How we process admissions data
Find out how we process data relating to personal admissions information and the legal considerations we must take into account.
Processing Activity | Legal Basis |
To provide you with information on products or services that you may request from us, or which we feel may be of interest to you, and where you have given consent for us to contact you for such purposes. | Consent |
To carry out our contractual obligations with you, which will include the operation and delivery of any services you have requested, and to deal with requests and enquiries. | Contract |
Where it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation; | Legal obligation |
To provide management statistics through research using applicant data, which may be used by NTU to enhance the applicant and student experience. | Legitimate interests |
Where you have agreed for the purpose of consulting, informing and gauging your opinion about our products and services. For example, surveys; | Consent |
To ensure we meet our statutory obligations, including those related to diversity and equal opportunity; | Legal obligation |
To communicate with you and notify you about changes to our services; | Legitimate interests |
Where it is necessary to perform tasks carried out in the public interest and otherwise to pursue our legitimate interests. This includes the use of your personal information to improve the services we offer as a higher education corporation. | Legitimate interests |
Progressive profiling – we may use your personal information to better personalise communications to you. | Legitimate interests |
Analysing web behaviour – we may use your personal information to recognise web visitors on and off our Digital Services to improve experiences, analyse marketing activities, understand audiences, and personalise content for our Digital Services, applications and advertising; | Legitimate interests |
Targeting advertising – using data collected automatically on and off our Digital Services to target and tailor advertising and analyse marketing activities (e.g. retargeting users from an NTU website, or using anonymous data segments created by trusted partners who may collect your data); | Legitimate interests |
Internal data matching – to enable us to merge certain types of data collected by NTU to identify known and unknown users and map interactions with NTU’s Digital Services to CRM platforms and applications, for purposes of personalising content, understanding audiences, analysing marketing performance and targeting advertising; | Legitimate interests |
External data matching – to match customer lists with online platforms (e.g. through applications such as Facebook Custom Audiences and Google Customer Match) to target and tailor advertising, understand audiences and analyse marketing activities. | Legitimate interests |
To process international student applications, including the collection and storage of photographic identification and financial evidence, to produce your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS), which is required for student visas | Contract / Legitimate interest |