Privacy policy

2.1 name;

2.2 date of birth;

2.3 job title & profession;

2.4 contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;

2.5 demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests;

2.6 financial information such as credit / debit card numbers;

2.7 data relating to your use of our Website and enrolment on Online Courses;

2.8 information provided by you when you correspond with us (including via surveys);

2.9 other information you choose to provide about your interests, educational background, occupation and work experience, learning goals, and other general learning preferences;

2.10 IP address (automatically collected);

2.11 web browser type and version (automatically collected);

2.12 operating system (automatically collected);

2.13 a list of URLS starting with a referring Website, your activity on this Website, and the website you exit to (automatically collected);

2.14 shared data from the identification website of your choice (automatically collected);

2.15 Cookie information (Please see our Cookie Policy for details).

When you are participating on an Online Course, we and third parties may collect and store the following additional information:

• comments that you voluntarily post in online discussions with our educators and other Users;

• any communications via email or website forms with Our Company when you seek user support or send queries related to any Course on our Website;

• any Content submitted by you during the Course run, such as written assignments, quizzes, and examinations;

• any Data and documentation you voluntarily submit in order to verify your identity where required to obtain a certificate or academic accreditation (may be collected by our third-party identity verification vendors who may store your Data for the sole purpose of identification verification);

• responses you voluntarily provide to our Company, our educators, or third parties in questionnaires, surveys, or user research that you participate in related to the Course.

Belgian Education Council may, from time to time, employ the services of other parties for dealing with matters that may include, but are not limited to, payment handling, delivery of purchased items, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. The providers of such services do not have access to certain personal Data provided by Users of this Web Site. Any Data used by such parties is used only to the extent required by them to perform the services that Belgian Education Council requests. Any use for other purposes is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, any Data that is processed by third parties must be processed within the terms of this Policy and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Third parties that may receive your information may include:

• our payment services provider Stripe Inc;
• universities and other institutions that are your current employers and formally recognise your professional certification; 
• customer relationship management and third-party service integration provider Zapier Inc;
• our email communication provider SendPulse Inc;
• our  provider for PowerPoint extension and integration ClassPoint;
• our file storage and management service providers;
• our Website hosting provider GoDaddy;
• our Learning management system provider LearnWorlds.

5.1. Belgian Education Council may, from time to time, expand or reduce its business and this may involve the sale of certain divisions or the transfer of control of certain divisions to other parties. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any division so transferred, be transferred along with that division and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was supplied by you.

5.2. In the event that any Data submitted by Users will be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your Data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.

7.1. You may access certain areas of the Website without providing any Data at all. However, to use all Services and Systems available on the Website you may be required to submit Account information or other Data.

7.2. You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies. You can learn more on how we use Cookies from our Cookie Policy.