We are committed to protecting your privacy. We do not collect personal information directly through the Berkshire ESD Network web site. Any personal details you provide—such as your name, email address and organisation — are collected solely through our Mailchimp subscription form.
These details are used exclusively for the purpose of sending you updates, newsletters, and relevant communications about our community activities. We do not share, sell, or distribute your information to third parties.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in our emails. For more information on how Mailchimp handles your data, please refer to https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/.
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Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint, using the New Directions College complaints procedure. (The Berkshire ESD Network is hosted by New Directions College on behalf of the network partners.)
Alternatively, you can complain to the Data Protection Officer at the Department for Education:
Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data by writing to:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113. ICO website
Changes to this privacy notice
We may change this privacy notice and we encourage you to check this privacy notice from time to time.
Date last updated: 26th September 2025 .
If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy, please contact us at esdnetworknewdirections@reading.gov.uk
