Privacy and Cookies

Privacy and Cookies

MakeWay Global is the Data Controller for personal data about MakeWay Global Associates, Employees, training event attendees and newsletter subscribers.

We do not trade personal data for commercial purposes and will only disclose it if required by law, necessary to arrange your event attendance, or where applicable with your consent. To contact MakeWay Global with a data protection query regarding the processing of your personal data, please use the contact form.

Details of our processing

MakeWay Global processes personal data only where the purposes are justified on the basis of our legitimate interests in running and promoting the organisation; we will not send you marketing communication unless you have provided us with your explicit consent.

We also process and store associate personal data and this is held for the purpose of entering into a legal agreement between MakeWay Global and the respective associate. We will retain data only for as long as is legally required and will not use personal data for purpose beyond the original intended processing purpose.

Candidate and delegate personal data

We collect your public profile data only from your consent that you grant before initiating Social Login, from the social network used to login at our website. This data includes your first name, last name, email address, link to your social media profile, unique identifier, link to social profile avatar. This data is used to create your user profile at our website. You can revoke this consent at any time by sending us an email.

We will only collect data that is necessary for the purposes of processing a candidate’s examination results, or where applicable the minimum amount of data required as specified by the relevant examination body. This may include the candidates full name and a preferred e-mail address.  For MakeWay Global branded training courses we issue certificates using a web-based service provider, Accredible. The only information we share is the name and email address of the candidate.

Website Analytics

To improve your experience on our site, we do use ‘cookies’. Cookies are an industry standard and most major web sites use them. A cookie is a small text file that our site may place on your computer as a tool to remember your preferences. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Our website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. When you go to other websites from here, we advise you to be aware and read their privacy policy.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google’s Privacy Policy – an external site and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google – external site.

MakeWay Global also uses links with social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others. If you choose to “like” or “share” information from this website through these services, you should review the privacy policy of that service. If you are a member of a social media site, the interfaces may allow the social media site to connect your visits to this site with other Personal Information.

You may opt-out of Google Analytics cookies altogether by visiting this Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on.

For more information on cookies, please visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/

Your rights

As an individual whose personal data is processed by MakeWay Global, you have:

• the right to be informed – which is what this privacy notice is for
• the right to access the data we hold about you
• the right to object to direct marketing – either use the ‘unsubscribe’ button on our emails or contact us directly
• the right to object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests
• the right to erasure (in some circumstances)
• the right of data portability
• the right to have your data rectified if its inaccurate
• the right to have your data restricted or blocked from processing

To exercise any of these rights, please use the Contact Us form to get in touch. All form data is deleted one year from initial contact unless there is another lawful purpose to retain the information for a longer period.