Innovation Greater Manchester (IGM) is a partnership between The University of Manchester,Manchester Metropolitan University, The University of Salford and The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). This website is managed by the Manchester Metropolitan University on behalf of Innovation Greater Manchester.  

The Manchester Metropolitan University, an exempt charity under Schedule 2 to the Charities Act 1993 (amended by the Charities Act 2011), is the Controller in respect of any personal data which is collected during your engagement with this website.  

The personal data we process

• Information collected via our forms 

  If you wish to contact Innovation Greater Manchester for example to enquire about partnership or partner engagement opportunities, you should use our contact form. For us to follow up, we require your name and email address. You also have the option to submit a phone number if that is your preferred contact method.  

• Cookie information 

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer when you visit a website. This website uses the following cookies: 

The purposes of the processing

Your information will enable us to: 

Information collected via our forms – We process your personal information collected via our website forms primarily to address your form submission. For example, to facilitate your attendance at an IGM event or respond to your request to receive information from us. 

Lawful basis: Where we are servicing or responding to a request which you have made via one of our forms, we rely upon the legitimate interest lawful basis to respond to your request. 

Cookie information - We process your information for purposes arising from your use of the website, for example, to ensure that we understand who uses our site and how our site is used and to improve our site and ensure it is secure. This processing occurs because it is necessary to meet our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website, analysing its use, and ensuring its security. 

Lawful basis: This processing occurs because it is necessary to meet our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website, analysing its use, and ensuring its security. We also rely upon your consent for the use of cookies which are not strictly necessary. 

The recipients or categories of recipients of the personal data

We may share your data with third parties who provide services on our behalf, such as those who help us to operate the website or service requests you have made of the University, e.g. requests to receive a printed prospectus. All our third-party service providers are bound by the terms of a contract and are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your data in line with our policies. We do not allow them to use your data for their own purposes. We permit them to process your data only for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. 

As mentioned above, upon your request, we may share your information with partners within the IGM ecosystem. 

We may also share your personal data with third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our site terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our site, our users, and others. 

Where your data is shared with third parties, we will seek to share the minimum amount necessary. 

The right to withdraw consent

If we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. Please use unsubscribe links within our communications or refer to the specific privacy notice information which was provided when the University collected your consent for the most appropriate contact information.  

Your rights in respect of the processing

The GDPR provides data subjects with the following data subject rights: 

• The right to be informed – this privacy notice assists with fulfilling these obligations. 

• The right of access. 

• The right to rectification. 

• The right to erasure. 

• The right to restrict processing 

• The right to data portability 

• The right to object 

Please note, that these rights apply in certain circumstances, for example according to the lawful basis utilised. The right of access to personal information held about you exists in order to be aware of, and verify, the lawfulness of the processing. For further information about your data subject rights or to exercise any of the rights listed above, please see our specific: Data Subject Rights Page. 

Contacting us

Our Data Protection Officer can also be contacted using dataprotection@mmu.ac.uk or in writing to: Data Protection Officer, Legal Services, All Saints Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6BH. 

Right to lodge a complaint 

If you would like to complain about the handling of your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer in the first instance. Your complaint will be acknowledged and investigated, and you will be kept up to date regarding our complaint handling process and the status of your complaint. If you are not satisfied with the eventual outcome of our investigation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commission.  

Updates to this privacy notice

We may update this privacy notice from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our privacy notice, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. 

Privacy notice updated on: 16/04/2026