Privacy Policy

The Big Ben School Privacy Policy helps you understand how the personal data used by the School is collected, processed and protected.

All personal data is collected and processed in accordance with current legislation on the protection of natural persons, with regard to the processing and free movement of personal data.

This privacy policy may be subject to changes deemed necessary, namely as a result of the provision of new features or changes to the legislation in force.

By providing personal data, the user is accepting the Privacy Policy of Big Ben School and authorizing the collection, use and treatment of the same in accordance with the rules defined herein.

Data collection

Within the scope and with the sole purpose of developing its activity, various data are collected, including personal data.

  • What is the purpose of collecting personal data?

    • The collection of personal data is necessary for the instruction of the administrative process of the student, teacher or collaborator. All requested data is necessary for the Big Ben School to provide an adequate service to the school community and to obtain an efficient monitoring of the educational system.

  • What personal data is collected?

    • The personal data collected are those contained in the student's registration form. Data are collected from students and their ancestors, the guardian and people to contact in case of emergency. Personal data are collected, namely, name, e-mail address and address, date of birth, school attended, passport-type photograph, information on school performance, among others that are necessary for the constitution of the student's administrative process.

  • When or how is personal data collected?

    • Personal information is requested when registering the student, as well as during the school year in relation to their academic performance.

    Data collection is done in person at the school reception.

  • Who is responsible for processing personal data?

    • Users' personal data are collected directly by the Big Ben School reception, with no recourse to other entities subcontracted by them to carry out processing procedures for such data.

  • What is the period of retention of personal data?

    • Data relating to the student's administrative process are kept active throughout the period of their training. After this period, the data are kept in a historical archive, in order to allow the issuance of 2nd copies of diplomas and certificates.

  • How is the consent of data subjects requested?

    • Consent for the collection and processing of personal data is requested expressly and in writing, being confirmed at the time of registration through the signature of the student or the respective guardian.

Access, user identification and security of personal data

In order to access the data contained in the Big Ben School's computer system, user authentication is required, using access credentials. Access credentials are unique, personal and non-transferable, and the user is responsible for their proper use and confidentiality.

Access to personal information is limited to previously authorized persons.

Big Ben School does not share the personal data it collects with external entities, unless required by law or court order. Escola Big Ben makes every effort to protect the personal information provided by users and to ensure that personal data is collected and maintained in secure and confidential conditions.

All data is kept in a paper file and the data used in the computer system is kept in a secure technological environment, located in Portugal. The necessary measures are implemented, both technologically and organizationally, in order to keep information secure.

Access to personal data is restricted to what is strictly necessary according to the user's profile, with security measures in place, both physical and logical, for access to system data, in accordance with the technical requirements necessary for compliance with data protection legislation. current personal data.

Data owner's rights

The holder of personal data is guaranteed the rights set out in the General Data Protection Regulation and other applicable legislation.

Privacy related issues

You can also write to bigben@sapo.pt, in order to obtain any clarification you deem necessary, regarding any doubts related to the privacy of your personal data.

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