Privacy Policy
Background
AHZ understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We
respect
and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, ahzassociates.co.uk. Our site will only collect and use
personal data in ways that are described here and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights
under
the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy
is
deemed to occur upon your first use of our site, AND You will be required to read and accept this Privacy Policy
when
signing up for an Account. If you do not accept and agree to this Privacy Policy, you must stop using our Site
immediately.
Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
| “Account” | means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of our Site; |
| “Cookie” | means a small text file placed on your computer or device by our Site when you visit certain parts of our Site and/or when you use certain features of our Site. Details of the Cookies used by our Site are set out in Part 14, below; and |
| “Cookie Law” | means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 |
Information About Us
Our Site is owned and operated by AHZ, a Limited company registered in England under company number 08110262.
Main trading address: Unit-2.15 East London Works, 65 Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1 1DU
Postal address: Unit-2.15 East London Works, 65 Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1 1DU
VAT number: 237535204
Data Protection Officer: Zahirul Islam
Email address: zislam@ahzassociates.co.uk
Telephone number: +442073779630
What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note
that
we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the
privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
What is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) as ‘any
information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by
reference
to an identifier’.
Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers
obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as
identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
What are your Rights?
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, which We will always work to uphold:
For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact
us using the details provided in Part 15.
Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local
Citizens Advice Bureau.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint
with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
What Data Do We Collect?
Depending upon your use of our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data
(please also see Part 14 on our use of Cookies and similar technologies and our Cookie Policy).
How Do We Use your Personal Data?
Under the GDPR, We must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This may be because the data is
necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal
data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it. Your personal data will OR may be
used for one of the following purposes:
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your personal data for marketing
purposes, which may include contacting you by email AND/OR telephone AND/OR text message AND/OR post with
information, news, and offers on our products AND/OR services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing
or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and
the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the
opportunity to opt-out.
Third Parties whose content appears on our Site may use third-party Cookies, as detailed below in Part 14.
Please refer to Part 14 for more information on controlling cookies. Please note that We do not control the
activities of such third parties, nor the data that they collect and use themselves, and We advise you to
check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
We use the following automated systems for carrying out certain kinds of decision-making AND/OR profiling.
If at any point you wish to query any action that We take on the basis of this or wish to request ‘human
intervention’ (i.e. have someone review the action themselves, rather than relying only on the automated
method), the GDPR gives you the right to do so. Please contact us to find out more using the details in Part
15.
How Long Will we Keep your Personal Data?
Student data to be kept until complete the whole admission procedures with the University where student wish
to apply. It may take one or two or more admission cycle and then deleted/destroyed once whole cycle is
completed. Unless specific permission given to us by student or any specific reason to maintain data for
longer.
We will ensure that when Personal Data is no longer needed for specified purposes, it is securely destroyed
or anonymised in accordance with the Company's data Retention Schedules and Personal Data Destruction
Procedure.
How and Where Do we Store or Transfer your Personal Data?
We will only store or transfer your personal data in the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the
GDPR.
OR
We will only store or transfer your personal data within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). The EEA
consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This means that your personal
data will be fully protected under the GDPR or to equivalent standards by law.
OR
We may store or transfer some or all of your personal data in countries that are not part of the European
Economic Area (the “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). These
are known as “third countries” and may not have data protection laws that are as strong as those in the UK
and/or the EEA. This means that We will take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is
treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR as follows.
We share your data within the group of companies of which we are OR I am a part. Where this involves the
transfer of personal data outside the EEA, our group ensures that personal data is protected by requiring
all companies within the group to follow the same rules with respect to personal data usage. These are known
as “binding corporate rules”. More information on binding corporate rules is available from the European
Commission.
OR
We share your data with external third parties, as detailed below in Part 10, that are based outside of the
EEA. The following safeguards are OR are applied to such transfers:
OR
We will only transfer your personal data to countries that the European Commission has deemed to provide an
adequate level of personal data protection. More information is available from the European
Commission.
OR
We use specific contracts with external third parties that are approved by the European Commission for the
transfer of personal data to third countries. These contracts ensure the same levels of personal data
protection that would apply under the GDPR. More information is available from the European
Commission.
AND/OR
Where We transfer your data to a third party based in the US, this may be protected if they are part of the
EU-US Privacy Shield. This requires that third party to provide data protection to standards similar to
those in Europe. More information is available from the European Commission.
Please contact us using the details below in Part 15 for further information about the particular data
protection mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data to a third country.
Do we Share your Personal Data?
We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to one
important exception.
In some limited circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might
include yours, if we are OR I am involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court
order, or the instructions of a government authority.
OR
We may share your personal data with other companies in our group for our marketing purposes. This includes
subsidiaries AND/OR our holding company and its subsidiaries.
We may sometimes contract with the following third parties to supply certain products services.
