GoStudyUK.com privacy policy

This privacy policy explains the steps we take to ensure information about you is kept secure and confidential.

Please read this privacy policy carefully, as once you use GoStudyUK.com or our services you will be deemed to have read and accepted this privacy policy.

You must not use our web site or our services if you do not accept this privacy policy.

1. The information we collect

We will only collect personal information about you and given by you when you register with us.

2. Purposes for which we use information about our users

We collect information about our users for a variety of purposes. These include the following:

  • Where users supply information to us pursuant to schemes and services that we offer (for example, to join the GoStudyUK Student Service). Information will be processed by us to supply the information that we promise to supply members. Your information is held by Total Publishing Ltd in the UK.
  • So that we can inform our users of new offers, products, and services that may be of interest to them.
  • So that we can send news items that are relevant to our users interests.
  • To help us improve and personalise our services and any services provided to our users through our services

3. Passing on information about you

We will not disclose any personal information obtained from you to third parties. All communication will come directly from Total Publishing Ltd.

We may pass on aggregated anonymous information, but not individual statistics, to potential advertisers (eg the number of users that have signed up to the GoStudyUK Student Service, their average age, location, etc).

We may store certain personal information and use this to offer you personalised services, information and offers through our services. Once you have given consent you can, of course, ask us to stop providing such services to you at any time by e-mailing
unsubscribe@gostudyuk.com

In certain circumstances we may need to disclose information about you if you breach this privacy policy. We may also disclose or access your account if required to do so by law or any other governmental body.

4. Security

Keeping information about you secure is very important to us. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send to us, and you do so at your own risk.

Total Publishing Ltd will take precautions to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. Only authorised employees and subcontractors will be given access to the information you provide us. It is our policy that your data will only be forwarded to organisations such as educational institutions in accordance with the preferences expressed by you.

You are ultimately responsible for the security of your login ID and password. Please take care when using and storing them. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.

5. Cookies

Persistent cookies are not used in any of Total Publishing Ltd’s sites. Non-persistent cookies are used extensively to manage sessions.

6. How can you access and update information that we hold about you?

Please email studentservice@gostudyuk.com to submit changes to the data we hold about you, or to request a copy of the information we hold about you.

You can unsubscribe from the GoStudyUK Student Service by e-mailing unsubscribe@gostudyuk.com.


 7. Automated decisions taken by us about you

Assumptions are made about your interests depending on the campaign you respond to. For example, if you registered with Total Publishing Ltd via our GoStudyUK.com website, we assume you are interested in a studying in the UK.

Assumptions are made about your interests depending on the courses you have studied.

Your sex is automatically determined by your title, eg Miss = female.

If you provide us with a university e-mail address we assume you are studying at that university unless you provide us with your university information.

We assume you speak certain languages based on your nationality. This assumption is very limited and for most nationalities there are no language assumptions made.

If you have any questions relating to this privacy policy or how we use the personal information we have about you, please contact: studentservice@gostudyuk.com.