Welcome to ielts-kate.com the website (“the Site”) an IELTS learning educational platform. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy by keeping your personal, sensitive and general information secure. The privacy of the customers/users/students is our utmost priority, and we make sure to deliver services and products securely by keeping the data of our customers protected from data breach and hacking. When you interact with us, you may want to share your personal information with us for numerous purposes which we store on our servers and process accordingly. We have drafted this privacy policy to enlighten you about how we gather your data, how we use or disclose it and what rights you have as an eligible user on our site.

Furthermore, we have drafted this privacy policy under the online applicable UK laws, mainly focused on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to ensure that no consumer rights are violated. We have also incorporated important clauses and definitions of General Data Protection Regulation – an online data protection bill for online users in Europe.

We will use a clear and transparent language to make it easy for you to understand different processes that occur under privacy policy in connection with your personal information. Please note that if you do not agree with any of the information, terms, clauses or conditions present herein, you are requested not to use our services, products or any information provided.

IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS FOR USERS TO UNDERSTAND

Personal Data – any information related to a natural person or ‘Data Subject’ that can be used to directly or indirectly identify the person.

Data Subject – a natural person whose personal data is processed by a Data Controller.

Data Controller – the entity that determines the purposes, conditions and means of the processing of personal data.

Consent – Any freely given, specific, informed and explicit consent by statement or action signifying agreement to the processing of the personal data by the user “Data Subject”.

Processing – any operation performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, including collection, use, recording, etc.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU

There are two types of information that we collect from you. One is done manually, and the other one is done on an automatic basis. The data we collect manually are:

• Full Name

• Email Address

Information that is collected on an automated basis, through cookies are:

• IP Address

• Browser Type

• Session period (the time the user was on this site)

• Search history

HOW WE PROCESS AND STORE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personal data of the data subject is processed to deliver IELTS books, services and courses acquired by the user (student). We do not process the personal information for company’s personal gains, the personal information (including name, email, and contact details) are processed to keep records of the services and products delivered, for accounting purposes and any communication held between ielts-kate.com and the user (s).

We also process your IP Address, browser type and search history to keep records of our customer’s activity on our website.

All of your personal data is stored on the encrypted hosting servers of acuityscheduling.com and on PayPal from which I receive names and email addresses of the students enrolled or paid for my services. Furthermore, we ensure the protection of your personal information on our website.

WHY WE PROCESS THE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Monitoring of user activity – The response of users (students/customers) are also processed with a purpose to monitor the overall engagement of the user on this site and report if something unusual happens. In most cases, spam users allocate bots to configure encrypted data from the site, to stop such activities that may harm the site of data of other users, a continuous evaluation of automatic data (such as IP Address and search history) is monitored. It helps us identify whether the user is a natural person or an unidentified spammer or fake bot.

Orders – We also process your personal information to process your orders seamlessly and to notify you about the status of the orders, such as booking and buying IELTS classes, group coaching etc.

Consumer Engagement – We may also send you emails about new courses, discount codes, and vouchers to maintain a healthy customer-client engagement. If you do not want to receive any emails, please link on the unsubscribe link in any of the emails to stop receiving any emails. We respect your privacy and will not send you any emails with your explicit consent and willingness.

Student Results – We keep class notes on student’s progress and also a record of IELTS results and student names and summaries of how many lessons they took what their goal was and how and if they achieved it. This helps us in revamping our courses or adding more suitable content to make the lessons more interactive and informative.

RETENTION PERIOD

Retention period refers to the time period for which we keep your data stored on your servers or computers. Letstalkielts.com removes all the data of users “data subject” after five years with a condition – inactiveness from the user or request from the user to remove the data.

Furthermore, if you (user) wants us to remove their data from our website and servers because they do not wish to use our services anymore, they can always contact us with their concerns at katekeating88@gmail.com, and we will make sure to take care of any query or concern requested by the user.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

You must be 18 years or above to avail the services from this website. You can only buy online courses if you are above the required age or under the surveillance of a Parent or Guardian. We do not collect any personally identified information from minors, and in the event, if we accidentally do so, we immediately delete it from our servers and systems.

EMAIL OPT-OUT OPTION

We have been collecting information from users through the opt-in option. We will only process your information if you give us your consent freely without any pressure.

ADVERTISEMENT

Letstalkielts.com do not offer any advertisement on its website. However, we may place or use advertisements on our website in the near future. Rest assured, the information of the users (students) will not be disclosed to any of the advertisement agency.

COOKIES

Website cookies are specific unique bits of PC information that numerous sites transfer to your personal/professional computer the first time when you visit any website. These cookies are saved on your computer’s hard drive and website may later use this information for record purposes. As noted above, Google Analytics will install cookies on user’s hard drives.

DATA BREACH

We haven’t faced any data breach ever; however, we will report any unlawful data breach of this website’s database to all the relevant individuals and authorities within the prescribed time period 72, only if it is obvious that personal information or data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen or breached.

PAYMENT INFORMATION – PAYPAL

If you choose to use PayPal to finalize and pay for your order, you will provide your credit card number, directly to PayPal. PayPal’s privacy policy will apply to the information you provide on the PayPal website. As per our knowledge, PayPal has become GDPR compliant, and the data processing from their end remains more confidential regarding your personal and/or card details.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CONTROL OVER INFORMATION UNDER GDPR

Profile Updates – Users will have the right and access to update their information on their profiles such as name, email, address and contact details.

Email preferences – We respect the privacy and personal choices of our users. As an individual user, you can always opt-out or unsubscribe any time if you do not want to receive any promotional emails. We try to cater to the unsubscribe requests of our users in a timely and prompt manner. You can always click on the “unsubscribe link” in any of our emails to not receive any further emails in future.

Right to Erasure – Users have the right to contact us if they want us to delete their information from our servers. If you are not comfortable with your data being stored with us, you can always send us a request to remove your personal information, and we will erase it from our servers. Furthermore, you will not be able to sign-in or continue with using our services or products.

Right to be informed – user’s right to know how we process your information/data.

Right to access – user’s right to ask us of what information we hold about you on our systems

Right to data portability – user’s right to receive the personal data which you have shared with us, in a structured and machine-readable format to transfer to another data controller with your own consent and/or under any binding contract.

HOW GDPR PROTECTS YOU

GDPR protects the rights of users and makes it mandatory for businesses to ensure that no data breach occurs. We make sure to cover all areas of security to ensure consistent protection of user’s data. We support the GDPR and are proactive in processing any requests received on our systems by users for data protection.

SHARING OF INFORMATION TO THIRD-PARTIES

Letstalkielts.com does not share your personal information with any third-party. We respect the privacy of our students and thus ensure to maintain the confidentiality of personal information.

We do not sell, share, modify, amend or distribute your personal information to any Third-party. We are obliged to maintain the professional and ethical secrecy of enrolled or registered student’s information.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

We will be updating our privacy policy to make it more clear, concise, and up to date with changing online laws and regulations. We suggest you visit this page periodically to stay updated with any changes or amendments made. We will also send notification emails about updates in privacy policy to our subscribers. If you wish to receive privacy policy updates, then please let us know about your consent on katekeating88@gmail.com.

CONTACT US

If you have any queries or concerns regarding our privacy policy, then please feel to contact at:

katekeating88@gmail.com

Kate Keating, 7 Tanners Close, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4QN, UK

+447493075298