Atlas Mobile App Privacy Policy

The Atlas Language School Mobile App is for Atlas Language School students. This service is provided by Atlas Language School at no additional costs for students and is intended for use as is.

This page is used to inform you regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Data if anyone decided to use our service.

If you (the User) choose to use our service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Data that we (the Owner) collect and process is used for providing and improving the service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. Most of your Personal Data is collected and provided by you upon registration for a language programme at Atlas Language School.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at Atlas Language School App unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

1) Contact information

Owner and Data Controller:

Atlas Language School 

Portobello House, 

Portobello, 

Dublin D02 YH79, 

Ireland.

Owner contact email: info@atlaslanguageschool.com

2) Information Collection and Use. What Information do we collect and why do we use it?

We need to collect information from you when you book a language programme or any other educational course with us. Some of this information we use to provide and improve our Application and Services provided through this Application. We may require you to provide us with certain additional personally identifiable information. Such information is used to provide a better experience, while using our Service. Most of the information is provided by you upon registration for a language programme at Atlas Language School. Among the types of Personal Data that this Application uses and collects, by itself, through third parties, or Atlas Language School’s school management system, there are but not limited to: Cookies, Usage Data, First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Course, Course Dates, Class Information, Attendance Rate, Address in Ireland.

The information that we request is retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.

Personal Data may be freely provided by you, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application or prior to being able to use this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, you are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.

If you are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact us.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing and improving the Service, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document.

You are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that you have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to us.

3) Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected using the following services:

Google Play Services

Google Play Services is a background service that runs on Android, which in turn helps in integrating Google’s advanced functionalities to other applications.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. 

Personal Data is furthermore collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

3.1) Displaying content from external platforms

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Google Maps widget (Google Inc.)

Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)

YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

Google Calendar widget (Google Inc.)

Google Calendar widget is a calendar content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

3.2) Interaction with online survey platforms

This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party online survey platforms directly from the pages of this Application.If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.

SurveyMonkey Widget (SurveyMonkey Inc.)

The SurveyMonkey Widget is a service for interacting with the SurveyMonkey online survey platform provided by SurveyMonkey Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

4) Mode and place of processing the Data

4.1 Methods of processing

Atlas Language School takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to us, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by us. The updated list of these parties may be requested from us at any time.

4.2 Legal basis of processing

Atlas Language School may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

  • You have given your consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations we may be allowed to process Personal Data until you object to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
  • provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
  • processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
  • processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
  • processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.

In any case, we will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

4.3 Place

The Data is processed at our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on your location, data transfers may involve transferring your Data to a country other than your own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, you can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

You are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organisation governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by us to safeguard your Data.

If any such transfer takes place, you can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with us using the information provided in the contact section.

4.4 Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

  • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between us and you shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
  • Personal Data collected for the purposes of our legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. You may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by us within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting us.

We may be allowed to retain your Personal Data for a longer period whenever you have given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, we may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

5) The purposes of processing

The Data concerning you is collected to allow us to provide our Services.

6) Additional information about Data collection and processing

6.1 Legal action

Your Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by us in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services.

You declare to be aware that we may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

6.2 Additional information about your Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide you with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

6.3 System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the Application when utilising our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

6.4 Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the us at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

6.5 Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to you on this page and possibly within this Application and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to you via any contact information available to us. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. 

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of your consent, we shall collect new consent from you, where required.

6.6 Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device’s internal memory.

This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the Application may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse the cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

6.7 Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

  • To facilitate our Service;
  • To provide the Service on our behalf;
  • To perform Service-related services; or
  • To assist us in analysing how our Service is used.

We inform you of this Service that these third parties might have access to your Personal Data. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

6.8 Security

We values your trust in providing us your Personal Data, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it

6.9 Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites might not be operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

6.10 Children’s Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 through this Application. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal data, we immediately delete this information. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

7) The rights of Users

You may exercise certain rights regarding you Data processed by us.

In particular, you have the right to do the following:

  • Withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to withdraw consent where you have previously given your consent to the processing of your Personal Data.
  • Object to processing of your Data. You have the right to object to the processing of your Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
  • Access your Data. You have the right to learn if Data is being processed by us, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
  • Verify and seek rectification. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
  • Restrict the processing of your Data. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of your Data. In this case, we will not process your Data for any purpose other than storing it.
  • Have your Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of your Data from us.
  • Receive your Data and have it transferred to another controller. You have the right to receive your Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on your consent, on a contract which the you are part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Lodge a complaint. You have the right to bring a claim before your competent data protection authority.

7.1 Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in us or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, you may object to such processing by providing a ground related to your particular situation to justify the objection.

You must know that, however, should your Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, you can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether we are processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, you may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise your rights can be directed to us through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by us as early as possible and always within one month.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

8) Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information – including a personal identification number – allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilised to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.

User

The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

This Application

The means by which Personal Data of the User may be collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookies

Small sets of data stored in the User’s device.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

This Application

The means by which Personal Data of the User may be collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookies

Small sets of data stored in the User’s device.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).