Imperial Fungal Science Network – Privacy Notice


Imperial College London (“we” or the “College”) provide various news via email/Outlook/Office365 apps about our activities, services and achievements. This privacy notice explains how we use your personal data when you sign up to join/receive news from the Imperial Fungal Science Network (the “FSN/news”).

Why we process your information


If you opt-in to receiving the FSN/news by joining the Imperial Fungal Science Network, we will ask for your:

  • Contact details including email address (organisational email)
  • UPN (if you are external to Imperial) to subscribe you to our O365 Group • Other information towards creating, for example, an inventory of expertise, techniques and equipment across our membership
    Our legal basis for processing your personal data for the purposes of sending you the FSN/news via email/Outlook/Office365 apps is based on your consent - by consenting to receiving the FSN/news via email/Outlook/Office365 apps you are giving us permission to process your personal data specifically for the purpose of sending you the FSN/news via email/Outlook/Office365 apps. You may withdraw consent at any time by contacting to fungalnetwork@imperial.ac.uk requesting to ‘unsubscribe’


Sharing your personal information


We may share your personal data with service providers who assist the College in the preparation, distribution and/or administration related to the FSN/news. Our legal basis for sharing your data in this way is that it is necessary for our legitimate interest in providing you with the Newsletter.
All our service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with data protection laws. We do not allow our service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Some service providers may process your personal information outside the European Economic Area. Where this is the case, you can expect a similar degree of protection in respect of your personal information and your personal information will only be transferred where the transfer is permitted under the law.
For example, we currently use:

  • Microsoft Office 365 apps including Outlook (and Calendar), Groups, Forms, SharePoint
    Except as explained above, we will not share your information with anyone, unless where required by law, where it is necessary to administer our relationship with you or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so.


Keeping your personal information


Your personal information will be removed from our O365 Group when you unsubscribe from the FSN/news.


Your rights


You have the right to:

  • receive a copy of the information we hold about you in a reasonable format specified by you, including for the purpose of transferring that data to another data controller;
  • request us to erase your personal data or object to our processing of your personal data;
  • request your information be changed if you believe it was not correct at the time you provided it;
  • unsubscribe and have your information deleted if you no longer want to receive the FSN/news.
    If you are not satisfied with how we are processing your personal data, you can raise a concern with the Information Commissioner: www.ico.org.uk
    If you have any concerns with regard to the way your personal data is being processed or have a query with regard to this information, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:

    Imperial College London
    Data Protection Officer
    Exhibition Road
    Faculty Building Level 4
    London
    SW7 2AZ
    e-mail: dpo@imperial.ac.uk