The Strategic Centre website terms of use
In these terms of use, The SC means The Strategic Centre and includes its related bodies, which may be referred to as “our”, “us”
or “we”; and “you” means any and all users of or visitors to this website.
General
These terms constitute your agreement with us relating
to your use of this website. These terms do not govern the provision of any services
or products by us to you and do not affect the terms of any other agreement you
have entered into with us. The terms of any other agreement you have entered into
with us will prevail over these terms to the extent of any inconsistency.
You agree that your use of this website is also subject
to all our rules, procedures, guidelines and policies which apply to you separately
from these terms (for example, if you are a current student or a service provider
engaged by us).
You must only use this website for lawful and proper purposes
and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations that apply in the UK and any other jurisdiction from which you are accessing
this website.
By accessing or using this website you signify that you
have read these terms and agree to be bound by and comply with them. If you do not
agree to be bound by these terms, please immediately discontinue use of this website.
Privacy Policy
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
This Privacy Policy Statement
(hereinafter referred to as the Statement) is an official document of The
Strategic Centre Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Company / Operator) and
determines the procedure for processing and protecting information about individuals
(hereinafter referred to as Users) using the services, information, programmes,
and products of the online platform located on the domain name thesc.org.uk
(hereinafter referred to as the Site).
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to
ensure the protection of the rights and freedoms of a person in the processing
of their personal data, including the protection of the rights to privacy,
personal and family secrets from unauthorised access and disclosure. This
policy also designed to facilitate adherence to applicable data privacy and
protection laws and regulations which govern the processing of transfer of
Personal Data, in particular UK Data Protection laws.
This Privacy Policy describes how
personal data is processed - any actions (operations) or a set of actions
(operations) performed using automation tools or without using such tools with
personal data, including collection, recording, systematisation, accumulation,
storage, clarification (update, change), extraction, use, transfer (distribution,
provision, access), depersonalisation, blocking, deletion, destruction of
personal data.
Relations connected to the processing of
personal data and information about users of the Site are governed by this
Statement, other official documents of the Operator and the current legislation
of the United Kingdom.
The processing of personal data is
carried out on a lawful and fair basis, acting reasonably and in good faith and
based on the principles of:
·
legality of the purposes and methods of processing personal
data,
·
good faith,
·
compliance of the purposes of processing personal data
with the purposes predetermined and declared during the collection of personal
data, as well as the Company’s authorisation,
·
compliance with the volume and nature of the processed
personal data, methods of processing personal data for the purposes of
processing personal data.
This Privacy Policy governs any kind of
processing of personal data and information of a personal nature (any
personally identifiable information and any other information related to it)
about individuals who are consumers of the Company's products or services.
This Policy applies to the processing of
individual, personal data collected by any means, both active and passive, both
via the Internet and without its use, from persons located anywhere in the
world.
II. OUR CONTACT DETAILS
The Strategic Centre Ltd. is a private
limited company, registered in the UK and operating under the name The
Strategic Centre. Registration
number 07730916, address: Office No. 154, The Charter House, Charter Place, Uxbridge, UB8 1GJ, United Kingdom, contact email:
info@thesc.org.uk.
III. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
The purpose of processing personal data
is to fulfil the obligations of the Operator to Users regarding the use of the
Site and its services.
Processing of user’s personal data is
carried out with the consent of the subject of personal data to the processing
of their personal data.
Personal data refers to any information
relating to a directly or indirectly identified or identifiable natural person
(subject of personal data) and which can be used to identify a specific person
or contact them.
We may ask you for personal data at any time
when you contact the Company. The Company may use such data in accordance with
this Privacy Policy. It may also combine such information with other
information for the purposes of providing and improving its products, services,
content, and communications.
