Privacy Policy

By indicating ‘our websites’ we refer to all OBA School websites and various types of portals including, but not limited to: obaschool.com, vle.obaschool.com and store.obaschool.com

Our aim is to make learning as accessible as possible in a way that lets you decide when, where and how you learn.

Your use of our websites indicates that you have read and accept the privacy policy outlined below. Please read this privacy policy carefully and revisit this page from time to time to review any changes that may have been made.

Who we are?

OBA School is an establishment based in the UK under the following name “OBA School Ltd”, was found in 2011, with a registration number 7819979 and VAT number 285354675. Our contacts email is info@obaschool.co.uk and our official website is “www.obaschool.co.uk”

Information security and privacy

We collect and use personal information to offer our users information, products and services.

This policy applies to all locations where we operate and use systems to collect, store, process and transfer user information.

In countries where different privacy policies and data protection laws apply, we will comply with those laws, subject they meet fair information practices and privacy policies principles.

The protection of your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. The OBA School is fully committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data.

With the following information we would like to inform you about the purposes and to what extent we collect and process your data.

The OBA School is committed to:

treating your privacy and security as a priority and make every effort to ensure that all the information provided by you is protected

maintaining confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information collected, stored, transferred and processed in accordance with the UK law and international good practice by meeting legal requirements and obligations
giving you as much control as possible over your personal data
explaining why your personal data is required and stored
ensuring that detected or suspected data breach is reported and investigated
ensuring that your personal data is not shared, unless permitted by a mean of written consent
keeping your personal data no longer than necessary

We will usually remove all personal data from our database every 5 years except for enrolled students (in order to retrieve this information when necessary, for example when our students request a reference letter)

applying our standards to our supply chains and delivery partners

Our Privacy Policy

You are visiting the OBA School’s public website. We will not collect any personal data relating to your visit. We only collect your personal data with your specific consent, for example, if you fill in a study application form on one of our websites. We will hold your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

The UK Data Protection Act works in two main ways. It gives individuals rights over how their personal information is used and sets out rules for organisations that handle personal information.

We need personal information about you so that we can provide services for you.

When we ask for your personal information, we:

• make sure you know why we need it

• only ask for necessary data

• ensure to provide you with the best service

• ensure your data will not be available for commercial use without your permission

Your rights over your information and accessing personal data

Under the UK Data Protection Act any individual has the right to ask for a copy of the personal information held about them. This means that you can ask us for the same.

When making your inquiry you will need to provide us with:

• written request

• proof of your identity

• proof of your address

• any information that we need to process your request

We will not start processing requests before we receive all of the above. In order to submit your request, please write to us at: info@obaschool.com

What information we collect?

If you make an enquiry through the form on our website on the ‘Contact Us’ page, the following information will be held by us for the purpose of answering your query efficiently:

First name
Surname
Gender
Country of residence
Your educational background
Your employment/marital status
The nature of your enquiry

These details will remain confidential to us. We will not share your details with third-party organisations for marketing purposes without your consent. We take great care to maintain the security of the personal data that we collect. We restrict the number of people who have access to our servers, and we have installed security systems to prevent unauthorised access. Whilst we use reasonable endeavours to protect your security, data transmission over the internet and the world wide web cannot always be guaranteed. We cannot accept responsibility for unlawful destruction, unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, improper use or accidental loss of personal information that is beyond our control.

Note that we do not store any financial data which you may provide to us, unless you have requested us to retain such data for the payment instalments.

We only provide access to your personal data when legally required to do so.

The OBA School Policy for under 18

We recognise that we have a fundamental duty of care towards all users under the age of 18 when delivering our courses and services to them. We understand that many young visitors have access to our website. We encourage all users under the age of 18 to consult their parent or guardian before submitting any information to our websites.

If you are under the age of 18, we will need the consent of your parent or guardian to hold any information about you.

OBA School is committed to:

valuing, respecting and listening to all users under 18
ensuring all necessary checks when recruiting our staff
staff training and providing a thorough understanding of child protection

Cookie Policy

Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your device when you visit some websites or mobile apps. They are sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard disk, and then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit. Cookies are used by many website owners.

We use cookies to collect information about how and when you arrive on our website, the pages you view when you’re on the site, how long you spend on each page, and actions you take on the site. We use this information for statistical purposes to tailor and target our communications and adverts to your interests; analyse and enhance the effectiveness of our website and marketing campaigns; better understand our visitors and their journey.

We may combine this information with other details you’ve submitted to gain a more detailed picture of our visitor journey and to provide you with a personalised service that meets your needs. We may also collect technical data such as IP address, time zone settings and page response times.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, such as remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. This complies with legislation requirements for websites to obtain consent from users.

We do not use cookies to capture your personal information.

You can disable cookies via your browser preferences. Most modern browsers have cookies turned on as a default. Please remember that cookies cannot read your hard drive or make any information collected by use of a cookie available to any third party. A cookie can only be read by the organisation that sets it.

You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu

Using web browser settings to manage cookies

If you would like to restrict the use of cookies you can control this in your Internet browser, although this may affect your experience of navigating and using our website. Links to advice on how to do this are provided below for the following Internet browsers:

(online or via the software help, usually F1 key)

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how users use the site. The tool uses cookies to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address and geolocation data) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for the OBA School. This helps us to understand your use of our website such as how often you return, what parts of the website you visit, how you use the website and how long you spend on the website. It will not be merged with other data from Google.

We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.

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For more information about Google Analytics, view their terms of service here: http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/analytics/tos.html

Complaints

The OBA School does not warrant the content, accuracy or veracity of any material or other information on the website nor does it warrant that the website is free from errors or faults.

Nevertheless, we will work with you to resolve, quickly and fairly, any complaint you may have about out data protection policy. At any time, you may ask us to investigate if you believe that your personal information was mishandled.

You may also ask us to:

• Send you a copy of your personal information
• Remove such information from our records
• Alter or update any such information

You can do this by emailing us at:

info@obaschool.co.uk

This privacy policy was updated on August 26, 2022