INTRODUCTION

Education Destination Ltd. is an Isle of Wight based tour operator specialising in the provision of bespoke, curriculum-relevant school trips to our Island.

We offer schools a wide selection of pre-prepared teaching resources and activities that relate directly to visits to venues and locations around the Isle of Wight. We also assist schools with planning transport and accommodation.

Education Destination is committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of its website visitors. This policy explains what happens to any personal details we are provided with whilst visitors are using our website. It also explains how we use cookies.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) defines “personal information” and “sensitive personal information” and we have assessed our processes and procedures to ensure that we comply with the Regulation.

• We do not collect or process “sensitive” personal information
• We do collect and process other personal information subject to GDPR but only if you approach us with a view to buying services from us
• As a general website visitor we do not collect personal information from you
• Any information supplied by you before you become a customer of ours will be used only for the purposes of providing you with further information as requested by you, for example the provision of a quotation or sales literature
• Any information supplied by you after you become a customer of ours will only be shared with relevant partner organisations wherein we act as agents, and said information will be anonymised as far as practicable, for example the sharing of traveller data with accommodation providers such as special dietary requirements
• We do not share your personal information with any other third parties
• The information supplied is stored by us indefinitely, with the exception of traveller data which is securely deleted immediately after cessation or cancellation of a planned trip
• All information collected is stored securely on computer servers located within the UK

Information That We Collect

In the normal running of our website we may collect and process the following information:

• information provided voluntarily by you, for example when you register for access to particular benefits or when requesting a quotation or further details from us about our services - typically this constitutes:
  • A contact name
  • A contact email address
  • A contact telephone number (optional)
  • Details about the establishment where you work

Our Use Of "Cookies"

"Cookies" are tiny text files which are stored on your computer or device. They are used, for example, to remember options that you have taken when browsing the site to save re-entering data multiple times.

They do not contain any personal information and are automatically removed after a period of time.

Without cookies our website that we consider to be strictly necessarty, our website will not function efficiently, however it will still be possible to operate it to a certain degree.

If you do not agree with our use of cookies, please disable them, or clear them and leave the site. There are lots of online tutorials available showing how to achieve these tasks based on your specific hardware and software.

We do not serve third-party ("non-essential") cookies via our website.

Use of Your Information

We use the information that we collect from you to be able to provide our services to you.

Some of the services we offer are provided by third parties, for example travel, accommodation and entry to visitor attractions. By providing your details you authorise the sharing of these only where strictly necessary with our trusted partners for the purpose of facilitating your visit. All such details will be securely deleted immediately following the visit or cancellation of the visit.

Disclosing Your Information

We will not disclose your personal information to any third party except in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in the following circumstances:

• in the event that we sell any or all of our business, in which case your details will be provided to the buyer
• where we are legally required by law to disclose your personal information

Access to Information

You have the right to request details of the personal information that we hold about you. You can requet this at any time by writing to info@educationdestination.co.uk. Please allow 5 working days for your request to be actioned. Please be aware that the information we hold is limited to that identified earlier in this document.

"Right to be forgotten"

You have a "right to be forgotten". This means that you may ask us at any time by writing to info@educationdestination.co.uk to erase all personal information that we hold about you. If you do this and you have a visit pending, and unless we jointly agree to hand over ownership of said visit to a third party, we will treat this request as cancellation of said visit in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Booking which applied at the time of confirmation. Please allow 5 working days for your request to be actioned.