START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN, a private company limited by shares.
If you have any questions, comments and/or requests regarding this privacy policy or wish to obtain more details in relation to the personal data we process about you, please contact us by sending an email to tymurlevitin@levitinlanguageschool.com.
It does not apply to information collected by:
Personal data we collect and process from Browsers
Personal data we collect and process from Users
We will most commonly use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Below, we describe these circumstances in further detail.
2. Legitimate interests
3. For compliance with legal obligations
When you visit and/or use and/or register in START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN (and throughout your relationship with us), we are required to comply with certain legal and regulatory obligations which may involve the processing of your personal data. This may include processing to:
It is our policy not to use or share personal data about you in ways unrelated to those described in this privacy policy without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out or otherwise object to such unrelated uses. However, we may disclose personal data about you, or information regarding your use of the services or START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN to third parties for any of the reasons set out hereinabove, or if we are legally required to do so, or if we are authorized under our contractual and statutory obligations. When we disclose your personal data to service providers, we will ensure that they are bound by a contract requiring them to comply with their GDPR and and PDPA obligations. Under the circumstances referred to above, recipients of personal data may be, for example:
We may also disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We also may share aggregated information with third-parties for conducting general business analysis. This information does not contain any personal data and may be used to develop content and services that we hope you and other users will find of interest and to target content and advertising.
Please note that we have never sold and will never sell your personal data to third parties.
We take appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to safeguard your personal data from unauthorized access and disclosure. For instance, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal data, and they may do so only for permitted business functions. In addition, we use encryption in the transmission of your personal data between your system and ours, and we use firewalls to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your personal data. However, please be advised that we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with the storage and transmission of personal data as we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party hackers from illegally obtaining this information.
You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times. We are not responsible for circumventions of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN.
We may process your personal data so as to inform you about existing and/or future services that may be of interest to you by sending you periodic announcements with details on existing and/or new services and/or programs.
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes, by sending us an email at tymurlevitin@levitinlanguageschool.com or by clicking at the opt-out link at the bottom of any marketing emails we send you.
We can only use your personal data to promote our services to you if we have your explicit consent to do so, or in certain cases such as for example when you are a User of START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN, if we consider that it is in our legitimate interest to do so. You may also occasionally receive marketing communications from our affiliates, but only provided you have given your explicit consent in receiving such communications.
Even if you inform us that you no longer wish to receive marketing material, you will still receive from us system notices and other information specifically related to your account from time to time.
We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect of our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Where we no longer need to process your personal data for purposes set out in this privacy policy, we will delete your personal data from our systems. However, we may keep your data for longer if we cannot delete it for legal, regulatory or technical reasons. If we do, we will make sure that your privacy is protected and that your data are only used for those purposes. The period for which we keep your personal information that is necessary for compliance and legal enforcement purposes varies and depend on the nature of our legal obligations and claims in the individual case.
Where permissible, we will also delete your personal data upon your request. Information on how to make a deletion request can be found under the paragraph “Your data protection rights” below.
If you have questions about our data retention practices, please contact us electronically by sending as an email at tymurlevitin@levitinlanguageschool.com.
Pursuant to the applicable privacy regulation, you have certain rights regarding the personal data we collect, use or disclose and that is related to you. We want to make sure you are aware of your rights in relation to the personal data we process about you. We have described those rights and the circumstances in which they apply further below.
Right to Access: This enables you to get access or receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Right to Data Rectification and Correction: If you believe that any of the information that we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have a right to request that we correct the inaccurate personal information.
Right to be Forgotten / Erasure: You may request that we delete your personal information if you believe that:
Right to object: You have the right to object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. If you exercise your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedom or for the establishment, exercise and defense of legal claims.
You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This also includes profiling in as much as it is related to direct marketing.
If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, then we shall stop the processing of your personal data for such purposes.
Depending on the circumstances, we may need to restrict or cease processing your personal data altogether or, where requested, delete your personal data. Please note that if you object us processing your personal data, we may have to suspend the services we provide to you.
Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data if:
Please note that if you request us to restrict processing of your personal data, we may have to suspend the services we provide to you.
Right to data portability: Where we have requested your permission to process your personal data or you have provided us with information for the purposes of entering into a contract with us, you have the right to receive the personal data you provided to us in a portable format. You may also request us to provide it directly to a third party, if technically feasible. We are not responsible for any such third party’s use of your account information, which will be governed by their agreement with you and any privacy statement they provided to you.
If we ask for your consent to use your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that in case of a withdrawal of your consent you may no longer be able to use several functionalities of START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN and our services.
Please note that some requests to delete certain personal data will require the deletion of your account as a User as the provision of User accounts is inextricably linked to the use of certain personal data (e.g. your email address). Also note that it is possible that we require additional information from you in order to verify your authorization to make the request and to honor your request.
