Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 9, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

For the purposes of providing you with the use of the website (the «Service»), data processing remains a necessary step in order to comply with, but not limited to, the Data Protection Act 1998 («DPA») as well as the General Data Protection Regulation («GDPR»). The intent of this Policy is to address any concerns any Customer or visitor may have with regards to their data privacy and security and to emphasize the commitment of the Company to ensure sufficient privacy safeguards are in place.
We ask that you read this Privacy Policy («the Policy») carefully as it contains information about how we collect information from you, what we do with it and how you can control our use of the information.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• ● Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• ● Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Policy) refers to “MTF Education LTD”, 9 The Old Coach House, 5 Robert Louis Stevenson Ave, Bournemouth BH4 8AU, United Kingdom.
• ● Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• ● Country refers to: United Kingdom
• ● Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
• ● Personal Data means any information which relates to a living, identifiable person. It can include names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses etc.
• ● Service refers to the Website where You might purchase the educational courses.
• ● Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
• ● Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• ● Website refers to Market Trends Education, accessible from https://markettrends.education/
• ● You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• ● Email address
• ● First name and last name
• ● Date of birth
• ● Phone number
• ● Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• ● Usage Data
• ● Credit/Debit Card or other payment information

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• ● Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• ● Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Privacy Policies website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• ● Necessary / Essential Cookies
• Type: Session Cookies
• Administered by: Us
• Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
• ● Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
• Type: Persistent Cookies
• Administered by: Us
• Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
• ● Functionality Cookies
• Type: Persistent Cookies
• Administered by: Us
• Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• ● To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• ● To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
• ● For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
• ● To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• ● To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• ● To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• ● For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
• ● For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• ● With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
• ● For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
• ● With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• ● With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• ● With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
• ● With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

In case of any transfers of Your Personal Data to any Third-Parties You will be notified.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• ● Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• ● Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• ● Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• ● Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform their tasks on Our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Payments

We may provide paid services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment service processors).
We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment service processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa and MasterCard. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

Usage, Performance and Miscellaneous

We may use third-party Service Providers to provide better improvement of our Service.

• ● WhatsApp

  WhatsApp is a online messenger. The service is operated by WhatsApp LLC. WhatsApp may collect information from Your Device. The information gathered by WhatsApp is held in accordance with its Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy

• ● Telegram

  Telegram is a online messenger. The service is operated by Telegram FZ LLC. Telegram may collect information from Your Device. The information gathered by Telegram is held in accordance with its Privacy Policy: https://telegram.org/privacy

Marketing

We reserve the right to process personal data for marketing purposes and in certain limited circumstances to provide this to Our third-party partners for the purpose of marketing Services and approved partner Services to You.
We request Your consent to market to You when You first create an account with Us. You can choose not to receive marketing/promotional material at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link from promotional material being received or by contacting Us at [email protected].
If You have opted out of marketing from Us, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure You no longer receive promotional material about Our Service. This may affect Your eligibility for certain promotions.

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

• ● Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
• ● Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• ● Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
• ● Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
• ● Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
• ● Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

In any case, the Company 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.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

• ● Request for copies of the personal data. Company may charge a reasonable fee considering the administrative costs of providing the information, if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive, or if an individual requests further copies of their data.
• ● Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
• ● Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
• ● Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
• ● Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
• ● Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

The Company has one month to respond to users’ requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

You also have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about the way in which We process Your personal data. You can make a complaint using the ICO’s website (https://ico.org.uk/).

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. You will be notified about any changes by the way of publishing of updated Policy on our Website.

The change becomes effective under the "Last updated" section at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• ● By phone number +44 7727 423712 (WhatsApp).
• ● By email: [email protected]
• ● By visiting this page on our website: https://markettrends.education/contact-us/