IV. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
To provide services, we may request the
following data:
·
Full name
·
Company name
·
Date of birth
·
Country of birth
·
Personal postal address, email, and phone number
·
Business postal address, email, and phone number
·
Passport information (including a digital scan of the main
page and/or registered address)
·
Visas
·
Educational transcripts (including digital scans of such
documents) and history
·
Work history (including recommendations and contact
details of employers)
·
Certificates (including digital scans)
When processing personal data, we ensure
the accuracy of personal data, their sufficiency, and, if necessary, relevance
in relation to the purposes of processing personal data.
V. STORAGE AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA
Users' personal data is stored
exclusively on electronic media and processed using automated systems, except
when non-automated processing of personal data is necessary in connection with
the fulfilment of legal or contractual requirements.
VI. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
The personal data we collect allows us to
process your requests, send you notifications about the progress, new products,
special offers and various events. They also help us improve our services,
content, and communications.
If you do not want to be included in our
mailing list, you can unsubscribe at any time by informing us at the specified
contacts for feedback, as well as making changes to your profile settings on
the site.
From time to time, we may use your
personal data to send important notices containing information about changes to
our terms, conditions, and policies, as well as confirming orders placed by you
and purchases made. Because such information is important to your relationship
with the Company, you cannot opt out of receiving such communications.
We may also use personal information for
internal purposes, such as: conducting audits, analysing data and various
studies in order to improve the Company's products and services, as well as
interacting with consumers.
VII. COLLECTION AND USE OF NON-PERSONAL
INFORMATION
We also collect personal data that does
not allow it to be directly associated with any person. We may collect, use,
transfer and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The following
are examples of the non-personal information we collect and how we may use it:
·
We may collect personal data such as: occupation,
language, index, unique device identifier, location in which a particular
product is used, in order to better understand consumer behaviour and improve
our products, services and communications.
·
We may also collect personal data/information about what
the user is interested in on our website when using our other products and
services. This personal data/information is collected and used to help us
provide more useful information to our customers and to understand which parts
of our site, products and services are most interesting.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy,
aggregated data is treated as non-personal data/information.
If we combine non-personal information
with personal information, such combined information will be treated as
personal information for as long as such information is combined.
VIII. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
Users' personal data is not transferred
to any third parties, except as expressly provided for by this Statement.
The processing of the User's personal
data is carried out without time limit, in any legal way, including in personal
data information systems using automation tools or without using such tools.
The User agrees that the Operator has the right to transfer personal data to
third parties, in particular, partner services, postal organisations,
telecommunications operators, etc., solely for the purposes specified in the
"Personal Data Collection" section of this Privacy Policy.
When specifying the user or with the
consent of the user, it is possible to transfer the User's personal data to
third parties that are the Operator's counterparties, provided that such
counterparties undertake obligations to ensure the confidentiality of the
information received, in particular, when using applications.
The User's personal data may be
transferred at the request of the authorised state authorities of the United
Kingdom only on the grounds and in the manner established by the legislation of
the United Kingdom.
The Operator blocks personal data
relating to the relevant User from the moment the User or their legal
representative or authorised body for the protection of the rights of personal
data subjects applies or requests for the period of verification, in case of
revealing inaccurate personal data or illegal actions.
IX. DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES
In some cases, the Company may provide
certain personal information and data to strategic partners who work with the
Company to provide products and services, or to those who help the Company sell
products and services to consumers. We provide third parties with the minimum
amount of personal data necessary only to provide the required service or
complete the necessary transaction.
Personal information will be provided by
the Company only for the purpose of providing consumers with products and
services, as well as to improve these products and services, related
communications. Such information will not be provided to third parties for
their marketing purposes.
In order to use your personal data for
any other purpose, we will ask for your Consent to the processing of your
personal data.
X. SERVICE PROVIDERS
The Company provides personal
data/information to Companies providing services such as: information
processing, fulfilment of consumer orders, application processing, other types
of customer service, determining your interest in our products and services,
conducting surveys aimed at studying our consumers or satisfaction with the
quality of service. These companies are committed to protecting your
information no matter where they are located.
