Background Information
In order to carry out the COVIDSurg-Cancer HEAD & NECK Follow-Up Study, we will need to collect information about you, and some of this information will be your personal data. Under data protection law, we have to provide you with very specific information about what we do with your data and about your rights. We have set out below the key information you need to know about how we will use your personal data.
The University of Birmingham’s web page ‘Data Protection - How the University Uses Your Data’ sets out much of this information, including how to ask any questions you may have about how your personal data is used, exercise any of your rights or complain about the way your data is being handled. The rest of the key information you need to know about how we used your personal data is set out below.
Who is the Data Controller?
The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT and the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are the data controllers for the personal data that we process in relation to you.
What data are we processing and for what purpose will we use it?
We will collect and process your personal data so that we can enable you to log in and access the study database so you can participate in the project, and to contact you for additional information to support our research.
What is our legal basis for processing your data?
The legal justification we have under data protection law for processing your personal data is that it is necessary to do so for our research, which is a task we carry out in the public interest.
Who will my personal data be shared with?
For the purposes of the research project, we will share your personal data with the BiCOPS team at the University of Birmingham (Birmingham Centre for Observational and Prospective Studies) and the COVIDSurg-Cancer HEAD & NECK Follow-Up study management group, and other collaborators of the COVIDSurg-Cancer HEAD & NECK Follow-Up study. The administrators of the Global Surgery REDCap instance will also have access to your personal data, some may not be employed by the University. In addition, your REDCap user name will be visible to other users allocated to the same project as you.
How long will my personal data be kept?
Your login information will be removed from the database when the project you are allocated to is deleted. Information collected as part of a survey will be kept for as long as it is useful for that project.
Are changes made to this webpage?
This privacy notice is effective from 11-March-2021 and is reviewed when necessary. Any changes will be published here.