As a business/employer Revolution Radio Limited (Revolution Radio) must meet its contractual, statutory and administrative obligations. We are committed to ensuring that the personal data of our employees is handled in accordance with the principles set out in the Commissioner’s Guide to Data Protection.
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when Revolution Radio collects personal information about you. It applies to all volunteers, employees, ex- employees, agency staff, contractors, secondees and non-executive directors. However the information we will process about you will vary depending on your specific role and personal circumstances.
Revolution Radio is the controller for this information unless this notice specifically states otherwise. Details of our Data Protection Officer can be found here.
This notice should be read in conjunction with any other of our corporate policies and procedures. When appropriate we will provide a ‘just in time’ notice to cover any additional processing activities not mentioned in this document.
In this notice
We get information about you from the following sources:
We process the following categories of personal data:
Information related to your employment (FTE/Contractor/Volunteer/Non-Executive Director)
We use the following information to carry out the contract we have with you, provide you access to business services required for your role and manage our human resources processes. We will also use it for our regulatory purposes in our role as a supervisory authority.
We process this information for the payment of your salary, pension and other employment related benefits. We also process it for the administration of statutory and contractual leave entitlements such as holiday or maternity leave.
We use this information to assess your performance, to conduct pay and grading reviews and to deal with any business / employer / employee related disputes. We also use it to meet the training and development needs required for your role.
We use this information to assess your compliance with corporate policies and procedures and to ensure the security of our premises, IT systems and employees.
We use the following information to comply with our legal obligations and for equal opportunities monitoring. We also use it to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees.
Information you have provided regarding Protected Characteristics as defined by the Equality Act and s.75 of the Northern Ireland Act for the purpose of equal opportunities monitoring. This includes racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, disability status, and gender identification and may be extended to include other protected characteristics.
Depending on the processing activity, we rely on the following lawful basis for processing your personal data under the GDPR:
Where the information we process is special category data, for example your health data, the additional bases for processing that we rely on are:
In addition we rely on processing conditions at Schedule 1 part 1 paragraph 1 and Schedule 1 part 1 paragraph 2(2)(a) and (b) of the DPA 2018. These relate to the processing of special category data for employment purposes, preventative or occupational medicine and the assessment of your working capacity as an employee. Our Safeguards Policy provides further information about this processing.
Criminal convictions and offences
We process information about staff criminal convictions and offences. The lawful basis we rely to process this data are:
Our Safeguards Policy provides further information about this processing.
Revolution Radio will retain your personal data for up to 6 months from the time you leave the business, should you request this I can be removed prior to the 6 months, This request must be given formally via letter or email.
In some circumstances, such as under a court order, we are legally obliged to share information. We may also share information about you with third parties including government agencies and external auditors. For example, we may share information about you with HMRC for the purpose of collecting tax and national insurance contributions.
No - all processing is done within Revolution Radio and will only be processed by the management team.
As an individual you have certain rights regarding our processing of your personal data, including a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner as the relevant supervisory authority. For further information please see ico.org.uk
We do not transfer staff personal data overseas.
Physical and electronic records are held for each member of staff. Data is held securely on Revolution Radio systems and at our premises.
You can request your personnel file by emailing Chris or Nick or by submitting an access request to data@revolutionradio.com. You can also make a verbal request for your information.
You will not be able to take away your physical file. Your request will be handled outside the case management area with restricted access. We will consult internally with members of staff who might hold personal data about you.
Revolution Radio has a policy and procedure in place to enable its current staff and ex-employees to have an avenue for raising concerns about malpractice. If you wish to raise a concern please refer to our ‘Whistleblowing process’- Revolution Radio's whistleblowing policy and procedure can be found on our website; https://www.revolutionradio.com/about-us/whistleblowing-process/. Although every effort will be taken to restrict the processing of your personal data and maintain confidentiality whether this is possible will be dependent on the nature of the concern and any resulting investigation.
Equal opportunities information provided by job applicants is attached to the relevant application on our Employee Information System. This information is not made available to any staff outside our recruitment team (including managers) in a way which can identify you. This information is anonymised after six months and retained for reporting purposes only.
All of our IT systems, On-Air systems and the alarm/access system for the entry and exit of our premises are auditable and can be monitored, though we don’t do so routinely.
We are committed to respecting individual users’ reasonable expectations of privacy concerning the use of our ICT systems and equipment. However, we reserve the right to log and monitor such use in line with our Acceptable Use Standard.
Any targeted monitoring of staff will take place within the context of our disciplinary procedures.
All staff are all issued with some form of security entry that holds personal information.
Staff IDs (names and ID) are held on a standalone machine controlled by Management and can only be accessed by a restricted number of people. Should you lose your key or fob you will need to complete a lost security pass form and return it to Chris or Nick. When you leave Revolution Radio your details are deleted as soon as possible from this system.
We operate CCTV inside our Northampton premises to monitor access to certain areas of the office and studios.
Please see the Revolution Radio CCTV Policy for further information.
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