Privacy Policy

The Global Studies > Privacy Policy

Introduction

The Global Studies, is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy outlines how The Global Studies uses and protects any information that you share with us when using this website. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Statement. The Global Studies may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

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Information We Collect

We may collect the following information:

  • Name and Job Title
  • Contact Information including Email Address and Mobile Number
  • Other Information relevant to Customer Surveys and/or Offers
  • Demographic Information such as Postcode, Preferences, and Interests
  • Data entered by the user on the website in their secured account (subject to terms and conditions issued under the user license)

Types of Information Collected

Information Submitted Directly by Users

  • Public Information: Personal Information that may be displayed on the site at the behest of the member, such as Organization Name, Services offered by the Organization, Facts and Figures provided on Historical Performance of their business, Logos, Business References, and any other information that the user allows to be collected about them.
  • Private Information:This information is gathered from members who apply for various services our site offers, including but not limited to: Email Address, First Name, Last Name, Credit Card Number or Checking Account Information for Payment, User-Specified Password, Mailing Address, Zip Code, Telephone Number, and Student profile details.
    The Global Studies also allows members to submit Public and Private Information on behalf of others. If they do not wish this information to be displayed, they have the option to request the removal of such information after providing necessary evidence that the information pertains to them.

Information Not Submitted Directly by Users

  • Aggregate Information:Non-Personally Identifiable Information such as Browser Type and IP Address. This information is gathered for all users to the site and also, at times, from the user’s Organization's Website.

How We Use the Information We Gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal Record Keeping
  • Improvement of Products and Services
  • Sending relevant Interests and Enquiries as per the Preferences added under your account
  • Periodic Promotional Emails about new products, special offers, or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
  • Contact for market research purposes via email, phone, fax, or mail
  • Customization of the website according to your interests
  • Improvement of the short-listing algorithm and product features using student profile details (excluding student names and contact details)
  • Phone calls to better understand your academic profile and connect you with a suitable counselor

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent Unauthorized Access or Disclosure, we have put in place suitable Physical, Electronic, and Managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How We Use Cookies

A Cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the Cookie helps analyze Web Traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual, tailoring its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use Traffic Log Cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for Statistical Analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to Accept or Decline Cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the Protection and Privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and this Privacy Statement does not govern such sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling Your Personal Information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at vikas@theglobalstudies.com or by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails sent to you.

We will not Sell, Distribute, or Lease your Personal Information to Third Parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your Personal Information to send you Promotional Information about Third Parties, which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you governed under the Data Protection and our Privacy Policy. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to us using the address on the contact page of this website.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.