Privacy Notice
Last Updated: 9th March 2020
Introduction:
Thank you for choosing to be a part of Leducate (“Leducate”, “us”, “we” or “our”). At Leducate we understand how important your personal data is to you, and as such we are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy; we take this very seriously. We have tried to ensure that the following policy is as clear as possible as to what we do with your personal information, and what your rights are. Therefore, should you have any questions or concerns about this policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information and data, please contact us at admin@leducate.co.uk.
We would ask that you take a moment of your time to read through the following policy carefully. By using Leducate’s services and visiting its sites, you confirm you have agreed to our privacy policy. If there are any terms in this policy that you do not agree with, we ask that you please discontinue use of our site and our services. Should you require any clarification please contact us on the aforementioned email address.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website, such as www.leducate.co.uk, or any related services or events. We refer to them collectively in this policy document as ‘sites’.
Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
CONTENTS:
What data do we collect?
How do we use your data?
How do we store your data?
How do we use cookies?
What are your data protection rights?
Changes to our privacy policy
How to contact us
How to contact the appropriate authority
What Data do we collect?
The personal information that we collect depends on how you interact with our sites. This can include the following:
Name and Contact Information: We may collect your first and last name, email address, phone number and other similar contact information.
Credentials: When you login to our website we collect passwords and similar security information which are used to access our website
Payment Data: We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make a donation on our website. This information includes your payment instrument data, such as a credit card number and associated security codes. No payment information is stored by us. All payments made through our sites are stored though our payment processor, PayPal, and you should review its privacy policy and contact them directly to respond to any questions.
Automatically Collected Information:
Some information is collected automatically by our sites when you visit. This information includes information about your browser or device characteristics, like your IP address. This information does not reveal your specific identify, like your name, but may include device usage information such as:
IP address
Browser and device characteristics
Operating system
language preferences
device name
country
location
other technical information
This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our sites, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. This information helps our sites work better for you and respond quicker. Our internal analytics of this data helps us to know how to improve our website for your use in the future.
How Do We Use Your Data?
You directly provide Leducate with most of the data we collect. We only collect and use your data for the purpose of reliance on a legitimate interest in carrying out the activities of Leducate (legitimate interest), to enter into a contract with you (contractual), with your consent (consent), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations (legal reasons). We list the processing grounds we rely upon below:
Register online with Leducate (with your consent) such as a school with a login into our website
To post Leducate work (with your consent). We may post testimonials, articles or prepared curriculum work on our sites that may contain personal information. Prior to posting these, we will obtain your consent to use any personal information. If you wish to update, or delete your work then please contact leducate at olivia.english@leducate.co.uk detailing your contact information and the work in question.
To send marketing and update communications (legitimate interests/your consent). When you provide us with your contact information, such as your email address, we and/or our third party marketing partners may use this information to contact you for marketing and communication purposes, as per your preference. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time.
Request Feedback (with your consent or for legitimate interests). We may use your information to contact you to request feedback regarding your use of Leducate’s services.
To protect our sites (legitimate interests/legal reasons). We may use your data as part of our efforts to keep our sites safe and secure, such as fraud monitoring or prevention.
To enforce our terms, conditions and policies (legitimate reasons/legal reasons/Contractual).
To respond to legal requests (legal reasons). If we receive legal requests, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond within the confines of the law.
For other Business Purposes (legitimate interests). We may use your data to improve our services, such as identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, improving our sites and services to improve your experience.
How Do We Store Your Data?
Leducate stores your data with both SquareSpace, whose servers are located in the United States of America and Google. Google has servers primarily in the US and Europe with three other locations, 1 in South America, and 2 in Asia. All information stored with Google is saved as small pieces of information across these servers. For information about Google’s 21 data storage locations (at the time of writing) please see: Google’s data center locations. Leducate has taken appropriate measures to ensure that all personal data stored is safe and secure. Please be aware that we are unable to guarantee the complete safety of the internet and any communication between you and our sites should be done through a safe environment; transmission of personal information to and from our sites is at your own risk.
Our company will only keep your personal data for as long as it is needed as set out in this privacy policy. At the end of this period, your data will not be kept for a period any longer than 2 years, save where longer retention is required or permitted by law. Your information will remain with us for the period of time that you have an account with us, and/or that information is still in use. Once this period has expired, we will delete your data by securely deleting that data permanently off our servers and those of our third parties. From this point, the data will be unrecoverable.
Transfer of information:
As the servers we use are stored across the globe, it is likely that there will be information stored outside of your geolocation. Please be aware therefore, that information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us and those third parties with whom we may share your personal information in these locations.
Google and Squarespace both comply with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union to the United States and has certified its compliance with it. As such, Google and Squarespace are committed to subjecting all personal information received from the European Union member countries, in reliance on the Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework’s applicable principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield List.
Google and SquareSpace are both responsible for the processing of personal data they receive under the Privacy Shield Framework, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on their behalf.
How do we use cookies?
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our sites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org
Leducate and cookies
Leducate uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
Keeping you signed in
Understanding how you use our website
Functional Cookies
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
Functionality: Leducate uses cookies to help us make your experience using our sites better. Cookies allow our sites to remember information about you, such as your language preferences and keep you logged in. These cookies will remember your previously selected references. A mixture of first and third party cookies are used.
Performance and Analytics: Leducate may use cookies to collect information about your visit to our sites. This may include your IP address, your browser, device, the content you viewed and the links you followed. This is then used so that we are able to track performance on our sites and helps us to continue to provide you with the information that you find interesting.
How to manage cookies:
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
What Are Your Data Protection Rights?
Leducate would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The Right to Access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may ask for a small fee for this service.
The Right To Rectification - You have the right to request that Leducate corrects any information you believe is inaccurate or to complete any information you believe is incomplete.
The Right to Erasure - You have the right to request Leducate erases your personal data, under certain conditions.
The Right to Restrict Processing - You have the right to request that Leducate restricts the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The Right to object to Processing - You have the right to object to Leducate processing your personal data, under certain conditions.
The Right to Data Portability - You have the right to request that Leducate transfers the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Should you wish to make a request, we will respond within 1 month. Please contact us via email or via our website: admin@leducate.co.uk or www.leducate.co.uk
Privacy Policies of Other Websites:
Our sites may include links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our websites, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy:
Leducate keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates here. This privacy policy was last updated on 9th March 2020.
How to contact the appropriate Authority:
Should you wish to report a complaint, or if you feel that Leducate has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner's Office.