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Last updated: 18 June 2026
This privacy policy explains how FE News collects and uses information about you, how you can tell us to limit the use of that information, and the steps we take to protect your privacy. It applies to FE News (fenews.co.uk) and FE Careers (fecareers.co.uk).
Your data privacy matters to us. We respect you and your data. We will never sell your data or your email address to third parties.
We do everything we reasonably can to keep your details private, with regular security updates, passwords, firewalls, backups, and robust procedures. No website is ever completely secure, but we work hard to keep your data away from malicious activity.
We will never ask you for your password, on FE News or anywhere else. Please keep your passwords private and do not share them with anyone.
We collect anonymous statistical information about how people use our sites, through server logs, cookies, and tools such as Google Analytics, so we can keep improving FE News.
If you have signed up to a newsletter or subscription and want us to stop, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of any email, or contact us at [email protected].
For the purposes of UK data protection law, the data controller is FE Careers Limited.
Company registration number: 04109567
Registered address: 5 Harrington Lane, The Library Room, Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 8PF
If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, contact us at [email protected].
We handle your personal data in line with UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Where we send marketing by electronic means, we also follow the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
Depending on how you use our sites, we may collect:
Information you give us, such as your name, email address, telephone number, organisation, job role, and the topics or jobs you are interested in. This happens when you register, subscribe to a newsletter, submit content through a newsroom, buy a service, book an event, or contact us.
Information we collect automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and how you move through and use our sites. We collect this through server logs, cookies, and analytics tools.
Payment information. If you pay for a service, your card details are handled directly by a secure, PCI compliant payment processor. We do not see or store your full card number on our own systems.
We rely on the following lawful bases under UK GDPR, depending on the activity:
To provide the services, subscriptions, content, and events you ask for, on the basis of performing our contract with you, or taking steps to enter into one.
To send you newsletters, the FE Soundbite, and other marketing. For individual subscribers, we normally rely on your consent, or the soft opt in where it applies. For business and corporate contacts, we may rely on our legitimate interests where PECR allows, for example when contacting you about services closely related to your professional role. You can opt out at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email.
To run analytics, monitor and improve our sites, keep them secure, and prevent misuse, on the basis of our legitimate interests. Our legitimate interests include operating and improving our publishing platform, keeping our sites secure, understanding our audience, promoting our events, communicating with professional contacts in the further education and skills sector, and growing our services in a proportionate way.
To meet our legal and regulatory obligations, on the basis of legal obligation.
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time, and where we rely on legitimate interests, you can object at any time, both without affecting anything we did lawfully beforehand.
We gather statistics about our visitors collectively and use this in aggregate form to improve FE News. We may share this aggregate, anonymous information with partners and clients so they can better understand our audience. This information cannot be used to identify you personally.
Photographs and video are often taken at FE News events. We use these images for editorial coverage, publicity, social media, press releases, newsletters, partner communications, and similar purposes connected to the aims of the event.
Our lawful basis for this is our legitimate interests in reporting on and promoting our events and the wider sector, balanced against your interests and rights.
If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed at an event, please tell a member of the FE News team or the photographer on the day, and we will do our best to accommodate this. If an image of you has already been published and you would like it removed, contact us at [email protected], and we will consider your request.
We keep details such as your name, address, email address, and telephone number private and confidential. We do not disclose these to outside parties except where the law requires it, or as set out in this policy.
We may share your data with trusted service providers who help us run our sites and services, such as hosting, email delivery, analytics, and payment processing. These providers act on our instructions and only for the purposes we set.
If you enter your details into a co branded registration page for an event or competition run with a partner, your information may be shared with that partner, who will then be responsible for how they handle it under their own privacy policy. We will tell you exactly who your details will be shared with and why, before you submit the form.
Our sites contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content or data practices of those sites, and we encourage you to read each site’s privacy policy. If you apply for a job through an advertiser on FE Careers, your CV and application are handled by that organisation, and any further data protection matters are their responsibility.
As publisher, we reserve the right to remove third party links from articles, press releases, advertisements, or other content at our discretion, to maintain the quality and appropriateness of content on our platform.
We keep your personal data only for as long as we need it for the purposes set out in this policy, and no longer than the law allows. In practice this means:
Marketing and newsletter data, for as long as you remain subscribed, plus a record on our suppression list if you unsubscribe.
Account and service data, for the duration of your relationship with us, plus a reasonable period afterwards to meet our legal and accounting obligations. Financial and transaction records are normally kept for six years to satisfy UK accounting and tax requirements.
Enquiry and contact emails, for a reasonable period after your enquiry is resolved.
When we no longer need your data, we securely delete or anonymise it.
Wherever possible, your personal data is stored and processed within the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA). Our website and CRM servers are hosted within this region.
Some of our service providers may process your personal data outside the UK and EEA, for example where they use servers or support teams in other countries. Where this happens, we make sure an appropriate safeguard recognised under UK data protection law is in place, such as UK adequacy regulations (including the UK US Data Bridge) or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, so that your data continues to receive a similar level of protection.
We take reasonable steps to protect your data from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. No transmission over the internet is ever completely secure, so any transmission is at your own risk, but we work hard to keep your information safe.
We use necessary cookies to make our sites work. With your consent, we may also use analytics, advertising, embedded media, and similar technologies to understand how our sites are used, improve our services, measure campaigns, and deliver relevant content. Some of these cookies and technologies may involve personal data such as online identifiers, depending on your settings and the tools in use.
You can manage your preferences through the cookie banner on our sites at any time, and you can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Under UK data protection law you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected] or write to the Data Controller at 5 Harrington Lane, The Library Room, Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 8PF. Please use a clear subject line, for example “Subject Access Request” or “Data Erasure Request”. We will respond within one month, and will tell you if we need to extend this in line with the law.
There is a difference between unsubscribing and deletion.
If you unsubscribe, we add your details to a suppression list so we do not send you that type of email again. This means we can reliably honour your preference and avoid contacting you in error.
If you ask us to delete your data, we will delete the personal data we no longer need, unless we are required or permitted to keep some of it for legal, regulatory, accounting, security, or suppression list purposes. We will do this within one month.
If you simply want to stop hearing from us, unsubscribing is the most reliable option, because it keeps you on our suppression list.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, please contact us first at [email protected] so we can try to put things right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection, at ico.org.uk or by calling their helpline.
FE News and FE Careers are professional sites aimed at adults working in the further education and skills sector, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at [email protected] and we will remove it.
If you use a “recommend FE News” feature, we ask for the name and email address of the person you are recommending us to, and send them a single invitation email. We store these details only to send that email and to handle any complaints of misuse. The person you recommend can email [email protected] to have their details removed.
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted here with an updated date and version, so you can always see how we collect, use, and protect your data. If you have any questions, email us at [email protected].