Privacy Notice

How the University of Nottingham processes your personal data The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (0115 951 5151), is committed to protecting your personal data and informing you of your rights in relation to that data.

The University of Nottingham is registered as a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 2018 (registration No. Z5654762).

We jointly process your personal data with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Glasgow. They are registered as a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 2018 (registration No.Z7513362 & Z6723578 respectively)

One of the University’s responsibilities as a data controller is to be transparent in our processing of your personal data and to tell you about the different ways in which we collect and use your personal data. The University will process your personal data in accordance with the UK data protection legislation and this privacy notice is issued in accordance with the UK GDPR Articles 13 and 14.

We may update our Privacy Notices at any time. The current version of our Privacy Notices can be found below, and we encourage you to check back here regularly to review any changes.

The Data Protection Officer

The University has appointed a Data Protection Officer. They can be contacted at: Data Protection Officer, B16 Lenton Hurst, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, emailed at [email protected] and telephoned on (0115) 748 7179.

What information do we hold?

We hold a range of personal data about you, some of which you may provide to us directly and some of which we may receive from third parties. Images and descriptions of sports sponsorship in Britain from 1965 to 2025, email address, name

How do we use it and why?

We only process data for specified purposes and if it is justified in accordance with data protection law. The purpose of this processing is: This research traces the history of sports sponsorship in Britain from 1965 to 2025. The research is structured around three strands: tobacco, alcohol, and gambling. The tobacco strand is led by Professor Anna Greenwood, at the University of Nottingham, who is working alongside Dr Daniel O’Neill. The alcohol strand is led by Professor Alex Mold, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who is working with Dr Jamie Banks. The gambling strand is led by Professor Heather Wardle, at the University of Glasgow, who works with Dr Fabiola Creed. As part of this research, we are crowdsourcing images and ephemera relating to sports sponsorship since 1965. This memorabilia will be used to create an interactive online map that traces when, where, and how companies sponsored professional sports, including football, rugby, tennis, cricket, and Formula One.. This processing is justified because: The processing is necessary to gain consent from participants for using their copyright images in the research.

The legal basis for this processing is: Public Task (A6(1)(e) UK GDPR

Who do we share it with? 

We share with the following parties: Joint controllers for the research: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Glasgow. We share the data for the purposes of: To conduct the research

How long do we keep your data?

The University will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. We retain your data for: 7 years after publication

Your rights as a data subject

You have a number of rights under UK GDPR. Further information about these rights and how to invoke them can be found on our website here: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/utilities/privacy/privacy.aspx

Where can I get more information?

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how your data is processed, please contact the data protection team:[email protected]

This privacy notice is reviewed regularly and we will alert you to any changes we might make.