Privacy Policy

1. Key details

This privacy policy describes how BRITISH EDUCATION CENTRE protects and makes use of the information given to the company by course inquirers and applicants, course entrants and participants, tutors and other staff, academic board members, inquirers and applicants for tutoring and other staff positions.

Information provided will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy.

2.Introduction

We gather and use certain information in order to offer and provide courses and services for the purpose of private education and training.

3. What data we gather

We may collect the following information.

  • Name
  • Date of birth
  • Address
  • Telephone number
  • Email address
  • Gender
  • Nationality
  • NRIC No, FIN No and passport number
  • Qualifications, awarding institutions and dates awarded
  • Work experience
  • Photographic or audio-visual material containing images of course participants; graduates; tutors; academic board members; participants in teaching practice and practicum delivery created by our partner British Education Centre with consent for use by BRITISH EDUCATION CENTRE , the copyright of such photographic and audio-visual material belonging to British Education Centre
  • Voluntary testimonials of course participants and graduates in written and/or audio-visual format, with name, course title and completion date
  • Study or position applied for to provide references for further study or employment

4. How we use this data

This data enables us to best provide education services, tutors and staff, an academic board, to match inquiries on our courses, to enrol participants onto courses and to provide the total course experience through to completion, awarding of qualifications and progression.

Specifically, we may use this data:

  • To contact course inquirers in response to specific enquiries
  • To contact course inquirers with subsequent updates on courses
  • For checking qualifications and work experience of applicants for course entry, tutoring and other positions
  • For facilitating course participant entry, progression, completion and graduation
  • For our own internal records
  • For providing to external partner course providers to enable their student processing functions related to acceptance of participants onto courses for their awards and for processing of these awards
  • To improve courses offered and to explore new course possibilities by the application of internal market research
  • To show shortform CVs including photographs of academic board members and tutors on our website.
  • In photographic or audio-visual form either individually or in groups, images of course participants; graduates; tutors; academic board members; participants in teaching practice and practicum delivery for the purposes of marketing on our website and at our discretion on the website of an external partner course provider, and for enhancement of course materials
  • Testimonials of course participants and graduates for the purposes of marketing on our website and at our discretion on the website of an external partner course provider
  • To provide references on request for course graduates or staff for further study or for seeking employment

5. Controlling data

We do not lease, distribute or sell the data provided by inquirers, applicants, course participants, graduates, academic board members, tutors and other staff and applicants for teaching and staff positions. We hold this information securely, both physically and via password protection.

We will not give personal data to any third party other than as strictly necessary to perform our contract.

6. Access to data

Course inquirers, applicants, participants and graduates, academic board members, tutors and other staff and applicants for teaching and staff positions may have access to data held on them.

7. Cookies

We do not use cookies on our website.

8. Withdrawal Consent and Feedbacks

Lecturers and students may withdraw your consent to any or all use of Personal Data for any or all of the purposes set out in this policy by writing to us either through an email to our Data Protection Officer at singaporebec@gmail.com, or through hardcopy letter passed to any of our Student Support Services Officer.

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If you have any feedback or enquiries relating to our PDPA related policies and procedures or would like to obtain access and make corrections to your Personal Data, please contact our Data Protection Officer at singaporebec@gmail.com.

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For more information relating to PDPA, please visit the Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore website at https://www.pdpc.gov.sg.