Privacy policy

 

Effective Date: 13 September 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how skillifyonline (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal data when you visit and use http://skillifyonline.net/ (the “Site”). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

 

 

1. Information We Collect

 

Personal Information You Provide:
 When you register an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, postal address, and any other information you choose to provide.

Usage Data:
 We automatically collect information about how you access and use our Site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
 We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyse usage, and for marketing purposes. For more details, please see our Cookie Policy.

 

 

2. How We Use Your Information

 

We use the personal information we collect for various purposes, including:

 

  • Providing and Improving Our Services: To operate, maintain, and improve our Site and services.
  • Customer Support: To respond to your inquiries and provide support.
  • Communication: To send you updates, newsletters, and marketing communications (with your consent where required).
  • Security and Fraud Prevention: To monitor and protect the security of our Site and users.
  • Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.

 

 

3. Legal Basis for Processing

 

Under the UK GDPR, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:

 

  • Consent: When you have provided clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
  • Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
  • Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

 

 

4. Sharing Your Information

 

We may share your personal data with:

 

  • Service Providers: Trusted third parties who assist us in operating our Site, conducting our business, or serving you (e.g., payment processors, email service providers).
  • Legal and Regulatory Authorities: When required by law or to protect our legal rights.
  • Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale, or transfer of assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of the transaction.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

 

 

5. Data Retention

 

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Once your data is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymise it.

 

 

6. Data Security

 

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure.

 

 

7. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

 

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

 

  • Access: The right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectification: The right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erasure: The right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain conditions.
  • Restriction: The right to request a restriction on the processing of your data.
  • Portability: The right to request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Objection: The right to object to the processing of your data where we are relying on legitimate interests.
  • Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 10.

 

 

8. International Data Transfers

 

If your personal data is transferred outside the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area (EEA), we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the relevant authorities.

 

 

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

 

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated policy on our Site with a new effective date. Your continued use of our Site after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

 

 

10. Contact Us

 

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at:

 

  • Email: help@skillifyonline.net
  • Phone: 020 3890 6420
  • Address: 63 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AA, United Kingdom

 

 

This Privacy Policy is provided for your information and does not create any contractual rights. Please review it carefully and ensure that you understand our practices regarding your personal data.