Privacy Policies

This information might seem too long to bother reading, but it’s really important because it explains how we’re going to collect and use your personal information. Please make sure you understand this policy. (We really did try to make it as short as possible!)

WHO ARE WE?

Franklin Scholars is a UK social enterprise working with schools and colleges to build strong peer-tutoring programmes with the aim of improving academic and social outcomes for young people. We are a registered company in England, number 8703099.

Franklin Scholars Limited (“Franklin Scholars”) will be what’s known as the ‘controller’ of the personal data you provide to us. Franklin Scholars is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) as a data controller under the Data Protection Act 1998 and EU General Data Protection Regulation, with Registration Number ZA223167.

What information we collect and how we use it depends on who you are. You can find out more about how we use data about you by clicking one of these boxes:

YOUR CHOICES

You can opt out of communications from us either by selecting the unsubscribe link in an email we’ve sent you, or by sending your request to hello@franklinscholars.org with subject line ‘opt out’.

You can find out exactly what personal information of yours we hold by making a ‘subject access request’ to us under the Data Protection Act 1998 and EU General Data Protection. If you make such a request and we do hold information about you, we will:

  • give you a description of it;
  • tell you why we are holding it;
  • tell you who it could be disclosed to; and
  • let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.

To make a request for any personal information we may hold, you need to contact us using the details provided at the end of this policy. Your request will be responded to within 30 days.

If at any point you believe the information we process on you is incorrect you can write to us to have it corrected or deleted. If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us to have the matter investigated.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have put in place technical and organisational measures that are designed to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

SECURITY

HOW TO CONTACT US

Requests for information about our privacy notice can be made to: Franklin Scholars, 307 Colourworks, 18 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL or hello@franklinscholars.org with subject ‘Data protection request’.

This policy was last reviewed in April 2018. We keep this policy under regular review.