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Last updated: August 2026
M I A respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal data when you visit our website, contact us, engage with our services or participate in the M I A workforce ecosystem.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, M I A is responsible for determining how and why your personal data is processed where we act as the data controller.
M I A is a technology enabled workforce platform designed to connect skills development, talent, employment opportunities and ongoing workplace support.
Our ecosystem may include services such as HATCH, NEST and FLIGHT, together with future M I A products and services.
Company name: M I A Worldwide
Trading name: M I A
Registered office: Innovation Centre, Europarc, Grimsby
Company number: 16760563
Email: support@mia-worldwide.com
Depending on how you interact with M I A, we may collect information including:
This may include:
Where you engage with our workforce, learning or employment services, we may collect information including:
Where you represent an employer, we may collect:
When you use our website or digital services, we may collect information such as:
We may retain information contained within emails, website enquiries, telephone conversations, meetings or other communications with M I A.
In some circumstances, information provided to us may include sensitive personal data.
This could include information relating to health, disability, ethnicity or other protected information where it is relevant to providing support, ensuring accessibility, meeting legal requirements or delivering particular services.
We will only process this information where we have an appropriate lawful basis and additional legal condition for doing so.
We may collect personal information:
Where information is obtained from another source, we will handle it in accordance with applicable data protection law.
We may use your information to:
This may include:
We may use information to:
We may analyse information to:
We may use your information to:
Where permitted by law, we may send information about M I A, our services, partnerships, events or opportunities.
You can opt out of marketing communications at any time.
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:
Where you have given us clear permission to use your personal information for a particular purpose.
You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Where processing is necessary to provide a service you have requested or to take steps before entering into an agreement with you.
We may process information where it is reasonably necessary for the legitimate interests of M I A or another organisation, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
Our legitimate interests may include:
We may process information where necessary to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
This may include matters relating to employment, Right to Work, safeguarding, taxation, fraud prevention or regulatory requirements where applicable.
M I A may use artificial intelligence and other technology to support areas such as:
Technology may assist M I A in making recommendations, but we aim to ensure appropriate human oversight where decisions could significantly affect an individual.
Where applicable, we will provide further information about the use of automated decision making and your rights in relation to it.
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information where necessary with organisations including:
We will only share personal data where there is an appropriate reason and lawful basis for doing so.
Where M I A uses suppliers to process personal information on our behalf, appropriate contractual and data protection arrangements will be put in place.
One of M I A's functions is to connect talent with employment opportunities.
Where you use M I A as a learner or candidate, relevant information from your profile may be made available to employers where appropriate.
This may include information such as:
We will not intentionally share information that is unnecessary for the employment matching process.
Some technology suppliers or service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is lawful and that appropriate safeguards are in place where required.
We will only retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, regulatory, contractual and operational requirements.
Retention periods may vary depending on:
Where information is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymise it.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against:
Access to personal information is limited to individuals and organisations that have a legitimate reason to access it.
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
Some rights depend on the lawful basis we rely upon and may not apply in every circumstance.
To exercise your rights, contact:
We may need to verify your identity before processing a request.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information where we rely on legitimate interests in certain circumstances.
You also have an absolute right to object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.
To object, contact us at support@mia-worldwide.com.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies may be used to:
Where cookies are not strictly necessary, we will obtain consent where required.
Further information should be provided through our Cookie Policy and cookie preference settings.
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties.
M I A is not responsible for the privacy practices of third party websites. You should review their privacy information before providing personal data.
M I A services may in future be available to younger people as part of education, training or employment programmes.
Where we process personal information relating to children or young people, we will take additional steps to ensure that information is processed fairly, transparently and appropriately.
Where parental, guardian or organisational consent is legally required, appropriate processes will be put in place.
We may update this Privacy Policy as M I A develops, new services are introduced or legal requirements change.
The latest version will always be published on our website.
We recommend reviewing this page periodically.
If you have concerns about how M I A uses your personal information, please contact us first at support@mia-worldwide.com so that we can investigate.
You also have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data protection regulator.
Information about making a complaint is available through the Information Commissioner's Office website.