This privacy notice describes how the Tay Cities Digital Ecosystem processes personal data.
The notice also explains how we use your personal data in accordance with your rights under the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation.
The type of personal information we collect.
The main reason for the ecosystem to collect this data:
To share information with you about upcoming events, funding, investment and upskilling opportunities, access to recruit new talent, learn about the latest innovations and connect and collaborate with other organisations in Tayside.
We currently collect and process the following information:
- Organisation Name:
- Contact Name:
- Contact Email Address:
- Sector/Industry Focus: (e.g., Games, MedTech, Agri etc.)
- Size (Number of Employees): (e.g., 11-50, 51-250, 251-1000)
- Product/Service: (e.g., Agency, SAAS, hardware product, could be multiple)
- Local Authority Area
- Age of Business: (e.g., 1-5 years, 6-10 years, 11+ years)
- Website URL:
- Social Media:
- Signed up member: yes/no
- Level of membership: group/committee
- Sponsorship requests: yes/no
- Speaker requests: yes/no
How we get your personal information and why we collect it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for the reason(s) stated above
We may share this information with other members of the Tay Cities Digital Ecosystem group for collaboration purposes.
Under Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting taycitiesdigital.abertay.ac.uk
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored at Abertay University.
We keep your personal information for the duration of your membership and for a further period of 12 months. We will then dispose this information by securely deleting it from our database
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 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.
Please contact us at [insert email address, phone number and/or postal address] if you wish to make a request.
How to contact us
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can contact the University’s Data Protection Officer (DPO):
Data Protection Officer
Abertay University
Kydd Building
Bell Street
Dundee DD1 1HG
Tel: 01382 308000 email: [email protected]
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk