Bilingual Education Alliance
Organisation Privacy Notice

Our contact details

Name: BEA (Bilingual Education Alliance)

Address: BEA, Studland Hall, Studland Street, Hammersmith, W6 0JS

E-mail: enquiries@beaschools.com

What type of information we have

We currently collect and process the following information:

• names,

• names of the organisations,

• e-mail addresses and phone numbers 

How we get the information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

• you wish to join our members database or mailing list to take part in BEA work or be kept informed on our activities.  This is for BEA activities and the work of our professional network only.

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

• We also collect names and email addresses of people who sign up to participate in our webinars and online talks through the promotion of these events on our partners’ social media and mailing lists.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting BEA on enquiries@beaschools.com

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What we do with the information we have

We use the information that you have given us in order to keep you informed on our activities and events and any information concerning bilingual/multilingual education or learning that we consider of interest for people working in the sector.

We do not share this information with any third parties.

How we store your information

We keep names and email addresses for as long as the individual is happy to receive information from us. Upon request to be removed from our members database or mailing list, we will then dispose your information as soon as we are asked. Your information is securely stored in digital format. We take data security seriously, and we use appropriate technologies and procedures to protect personal information. Our information security policies and procedures are closely aligned with widely accepted international standards and are reviewed regularly and updated as necessary to meet our business needs, changes in technology, and regulatory requirements.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at enquiries@beaschools.com if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113