Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible way. This policy explains how we use that personal information.

What is personal data?

Personal data means any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier. In this case, it means personal data that you supply to us through our website or by phone. By providing your personal data, you agree that we can use your personal data in accordance with this policy.

How do we collect information from you?

We collect information from you in a number of ways. This includes:

  • when you make an enquiry on our website
  • when you make a booking or register for one of our programs
  • when you submit an application, which may include your CV on our website

What kind of information do we collect from you?

You are be asked to submit personal information about yourself when you make an enquiry or make a booking. We will collect this information so we can fulfil your booking request and provide you with our services. We do not collect any information about you, except where it is specifically and knowingly provided by you.

When you make an enquiry on our website or by phone, we may collect the following information:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your telephone number

In order to use our services, such as registering for one of our programs, you will be asked to supply us with the following information:

  • Your name
  • Your occupation
  • Your email address
  • Your address
  • Your telephone number

On our website we have a section that allows  you to upload your CV and application. The information you share with us may include:

  • Personal details
  • Employment details

We will use this information to assess your application. We may also keep it in our records for future reference. If you would like us to remove your records, please write to us anytime at [email protected] and we’ll get this processed immediately.

When you access our website, there is information about your computer hardware and software that may be automatically collected. This information can include:

  • Device type e.g. mobile, computer, tablet
  • Access times
  • Browser information
  • Generic location information e.g. the city or country that you are in

We use cookies on our website to help personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server which allows the website to recognise you when you visit. Cookies only collect data about browsing actions and patterns, and do not identify you as an individual. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

  • Performance and analytics
    Cookies help us  analyse how the services are being accessed and used, and enable us to track the performance of the services. We also use cookies to provide insights regarding your End Users and your sites’ performance, such as page views, conversion rates, device information, visitor IP addresses, and referral sites. We use third-party cookies such as Google Analytics, to assist with analysing performance. Any third party cookie usage is governed by the privacy policy of the third party placing the cookie.
  • Authentication and security
    Cookies help us protect our website from spam and abuse while letting or valid users use our website and submit personal information with ease. We used third-party cookies Google re-captcha. Any third party cookie usage is governed by the privacy policy of the third party placing the cookie.

You can set your browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to use the services. Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

How is your information used? 

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary in order to process your booking request or because you have consented to our use of your personal data e.g. by completing the contact form on our website.  The processing of your personal data is protected in the UK by the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) May 2018. Your data is treated with utmost care and security and will remain strictly confidential. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email unless you have previously requested to do so e.g. to let you know availability of our open group courses.

Who has access to your information?

We maintains strict policies to avoid unsolicited correspondence. We do not sell or share any information about individual users to third parties.  Any personal information requested from you are protected under current legislation and is kept securely to prevent unauthorised access by other people.

How and where do we store data?

Any information that you supply will not be kept for any longer than is necessary (up to 2 years for tax purposes).

What are your rights?
You have the right to request a copy of information that we hold about you. If you would like to receive a copy of your personal information please contact us by email at [email protected] .You may ask us to correct or delete any information which you feel is inaccurate. If you are unhappy with how we are processing your data you have the right to complain to the ICO.

You have the right to immediate erasure of your personal information as well as the right to withdraw your consent at any time (right to be forgotten). Please be aware that in most cases we require your personal information in order to carry out the services we are providing. Should you wish to exercise these rights then we may no longer be able to carry out the services in question.

Exercising these rights will remove all your personal details. Please note, we will retain a log entry only with your name, email address and date you requested a ‘Right to Erasure’ or withdrew your consent in order for us to be compliant with auditing requirements. Please email [email protected] and your request will be processed immediately. Once your request has been received and processed you will receive an email confirmation. For more information please refer to the Information Commissoner’s website .