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Led by Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, the lab focuses on understanding neuro-developmental disorders and mental health conditions across the lifespan. To this end, they employ basic developmental science approaches to study the pathogenesis of such conditions, their underlying genetic and environmental risk and resilience sources and their mediating brain mechanisms. The lab also has a translational aspect, working with clinician colleagues in using research findings to inform clinical approaches, social care and public health policies directed at this population and their families.

Our research is based primarily in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at King’s College London, but we work closely with a number of key collaborators on our projects. These include: the University of East London, the University of Nottingham, the University of Southampton, SLaM and King’s ADHD Providers Group.

News and events

NEW: Attention and its Disorders in Digital Context

Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke at MAD//Fest London, discussing attention and its disorders in the digital context 

Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice

Online course from Dr Mark Kennedy where you can learn about ADHD symptoms, the latest research and treatments.

'Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as Delay Aversion: The Curious Evolution of an Unlikely Idea'

Professor Sonuga-Barke’s inaugural lecture at King’s College London, February 2018.

Tao Coll Martin, Edmund Sonuga-Barke and Le Zhao eating ice cream

PhD student Tao Coll Martin, Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke and Dr Le Zhao enjoy an ice cream in the sun!
(July 2022)

Alcohol misuse as a self-medication for ADHD

We are looking for participants with no current neurological or psychiatric disorders or participants with ADHD, residing in the UK, aged 18 and over to fill in an anonymous survey, investigating substance use motives and patterns in people with and without Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

People with ADHD are more likely to use substances, become addicted and have worse treatment outcomes, instinctively looking to make up for the lack of dopamine or seeking relief from their ADHD symptoms (restlessness, insomnia, poor concentration).

This survey aims at understanding the correlations between the intensity of ADHD symptoms and substance misuse severity as well as different motives and patterns in people with treated, untreated ADHD and healthy controls to offer effective prevention and alternative adaptive copings. The survey should take you approximately 12 minutes to complete. For any additional information and to participate please follow the link: https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_6D1UWiqrcrtptHw or contact maria.sergeeva@kcl.ac.uk

Ongoing research project: RE-STAR

RE-STAR is a four-year, interdisciplinary programme being led by Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke of the Experimental Psychopathology and Neurodevelopment (ExPAND) Research Group at King’s College London.

Many young people with neuroatypicalities such as ADHD and ASD traits develop depression during adolescence – but we currently don’t know which individuals are at risk, what underlying processes increase that risk or, perhaps most importantly, the best way to intervene to increase resilience to reduce that risk.

RE-STAR will address these gaps by testing the specific role of emotion regulation (ER) difficulties, commonly observed in young people with neuroatypicalities (YPN), in driving developmental pathways to depression.

Publications

    Awards

    2019 – Honorary Skou Professorship from Aarhus University, Denmark, awarded to Prof Sonuga-Barke

    2019 – BRC Early Career Bridging Grant from NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre awarded to Dr Kostyrka-Allchorne

    2018 – Professor Sonuga-Barke listed in the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers List and named as one of the ‘most influential scientific minds’ in psychology and psychiatry

    2018 – Fellow of the British Academy awarded to Prof Sonuga-Barke

    2016 – Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences awarded to Prof Sonuga-Barke

    Funding

    The UKRI Medical Research Council awarded £4m funding for the 4-year research project RE-STAR: Regulating Emotions – Strengthening Adolescent Resilience.

    Privacy policies

    STEPS Privacy Notice

    Introduction

    STEPS is an app used in the OPTIMA programme of research organised by researchers from Kings College London (KCL) and the universities of Southampton and Nottingham.

    KCL determines how and why your personal data is processed for STEPS. This means that KCL is the ‘controller’ of your personal data for the purposes of data protection law.

    Please read this Privacy Notice carefully – it describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about your rights in accordance with the general data protection regulation (GDPR). It applies to personal data provided to us by individuals themselves or by third parties, and it supplements the following wider KCL Privacy Notice(s):

    • KCL Core Privacy Notice www.kcl.ac.uk/terms/privacy
    • KCL Statement on Use of Personal Data in Research www.kcl.ac.uk/research/support/rgei/research-ethics/kings-college-london-statement-on-use-of-personal-data-in-research

    We keep this Privacy Notice under regular review. It was last updated on 19 July 2022.

    The types of personal information we collect

    Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person may be identified. It does not include data that cannot be traced back to you (i.e. anonymous data). We will collect, use, store, retain and transfer the following personal data about you:

    • email address
    • phone number
    • your name

    How we collect and use your personal data

    Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you through the online forms that you complete. We also receive personal information indirectly from the STEPS app.

