Privacy

Privacy Statement

We at Dorset Business Mentors guarantee our commitment to respecting and protecting your privacy.

This includes your need and your right to know what we do with the personal information you share with us. It also guides our programme’s policies regarding the management of this data, including how the information is collected, processed, and for what purposes.

Who is collecting the data?

The data is collected by Dorset Business Mentors for the purpose of providing business mentor support. The data will be stored securely and not disclosed to third parties (other than selected Dorset Business Mentors service mentors)

What data is being collected?

Clients – Address and contact information and other business details as requested on our ‘Request a Mentor’ form

Mentors – Address and contact information and business skills and experience details in order to facilitate logical mentor linking

What is the legal basis for processing the data?

Legitimate interest for the purpose of providing a business mentoring service 

Will the data be shared with any third parties?

No (except as above)

How will the information be used?

Data will be used in order to manage the business mentoring service

How long will the data be stored for?

Clients – Data will be deleted 6 years after mentoring is completed

Mentors – Data will be deleted 6 years after leaving Dorset Business Mentors

What rights does the data subject have?

The data subjects can, at any time, contact the Dorset Business Mentors office to update or amend their data, request a copy of the data that we hold, or request that it is completely removed from the Dorset Business Mentors database

How can the data subject raise a complaint?

By contacting the Dorset Business Mentors office: office@dormen.org.uk