Privacy Policy
SABIS® (“We”), a global education network that has an active presence in 20 countries on five continents, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and network schools around the world, adopt this policy about the privacy of Personal Data collected from users of our application.
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We would never disclose your personal data to third parties or use it for bulk mail lists or newsletters unless requested or accepted by you. The processing of your personal data is in line with the data protection and privacy regulations.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data you choose to provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it.
DEFINITIONS
Personal Data - Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) personal data is defined as: “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person”.
How do we process your personal data?
In order for us to provide you with the credentials (username/password) to access this application and to benefit from browsing and downloading the e-books you are allowed access to, we will be using the personal data collected directly and voluntarily from your parent(s) upon your admission/registration at SABIS® school. The personal data collected such as: Child Full Name, Gender, Photo, Home Address, Date of Birth, Nationality, Parents’/Guardians’ E-mail Addresses, Residence/Mobile Phone Numbers, Work Address, is stored in the school’s database in an anonymized format.
In any event, we are committed to ensuring that the information we collect will be appropriately used for the above-mentioned purpose, for your legitimate interest, and would not constitute an invasion of your privacy.
How do we protect your information?
We take reasonable precautions to secure your personal data, stored in an anonymized format in our databases, against accidental or unlawful destruction or loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access. These precautions include technical, physical and organizational security measures, that are appropriate with the sensitivity of the information, and that ensure its ongoing confidentiality, integrity and availability.
The security of your Personal Data is important to us and confirm that we will be using the proper security measures and procedures to help ensuring the highest level of security. In case of any data breach, you would be informed about the breach and in a timely manner without any undue delays.
What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?
Our legal basis for processing for the personal data is based on the Consent of the data subject.
Will we share your personal data with anyone else?
Students’ personal data will be treated as strictly confidential, and will be shared only with our Corporate Office’s Academic Development Department in Lebanon, and our Regional Centers in US, Egypt, Abu Dhabi, and Lebanon, for reporting purposes as part of the processing activities.
For support purposes, your personal data may be accessed by SABIS® authorized personnel and there are stringent controls in place regarding access and use of the data.
We will not pass on your personal data to third parties without first obtaining your consent.
In some countries, we are required by law to share our students’ information with the Department for Education on a statutory basis.
How long do we keep your personal data?
We will endeavor to keep your information accurate and up to date, and not keep it for longer than is necessary. SABIS® is required to retain information in accordance with the educational requirements, such as information needed for statistical and individual needs purposes (i.e., grades). How long personal data should be kept may also be governed by specific business requirements and agreed practices.
Your Consent
By explicitly consenting to this privacy policy you are giving us permission to process your personal data specifically for the purposes identified.
You may withdraw consent at any time by sending an E-mail to: dpo@sabis.net Please note that all processing of your personal data will cease once you have withdrawn consent but will not affect any personal data that has already been processed prior to this point. However, please understand that by withdrawing your consent you will not be able to access/use SABIS® E-book application.
Complaints
To express a concern, raise a question, make a complaint, object to a processing or direct marketing or to obtain additional information about the processing of Personal Data by the SABIS®global network, you should contact us by Emailing us at: data-protection@sabis.net
You may at any time contact our Data Protection Officer with regard to all issues related to processing of your personal data and to the exercise your rights.
If you consider that we did not process your personal data in accordance with the applicable regulations, you can file a complaint before the competent supervisory authority through the websites mentioned below.
The details for each of these contacts are:
- SABIS® Data Protection Officer (DPO) contact details: dpo@sabis.net
- Supervisory Authority contact details:
| Country | Supervisory Authority | Website |
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| United Kingdom | The Information Commissioner’s Office | https://ico.org.uk |
| Germany | Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschurtz und die Informationsfreiheit | https://www.bfdi.bund.de |
| Romania | The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing | http://www.dataprotection.ro/ |
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Changes to the policy
Any changes we may make to the Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page.
The Policy was last reviewed in August 2022