    We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. We use this information for the following purposes:

    • To register you as a study participant and give you access to the STEPS app.
    • To keep in touch with you about the app and its performance.
    • To send you information about new versions of the app.

    The processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details set out below. Please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

    We may also use anonymised data, meaning data from which you cannot be identified, for the purposes of:

    • Education and research,
    • Publication in reports or journals and at conferences.

    How we store your data

    Email addresses, phone numbers and names necessary to create an account will be stored within Google and Apple servers. Email addresses linked to your STEPS ID, which is used to collect usage data by Firebase, will be stored with Google servers. After data collection has been completed, data will be transferred onto the KCL SharePoint Site and Google Firebase account, and all the data contained within the account will be deleted. We have technical and operational security measures in place to prevent your personal data from being accessed, used, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorised way. We have established procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

    We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

    We will keep your personal data according to the KCL Records Retention Schedule after which point it will be securely destroyed.

    Your anonymised app usage data may be shared with other researchers (e.g., online databases). Any personal information that could identify you will be removed or changed before files are shared or results are made public.

    Who will process your personal data?

    Your personal data will be collected and processed by the OPTIMA team at King’s College London; access to your personal information is limited to staff who have a legitimate need to see it for the purpose of carrying out their job. We will also need to share your personal data with the parties set out below. When we allow them access to your data, we do not permit them to use it for their own purposes.

    Bitjam Ltd. (to help resolve any technical issues)

    Google

    Apple

    The University of Southampton

    The University of Nottingham

    We vet all third parties and require them to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes – they are only allowed to process your personal data for specified purposes in accordance with our instructions as outlined above.

    Lawful basis for processing

    Data Protection legislation requires that we meet certain conditions before we are allowed to use your data in the manner described in this notice, including having a "lawful basis" for the processing.

    The lawful bases for processing your personal data will be public task - “processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller”.

    Your rights

    Under certain circumstances, you may have the following rights under data protection legislation in relation to your personal data:

    • Right to request access to your personal data;
    • Right to request correction of your personal data;
    • Right to request erasure of your personal data;
    • Right to object to processing of your personal data;
    • Right to request restriction of the processing your personal data;
    • Right to request the transfer of your personal data; and
    • Right to withdraw consent.

    If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details set out below

    Contacting us

    You can contact OPTIMA team by:

    • emailing at OPTIMA@kcl.ac.uk
    • telephoning on 020 7848 3682, or
    • writing to:

    OPTIMA Trial Manger

    Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-PO85

    Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

    King's College London

    16 De Crespigny Park

    London SE5 8AF.

    Additionally, KCL has appointed a Data Protection Officer. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, you can contact our Data Protection Officer using the details set out below:

    Email: info-compliance@kcl.ac.uk

    Telephone: +44(0)20 7848 7816

    Postal Address:

    Data Protection Officer

    Department of Business Assurance

    King's College London

    Room 5.35

    James Clerk Maxwell Building

    57 Waterloo Road

    London SE1 8WA

    Complaints

    If you wish to complain about our use of personal data, please send an email with the details of your complaint to the Data Protection Officer so that the issue can be investigated.

    You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (the UK data protection regulator). For further information on your rights and how to complain to the ICO, please refer to the ICO website (ico.org.uk).

    Parent Positive Privacy Notice

    Introduction

    Parent Positive is an app used in the SPARKLE trial organised by researchers from King’s College London (KCL) and the University of Oxford (Oxford).

    KCL and Oxford determines how and why your personal data is processed for Parent Positive. This means that KCL and Oxford are ‘controllers’ of your data for the purposes of data protection law.

    Please read this Privacy Notice carefully – it describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about your rights in accordance with the general data protection regulation (GDPR). It applies to personal data provided to us by individuals themselves or by third parties, and it supplements the following wider KCL Privacy Notice(s):

    • KCL Core Privacy Notice www.kcl.ac.uk/terms/privacy
    • KCL Statement on Use of Personal Data in Research www.kcl.ac.uk/research/support/rgei/research-ethics/kings-college-london-statement-on-use-of-personal-data-in-research
    • Oxford Policy on Data Protection compliance.admin.ox.ac.uk/data-protection-policy
    • Oxford Data Protection and Research Guidance researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/policy/data

    We keep this Privacy Notice under regular review. It was last updated on 3rd February 2020.

