Privacy Policy

We, Oxford School of Advanced TESOL Studies Limited, Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7HT, United Kingdom, registered in England and Wales under No. 12972109, ICO Registration No. ZA918658, collect, use and share this website visitors’ (users’) personal information to maintain the website in a working condition. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 as well as General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Bill 2017-2019, Oxford School of Advanced TESOL Studies Limited acts as the ‘data controller’ of the users’ personal information.

Visitors’ Personal Information Collection and Use

Information posted on the website is publicly available. Our servers are located in Germany, and we assure you that we will hold and transmit your information in a safe, confidential and secure environment in compliance with the British and EU laws.

We collect and store the following visitors’ personal information:

• email address and contact information;
• computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the website and post data through cookies;
• other information, including users IP address and standard web log information.

We use users’ personal information:

• to provide our services;
• to resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems;
• to encourage safe trading and enforce our policies;
• to customise users’ experience;
• for on-site marketing purposes.

No personal information is stored after users delete their personal accounts after a period of time set in the British and EU laws.

Students’ Personal Information Collection and Use

Based on the information submitted to Oxford School of Advanced TESOL Studies at registration, we create student records for individuals and provide them with the right information and services related to their chosen courses.

Our staff are fully trained on how to handle data safely. We assure our students that we will use their data only to administer their student accounts, support the learning and teaching processes and assess the quality of our services.

Disclosure

We do not sell or rent the website users’ personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without users’ explicit consent.

However, we may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements or enforce our policies if an article content violates our or others’ rights.

We may also share personal information with service providers who engage in customer support (e.g. process transactions).

Communications

The website users agree to receive occasional marketing communications from us via newsletter unless they indicate that they prefer not to receive such communications.

Users shall not send spam to, or collect personal information from, other users.

Post Modification

The website authors can view, edit or delete their blog posts through the dashboard or through the edit link sent via e-mail. Users must log in to edit their posts.

Security

We protect the website users’ personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure.

User Rights

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, the website users can exercise the following rights with regard to their personal data storage, maintenance and processing:

1. 1. The right to be informed of how their personal data is stored, maintained and processed.
   2. The right to access information held about them.
   3. The right to rectify their personal data if it is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date.
   4. The right to erasure (delete or remove) their personal data.
   5. The right to restrict (block) processing (when processing is restricted, we will store your personal data, but not further process it).
   6. The right to data portability (by obtaining and reusing personal data for their own purposes across different services, e.g. by transferring data from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way, without hindrance to usability).
   7. The right to automated decision making including profiling.
   8. The right to withdraw consent to direct marketing (by contacting us at office@oxford-tesol.org.uk).
   9. The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (e.g. Information Commissioner’s Office in the United Kingdom) if they have a concern about our information rights practices.

General

Further information about our use of cookies is available in our Cookie Policy.

Should you have other questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at office@oxford-tesol.org.uk.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change this Privacy Policy at any time, without prior notice.

This policy is effective 23 October 2020.