Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Privacy
Britannia Sage Oxbridge School is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors. We respect your privacy and have created this Privacy Policy to explain what personal information we collect and how we use and disclose such information. This Policy applies to all information we collect or receive from you.
By downloading, accessing, using and/or interacting with our Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform, you agree and expressly consent to our collection, use and disclosure of the information that you provide as described in this Policy. Children under the age of 16 must have parent or guardian approval to use this site.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as required by applicable data protection laws. If we are required to give you enhanced notice or seek your consent for any such changes, we will do so. The effective date at the top indicates the last time this Privacy Policy was modified.
1. How We Collect Information
We collect information: (i) that you choose to provide to us; and (ii) automatically through your use of the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform, including via cookies.
We rely on one of the following legal grounds to process information about you:
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Where we have your consent
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Where we have a legitimate interest to do so
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Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you
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Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
We collect and process data when you:
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Register online and create a Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Applicant Account (for prospective teachers) or Teacher Account (for teachers), Parent Account and Student Account.
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Place an order for any of our products or services
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Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email
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Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies
2. Information We Collect That You Choose to Provide to Us
We may collect and store the following information:
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Personal information you provide for the purpose of registering with us as a parent, student, teacher or prospective teacher (including your full name, date of birth, email address, username, password, country of residence, gender, academic qualifications and teaching experience).
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Personal information you provide for the purpose of registering with us as teacher (including your phone number, availability, address, pictures and videos you choose to post and Skype account).
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Information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services (such as billing and shipping address).
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Interview recordings and class demonstrations for the purpose of expediting the interview and application process. We will not share the videos with any third parties without your express consent. By creating an applicant account and agreeing to interview with us, you consent to our recording and storing the telephone and video interviews.
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Parent’s testimonials, class recordings, comments and other representations made through our Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform. Britannia Sage Oxbridge School may post such representations on our Site. By creating a parent account and agreeing to accept service with us, you consent to such posts and our recording and storing of class performances.
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Any other information you provide to us during your use of the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform.
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
3 . Information We Collect Automatically When You Use the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform
We automatically collect information about you including:
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Information about your computer, mobile and/or other device (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, request and referral sources and operating system).
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Information about your visits to and use of our website (including your access times, length of visit, page views, interaction with other users and website navigation).
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Information collected by cookies:
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A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
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Britannia Sage Oxbridge School uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website (including keeping you signed in and understanding how you use our website).
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We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. We will use the persistent cookies to enable our website to recognise you when you visit.
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Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.
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We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. You are welcome to read more about Google's Privacy Policy.
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You can set your browser not to accept cookies and you can remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
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For further information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org
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4. How do we use your information
We may use your personal information to:
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Administer the website
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Improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
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Enable your use of the services available on the website (including sharing information to other teachers, students and parents to promote profiles, match students to teachers and enable the use of social features of the platform);
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Send to you the goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;
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Send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;
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Send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
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Send you email notifications which you have specifically requested (including responding to comments, questions and customer service requests);
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Send you other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you where you have specifically agreed to this (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
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Utilise third party service providers to conduct relevant background checks (including scanning on an ongoing basis national criminal databases, sex offender registries, Commented [MW1]: It is now necessary to have ‘active’ rather than ‘passive’ acceptance of any use of cookies (e.g. you know when you go onto any UK website now there is a pop up to ‘accept all cookies’) – the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School website will need this if it is using cookies. Commented [MW2]: I took this from a template – do we use google analytics? Charles mentioned it in his draft too so thought I would leave it in. Commented [MW3]: I removed ‘section 4: Information Provided to Us by Third Parties’ as it doesn’t apply yet given we are not on the app stores. UNLESS – is there any other information we collect from third parties? E.g. through advertising, google analytics? If so, we need to include these. If not, we can leave for now. Commented [MW4]: If we are sending them any marketing emails etc, there needs to be a way to ‘opt out’ of these (e.g. emails like that always have an ‘unsubscribe’ option) certain media streams, terrorist watch lists, criminal and fugitive watch lists, fraud watch lists, law enforcement reports, and other data) for the legitimate business purpose of protecting the safety and integrity of the website and Britannia Sage Oxbridge School users;
Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.
When Britannia Sage Oxbridge School processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.
If we sell or otherwise transfer part or the whole of Britannia Sage Oxbridge School and/or our assets to another organisation in a merger, acquisition or other corporate restructuring, or we are involved in a bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation, your information may be among the items sold or transferred. You will be notified of any such change and given the opportunity to object.
5. What Kinds of Information We Share
We will only disclose your information to employees or mentors to the extent necessary. We will not disclose your personal information to outside the company unless we have obtained your explicit consent, except in cases required by law, for the protection of rights, business transfers, or with your consent.
We will not use your personal information for direct marketing, nor will we sell your personal information.
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To the extent that we are required to do so by law (including in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings);
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In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
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To the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling;
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With vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and other appropriate confidentiality and security measures;
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With your consent or at your direction, including if we notify you through the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information and consent;
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When data is aggregated or de-identified and so cannot reasonably be used to identify you. When we provide this information, we contractually prohibit recipients of the data from re-identifying this information to associate the information with you.
We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing and we do not sell any personal information.
You might share your own information through the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform’s social sharing and other integrated tools which let you share actions you take on the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform with other social media.
6. Security of Your Personal Information
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We will take commercially reasonable security measures to help protect information we collect about you to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
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These security measures may include practices such as keeping your sensitive data on a secured server behind a firewall, and transmitting sensitive information (such as a credit card number) entered while using the Britannia Sage Oxbridge School Platform.
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However, no data transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
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Your password is an important component of our security system; you are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. If your password has been compromised for any reason, you should change your password immediately.
7. How We Store Your Information
We retain your data only for as long as necessary to provide the service you have requested and thereafter for a variety of legitimate legal or business purposes. These might include retention periods:
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mandated by law, contract or similar obligations applicable to our business operations;
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for preserving, resolving, defending or enforcing our legal/contractual rights; or
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needed to maintain adequate and accurate business and financial records.
Your information we collect may be stored and processed for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy in Hong Kong or any other country in which the Company, its subsidiaries, or third party agents operate. If you are a resident of the EEA, we may transfer your information to affiliated entities or third parties in jurisdictions outside the EEA. Please note that these countries outside of the EEA may not have the same data protection laws as your own jurisdiction. We take steps to ensure that there are adequate safeguards and mechanisms in place to allow the transfer of your information across borders outside of the EEA.
8. Your Rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to:
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Payment of a fee (equal to the administrational cost).
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The supply of appropriate evidence of your identity.
We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.
You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by email at any time. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
9. Third Party Websites
The website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information or would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact us by:
Email: info@bsoxbridgeschool.co.uk
Address: 114 Colindale Avenue, Colindale, London, United Kingdom, NW9 5GX
11. How To Contact The Appropriate Authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Britannia Sage Oxbridge School has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office:
Website: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us
Call: 0303 123 1113
Address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF