6.2 Data Protection

The personal information that you have provided will be used in connection with your studies or with your health and
safety whilst you are studying with The Open University. It will be shared with a limited number of organisations such
as the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in line with statutory reporting requirements.

The activities we use your disability and ethnicity data for include equal opportunities monitoring, informing academic
research, providing you with relevant opportunities, and ensuring that views of students with specific protected
characteristics* are represented.

For full details of how The Open University will use your personal information, and your rights, please read the
Student Privacy Notice at www.open.ac.uk/privacy.

You can update your contact preferences when you sign into the Open University website.
* Protected characteristics are age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and
maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation.