At DCU Educational Trust we are committed to protecting your privacy. This statement explains how we collect and use personal information.
We treat all personal information submitted to us in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be viewed here.
After graduation, we transfer the names, degree and contact details of all DCU graduates from the DCU Registry database and create a basic record on our database, which is shared with the DCU Alumni Relations Office. The Educational Trust also holds records on non-alumni friends of DCU, donors and potential donors.
To maintain the currency of our database, we regularly update basic records with details of any contact and links with DCU since graduation. Volunteering activities and donations are also recorded. The information updated in this way might include name, education, date of birth, contact details, and career and further achievements.
We may also capture information about graduates that is published publically and append it to records.
We may use your personal information to:
As part of this, we may analyse the personal information we collect to create a profile of graduate interests and preferences so that we can establish contact in the most appropriate way and with the most relevant information.
Our data is stored in a secure database managed by DCU’s Information Systems Services (ISS) department, following industry best practice. Paper records are also held.
We take appropriate measures to ensure that the personal information we hold is kept secure, accurate and up-to-date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used and is thereafter securely destroyed or permanently deleted.
We may occasionally pass your information to our service providers. We always make sure that there are appropriate controls in place first: the service provider will never use your data for any additional non-DCU purpose.
We may need to disclose your information if required by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies). We will never sell any of your personal information.
If your personal details should change please let us know so that we can update our records.
You have the right to ask for a copy of all the information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. If you wish to exercise this right please contact DCU Educational Trust, Mac Cormac Building, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 or email edtrust@dcu.ie. You will be asked to formally prove your ID before your data can be released.
If you have any queries, or wish to restrict data processing or do not want us to contact you, please email edtrust@dcu.ie or call us on +353 1 7005467.
Please note, minimal information is always retained to make sure you are not contacted again inadvertently: name, subject, graduation details, student number and date of birth.
