Data Protection Policy
Riviera English School is registered with the Data Protection Agency – Registration Number Z8400815. Full Register Entry Report available from the office.
Students
To process applications, administer bookings and to help communication, we store some details about enquirers and students electronically and in paper form.
These include:
· contact details
· record of attendance
· grades obtained on any Riviera English School course
· email correspondence
· Information provided by students/agents concerning health problems/dietary requirements
However, this is strictly for use by Riviera English School only and details will not be released to third parties. If students have chosen to pay via email using the PROTX secure web site, we do not store debit or credit card details on our databases. We employ firewall and computer virus protection and take all possible steps to safeguard personal data.
We may also periodically send students email with details of the language courses that we offer. Students/agents may unsubscribe from receiving such emails at any time.
All data is held in our offices at 48, The Terrace, Torquay, Devon.
Electronically: on a Local Area Network, protected by a firewall and password access. Data kept for a maximum of 3 years after which time it is deleted if it is no longer necessary to keep it.
In paper form: in lockable filing cabinets only accessible to authorised staff in the main office. Documents are kept for 3 years, after which time they are shredded and destroyed if it is no longer necessary to keep it.
There is no access permitted to persons not employed by Riviera English School. The premises are fully protected with a coded 24-hour monitored alarm system provided by Westcountry Security, and offices are locked and secured according to Westcountry Security guidelines.