XI. OTHER PERSONS
It may be necessary for the Company – by
law, legal process, legal proceedings and/or based on public requests or
requests from government agencies in or outside the country of your residence –
to disclose your personal data. We may also disclose personal data/information
about you if we determine that such disclosure is necessary or appropriate for
purposes of national security, law enforcement or other public interest.
We may also disclose personal
data/information about you if we determine that disclosure is necessary to
enforce our terms and conditions or to protect our business and our users.
Additionally, in the event of a reorganisation, merger, or sale, we may
transfer any or all of the personal information we collect to the relevant
third party.
XII. DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL DATA
Destruction or deletion by the Operator
of information posted by the User, as well as the User's personal page will be
done in the following instances:
·
in cases established by the service agreement (offer);
·
when the subject of personal data withdraws consent to the
processing of personal data.
XIII. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
The Website, interactive services and
applications, e-mail messages and any other communications on behalf of the
Company may use cookies and other technologies aimed at better understanding
user behaviour and measuring the effectiveness of advertising and online
searches. We treat information collected by cookies and other technologies as
non-personal information.
The collection of personal data occurs
automatically, the storage is carried out in statistics files. Such information
may include Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and language, ISP
information, referral and exit pages, operating system information, date, and
time stamp, and visit history. We use this information to understand and analyse
trends, administer the site, understand user behaviour on the site, and collect
demographic information about our core user base as a whole. The Company may
use such information for its own marketing purposes.
XIV. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Company takes precautions - including
legal, organisational, administrative, technical, and physical - to ensure the
protection of your personal data in accordance with data protection law and
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in order to ensure the protection of
the User's personal data from unauthorised or accidental access to them,
destruction, modification, blocking, copying, distribution, as well as from
other illegal actions of third parties.
XV. INTEGRITY AND RETENTION OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION
By interacting with the Company, you can
easily keep your personal data and information up to date. We will retain your
personal data and information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes
described in this Privacy Policy unless a longer period of data and information
retention is required by or permitted by law.
We do not collect personal information
about minors. If we become aware that we have received personal information
about a minor, we will take steps to delete such information as soon as
possible.
XVI. THIRD PARTY SITES AND SERVICES
The Company's websites, products, applications,
and services may contain links to websites, products, and services of third
parties. Our products and services may also use or offer third party products
or services. Personal data and information collected by third parties, which
may include information such as location data or contact information, is
subject to the privacy practices of such third parties. We encourage you to
review the privacy practices of such third parties.
The Operator is not responsible for the
actions of third parties who, as a result of using the Internet or the Site
Services, have access to information about the User and for the consequences of
using data and information that, due to the nature of the Site are available to
any Internet user.
XVII. YOUR PRIVACY AT A COMPANY LEVEL
To ensure that your personal data is
safe, we communicate privacy and security practices to Company employees and
strictly enforce confidentiality practices within the Company.
XVIII. QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIVACY
If you have any questions regarding the
Company's Privacy Policy or the Company's processing of data, you can contact
us at the feedback contacts or at info@thesc.org.uk.
XIX. INQUIRIES FROM USERS
The current legislation of the United
Kingdom and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to this Privacy
Policy and the relationship between the User and the Operator.
Under data protection law, you have
rights including:
·
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for
copies of your personal information.
·
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to
rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us
to complete information you think is incomplete.
·
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase
your personal information in certain circumstances.
·
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to
restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
·
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the
processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
·
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we
transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in
certain circumstances.
Users have the right to send their
requests to the Operator, including requests regarding the use of their
personal data, sending a withdrawal of consent to the processing of personal
data in writing to the address specified in the Contacts section of this
Statement, or in the form of an electronic document signed with a qualified
electronic signature in accordance with the United Kingdom law, and sent via
the feedback form.
The request sent by the User must comply
with the requirements established by the Rules for submitting applications to
the Service and Support Service, namely, contain:
·
number of the main identity document of the user or their representative,
·
information about the date of issue of the specified
document and the authority that issued it,
·
information confirming the user's participation in
relations with the Operator (in particular, the user's ID serial number or a
short (subdomain) name that replaces the ID serial number),
·
signature of the User or their representative,
·
email address,
·
contact phone.
