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We take the privacy of your personal information very seriously and are committed to ensuring that we safeguard your personal information. In order to deliver our services to you, from time to time we need to collect personal information. The information we collect from you, along with the content that you use on our services and the data on how you use our websites help us to provide a range of services that meet your needs.
When you share your information with us, you have the right to expect that this information is treated in a secure and confidential manner. This means that:
The policy below outlines our commitment to you and the security of your data.
Last updated: 24 May 2018
We reserve the right to change the policy at any time, so please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this policy.
This privacy policy governs the collection, storage and use of personal information collected by us, Discovery Education Europe Limited, both via our website at discoveryeducation.co.uk (the "Site") and through our provision of subscription services, digital content, virtual and in-person events, classroom contests and challenges and professional development services to teachers and pupils for use in the classroom environment ("Services").
Specifically this privacy policy provides you with details about the personal information we collect from you, how we use your personal information, and your rights regarding the personal information we hold about you.
Please read this privacy policy carefully – by accessing or browsing the Site or requesting the provision of Services from us, you confirm that you have read and understood this privacy policy in its entirety.
We respect your right to privacy. Our overall aim is to ensure that our collection and use of personal information is appropriate to the provision of services to you, and is in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR.
Further details of how we do so is set out in each section of our privacy policy as follows:
Discovery Education Europe Limited is a company registered in England and Wales (registration number 03261277), whose registered office is at Hythe House, 200 Shepherd’s Bush Road, Hammersmith, London W6 7NL and we are the data controller of the personal information that we collect from you.
You can contact us in relation to this privacy policy by telephone on 0800 6 527 527 or email at ukprivacy@discoveryed.com.
Our Website
Our Site is not directed at children (apart from those elements intended to be made available by teachers to pupils in a classroom environment) and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children through our Site. From time to time we may run a contest or competition which requires pupil entry. In such instances we collect only the bare minimum information necessary for the administration of the contest or competition. Once the competition has ended all pupil information will be disposed of in a secure manner.
If you are a child and we learn that we have inadvertently obtained personal information from you from our Site then we will delete that information as soon as possible.
If you are aware of a child who has provided their personal information to us, please contact us at ukprivacy@discoveryed.com so we may remove from our systems.
Our Services
Discovery Education Espresso and Discovery Education Coding
Pupils of schools who have subscribed to Discovery Education Espresso or Discovery Education Coding access our online content using a generic pupil login account (a "Pupil ID"). This generic pupil ID may be assigned to all pupils in the school or to all pupils within a class. We do not collect personal information such as names or contact details from pupils. We do collect information about what Services and content is accessed through a Pupil ID (i.e. the content used by all pupils within a school or class) but no single individual pupil will be identifiable from this information.
We collect, store and use anonymised usage data from each Pupil ID for the purpose of monitoring usage of our Services and informing future improvements (for example finding out what content is most popular). We do not believe that this storage and use will unduly prejudice a pupil's rights or freedoms because this data does not allow us to identify any individual pupils.
Discovery Education Secondary
Pupils of schools who subscribe to Discovery Education Secondary access our content with a unique login and as such we may hold information such as first and last name, grade, school and school name. This information is provided to us by the school who subscribed to the Service and is deleted once we are alerted the pupil has left the school or if the school does not renew its subscription to the service – whichever is sooner.
When you access and browse the Site (including when you submit personal information to us through data entry fields on the website), enter a competition or contest, fill in an order form for our Services and where we provide Services to you, we collect the following information from you:
We collect, store and use your personal data including your name, contact details, Service user name, Service usage data and any other information provided for our legitimate interests, so that we can:
We do not believe that our storage and use of your personal information for these purposes will unduly prejudice your rights and freedoms.
We also collect, store and use your name, contact details, and Service user name as necessary in order for us to provide you with access to the Site and the Services, pursuant to the Site's Terms of Use.
Where we provide you with professional development training in your school, we will collect, store and use your name, contact details and other personal details submitted by you on the order form for our legitimate interests in providing the professional development training to you. We do not believe that this storage and use will unduly prejudice your rights or freedoms.
Sometimes, our use of your personal information is for purposes which are ancillary to the provision of the Site and Services. In those circumstances, we believe we have a legitimate interest in handling your personal information, and do not believe that this storage and use of your personal information will unduly prejudice your rights or freedoms.
The relevant circumstances are:
Anonymous data
We collect anonymised details about visitors to our website for the purposes of aggregate statistics or reporting purposes. However, no single individual will be identifiable from the anonymised details we collect for these purposes.
These companies are authorised to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
We only transfer personal information outside of the European Economic Area (including to the United States) in order to facilitate our own analysis of customer usage so the customer experiences a higher quality service and obtains maximum value for money. There is no actual data processing taking place outside of the European Economic Area.
We may also occasionally pass data about individuals to our Parent Company, Discovery Education Inc, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, for the purposes of administering a specific request, for example attendance at an event, or fulfilment of a competition. You will be notified that your data will be transferred in these circumstances. Please be aware that countries which are outside the European Economic Area may not offer the same level of data protection as the United Kingdom, although our collection, storage and use of your personal data will continue to be governed by this privacy policy.
When transferring personal information outside the EEA, we will:
You can find out further information about the rules on data transfers outside the EEA, including the mechanisms that we rely upon, on the European Commission website here.
Technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by us and our partners, affiliates, or analytics or service providers. These technologies are used in analysing trends, administering the Site, tracking users’ movements around the Site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We use cookies, for example, to remember users’ settings (e.g. language preference) and for authentication. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our Site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our Site may be limited.
Please read more about how we use cookies and what information is collected using cookies in our cookie policy here.
Whilst we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the personal information that you provide to us, no transmission over the Internet can ever be guaranteed secure. Consequently, please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal information that you transfer over the Internet to us.
We are committed to protecting your personal information using appropriate technical and operational measures such as access controls that restrict and manage the ways in which your personal information is stored and handled.
We will retain information (including personal information) for as long as we need to use it for the reasons set out in the privacy policy and will delete it after that time except where we need to keep any personal information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.
You have certain rights in relation to your personal information. If you would like further information in relation to these or would like to exercise any of them, please contact us at ukprivacy@discoveryed.com at any time. You have the right to request that we:
We will consider all such requests and provide our response within a reasonable period (and in any event within any time period required by applicable law). Please note, however, that certain personal information may be exempt from such requests in certain circumstances.
If an exception applies, we will tell you this when responding to your request. We may request you provide us with information necessary to confirm your identity before responding to any request you make.
This website contains links to other websites operated by third parties. Please note that this privacy policy applies only to the personal information that we collect through the Site and we cannot be responsible for personal information that third parties may collect, store and use through their website. You should always read the privacy policy of each website you visit carefully.
This privacy policy was last updated on 24 May 2018.
Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this privacy policy. Where we make significant changes to this privacy policy, and we have your email address, we will send you notification of the changes.
We have designated roles within the Company who are responsible for ensuring we are compliant with all data protection regulations. They can be contacted at any time at ukprivacy@discoveryed.com.
If you have any complaints about our Site or Services, please contact us at: ukprivacy@discoveryed.com or 0800 6 527 527
In the EEA, you may also make a complaint to our supervisory body for data protection matters (the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK) or seek a remedy through local courts if you believe your rights have been breached.