GMM Ltd ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in compliance with the UK GDPR.
Information We Collect
We collect personal data such as your name, email address, phone number, and usage data. Additional information may be collected as necessary for providing our services.
How We Use Your Data
We use your data to provide and improve our services, process transactions, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations. Your data may be shared with trusted third parties, including educational institutions and service providers, to facilitate your applications and enhance your experience.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data based on consent, contractual obligations, legal requirements, and legitimate interests in maintaining and improving our services.
Your Data
We collect personal information and share it with trusted third parties to analyze and provide us with feedback, suggestions, and strategies to improve our business processes and the services we provide. Additionally, we may share personally identifiable information (such as name, email address, and phone number) with carefully selected Higher Education Institutions and study abroad agents to verify the status of application or enrollment. We will inform the Higher Education Institutions and study abroad agents that they are not allowed to use your personal information for any other reasons than to verify the status of your potential application or enrollment.
Usage by Educational Institutions
However, the use of this data by these educational institutions is not governed by our Privacy Policy, and we cannot be held responsible for their use of the data we share with them. Educational institutions have separate policy practices for which StudyQA has no responsibility or liability. For further information on such institution’s use of your information, please visit the applicable privacy policy of such institution. We reserve the right to release personal information without your consent or consultation when we believe that this is appropriate to comply with our legal obligations, to enforce our terms and conditions, to protect the security of this website, or to prevent fraud.
Storage Providers
In accordance with the requirements of UK data protection laws, we store users' personal data on our secured servers. The databases are copied to the Hetzner Online GmbH Services’ data center (Gunzenhausen, Germany). Storage provider in Germany: Hetzner Online GmbH (Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany), privacy policy: Hetzner Privacy Policy
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with legal obligations.
International Transfers
We may transfer your data to countries outside the UK. When we do so, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data.
Links to Other Sites
Our Site may contain links to third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by StudyQA. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. StudyQA has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. In addition, it is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from this Website or other websites) is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects, and other items of a destructive nature. We strongly advise you to read the terms of use and privacy policy of any third-party site that you visit.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, erase, restrict, or object to the processing of your data, and to data portability. To exercise these rights, contact us at info@studyqa.com.
Delete or Withdraw Your Data
You may opt-out or delete your data at any time by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of our emails or by logging in to your student account. You may also unsubscribe by emailing info@studyqa.com.
Request Access to Your Data
You may at any time request access to the information we process about you by contacting us by email or by logging in to your student account. You may also request to have the information corrected or to have your personal data transferred upon request. Furthermore, you may request restriction of processing personal data or object to the processing in accordance with relevant legislation. Please use our contact email info@studyqa.com.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and where appropriate, notified to you by email.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
GMM Ltd
Bishopsgate, United Kingdom
info@studyqa.com