    The types of personal information we collect

    Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person may be identified. It does not include data that cannot be traced back to you (i.e. anonymous data). We will collect, use, store, retain and transfer the following personal data about you:

    • email address
    • phone number
    • IP address
    • device ID

    How we collect and use your personal data

    Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you through the online forms that you complete. We also receive personal information indirectly from the Parent Positive app.

    We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. We use this information for the following purposes:

    • To register you as a study participant and give you access to the Parent Positive app
    • To keep in touch with you about the app and its performance
    • To send you information about new versions of the app.

    The processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details set out below. Please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

    We may also use pseudo-anonymised data (linked using a unique ID), meaning data from which you cannot be identified, for the purposes of:

    • Education and research
    • Publication in reports or journals and at conferences.

    How we store your data

    Email addresses, phone numbers and Device IDs necessary to create a Parent Positive account will be collected by Amazon Web Services, Google and Apple servers. IP addresses used to collect usage data will be collected by Amazon Web Services. After data collection has been completed, Parent Positive usage data will be downloaded and transferred to the restricted-access folder on the King’s College SharePoint and the AWS account and all the data contained within the account will be deleted. Usage data held within AWS will be pseudo-anonymised and the kind of information stored within the platform will be generally of non-identifiable nature. It is expected that data will be held within AWS for the period of 6 months.

    We have technical and operational security measures in place to prevent your personal data from being accessed, used, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorised way. We have established procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

    We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We will keep your personal data according to the KCL and Oxford Retention Schedule after which point it will be securely destroyed.

    Who will process your personal data?

    Your personal data will be collected and processed by the University of Oxford and Amazon Web Services; access to your personal information is limited to staff who have a legitimate need to see it for the purpose of carrying out their job. We will also need to share your personal data with the parties set out below. When we allow them access to your data, we do not permit them to use it for their own purposes.

    Toad Ltd. (to help resolve any technical issues)

    Google

    Apple

    We vet all third parties and require them to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes – they are only allowed to process your personal data for specified purposes in accordance with our instructions as outlined above.

    We will not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

    Lawful basis for processing

    Data Protection legislation requires that we meet certain conditions before we are allowed to use your data in the manner described in this notice, including having a "lawful basis" for the processing.

    The lawful bases for processing your personal data will be public task - “processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller”.

    Your rights

    Under certain circumstances, you may have the following rights under data protection legislation in relation to your personal data:

    • Right to request access to your personal data;
    • Right to request correction of your personal data;
    • Right to request erasure of your personal data;
    • Right to object to processing of your personal data;
    • Right to request restriction of the processing your personal data;
    • Right to request the transfer of your personal data; and
    • Right to withdraw consent.

    If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details set out below

    Contacting us

    You can contact SPARKLE team by:

    • emailing at SPARKLE@kcl.ac.uk;
    • telephoning on +44(0)20 7848 5260, or
    • writing to:

    SPARKLE Trial Manger
    Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-PO85
    Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
    King's College London
    16 De Crespigny Park
    London SE5 8AF

    Additionally, KCL has appointed a Data Protection Officer. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, you can contact our Data Protection Officer using the details set out below:

    Email: info-compiance@kcl.ac.uk

    Telephone: +44(0)20 7848 7816

    Postal Address:

    Data Protection Officer
    Department of Business Assurance
    King's College London
    Room 5.35
    James Clerk Maxwell Building
    57 Waterloo Road
    London SE1 8WA

    Complaints

    If you wish to complain about our use of personal data, please send an email with the details of your complaint to the Data Protection Officer so that the issue can be investigated.

    You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (the UK data protection regulator). For further information on your rights and how to complain to the ICO, please refer to the ICO website (ico.org.uk).

    Publications

      Awards

      2019 – Honorary Skou Professorship from Aarhus University, Denmark, awarded to Prof Sonuga-Barke

      2019 – BRC Early Career Bridging Grant from NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre awarded to Dr Kostyrka-Allchorne

      2018 – Professor Sonuga-Barke listed in the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers List and named as one of the ‘most influential scientific minds’ in psychology and psychiatry

      2018 – Fellow of the British Academy awarded to Prof Sonuga-Barke

      2016 – Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences awarded to Prof Sonuga-Barke

      Funding

      The UKRI Medical Research Council awarded £4m funding for the 4-year research project RE-STAR: Regulating Emotions – Strengthening Adolescent Resilience.

      Privacy policies

      STEPS Privacy Notice

      Introduction

      STEPS is an app used in the OPTIMA programme of research organised by researchers from Kings College London (KCL) and the universities of Southampton and Nottingham.

      KCL determines how and why your personal data is processed for STEPS. This means that KCL is the ‘controller’ of your personal data for the purposes of data protection law.

