Privacy Statement

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force on 25th May 2018 and requires that all businesses issue a privacy statement to all clients and contacts, regarding the data held about the individual.

1.  R K Tutoring is the business name that holds your data

2.  Data Held

2.1. I hold personal contact information as well as information about each student’s piano education, eg progress, objectives, exam results and tracking against goals. I only hold the data needed to offer you the services you engage me to provide.

3.  What I do with it

3.1. Contact information is used for scheduling, invoicing, record keeping and communicating my services with my students.

3.2. Some information will be shared with examination boards if you wish to enter for exams. Dates of Birth, which are needed for exam entries are deleted once the entry has been made.

3.3.  Results of exams are shared on my website www.robkay.co.uk with initial and surname information only. If you wish not to appear on this record please send me a request to remove your results from it.

3.4. No other data will be shared unless there is a legal obligation to do so.

3.5. All reasonable steps are taken to ensure your data is processed and stored securely such as password protected digital means and cloud services (google drive)

4.  How long your data is stored.

4.1 Your data is stored for as long as you area student with R K Tutoring and will be deleted if tuition discontinues

5.  Individual Rights to the Data Held:

5.1. If you wish to change or delete the information I hold about you, or if you have any concerns about your data, please contact me directly on mail@robkay.co.uk

5.2. You have additional rights regarding the data stored about you. You can read about them here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/principle-6-rights/

6. Reporting a breach of rights or security

6.1. If you believe your data rights or security have been breached, please contact me immediately.