Website Privacy Notice

This section applies to anyone accessing Harrow Independent College (HIC) website.

This notice explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

We may change this notice from time to time. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Notice.

Any questions regarding this Notice and our privacy practices should be sent by email to admin@harrowindependentcollege.co.uk or by writing to –

Harrow Independent College

308-310, Eastcote Lane

Harrow

HA2 9AH

United Kingdom

Tel:- 02084236227

How do we collect information from you?

When you submit an enquiry, found on the Enquiries page, we collect the information you have provided on this form.

What Information we collect from Enquiries page?

We may collect the following information:

  • Full name
  • Contact information including telephone numbers and email addresses
  • Your date of birth
  • IP address
  • Nationality
  • School Information

This data is processed in accordance with our Data Protection Policy.

How is your information used? Who has access to your information?

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required to do so by law. We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Marketing

If you submit an enquiry on the website, HIC may contact you via telephone, email, and post for marketing purposes.

How do we collect information from you?

We collect your personal information from the following sources:

  • Online enquiry forms
  • Interview notes
  • Registration Forms
  • Other non marketing information, such as: UCAS applications, medical records, attendance registers etc.

What Information we collect?

We may collect the following information:

  • Contact details, including address, email address, telephone number(s)
  • Academic results including exam results and university destinations
  • Photographs
  • Videos for college events

Opting In

You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting our admin department at admin@harrowindependentcollege.co.uk

How you can access and update your information and Opting Out?

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information.

If you believe we’re holding inaccurate information about you, please contact the college on 02084236227 or email us at admin@harrowindependentcollege.co.uk to allow us to correct it.

If you no longer want to receive marketing messages from us, please contact our admin department on 02084236227or email us at admin@harrowindependentcollege.co.uk.

Measures to ensure that your information is secure with us.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use Cookies

A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded on to your device (e.g. your PC) when you access the College website. Cookies allow the website to recognise your device and so distinguish between the different users that access the site.

Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website. A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

When someone visits our website, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site.

We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone, and we do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Session cookies will remember your selections as you browse the site. These cookies are for the browsing session and not stored long term. No personal information is collected by these cookies.

Google Analytics cookies help us to make the website better for you by providing us with user statistics, for example: which pages are the most visited; how a user navigates the site. No personal information is collected by these cookies.

You may delete or control the use of cookies through your browser settings. Here’s the full details of the cookies that are used on our website.

To find out more about cookies and what cookies might be stored on your device, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org

During the course of your study you may be asked to use third party websites or services or access linked content (eg. Youtube, Exam Board websites, etc) which may collect personal data about you. That site’s own privacy notice will explain you how they use your data.

Controlling your Personal Information

Information Disclosure

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held about you, please write to:

College Administrator

Harrow Independent College

308-310, Eastcote Lane

Harrow

HA2 9AH

United Kingdom

13 or over

We are concerned to protect the privacy of children. The law allows children from the age of 13 to provide their personal information and to access it. If you are under the age of 13, please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

Review of this Notice

We keep this Policy under regular review.