      Please read this Privacy Notice carefully – it describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about your rights in accordance with the general data protection regulation (GDPR). It applies to personal data provided to us by individuals themselves or by third parties, and it supplements the following wider KCL Privacy Notice(s):

      • KCL Core Privacy Notice www.kcl.ac.uk/terms/privacy
      • KCL Statement on Use of Personal Data in Research www.kcl.ac.uk/research/support/rgei/research-ethics/kings-college-london-statement-on-use-of-personal-data-in-research

      We keep this Privacy Notice under regular review. It was last updated on 19 July 2022.

      The types of personal information we collect

      Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person may be identified. It does not include data that cannot be traced back to you (i.e. anonymous data). We will collect, use, store, retain and transfer the following personal data about you:

      • email address
      • phone number
      • your name

      How we collect and use your personal data

      Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you through the online forms that you complete. We also receive personal information indirectly from the STEPS app.

      We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. We use this information for the following purposes:

      • To register you as a study participant and give you access to the STEPS app.
      • To keep in touch with you about the app and its performance.
      • To send you information about new versions of the app.

      The processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details set out below. Please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

      We may also use anonymised data, meaning data from which you cannot be identified, for the purposes of:

      • Education and research,
      • Publication in reports or journals and at conferences.

      How we store your data

      Email addresses, phone numbers and names necessary to create an account will be stored within Google and Apple servers. Email addresses linked to your STEPS ID, which is used to collect usage data by Firebase, will be stored with Google servers. After data collection has been completed, data will be transferred onto the KCL SharePoint Site and Google Firebase account, and all the data contained within the account will be deleted. We have technical and operational security measures in place to prevent your personal data from being accessed, used, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorised way. We have established procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

      We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

      We will keep your personal data according to the KCL Records Retention Schedule after which point it will be securely destroyed.

      Your anonymised app usage data may be shared with other researchers (e.g., online databases). Any personal information that could identify you will be removed or changed before files are shared or results are made public.

      Who will process your personal data?

      Your personal data will be collected and processed by the OPTIMA team at King’s College London; access to your personal information is limited to staff who have a legitimate need to see it for the purpose of carrying out their job. We will also need to share your personal data with the parties set out below. When we allow them access to your data, we do not permit them to use it for their own purposes.

      Bitjam Ltd. (to help resolve any technical issues)

      Google

      Apple

      The University of Southampton

      The University of Nottingham

      We vet all third parties and require them to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes – they are only allowed to process your personal data for specified purposes in accordance with our instructions as outlined above.

      Lawful basis for processing

      Data Protection legislation requires that we meet certain conditions before we are allowed to use your data in the manner described in this notice, including having a "lawful basis" for the processing.

      The lawful bases for processing your personal data will be public task - “processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller”.

      Your rights

      Under certain circumstances, you may have the following rights under data protection legislation in relation to your personal data:

      • Right to request access to your personal data;
      • Right to request correction of your personal data;
      • Right to request erasure of your personal data;
      • Right to object to processing of your personal data;
      • Right to request restriction of the processing your personal data;
      • Right to request the transfer of your personal data; and
      • Right to withdraw consent.

      If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details set out below

      Contacting us

      You can contact OPTIMA team by:

      • emailing at OPTIMA@kcl.ac.uk
      • telephoning on 020 7848 3682, or
      • writing to:

      OPTIMA Trial Manger

      Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-PO85

      Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

      King's College London

      16 De Crespigny Park

      London SE5 8AF.

      Additionally, KCL has appointed a Data Protection Officer. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, you can contact our Data Protection Officer using the details set out below:

      Email: info-compliance@kcl.ac.uk

      Telephone: +44(0)20 7848 7816

      Postal Address:

      Data Protection Officer

      Department of Business Assurance

      King's College London

      Room 5.35

      James Clerk Maxwell Building

      57 Waterloo Road

      London SE1 8WA

      Complaints

      If you wish to complain about our use of personal data, please send an email with the details of your complaint to the Data Protection Officer so that the issue can be investigated.

      You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (the UK data protection regulator). For further information on your rights and how to complain to the ICO, please refer to the ICO website (ico.org.uk).

      Parent Positive Privacy Notice

      Introduction

      Parent Positive is an app used in the SPARKLE trial organised by researchers from King’s College London (KCL) and the University of Oxford (Oxford).

      KCL and Oxford determines how and why your personal data is processed for Parent Positive. This means that KCL and Oxford are ‘controllers’ of your data for the purposes of data protection law.

