Dorset College – English Language School is the data controller for personal data collected through the english.dorset.ie website.

• Organisation: Dorset College – English Language School
• Website: english.dorset.ie
• Email: [email protected]

Website enquiries and forms

• Name, email address, telephone number
• Nationality and language-learning interests
• Any information you choose to include in your message

Applications and enrolments

• Identification and contact details
• Academic background and English language level
• Visa-related information (where applicable)
• Attendance, progress and assessment records

Website usage data

• IP address and device/browser information
• Pages visited and general usage patterns (where analytics are enabled)

• To respond to enquiries and provide information about our courses
• To process applications, enrolments and payments
• To deliver teaching, assessment and student support services
• To meet legal, immigration and regulatory obligations
• To improve our website and services

• Contract: where processing is necessary to provide courses or services
• Legal obligation: immigration, regulatory and reporting requirements
• Legitimate interests: running and improving our educational services
• Consent: where you have actively agreed (e.g. optional marketing or cookies)

We do not sell personal data. We may share data only where necessary and lawful, including with:

• Irish immigration and regulatory authorities
• Accreditation or quality assurance bodies
• Accommodation providers (where you request accommodation)
• IT and systems providers acting under contract and confidentiality obligations

Where data is processed outside the European Economic Area, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in line with GDPR requirements.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including legal and regulatory retention requirements.

• The right to access your personal data
• The right to rectification of inaccurate data
• The right to erasure (where applicable)
• The right to restrict or object to processing
• The right to data portability
• The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission

Our use of cookies and similar technologies is explained in our Cookie Policy. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser and, where available, our cookie banner/settings.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:

• Dorset College – English Language School
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: english.dorset.ie