Privacy policy

Privacy at the OU

The University collects and processes a variety of personal data in order to provide services, manage its operations effectively, and meet legal requirements.

The privacy notices in the links below provide more details about this for specific activities.

The Open University is the data controller for the personal data that we process, apart from any circumstances which will be set out in the relevant privacy notice. The main establishment of the Open University is in the UK. If your data is collected by our office in the Republic of Ireland, then this will also be processed in the UK.

Contact us

Please direct any queries about this policy or about the way we process your personal information to our Data Protection Officer using the contact details below.

• Email: data-protection@open.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44(0)1908 653994
• By post: The Data Protection Officer, PO Box 497, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AT.

Data subjects within the EU can contact the Data Protection Officer c/o the Open University in Ireland: Holbrook House, Holles Street off Merrion Square, North Dublin 2, D02 EY84.