Privacy and Cookie Policy
At the British School of Geneva, our website, which is accessible from
https://britishschoolgeneva.ch, has, as one of our main priorities, the privacy of our
visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and
recorded by the British School of Geneva and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy,
please do not hesitate to contact us.
The British School of Geneva belongs to International Schools Partnership (ISP) and their
Privacy Policy is accessible here https://www.internationalschoolspartnership.com/wpcontent/uploads/ISP-Privacy-Policy-August-Update-2020.pdf
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
We are a Data Controller of your information.
The British School of Geneva’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information
described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the
specific context in which we collect the information:
- The British School of Geneva needs to perform a contract with you
- You have given the British School of Geneva permission to do so
- Processing your personal information is in the British School of Geneva’s
legitimate interests - The British School of Geneva needs to comply with the law
The British School of Geneva will retain your personal information only for as long as is
necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your
information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes,
and enforce our policies.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data
protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information, we hold about
you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent
Log Files
The British School of Geneva follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log
visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting
services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP)
addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp,
referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any
information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing
trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering
demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, the British School of Geneva uses cookies. These cookies are used
to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the
visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by
customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other
information.
Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of
the British School of Geneva.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web
Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on the
British School of Geneva, which are sent directly to the user’s browser. They automatically
receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the
effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalise the advertising content
that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that the British School of Geneva has no access to or control over these cookies that
are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
The British School of Geneva’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or
websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these
third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and
instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more
detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be
found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We
encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide
their online activity.
The British School of Geneva does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable
Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this
kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately
and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Online Privacy Policy Only
Our Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website
with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in the British School of
Geneva. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels
other than this website.
Our GDPR Privacy Policy was generated from the GDPR Privacy Policy Generator.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.