This privacy policy sets out how Qigong teacher Training uses and protects any information that you give Qigong teacher Training when you use this website.

Qigong teacher Training is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Qigong teacher Training may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 17th May 2019.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Contact forms

If you fill out the contact form we may collect the following information:
* name
* contact information including email address
* other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
* information relating to applications
In the submission of the contact form there is the implied consent that you wish to be contacted with the details given and correspondence will be regarding the subject enquired upon. We will never pass contact details or personal data onto third parties.

If you wish to have your details removed please contact us and we will remove all records requested within 30 days of the request being made.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Further information on removing cookies can be found on the google help webpage: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following way:
* if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at unsubscribe@qigongteachertraining.co.uk

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen. If there is not clear consent then this will not happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the GDPR right to access: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-15-gdpr/. A small fee will be payable (for a paper copy). If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Qigong teacher Training, Charnwood, Chapel Lane, Westfield, Hastings, East Sussex. TN35 4QX.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address or info@ qigongteachertraining.co.uk . We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect. Data will be held in accordance with the GDPR data protection act.

If you wish for you details to be removed please contact the above address and request the information held to be erased which will be undertaken within 30 days of the request being received.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Please contact us if you’d like comments removed or deleted.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We will not send personal data to third parties.

Additional information

How we protect your data

Security measures are implemented to ensure your data is kept safely and securely, these measures are routinely reviewed to ensure we are doing the best we can to maintain the protection of your data.

What data breach procedures we have in place

We will report any data breaches to the ICO as required by the GDPR within 72 hours of the breach and inform those affected within the same time frame and which information it concerns. All records of breaches whether major or minor will be recorded. This will be maintained by the Qigong teacher training data controller.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

We have in place a process to assess the likely risk to individuals as a result of a breach.

We know who is the relevant supervisory authority for our processing activities.

We have a process to notify the ICO of a breach within 72 hours of becoming aware of it, even if we do not have all the details yet.

We have a process to inform affected individuals about a breach when likely to result in a high risk to their rights and freedoms.

We know we must inform affected individuals without undue delay.

We know what information about a breach we must provide to individuals, and that we should provide advice to help them protect themselves from its effects.

We document all breaches, even if they don’t all need to be reported.