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UK LAW SCHOOL LIMITED

PRIVACY POLICY

UPDATED 28 March 2019

BY DISCLOSING THE INFORMATION TO US, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF OUR PRIVACY & COOKIES POLICY. 

We are UK Law School Limited (‘Company’), Company No 11847297, Registered in England and Wales, Registered Office, 25 Norway Gate, London.  SE16 7TR.

Important information

We respect your privacy and value the trust you have placed in us by sharing your information arising from your registering an account with us, use of our websites, Learning management systems, apps, participation in our social media communities, surveys, purchase and/or use of our products and/or services. This privacy policy sets out what, how, why we collect and use your information and with whom we share it with in order to improve our product, services and protect your legal rights.

We are committed to upholding your rights and have appointed a Data Privacy Manager (‘DPM’). If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights in relation to your personal data, please contact our DPM at info@uklawschool.com.

It is important that the data we hold about you is accurate and current, therefore please keep us informed of any changes to your personal data.

Our website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

Our website may include links to third-party websites, learning management systems, plug-ins and apps. By clicking on these links or enabling connections you may be allowing third parties to collect or share your personal data. We have no control these third-party websites and learning management systems, plug ins or apps and are not responsible for their privacy policies, therefore you should also read their privacy policy to understand what personal data they collect about you and how they use it. Some of these third parties may operate outside the European Union.

Collection and Storage of Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. When you register for or use our products, services, learning management system(s) website(s) social media communities, or app(s) we will collect and use your personal information provided by you, including (but not exclusively) your:

  • Full name (including title)
  • Address and email
  • Phone number
  • Company
  • School/University/Education
  • Jurisdiction(s) of Professional Legal Qualification(s), skills and experience
  • Course, enrollments, course access dates/times and course completion data

We maintain your information securely in our customer database. We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We are legally required to keep basic information about our customers (including contact, identity, financial and transaction data) for six years after they cease being customers, for tax purposes.

We may also anonymise your personal data, so that it can no longer be associated with you, for research or statistical purposes. We can use anonymised information indefinitely without further notice to you.

We also collect information about you from other sources, such as direct orders placed by you, or from third-party mailing lists. Third parties who obtain your personal information will have informed you, at the point of collection, that they are collecting and storing your information under their own Privacy Policy.  Some of these third parties may operate outside the European Union.  Any personal information we collect from third party sources will also be stored and used by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

This information is used to:

  • Help us provide, manage, administer, develop, improve, personalise, market our websites, learning management systems, social media communities, apps, new and existing products and services.
  • Enable student registration, support, billing and shipping
  • Analyse and report on your and other students’ performance
  • Based on preferences you have indicated to provide you with information about related products and services which may interest you.                                                            

Who the information is shared with:-

  • If you have enquired about, applied for, or enrolled on a UK Law School Limited package then we may update you in respect of our latest policies, products/services, news and special offers via e-mail. Your information may also be shared with members of our group, marketing and third-parties in order to ensure standards and security are met on processing information.
  • We will not share payment details with anyone, other than the payment processor.                                                                   
  • Data including name, title address, phone, email, company, school/college, graduation data, course for which you are registered, and related information may be disclosed to marketing partners. Including, (but not limited to), Google ‘AdWords’, Facebook ‘Ads’ and LinkedIn ‘Insights’.                                                                                                                   
  • Information concerning your progress using our study materials, website, learning management system, apps may be disclosed within our organization including (but not limited to) tutors, administrators, course directors and to third parties including regulator(s), sponsors and product development partners etc.

Your personal information may be transferred to other third party organizations in the following situations.  If we are: –

  • discussing selling or transferring part or all of our business, your information may be transferred to prospective purchasers under suitable confidentiality terms.
  • re-organized or sold, information may be transferred to a buyer in order for them to continue to provide services to you.
  • required to by law, or under any regulatory code or practice we follow, or if we are asked by any public or regulatory authority or
  • defending a legal claim your information may be transferred as required in connection with defending such claim.

 Why we use your information

We use the information collected from you to provide, improve and develop products, services, learning management systems, apps purchased from us, account management, research and analysis. The information informs equal opportunity monitoring, provides security, prevents crimes, supports the provision of accurate operational information, encourages collaboration, maintains cohesion, protects legitimate interests and develops strong relationships within our organization and between our suppliers and partners. 

Your Rights

You have certain rights outlined below under Data Protection Law.

You can ask or us: –

  • to confirm if we are processing your information.
  • for access to your information.
  • to correct your information if it’s wrong.
  • to delete your information.
  • to restrict how we use your information.
  • to help you move your information to other companies. In order to help in that request, you have a right to ask that we provide your information in an easily readable format to another company.
  • to remove consent, where you have provided it, at any time.
  • to be forgotten and you can ask that our systems stop using your information.
  • to complain to the relevant supervisory authority.

However, these rights will only apply in certain circumstances and will not generally be available if there are outstanding contracts between us, if your information is relevant to a legal issue and we required by law to keep the information.  If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact our DPM at info@uklawschool.com  

We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity when you contact us and ensure. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who does not have the right to receive it.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month, if your request is particularly complex, or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.   Subject Access Requests are normally performed free of charge, but we may need to charge individuals for excessive or unreasonable data requests.

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the ICO www.ico.org.uk .  We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO,  so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law.  Any changes will be immediately posted on the Web Site and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Policy on your first use of the Web Site following the alterations.

COOKIE POLICY

Cookies

UK Law School Limited on domain uklawschool.com and all subdomains and learning management system, uklawschool.talentlms.com uses cookies, tracking pixels and related technologies.

Cookies are small data files that are stored on your devices to collect information about how you browse our sites.

Although these cookies are not always necessary for the provision of our website, learning management system and services, you will find that your device(s) will work better with their provision, therefore, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

Please find below relevant details in relation to third-party cookies being used in our service(s)

Cookie Name

Description

Facebook

Facebook set cookies when a visitor is logged in or otherwise using

their service, allowing the user to easily comment or share articles with their peers through the social network.

Google Analytics

Used for tracking visits to our websites

Google Adwords

Used for targeting, remarketing and advertising.

Linkedin

Used for the purpose of internet based advertising.

zendesk

Used for chat, understanding and improving customer usage, experience, service, based on knowledge and statistical information

 

What are your options regarding cookies?

If you’d like to delete, block, allow, install cookies and plug-ins, please review the following information:

Please note, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you may not be able to use all of the features we offer on our websites, learning management systems and systems

Where Can You Find More Information About Cookies

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites: