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Privacy Notice

How we collect, use, store and share your personal information across our education, recruitment, award and verification services.

Last updated: [INSERT: date]

1. Introduction

This Privacy Notice explains how LINGTON GLOBAL EDUCATION Co., Ltd.(“Lington Global Education”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses, stores and shares personal information when you use our website, submit an enquiry, apply for a service, or otherwise interact with us. It applies to prospective and current students, parents and sponsors, institutional partners, agents, award applicants, conference participants and any other visitor who shares personal information with us.

2. Information We Collect

  • Contact details, such as your name, email address, telephone number and country of residence
  • Enquiry and application information, such as your academic background, preferred destination, course interests and service requirements
  • Education records and identity documents submitted for admissions, verification, award or nomination services
  • Payment-related information necessary to process fees, where applicable [INSERT: payment data handling detail]
  • Technical and usage information, such as browser type, device information and pages visited, collected via cookies
  • Correspondence and communication records, including emails, forms and support enquiries

3. How We Use Your Information

  • To respond to enquiries and provide requested education, recruitment, award, verification, conference, publication, tour, software or consultation services
  • To assess eligibility, prepare applications and liaise with relevant institutions, awarding bodies or authorities on your behalf, where instructed
  • To process payments and maintain financial records
  • To communicate updates about your enquiry, application or service
  • To improve our website and services, and for internal record-keeping
  • To meet legal, regulatory and safeguarding obligations
  • To send marketing communications where you have given consent, which you may withdraw at any time

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on one or more of the following legal bases, consistent with applicable data protection law (such as Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act and, where relevant, comparable frameworks including the GDPR):

  • Your consent
  • Performance of a contract, or steps taken at your request before entering into one
  • Compliance with a legal obligation
  • Our legitimate interests, such as improving our services and preventing fraud, balanced against your rights and interests

5. Education Records and Identity Documents

Certificates, transcripts, identity documents, passports and similar records are treated as sensitive information. We use them only for the specific purpose for which they were submitted, such as an application, verification request or nomination, and access is restricted to authorised personnel.

Handling of sensitive documents

[INSERT: specific document-handling, storage security and retention procedure for education records and identity documents].

6. Storage and Retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this notice, or as required by law or professional standards. [INSERT: retention periods for each category of personal information].

7. Who We Share Information With

We may share personal information with:

  • Partner universities, colleges, awarding bodies, conference organisers or publishers, where necessary to progress your enquiry or application
  • Verification authorities and issuing institutions, when confirming the authenticity of a document
  • Service providers who support our operations, such as IT hosting, email and payment processing providers
  • Regulatory, government or immigration authorities, where required by law
  • [INSERT: any other named categories of recipient]

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

8. International and Cross-Border Data Transfers

Because our services connect students, institutions and partners across multiple countries, personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries outside your country of residence.

Cross-border safeguards

[INSERT: safeguards applied to cross-border transfers, such as contractual protections or recognised adequacy determinations].

9. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Request deletion of your personal information, where applicable
  • Object to, or request restriction of, certain processing
  • Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing carried out before withdrawal
  • Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority

10. Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Details of the cookies we use and how to manage them are set out in our Cookie Notice.

11. Safeguarding and Information About Minors

Where our services involve children, young people or educational tours, additional safeguarding measures apply. See our Safeguarding Statement for details.

12. Changes to This Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.

13. Contact Us

For privacy-related requests or questions, please contact us:

LINGTON GLOBAL EDUCATION Co., Ltd.

No. 425/1 Enco Terminal Building B, 4th Floor, Room 422, Kamphaeng Phet 6 Road, Don Mueang Subdistrict, Don Mueang District, Bangkok 10210, Thailand