Blue Space Highland

How We Protect Your Data

In brief

  • Your surveys are stored with a private reference code — not your name
  • Administrators see scores and trends; they cannot identify who submitted them
  • You can always see your full history when you log in

Your private reference code

When you register, you are given a unique reference code that is attached to all of your survey responses. It looks like this:

WB-A3F7-K9M2

This code is what administrators see when they review wellbeing data. It tells them nothing about who you are — it is simply a label that keeps your surveys together as a set without attaching your identity to them.

You can find your own reference code on your wellbeing dashboard. If you ever need to ask us about your data — for example, to request a copy or have it removed — quoting this code lets us find your records without you having to share your name in writing.


What administrators can and cannot see

When a member of staff logs into the admin panel and looks at wellbeing submissions, here is what is and is not visible:

ADMINISTRATORS CAN SEE ADMINISTRATORS CANNOT SEE
Your reference code (e.g. WB-A3F7-K9M2) Your name
Your survey scores and dates Your email address
Your wellbeing band (e.g. Good, Developing) Your username or account details
Whether a wellbeing alert was flagged Any link between the code and who you are
Your free-text reflections (if you wrote any) Your identity when reading those reflections

 

A note on what pseudonymisation means in practice. The connection between your reference code and your account does exist — it is how the system shows you your own history when you log in. However, this connection is not accessible through the normal administrative interface. Being honest: a database-level administrator could, in principle, reconstruct it in the same way that a database administrator on any website can access underlying records. This is why we describe your data as pseudonymised rather than fully anonymous. For a service of this kind, pseudonymisation is considered appropriate under data protection law and is a meaningful, genuine protection against casual or accidental identification.

How we use the results

Survey responses help us understand how the people we work with are doing — overall, and over time. We use this for our own planning and for reporting to funders who support the programme. That analysis works with groups of results, not individual records: funders see aggregated trends, not any individual's data.

We do not share individual survey responses — identified or pseudonymised — with any third party without your explicit permission.


Your own access

When you log in to the site, your wellbeing dashboard shows your complete survey history: every check-in you have submitted, your scores, and your trend over time. This view is personal to you and is not accessible to anyone else through their own login.


Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the following rights in relation to your wellbeing data:

  • Access your data  Log in and visit your wellbeing dashboard at any time to see everything we hold about your check-ins.
  • Request a copy  Contact us and we will provide your complete survey history in a readable format.
  • Ask for deletion We can remove your free-text reflections while keeping anonymised scores for aggregate reporting — or we can remove everything. We will act promptly on any deletion request.
  • Withdraw consent You can withdraw your consent to the wellbeing programme at any time. This will suspend your check-in schedule and you will no longer be asked to complete surveys.
  • Raise a concern  If you believe your data has been handled incorrectly, you have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Questions about your wellbeing data?

If you have any questions about how your information is stored or handled, please get in touch. You can reach us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or speak to a member of staff at any Blue Space Highland session.

When getting in touch about your data, quoting your reference code (visible on your dashboard) helps us respond more quickly.