AND/OR
These
may include payment processing, delivery, and marketing. In some cases, those third parties may require
access to some or all of your personal data that We hold.
If any of your personal data is required by a third party, as described above, We will take steps to ensure
that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations,
and the third party’s obligations under the law, as described above in Part 9.
If any personal data is transferred outside of the EEA, We will take suitable steps in order to ensure that
your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR,
as explained above in Part 9.
In some limited circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might
include yours, if we are OR I am involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court
order, or the instructions of a government authority.
Can you Withhold Information?
You may access certain areas of our Site without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all
features and functions available on our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of
certain data.
You may restrict our use of Cookies. For more information, see Part 14 and our Cookie Policy.
What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?
We may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer
of control of all or part of our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is
relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the
new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that
data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted in
advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will not, however, be given the choice to have your
data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.
How Can You Access My Personal Data?
If you want to know what personal data We have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data
and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access
request”.
All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown in
Part 15. To make this as easy as possible for you, a Subject Access Request Form is available for you to
use. You do not have to use this form, but it is the easiest way to tell us everything We need to know to
respond to your request as quickly as possible.
There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or
excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative
costs in responding.
We will respond to your subject access request within less than a month and, in any case, not more than one
month of receiving it. Normally, We aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal
data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may
be required up to a maximum of three months from the date We receive your request. You will be kept fully
informed of our progress.
How Do We Use Cookies?
Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies
are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your
experience of our Site and to provide and improve our products AND/OR services. We have carefully chosen
these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected
at all times.
By using our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party
Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used
on our Site for marketing purposes. For more details, please refer to the table below. These Cookies are not
integral to the functioning of our Site and your use and experience of our Site will not be impaired by
refusing consent to them.
All Cookies used by and on our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law
Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up message requesting your
consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to
provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing
of Cookies; however certain features of our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given
the opportunity to allow only first-party Cookies and block third-party Cookies.
Certain features of our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly
necessary”. These Cookies are shown in the table below. Your consent will not be sought to place these
Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing
your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that our Site may not work properly
if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing
them.
| Purpose | Strictly Necessary | |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | A cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of your website. Strictly necessary cookies may, for example, be required for functions such as logging in, storing items in a shopping basket, or enabling payment transactions. | Yes |
| Analytics Cookies | Understanding how users use your website can be extremely valuable. Analytics cookies provide insights into many factors such as how users are navigating around the site and what features they are using. Analytics cookies may often beset by third parties, but not always. To add to complications, however, even if analytics cookies are set by you, if the data collected by them is processed by a third party, they will be treated differently from a data protection perspective. | Yes |
| Functionality Cookies | Many websites offer some level of personalisation and functionality cookies play a key role here. For auditing purposes, however, it is important not to confuse these with the strictly necessary variety. If the site can be used properly without the cookie, it isn’t strictly necessary | Yes |
| Targeting Cookies | It is important to know when and how often someone visits your website, and which parts of it they have used (including which pages they have visited and which links they have followed). As with analytics cookies, targeting cookies allow you to better understand your users, enabling you to make your site and, more importantly, the advertising on it more relevant to those users’ interests. Targeting cookies may often beset by third parties | Yes |
| First-Party Cookies | As the name suggests, these cookies are placed directly on your website (as opposed to those placed by third-party services, for which see below). Most, if not all, of your strictly necessary and functionality cookies, will likely be first-party cookies. | Yes |
And the following third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
| Name of Cookie | Purpose | Strictly Necessary |
|---|---|---|
| Third-Party Cookies | These cookies are placed by third parties providing services such as advertising and analytics. Analytics and targeting cookies are common types of the third-party cookie as such work is often not undertaken in-house. | Yes |
| Persistent Cookies | Any of the cookies listed above may be a persistent cookie. Persistent cookies are those which remain active on a user’s computer or device for a predetermined period of time and are activated when that user visits your website. | Yes |
| Session Cookies | Any of the cookies listed above may be a session cookie. Session cookies are temporary and only remain on a user’s computer or device from the point at which they visit your website until the web browser is closed, at which point they are removed. | Yes |
In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your
internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies
or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. For
further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with
your device.
You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however, you may lose any
information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to,
login and personalisation settings.
It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult
the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer
or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
OR
our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies
are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your
experience of our Site and to provide and improve our products AND/OR services. By using our Site you may
also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by
websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on our Site for marketing
purposes.
In addition, our Site uses analytics services, which also use Cookies. Website analytics refers to a set of
tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use our
Site. For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
How Do You Contact us?
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject
access request, please use the following details (for the attention of Zahirul Islam):
- Unit-2.15 East London Works, 65 Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1 1DU
- +442073779630
- zislam@ahzassociates.co.uk
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes,
or if We change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
Any changes will be immediately posted on our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the
Privacy Policy on your first use of our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this
page regularly to keep up-to-date.
