This page informs you of Impetus Education Solutions’ policies regarding the use and disclosure of any data we collect about you, and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve Impetus Education Solutions services, and by using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
On 25th May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (2016) will come into effect, giving you more control over how your data is used and how you’re contacted. This notice sets out most of your rights under the new laws. We will update this if any changes to our policies occur.
Impetus Education Solutions Limited needs to keep certain information about its clients, employees, and suppliers, for financial and commercial reasons. To enable us to monitor performance and ensure legal compliance, your personal data must be collected and used fairly, stored safely, and not disclosed to any other person unlawfully. In practice, this means that only those who have a necessary and lawful need to access your data will be able to do so.
Personal data
Personal data is data about a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from that and other information, either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
Usage data
Usage data is data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a user’s device.
Data controller
A data controller is a person who (either alone, jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which any personal data is, or is to be, processed.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your data.
Data processor (or service providers)
A data processor (or service provider) is any person (other than an employee of the Data Controller) who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.
We may use the services of various service providers in order to process your data more effectively.
Data subject
Data Subject is any living individual who is the subject of personal data.
User
The user is the individual using our service. The user corresponds to the data subject, who is the subject of personal data.
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you.
Personal data
While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("personal data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
We may use your personal data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link, or instructions provided in any email we send.
Usage data
We may also collect information how our services are accessed and used ("usage data"). This usage data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages on our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking cookies data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website, and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our website.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
Examples of cookies we use:
Impetus Education Solutions uses the collected data for various purposes:
Impetus Education Solutions will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Impetus Education Solutions will also retain usage cata for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
We will keep your personal information for as long as you are a service user or subscriber with Impetus.
After you stop your contract with Impetus Education Solutions, we may keep your data for up to 7 years for one of these reasons:
You can ask to have your data removed earlier by contacting us.
We may share your data internally within the team at Impetus Education Solutions where it is necessary for a specific purpose.
Disclosure for law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, Impetus Education Solutions may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Legal requirements
Impetus Education Solutions may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Impetus Education Solutions aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data.
If you wish to be informed what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the right:
You have the right to data portability for the information you provide to Impetus Education Solutions. You can request to obtain a copy of your personal data in a commonly used electronic format so that you can manage and move it.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your county or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United Kingdom, and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Impetus Education Solutions will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy, and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our services ("service providers"), to provide our services on our behalf, to perform service-related services, or to assist us in analysing how our website is used.
These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf, and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyse the use of our website and sevices.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having your activity tacked on Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Behavioral Remarketing
Impetus Education Solutions uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our website. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimise and serve ads based on your past visits to our website.
Google AdWords
Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for display advertising and customise the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads
Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.
You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950
To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Our communications may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("children").
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this privacy policy.
You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions, please contact us:
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Find out on their website how to report a concern- https://ico.org.uk/concerns/