Target English International (Hull) Limited
Last updated: April 2026
1. Who we are
Target English International (Hull) Limited (“Target English International”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
Contact details
Address: Suite 21, 44–46 Danish Buildings, Hull, HU1 1PS
Telephone: +44 (0) 1482 755 644
Email: info@targetenglishinternational.com
If you are based in the EU, our EU representative is:
Pierfrancesco Catacchio, Master Studio, Italy
Email: pierfrancesco@masterstudio.it
2. What this policy covers
This policy explains how we collect, use, store and share personal data when you:
- visit our website
- make an enquiry or booking
- study on one of our courses
- act as a parent, guardian or group leader for a student
- apply to work for us or work for us
- act as an agent, supplier or business contact
It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy, fair processing policy, booking terms, recruitment policy, safeguarding policy or consent form that we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you, so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.
This privacy policy supplements other policies and privacy policiess and is not intended to override them.
3. What do we do with your data?
We will only use your personal information to provide you with the requested services and to run our business in a safe, lawful and effective way.
Target English International is not in the business of selling, renting or trading personal data or email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes.
4. The personal data we collect
The personal data we collect depends on your relationship with us.
Website visitors
We may collect technical and usage information such as:
- IP address
- browser type and version
- device and operating system information
- pages viewed and time spent on the website
- date, time and duration of visits
- cookie preferences and analytics data
Students, prospective students, parents, guardians and group leaders
We may collect:
- names and contact details
- date of birth, nationality and gender where needed
- passport, ID and visa information where needed
- booking, course, accommodation and travel details
- emergency contact details
- medical, dietary, accessibility and welfare information
- safeguarding records and incident information where necessary
- communications with us about a booking or course
Employees and job applicants
We may collect:
- names and contact details
- date of birth, nationality and right to work information
- employment history, qualifications and references
- National Insurance number and bank details
- recruitment and performance records
- sickness, medical or accessibility information where needed
- DBS or other safer recruitment information where required by law or safeguarding practice
Agents, suppliers and business contacts
We may collect:
- names, job titles and organisation details
- business contact details
- contract, payment and correspondence records
5. How we collect your data
We collect personal data:
- directly from you
- from parents, guardians, group leaders or agents acting for students
- through enquiry forms, booking forms, recruitment forms and email or telephone contact
- through our website, cookies and analytics tools
- from referees, recruitment agencies and right to work or background check providers
- from accommodation providers, venues, transport providers or local partners where needed to deliver our services
- from safeguarding, legal or regulatory bodies where we are required to do so
6. How we use your data
We use personal data to:
- respond to enquiries and manage bookings
- provide courses, accommodation, transport, activities and welfare support
- communicate with students, parents, guardians, group leaders, agents and staff
- protect students, staff and others through safeguarding, health, welfare and emergency procedures
- manage recruitment, employment, payroll and staff administration
- operate, maintain and improve our website and services
- keep records for legal, accounting, insurance and regulatory purposes
- send marketing communications where we are allowed to do so
We only collect and use personal data where it is relevant and necessary.
7. Our lawful bases for processing
We process personal data only where we have a lawful basis to do so. These may include:
- Contract – where processing is necessary to take steps before entering into a contract or to perform our contract with you.
- Legal obligation – where we must process data to comply with UK law.
- Legitimate interests – where processing is necessary for the proper running of our business, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Vital interests – where processing is necessary to protect someone’s life or physical safety.
- Consent – where consent is required, for example for certain cookies, certain uses of images, or marketing communications.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we make sure these are balanced against your rights and freedoms.
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
8. Special category data and criminal offence data
Some of the information we process is more sensitive. This may include:
- health, medical, dietary and accessibility information
- safeguarding and welfare information
- criminal offence or background check information, such as DBS data, where relevant to recruitment or safeguarding
We only process this information where it is necessary and lawful, for example:
- to protect students and staff
- to meet safeguarding obligations
- to assess staff suitability
- to comply with employment, legal or regulatory duties
- to respond to medical or welfare needs
Where required, we rely on both a lawful basis under UK data protection law and an additional condition for processing this type of data.
