Privacy Policy
Our contact details
Name: Access to Industry
Address: 156 Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1RP
Phone: 0131 260 9721 / Email: mail@accesstoindustry.co.uk
At Access to Industry, we are committed to managing your personal information securely and with respect. We are subject to the legal jurisdiction of Scotland and comply to the Scots Law legal system and its legislation and regulations covering data protection. We adhere to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which enhances the existing Data Protection Act, and, from a digital perspective, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
About us
Access to Industry works with individuals to support them into education and employment. We believe that this work can deliver real transformative change in people’s lives and assists them to overcome personal difficulties that are a barrier to their progression. Our clients, volunteers, supporters and employees are important to us, and we’re committed to keeping their data safe, making it clear what information we collect, and how we use it. Access to Industry is a registered charity with the Office of Scottish Charity Regulator (registration number SC030186). You can change how we contact you at any time, by emailing mail@accesstoindustry.co.uk.
Data Protection law and access to personal information
Personal information is any information that can be used to identify a living person. Information we collect includes: name, email address, phone number, health, education and employment data. Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you.
Under 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 us on the details at the top of this page).
(b) We have a contractual obligation.
(c) We have a legal obligation.
(d) We have a vital interest.
Access to Industry tries to be as open as it can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information. Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a ‘subject access request’ under GDPR. If 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;
Let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.
Our staff are trained to understand the importance of keeping personal data secure. Our computers are safeguarded by anti-virus software and the regular changing of security passwords.
We collect and store data you have given us during your enrolment in a secure cloud environment as well as on our secure servers. Access to Industry possess a Cyber Essentials Certification and is dedicated to safe data storing and sharing procedures.
Personal information will be held for six months in line with CIPD best practice. After which paper files will be securely shredded and computer records deleted. Only if we have asked, and you have consent for the data to be held, will this not apply.
Under Data Protection law you have specific rights in connection with personal information: request access to your personal information; request correction of the personal information that we hold about you; request erasure of your personal information; object to processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest; request the restriction of processing of your personal information; request the transfer of your personal information to another party and the right to withdraw consent.
To make a request for any personal information we may hold of you, you need to put the request in writing to the address above. If you agree, we will try to deal with your request informally, for example by providing you with the specific information you need over the telephone.
About our website
We are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of all visitors to our website. Our website enables people to seek information regarding the work that we do and the opportunities that we offer. If you want to contact us, please use our ‘Contact Us’ page or the details at the top of this page. This will enable us to respond to your enquiry. We will then delete your initial contact. We do not store email addresses that come through the website and we do not sell, rent or trade email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes. We do not share data about the visitors to our website or email addresses with any third-party organisations.
Our website contains links to information on other websites. On websites we do not control, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, and if you have questions about how a website uses your information, you’ll need to check that website’s Privacy Policy.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and without notice, so make sure you check back occasionally. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will publish those changes on this page. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 23/2/2026.
Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience.
We use cookies for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this website. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser ‘Help’ for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this website. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Contacting us via social media
We manage our own social media interactions. We might also obtain your personal data through your use of social media, depending on your settings or the Privacy Policies of these social media and messaging services. To change your settings on these services, refer to their Privacy Policies.
How to complain
Privacy complaints are taken very seriously and if you believe that we have breached your privacy you should in the first instance write to the Finance Officer, who has responsibility for Data Protection within our organisation, stating the details of your complaint (finance@accesstoindustry.co.uk). We would ask that you provide us with as much detail as possible to allow a thorough investigation. Your complaint will be acknowledged within 24 hours, and we aim to resolve any complaint within five working days. However, depending on the complexity of the complaint and availability of external agencies, it may on occasions take longer.
Should your complaint show that we have breached our duty of care we will report the breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
If you are not satisfied by our response you may complain to the ICO:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline: 0303 123 1113 / website: https://www.ico.org.uk