To exercise any of your rights, or if you have any other questions about our use of your personal data, please contact us electronically by sending us an email at tymurlevitin@levitinlanguageschool.
We endeavour to address all your requests promptly.
We remain dedicated to the protection of your data and we want to be clear about the type of information collected, helping you make choices about your privacy. You may:
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us.
You can choose not to provide us with certain personal information, but that may result in you being unable to use certain features of START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN because such information may be required in order for you to register as a User; purchase products or services; participate in a contest, promotion, survey; ask a question; or initiate other transactions on START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Please see our Cookies Policy for more information.
When you register on START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN, you may be given a choice as to whether you want to receive email messages, newsletters or both about product updates, improvements, special offers, or containing special distributions of content by us. If you no longer want to receive commercial or promotional emails or newsletters from us, you will need to avail yourself of the unsubscribe mechanism set out in the applicable communication. It may take up to seven days for us to process an opt-out request. We may send you other types of transactional and relationship e-mail communications, such as service announcements, administrative notices, and surveys, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. Please note that opting out of receipt of promotional email communications will only affect future activities or communications from us. If we have already provided your information to a third party before you have changed your preferences or updated your information, you may have to change your preferences directly with that third party.
You may opt out of interest-based advertising on mobile devices by activating the “Limit Ad Tracking” or equivalent feature offered by your mobile platform. It will transmit a signal to us and to third-parties that indicates your data should not be used for interest-based advertising.
If you submit personal information, you may delete your account with us at any time. If you delete your account, your Personal Information and any and all other account related information including, but not limited to, user profile data, sharing data and any other data, or content specifically associated with your account will no longer be accessible by you. After deleting your account, if you choose to have an account with us in the future, you will have to sign up for a new account as none of the information you previously provided or saved within your account will have been saved.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our information-handling practices, please contact us electronically at tymurlevitin@levitinlanguageschool.com.
We will process your request within ten (10) working days from the date on which the request for withdrawal of consent was made, and will thereafter not collect, use and/or disclose your personal data.
However, your withdrawal of consent may mean that we will not be able to continue with the existing relationship with you and the contract that you have with us will have to be terminated.
START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13) and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors under the age of thirteen. For residents of the EEA, where the processing of personal information is based on consent, users between 13 and 16 years old of age should use the START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN only subject to parental consent. By continuing using the START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN, we assume that the necessary consents by the guardians/parents have been provided. If we learn that we are engaged in that processing with such users without the parental consent, we will halt such processing and will take reasonable measures to promptly remove applicable information from our records If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us electronically at tymurlevitin@levitinlanguageschool.com. If we become aware that a minor has provided us with personal data, we will take steps to remove such information and terminate that person’s account immediately.
START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. We specifically disclaim responsibility for their content, privacy practices and terms of use, and we make no endorsements or representations about their accuracy, content or thoroughness. When you leave START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website/application you visit.
We may permit users with accounts on certain third-party services, including but not limited to, social networking, search, sharing, and other services delivered by third parties, to bypass the standard applicable registration process. If you connect through an authorized third-party service, you will be able to use your third-party login information to log in to your account or access our content. We are not responsible for the sharing, posting, commenting, or other content and information gathering practices of any third-party services that may be triggered by using these third-party login services. Please review their terms of service and privacy policies carefully before using third party login functionality to access START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN.
By using any third party services to log in to your account or access START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN, you permit us to access, store and use all information related to your third party account that may be accessible to us through the third party service, including through its application programming interface (API), pursuant to this privacy policy.
As of January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) provides California residents (“Consumer(s)”) certain rights with respect to their personal information, as this term is defined under the CCPA. In addition to the rights we state under this policy and subject to the exceptions found under the CCPA, Consumers have the right to:
Opt-out of the sale of their personal information, should we sell their personal information;
Be informed of certain information concerning our collection and use of their personal information;
Request that we delete certain personal information we collected from them;
Appoint an agent to exercise their rights provided for by the CCPA, provided that a duly executed notarized power of attorney is presented and provided that the agent has information deemed sufficient to allow us to verify the identity of the Consumer in question and to locate his/her information in our systems;
Not be subjected to discrimination for the exercise of these rights. We will not deny California residents the use of our service, neither will we provide a different level or quality or services for exercising any of their CCPA rights, unless as permitted under the CCPA.
START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN does not sell nor has it sold in the past 12 months personal information to third parties for monetary or other valuable considerations. We may however disclose certain personal information with third parties, service providers and entities within our corporate group in order to enable them to perform certain services on our behalf and namely to make the START LANGUAGE SCHOOL by TYMUR LEVITIN work properly.
Regardless, we respect the California residents’ right to exclude personal information from such sharing arrangements and to thereby opt-out of any future sale of their personal information. If the CCPA is applicable to you and you would like to record such preference, please send us an email at tymurlevitin@levitinlanguageschool.com.