9. Who we share data with
We only share personal data where necessary and proportionate. Depending on the circumstances, we may share data with:
- our staff and managers who need it to do their jobs
- parents, guardians, group leaders and agents where this is necessary for student welfare, bookings or administration
- accommodation providers, transport providers, venues and welfare teams
- IT, website, hosting, payroll and administrative service providers
- professional advisers such as lawyers, accountants, auditors and insurers
- healthcare professionals or emergency services where required
- DBS or other vetting providers where required
- the British Council and Accreditation UK inspectors, where this is necessary for accreditation, inspection, compliance, welfare or safeguarding purposes
- regulators, local authorities, safeguarding partners, law enforcement or other official bodies where we are legally required to do so
We only share the minimum amount of data necessary.
10. International transfers
As an international organisation, some personal data may be transferred outside the UK.
Where this happens, we will make sure appropriate safeguards are in place. These may include:
- transfer to a country that benefits from a UK adequacy decision
- use of approved contractual clauses or other recognised safeguards
- another lawful safeguard or exception permitted by data protection law
11. How long we keep your data
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, and to meet legal, safeguarding, accounting, insurance and regulatory requirements.
As a general guide:
- website logs and cookie-related records are kept for a limited period in line with technical, analytics and security needs
- enquiry records are kept for a limited period unless they lead to a booking or recruitment process
- student records are kept for the duration of the course and for a reasonable period afterwards where needed for administration, complaints, insurance, legal or safeguarding reasons
- HR records are kept for 6 years after employment ends
- payroll and tax records are kept for 6 years from the end of the relevant tax year
- accident and incident records are kept for 3 years in line with legal and insurance requirements
- safeguarding records are kept until the student reaches age 25, or longer where necessary
- Records of allegations against staff will be retained at least until the individual reaches normal pension age or for a period of 10 years from the date of the allegation, whichever is longer (KCSIE 2025).
We regularly review and securely delete or anonymise data when it is no longer needed.
12. Children’s data
Because we provide junior courses, we process personal data about children and young people.
We do this for educational, welfare, safeguarding, accommodation, transport and administrative purposes. We take extra care with children’s data and share it only where necessary for the student’s safety, wellbeing, education or the proper delivery of our services.
Where appropriate, we work with parents, guardians, group leaders and agents.
13. Cookies and website analytics
We use cookies and similar technologies on our website.
These may include:
- strictly necessary cookies to make the website work properly
- analytics cookies to help us understand how visitors use the website
- functional or preference cookies where applicable
- other non-essential cookies where applicable
We ask for consent for non-essential cookies where required by law. You can manage your preferences through our cookie banner or browser settings.
We may use Google Analytics or similar tools to collect anonymous or aggregated information about how visitors use our website. This may include browser, operating system, geographic and website navigation information. We do not use this information to identify you personally.
We only collect this data to improve our website and to provide website users with a better user experience.
14. Marketing
We may send marketing or promotional information where we are allowed to do so by law or where you have asked to receive it.
You can opt out of marketing at any time by using the unsubscribe option in the message or by contacting us at info@targetenglishinternational.com.
Target English International is not in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes.
15. Data security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data. These include, where appropriate:
- access controls
- password protection
- secure storage systems
- staff training
- secure disposal procedures
- use of encryption or equivalent safeguards where appropriate
16. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- be informed about how your data is used
- access your personal data
- request correction of inaccurate data
- request deletion of your data
- restrict processing
- object to processing
- request data portability
- withdraw consent where consent is our lawful basis
- object to direct marketing
- not be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling, where this produces legal or similarly significant effects
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@targetenglishinternational.com.
You will not usually have to pay a fee to access your personal data or to exercise any of your other rights. However, we may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to comply, if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, excessive or unreasonable.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data or to exercise any of your other rights. This is a security measure to make sure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.
We may also contact you to ask for further information in relation to your request to help us respond more quickly.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take longer than one month if your request is particularly complex or if you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
17. Complaints
If you have concerns about how we use your personal data, please contact us first and we will try to resolve the matter fairly and promptly.
You also have the right to complain at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
18. Other websites
Our website may include links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to Target English International’s website and services. If you follow a link to another website, please read that website’s own privacy policy.
19. Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on our website or on request.
20. Cookies used on targetenglishinternational.com
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
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 settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics | third party | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 0 | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 0 | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 0 | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 0 | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 0 | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
21. Contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us.
Email address: info@targetenglishinternational.com
Postal address: Suite 21, 44–46 Danish Buildings, Hull, HU1 1PS
Telephone number: 01482 755 644