      Please read this Privacy Notice carefully – it describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about your rights in accordance with the general data protection regulation (GDPR). It applies to personal data provided to us by individuals themselves or by third parties, and it supplements the following wider KCL Privacy Notice(s):

      • KCL Core Privacy Notice www.kcl.ac.uk/terms/privacy
      • KCL Statement on Use of Personal Data in Research www.kcl.ac.uk/research/support/rgei/research-ethics/kings-college-london-statement-on-use-of-personal-data-in-research
      • Oxford Policy on Data Protection compliance.admin.ox.ac.uk/data-protection-policy
      • Oxford Data Protection and Research Guidance researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/policy/data

      We keep this Privacy Notice under regular review. It was last updated on 3rd February 2020.

      The types of personal information we collect

      Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person may be identified. It does not include data that cannot be traced back to you (i.e. anonymous data). We will collect, use, store, retain and transfer the following personal data about you:

      • email address
      • phone number
      • IP address
      • device ID

      How we collect and use your personal data

      Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you through the online forms that you complete. We also receive personal information indirectly from the Parent Positive app.

      We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. We use this information for the following purposes:

      • To register you as a study participant and give you access to the Parent Positive app
      • To keep in touch with you about the app and its performance
      • To send you information about new versions of the app.

      The processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details set out below. Please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

      We may also use pseudo-anonymised data (linked using a unique ID), meaning data from which you cannot be identified, for the purposes of:

      • Education and research
      • Publication in reports or journals and at conferences.

      How we store your data

      Email addresses, phone numbers and Device IDs necessary to create a Parent Positive account will be collected by Amazon Web Services, Google and Apple servers. IP addresses used to collect usage data will be collected by Amazon Web Services. After data collection has been completed, Parent Positive usage data will be downloaded and transferred to the restricted-access folder on the King’s College SharePoint and the AWS account and all the data contained within the account will be deleted. Usage data held within AWS will be pseudo-anonymised and the kind of information stored within the platform will be generally of non-identifiable nature. It is expected that data will be held within AWS for the period of 6 months.

      We have technical and operational security measures in place to prevent your personal data from being accessed, used, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorised way. We have established procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

      We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We will keep your personal data according to the KCL and Oxford Retention Schedule after which point it will be securely destroyed.

      Who will process your personal data?

      Your personal data will be collected and processed by the University of Oxford and Amazon Web Services; access to your personal information is limited to staff who have a legitimate need to see it for the purpose of carrying out their job. We will also need to share your personal data with the parties set out below. When we allow them access to your data, we do not permit them to use it for their own purposes.

      Toad Ltd. (to help resolve any technical issues)

      Google

      Apple

      We vet all third parties and require them to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes – they are only allowed to process your personal data for specified purposes in accordance with our instructions as outlined above.

      We will not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

      Lawful basis for processing

      Data Protection legislation requires that we meet certain conditions before we are allowed to use your data in the manner described in this notice, including having a "lawful basis" for the processing.

      The lawful bases for processing your personal data will be public task - “processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller”.

      Your rights

      Under certain circumstances, you may have the following rights under data protection legislation in relation to your personal data:

      • Right to request access to your personal data;
      • Right to request correction of your personal data;
      • Right to request erasure of your personal data;
      • Right to object to processing of your personal data;
      • Right to request restriction of the processing your personal data;
      • Right to request the transfer of your personal data; and
      • Right to withdraw consent.

      If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details set out below

      Contacting us

      You can contact SPARKLE team by:

      • emailing at SPARKLE@kcl.ac.uk;
      • telephoning on +44(0)20 7848 5260, or
      • writing to:

      SPARKLE Trial Manger
      Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-PO85
      Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
      King's College London
      16 De Crespigny Park
      London SE5 8AF

      Additionally, KCL has appointed a Data Protection Officer. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, you can contact our Data Protection Officer using the details set out below:

      Email: info-compiance@kcl.ac.uk

      Telephone: +44(0)20 7848 7816

      Postal Address:

      Data Protection Officer
      Department of Business Assurance
      King's College London
      Room 5.35
      James Clerk Maxwell Building
      57 Waterloo Road
      London SE1 8WA

      Complaints

      If you wish to complain about our use of personal data, please send an email with the details of your complaint to the Data Protection Officer so that the issue can be investigated.

      You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (the UK data protection regulator). For further information on your rights and how to complain to the ICO, please refer to the ICO website (ico.org.uk).

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      Contact us

      Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
      Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
      16 De Crespigny Park – PO85
      London
      SE5 8AF

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