Purpose of this notice
This notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). From time to time we may make changes to this policy statement to reflect changes to legislation or best practice.
My Digital Lessontakes the privacy of its users seriously. We are committed to being transparent about what data we collect about you and how we use it; and pledge to handle your data fairly and legally at all times.
Our site may contain links to third party sites which are not subject to this privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any such sites that you visit.
How we may collect your personal data
We collect personally identifiable information about you (your “Data”) when:
- you complete an enquiry form for any of our products of services
- you register on our website or request to receive marketing information
- you purchase any of our products or services
- you complete a survey before or after attending one of our training events.
Information that we may hold about you
- Name
- School / College name
- Home postcode and phone number
- Mobile telephone number
- E-mail address
- Preferences on course
- Information for market research
We also collect information automatically about your visit to our sites. Please see the Use of Cookies section for more details.
We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties.
How we use your data
We use your Data for purposes which may include:
- providing you with a personalised service
- carrying out contractual obligations when processing bookings
- processing registrations and enquiries
- conducting market research
- running competitions
- providing you with information about products and services we offer, with prior consent
- notifying you of any changes to our services
If you refuse to provide us with certain information when requested, it may affect the effectiveness of our services to you.
We also use information in aggregate form (so that no individual user is identified):
- to build up marketing profiles
- to support quality assurance
- to audit usage of our website
Use of cookies and other tracking devices
We use cookies to help personalise your use of our sites. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer’s hard drive by the web server so that the website can remember who you are. This information may include information relating to your use of our sites, information about your computer such as the computer’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and if you arrived at our site via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are have registered with us this may include your name and email address for verification purposes.
We use information from cookies for purposes which may include:
- identifying returning users and registrants, and to allow registered users to be presented with a personalised version of the site
- enabling you to move more easily around our site
- tracking your use of our site to better develop our sites in accordance with your requirements
- building up a demographic profile
You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time however this will mean that any settings such as your stored username and password will have to be reset. You can set your internet browser so that it will not allow cookies to be stored on your computer. This may reduce the functionality of the site, prevent access to certain areas of the site and mean that some features or content will not be available to you. Further information on how to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer can be found on http://www.allaboutcookies.org under the ‘manage cookies’ section. Alternatively, go to the help menu within your internet browser.
My Digital Lesson sites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (”Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use My Digital Lesson sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our sites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our sites, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of My Digital Lesson sites. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Data security
My Digital Lessoncompanies have appropriate measures in place to ensure that our users’ Data is protected against unauthorised access or use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction and accidental loss. User Data may be transferred outside the My Digital Lessonto data processors such as fulfilment houses but they will act only on our instructions to provide the services required.
Transfer of data
The Internet is a global environment. Using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing the My Digital Lesson and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.
Your rights
You have the following rights:
- the right to ask for a copy of personal data that we hold about you (the right of access);
- the right (in certain circumstances) to request that we delete personal data held on you; where we no longer have any legal reason to retain it (the right of erasure or to be forgotten);
- the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you (the right of rectification);
- the right to opt-out of any marketing communications that we may send you and to object to us using/holding your personal data if we have no legitimate reasons to do so (the right to object);
- the right (in certain circumstances) to ask us to ‘restrict processing of data’; which means that we would need to secure and retain the data for your benefit but not otherwise use it (the right to restrict processing); and
- the right (in certain circumstances) to ask us to supply you with some of the personal data we hold about you in a structured machine-readable format and/or to provide a copy of the data in such a format to another organisation (the right to data portability).
If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the contact details set out below.
Children under 14
We do not intentionally collect any information on children under 14 years of age. We will delete any details of such users where a parent or guardian has notified us that any such details have been obtained.
Updates
This policy is effective as of March 2020
