Part 1: The Office for Students Powers of Secretary of State to obtain information or advice Section 80: Use of application-to-acceptance data for research purposes
This section makes provision for how the Secretary of State may use the information obtained under section 79 and with whom the information may be shared. This section also makes provision for the circumstances in which a product of research using information obtained under section 79 may be published. The Secretary of State must publish guidance setting out the factors that will be taken into account when approving a body or individual with whom the information may be shared.
	Any individual or body found to have misused the information they have received under this section is liable for prosecution under the Data Protection Act 1998.
	This section forms part of the law of the United Kingdom.