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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA)

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) is a major piece of UK legislation that received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025 and enacted phased changes through 2026. It modernizes UK data regulation by updating the Data Protection Act 2018, UK GDPR, and PECR 2003 to simplify compliance, promote economic innovation, and safeguard individual rights.

One of the rights is a right to be informed, which means we have to give you information about the way in which we use, share and store your personal information. This means that we have published privacy notices so you can access this information, along with information about the rights you have in relation to the information we hold on you and the legal basis on which we are using it.

The Privacy Notices appear below;

Data Protection

Freedom of Information

Grŵp Llandrillo Menai aims to operate in an open and fully accountable fashion. Amongst the wealth of information already published by the Grŵp, the FOI Act generally empowers you to seek further information from public bodies like us, as and when necessary.

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000...

  • has been lawfully in force since 01 Jan 2005
  • gives everyone both in and outside the College a right of access to information held by the Grŵp and its colleges
  • covers all digital and print records and information held by Grŵp Llandrillo Menai whether current or archived
  • There are conditions and exceptions where information is not required to be released and should not be released

Grŵp Publication Scheme

To help with our obligations under FOI, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai complies with a sector standard Publication Scheme detailing the types of information the Grŵp routinely provides to the public and how the public may access the information. It includes things like College structures and organisation, its services and procedures, practices, and guidelines. Under the FOI Act, the public has a right to ask for information which is not contained in the College publication scheme

To submit either a Freedom of Information or Subject Access Request to Grwp Llandrillo Menai, please direct your request to: t.prosser@gllm.ac.uk or data@gllm.ac.uk. Further information is available at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/