How we use your personal information

The Political Studies Association (PSA) takes its duty to process your personal data very seriously. This policy explains how we collect, manage, use and protect your personal data. Our full policy, updated to reflect the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, can be found here. The UEA’s privacy policy can be found here https://portal.uea.ac.uk/information-services/strategy-planning-and-compliance/regulations-and-policies/information-regulations-and-policies/data-protection/privacy-notices)

Who are we?

The PSA is a charity registered in England and Wales (no. 1071825) at Elizabeth Meehan Suite, Regent House, Pratt Mews, Camden, NW10AD.

The University of East Anglia is a world leading research institution, renowned for student experience and based in Norwich  https://www.uea.ac.uk/

What personal data do we collect?

To enter this competition, you must provide us with some personal details including: your name, age, university email address, school. We will be very clear with you if we wish to collect further information, such as date of birth, and include our reason for collecting such information.

Why do we need your personal data?

The PSA only collects data for specific activities. For this competition we will use your data to assess your eligibility and administer the competition. Some of your personal data, will be used to publicise the winning entries. Entries which do not provide this information cannot be accepted.

What do we do with your personal data?

We will share your entry and some personal data with the UEA and our mentors and competition judges. These judges are collaboratively selected by the Political Studies Association and UEA . They require this data in order to review your entry.

We hold your information only as long as necessary for the purpose of completing the activity for which it was collated. If you decide not to support the PSA any more or request that we have no further contact with you, we will keep some basic information in order to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future and to ensure that we don’t accidentally duplicate information.

All individuals have the right to access personal information that is held about them. You can request a copy of any information that we hold about you.

Please contact us if you wish to make such a request by emailing [email protected]

Your rights

You have a number of rights under data protection laws. To find out more about those rights, to make a complaint, to request that we no longer use your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.