Personal data – Your rights and how to exercise them

Macc is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals, voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) group members, trustees, staff, volunteers and others in accordance with The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018.

You can read our Data Protection Policy here This Policy sets out how we comply with the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

You can read our Privacy Policy here This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who use our services and visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

Under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 you have certain rights in relation to Macc’s processing of your data. In summary these are:

  • The right to request access to your data as processed by Macc and information about that processing. (Subject access request)
  • The right to rectify any inaccuracies in your data
  • The right to request erasure of your data from our systems and files
  • The right to place restrictions on our processing of your data
  • The right to object to our processing of your data
  • The right to data portability: where we are processing data that you have provided to us, on the basis of consent or as necessary for the performance of a contract between us, you have the right to ask us to provide your data in an appropriate format to you or to another controller

Most of these rights are subject to some exceptions or exemptions, depending on the reasons for the processing of the data.

If you want to exercise any of the above rights, you can use the relevant form below or contact us on 0161 834 9823, email: [email protected]

I want to access my data (Subject access request) 

I want to rectify my data (please note for small changes please ring Macc for advice first, this form may not be needed!)

I want to erase my data

I want to restrict processing of my data

I want to object to processing of my data

I want to request data portability

If you have any questions or concerns relating to the processing of your data please contact Macc’s Information Governance Officer: [email protected]

We will always aim to respond clearly and fully to any concerns you have about our processing and requests to exercise the rights set out above. However, as a data subject if you have concerns about our data processing or consider that we have failed to comply with the data protection legislation then you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner: Online reporting: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/