The Operator undertakes to consider and
send a response to the User's request within 30 days from the date of receipt
of the request. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your
rights.
XX. OTHER
In all other respects, which are not
directly reflected in the Privacy Policy, the Company undertakes to be guided
by the norms and provisions of the UK data protection law and General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The visitor of the Company's website, who
provides their personal data and information, thereby agrees with the
provisions of this Privacy Policy.
The Company reserves the right to make
any changes to the Policy at any time at its discretion in order to further
improve the system of protection against unauthorised access to personal data
reported by Users without the consent of the User. When we make material
changes to the Privacy Policy, a notice will be posted on our website along
with the updated version of the Privacy Policy.
This Policy does not apply to the actions
and Internet resources of third parties.
XXI. HOW TO COMPLAIN
You can also complain to the Information
Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The
ICO’s address:
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
United Kingdom
Helpline number: +44 (0) 303 123 1113
Visitors to our website
People can generally visit The SC websites without revealing
who they are or providing any personal information. The SC will not collect any
personal information about visitors to The SC websites, except when
such visitors take steps to provide personal information to us (for example, by
logging in to the website or when submitting an enquiry with your contact details).
Information provided through The SC websites will be collected,
held, used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you provide us with personal information through The SC websites, we may log your usage of The SC sites to assist us to make The SC websites more accessible
and valuable to our students and clients.
The SC website uses cookies.
A ‘cookie’ is a small text file stored on your computer which assists in managing
customised settings of the website and delivering content.
The SC website uses first
party and third party cookies together to serve advertisements based on your visits
to the website and third party websites. The SC uses third party services
(including Google Analytics) to undertake demographic analysis of visitors to our
website and to display advertisements on third-party websites.
You can use the settings in your browser to control how
your browser deals with cookies. You can control the settings and/or opt out of
display advertisements using Google’s Ad Settings. The internet is not always a secure method of transmitting
information. Whilst The SC takes reasonable steps to ensure that information it receives
is maintained securely, it cannot ensure that communications conducted via the internet
will be secure.
Security
You may be issued with a login, password or other details
to enable you to access a personal account, profile or parts of this website which
are not available to the public. These access details may be designed to protect
your personal information or other confidential information.
You acknowledge and agree that you must not disclose your
login name, password or any other access details to any person and that you must
otherwise keep them safe and secure. We exclude all liability for any loss arising
out of access to a personal account, profile or another part of this website by
a third party (whether authorised or not) as a result of any failure by you to keep
your access details safe and secure.
Links to other sites
This website may contain links to the websites of other
organisations. We do not necessarily endorse or support the views, opinions, standards
or information contained within these linked websites.
You will not hold us liable for any loss, damage, cost
or expense you might incur as a result of the use of, or reliance upon, the materials
which appear at any linked site. Your access to and use of linked websites is solely
at your own risk.
We respect the intellectual property rights of others.
You should be aware that material found on linked sites may contain intellectual
property protected by law, including that it is likely to be protected by copyright
and may also contain trade marks. It is your responsibility to use the material
on each linked site in accordance with the site’s specific terms and conditions
of use and any other laws or requirements which may apply.
Changes to this website
We may make changes to the content of this website (including
the information, services, products and other materials displayed) at any time without
notice to you. We may also modify these terms at any time without notice, and such
modification shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified terms of
use on this website. Accordingly, your continued use of this website is deemed to
be your acceptance of these terms as modified from time to time.
Pricing
Unless otherwise provided, any pricing on this website
is:
(a) reflected in the British Pounds (GBP); and
(b) inclusive of taxes, where applicable.
Breach
We retain the right to suspend or terminate your access
to any account or profile accessible through this website if we determine, in our
absolute discretion, that you have breached any of these terms.
Governing law
These terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or
in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of England and Wales.