
Celebrating 40 years
1981-2021
L.I.T.S. Limited.
Training and Development for the Engineering Industry
Privacy Policy
Our contact details
Name: L.I.T.S. Limited
Address: 19 Fairway, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent. BR5 1EF
Phone Number: 01689 897620
E-mail: enquiries@lits.org.uk
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics:-
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Name
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Address
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Date of Birth
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Telephone Number
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Email Address
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NI Number
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Passport & Birth Certificate Numbers
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Ethnic Origin
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Sexual Orientation
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by the learner, or their employer, for one of the following reasons:-
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Identification
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Qualification registration
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Course programmes
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Funding allocation
We may share this information with:
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Approved assessment centres
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Awarding bodies
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Colleges, universities and approved training providers
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
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consent.
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contractual obligation.
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legal obligation.
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the need to perform a public task.
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have a legitimate interest.
How we store your personal information
Information is securely stored on our central server and, in the instances of original/hard copies, in a secured filing system.
We keep this information for six years. We will then dispose of electronic information by auto deletion and paper-based information by shredding.
Data protection rights
Under data protection law, rights include:
Right of access - the right to ask for copies of personal information.
Right to rectification - the right to ask us to rectify personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erasure - the right to ask us to erase personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to restriction of processing - the right to ask us to restrict the processing of personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to object to processing - the right to object to the processing of personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability - the right to ask that we transfer personal information to another organisation, or individual, in certain circumstances.
L.I.T.S. have one month to respond to any requests made and will not charge any individual for exercising their rights.
Requests should be made via our contact details recorded at the top of this document.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us via our contact us page or via the following:
Email: enquiries@lits.org.uk
Address: 19 Fairway
Petts Wood
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Changes to our privacy policy
L.I.T.S. Limited keeps its privacy policy under regular review. This privacy policy was last updated in March 2025.
Privacy Policy
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