Privacy Notice
for information held by Brighton Learning House Ltd
We recognise that you may be concerned about our use and/or disclosure of your personal information. Your privacy is important to us, and the following Privacy Notice describes the information that we may collect from you, and how it is used. By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this Notice.
Who is responsible for your data
Brighton Learning House Ltd – which consists currently of Sean Williams, Una Nicholson, Sarah Hill and Laura Swettenham.
Personal Data collected about you
With permission, we collect personal information that can be used to identify you individually, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address. This is collected and processed under the lawful basis of consent.
Through our website we collect information such as the IP addresses from which the site has been accessed and the different countries in which our website visitors are based. Our website provider also collects information about the type of internet browser and operating system you are using, whether a search engine was used to find us and which of our web pages you have accessed. We cannot identify you through the information we receive.
How and when we collect this information
We collect personal information from you when you provide it to us, such as if you ask to go on our mailing list or complete a contact form on our website. We may collect your name(s), telephone number, and email address. If you register for a course we may collect your name, mailing address, email address, and other information relevant to the course that is requested as part of the registration process, such as dietary requirements.
If you communicate with us regarding our website or our services, we will collect any information that you provide to us in any such communication.
IP addresses and website usage information is collected whenever anyone uses our website via our website provider, and communicated to us through their website analytics function.
How your information is used
Your data is used to ensure that you are sent the information that you have asked for that is relevant to what you have shown interest in and/or you are provided with the support that you have said you would like.
Your data will be used to manage future communications between us. If you consent to joining our mailing list we will send information about any courses or services that we may be offering, as well as relevant information, ideas and news associated with our work. The current frequency of our emails is occasional, and may increase in the future. With every email you receive you have the option to unsubscribe from receiving any further emails, updating your personal preferences and personal details. You can opt out from receiving such communications services at any time by emailing us.
We use personal information primarily for our own internal purposes, such as providing, maintaining, evaluating, and improving our services and website, fulfilling requests for information, and providing support.
We use website usage information for internal purposes, such as maintaining, evaluating, and improving our services and website.
How your data is stored and protected
We use a number of secure online systems to store and process data, all of which have their own privacy policies:
Dropbox, MailChimp, Squarespace, Google Mail/Drive/Calendar and Trello.
These systems are all password protected, changed regularly and only available to the employees of Brighton Learning House.
We will take precautions within our means to prevent the loss, alteration or misuse of your data. You acknowledge that we are unable to guarantee the security of information transmitted over the internet, which is inherently insecure.
Your mailing list data will be stored until either you unsubscribe and request deletion, or we desist from sending emails at which point we would delete all personal data that we hold.
We use cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your internet browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. They are used by our website provider as part of their product. Cookies are used in the running of the site, to provide you with a customised experience and to collect analytics data. When you visit our site you will be asked to consent to the use of cookies. They will not be sent to your device unless you consent. The ICO website helps to explain more about cookies and gives guidance on how to manage your settings in individual browsers.
We will not disclose the information we collect to outside third parties
We will only use your data for the purpose for which it was collected. We will not sell or otherwise provide the information we collect to outside third parties for the purpose of direct or indirect mass email marketing.
We will only grant access to or share your data within the employees of Brighton Learning House Ltd, when necessary, to provide the services that you have asked to receive from us and where we are required or entitled to do so by law under lawful data processing or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on our company
Protect and defend the rights or property of our website and related properties
Identify persons who may be violating the law, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing our website or its related properties.
Your rights
You have the right to request to see what data we hold about you.
You have the right to rectify information we hold about you that is incorrect.
You have the right to request that the data is deleted.
You have the right to unsubscribe from receiving any further information.
Consent to this Agreement
By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of information as specified above. If we make changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page. Please review this page occasionally to remain up-to-date with the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. We may notify you of major changes to our Policy by email. You must review any new Privacy Notices carefully to make sure you understand our practices and procedures.
Questions & Queries
If you are concerned about your data protection, please feel free to contact Sean Williams.
Notice Last Updated 22/5/18