB, as the Data Controller, is responsible for demonstrating compliance with these principles and is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration number Z6833827.

Your Rights and Further Information

Individuals have rights regarding their personal data, including access, rectification, erasure, and restriction of processing. More details on how NICPLD and QUB process personal data and how to exercise your rights can be found in the Queen’s University Belfast Data Protection Policy.