Brighton and Sussex Medical School is committed to ensuring visitors' privacy while viewing our web pages. The following information explains the types of data collected and how this information will be used.

Data protection

Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is an equal partnership between the Universities of Brighton and Sussex that works with NHS organisations in the delivery of the following:

• The delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate education and training
• Medical research
• The provision of the Academic Training programme. 

For further information about how the two universities process personal data, see our privacy notice.

Download Privacy notice here >

Under the Data Protection Act (2018), you have the right to see any personal information which we hold on you. To do this, students and applicants should contact the University of Brighton (view the webpage here), you should download a request form (40k pdf) and return it to the university as instructed, or email dataprotection@brighton.ac.uk.

Data Sharing Agreement

Download the The Data Sharing Agreement between the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton below.

Download the data sharing agreement here >

Data sharing agreement - research storage

This Agreement between the Parties reflects the arrangements in place for the Processing of Personal Data connected to research activities, in particular, the storage of Personal Data.

Download the research storage agreement here >

WIDENING PARTICIPATION AND OUTREACH PRIVACY POLICIES

DOWNLOAD THE DATA PROTECTION POLICY HERE >

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

All personal information you provide via the website will be treated as private and confidential. We would not sell, rent or share any of the information we collect with any third party for commercial purposes.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AS YOU BROWSE OUR WEBSITE

Our web servers automatically collect standard information for each visit that they receive. This data contains the following information about you: the internet address of the computer you are using, the type of browser and operating system you are using and the internet address of the website from which you came. It also contains some connection information such as the page or service you are requesting and the date and time of the request. This information is used for the sole purpose of statistical information gathering and demographics relating to the university's websites and enables us to determine general visitor patterns and statistics within our pages. This statistical data is then fed back into future design and usability modifications made to our web pages.

Some of our sites may use cookies to customise web page content. We do not use cookies to collect additional information about you. Find further information on our use of cookies here.

USE OF OPTIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY VISITORS

You may be asked to provide your name, email address or other personal information on various pages on our sites (for example, when requesting a prospectus or applying for an open day). When you provide this information you may be asked whether you wish to receive any further communication from us.

If you choose not to receive further communications, we will only use your name and address details to respond to your enquiry. We will not use it for any other purpose; it will never be sold, rented or shared with any third party.

You may withdraw your consent at any time, where we have requested and obtained your consent.

If you contact us by email to request information, report a problem or provide feedback on our services, we will only use the information you provide (including your email address) to respond to your message. We do not keep this information, nor do we share it in any way.

If you supply us with your telephone number online we will only contact you by telephone with information regarding the enquiry you placed online. We do not keep this information, nor do we share it in any way.

From time to time, we may use your information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy policy. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes on this page. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check this page periodically. We will only use data collected from the time of the policy change onwards for these new purposes.

Freedom of information

The Freedom of Information Act (2000) provides a general right of access to university information.

All staff related Freedom of Information (FOI) requests should go to the University of Sussex. Email foi@sussex.ac.uk or visit the University of Sussex website >

All student/curriculum related FOI requests should go to the university of Brighton. Email foi@brighton.ac.uk or visit the University of Brighton website >