We at HASOU Fashion Academy Limited respect your privacy and want you to understand how we collect, use, and share data about you. This Privacy Policy covers our data collection practices and describes your rights regarding your personal data.
We are an online short-course provider that places a strong emphasis on nurturing student creativity and facilitating real-world collaboration within the fashion industry.
Our website (our “site”) is operated by HASOU Fashion Academy Ltd (company number 15216761) (“we”, “us”, “our”). The business office address is 249 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4TG, UK.
How do we collect personal information?
We collect certain data from you directly, like information you enter yourself on one of our online forms or by emailing or telephoning us. All data is subject to the following processing activities: collecting, recording, structuring, storing, altering, retrieving, encrypting, pseudonymising, erasing, combining, and transmitting.
When you use or interact with our website, mobile application or other digital service operated by us we obtain personal and other information about you. Our Cookies Policy provides an overview of these privacy practices.
You may provide information about other people, such as the name and email of a contact. Do not give us information about others unless you are authorised or have their permission to do so and have brought this privacy policy to their attention.
What personal information do we collect?
We ask you to provide information about yourself when you use our services, complete a form or subscribe to a mailing list. The information you provide us or that we directly obtain from you may include details such as:
- Contact information (e.g., your name, email address).
- Demographic information.
- Payment information for purchases made through the digital services. This information is used for the limited purposes of processing your transaction.
- Information you choose to share with us (e.g., when you submit an enquiry through an online form on a Digital Service).
- Transactional and activity information.
- We may request further details from you. This information is used for purposes of assessing your suitability for the course and may include educational background and work experience.
- Date of birth or confirmation that you are aged 18 years or over.
- Other information you choose to share with us in support of your studies with us.
How we use personal information we collect
We use the data we collect through your use of our services to:
- Provide and administer the services, including to facilitate participation in educational content, issue completion certificates, display customised content, and facilitate communication with other users
- Process payments
- Process your requests and purchase of our courses, products, specific services or information.
- Communicate with you about:
- Responding to your questions and concerns
- Sending you administrative messages and information, including messages from instructors, students, and notifications about changes to our service; and updates to our agreements
- Sending you information, such as by email or text messages, about your progress in courses and related content
- Sending push notifications to your device to provide updates and other relevant messages (which you can opt out of at any time)
- Manage your account and account preferences
- Market products, services, surveys, and promotions
Legal basis relied on to process personal information
Processing your personal information is subject to UK Data Protection legislation. The legal basis we rely on to process your personal information in any particular case will depend upon the circumstances for which it is being processed but will fall into one of the following categories:
- where you have given your consent for us process your personal information in such manner;
- where the processing is necessary for the performance of our contract with you or to take steps prior to entering into a contract (e.g. to facilitate your course or send further information to you);
- where the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely in running our business In pursuance of our legitimate interests, we only process your personal information in ways you would reasonably expect, unless we have a good reason to do otherwise;
- where the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
Who do we share data with?
We may share your data with third parties under the following circumstances:
- With other students, mentors and Instructors
- With service providers, contractors, and agents
- With HASOU Fashion Academy Limited Affiliates
- With business partners
- To power social media features
- To administer promotions and surveys
- For Advertising
- For security and legal compliance
- With Your permission
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any websites, mobile apps or other services not managed by us. We encourage you to review the privacy policies or notices published by relevant third parties.
Your individual rights
In certain circumstances, you may have the following rights in relation to the processing of your personal information:
- Right to Access: To request a copy of the personal information we process in relation to you and to be informed about how we use and share your personal information.
- Right to Object: To object to the processing of your personal information if (i) we are processing your personal information on the grounds of legitimate interests or for the performance of a task in the public interest (including profiling); or (ii) if we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Rectification: To request that we update the personal information we process in relation to you, or to correct personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: To ask that we delete personal information that we process in relation to you where we do not have a legal or regulatory obligation or other valid reason to continue to process it.
- Right to Restriction: To request that we restrict the way in which we process your personal information, for example, if you dispute the accuracy of your personal information or have raised an objection which is under consideration.
- Right to Portability: To request a copy of your personal information that you have provided to us in a commonly used electronic format such as through the completion of an application form.
- Right to Automated Decision Making: To request manual intervention if you are subject to automated decisions where the decision results in a legal or similar effect to you.
If you would like to discuss or exercise such rights, please contact us using the details provided in the “ How to contact us” section below. We encourage you to contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate.
Without prejudice to any other rights you may have, you have the right to file a complaint against us with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or your local data protection authority. Further information about how to contact your local data protection authority is available at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
Storage and security of your personal information
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal data that we collect and store. These measures vary based on the type and sensitivity of the data. You should not share your password with any third party, and if you believe your password has been compromised, you should change it immediately.
How long do we store your personal information?
We will keep your personal information for as long as we have a relationship with you. Once our relationship with you has come to an end, we will retain your personal information for a period of time that enables us to:
- Maintain business records for analysis, understanding market trends, for audit purposes, and to improve our digital services.
- Comply with record retention requirements under applicable laws or other relevant legal or regulatory requirements.
- Deal with any complaints regarding our products and services.
We will delete or anonymise your personal information when it is no longer required for these purposes.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us on
Tel: +44(0)1603 362828
Email: info@hasoufashionacademy.com
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time and advise you to visit this website section in order to keep up to date with changes.
This page was last updated: May 2024