Last updated: 04th of July 2024
Thank you for taking the time to read our Privacy Policy. We appreciate that you trust us with your information, and we intend to always keep that trust. This starts with making sure you understand the information we collect, why we collect it, how it is used and your choices regarding your information.
We strongly urge you to read this Privacy Policy and make sure that you fully understand and agree with it. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Website and OAGSCHOOL platform.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information from which no individual can reasonably be identified (anonymized information).
Consent: Explicit consent on the processing of personal data.
Content: All the data and information contained on the Website, also including the services that the owner of the website offers to its Internet users. These include all messages, texts, photographs, graphics, icons, logos, technology, links, textures, drawings, sound and/or image files, recordings, software, appearance, graphic design, source code and, in general, any kind of material contained in the any page.
Cookies: Small text files stored on your computer that allow websites to recognize you and remember your preferences. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain (internet location) from which the cookie originated, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e., when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your device, such as user settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using our services. The next time you visit the same website, your browser usus this information in order to customize the website to fit your individual preferences.
Data Controller: Natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
Data Processor: Natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons regarding the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.
Identifiable natural person: A person who can be identified, either directly or indirectly.
Personal Data: Information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Therefore, data about a company or any legal entity is not considered to be personal data but registering on behalf of a legal entity may include sharing personal data.
User: Individual or legal entity that uses or browses the Website.
Website: Domain https://oagschool.com and any of its subdomains.
The company that is responsible for your information under this Privacy Policy (the “Data Controller”) is: ADS Advisors FZCO (Building A1, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
ADS Advisors FZCO (or just “OAGSCHOOL”), as a data controller, collects and processes personal data relating to interactions on the Website and OAGSCHOOL platform.
This Privacy Policy applies to websites, apps, events and other services operated by OAGSCHOOL. For simplicity, we refer to all of these as our “services” in this Privacy Policy.
We may collect and receive information about you in various ways:
- Information you provide through the use of the OAGSCHOOL platform and Website
- Information you decide to provide through getting in touch with us by email or any other way
- Information we collect using cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy
You agree to give us certain information when using our services. This includes:
- When you create an account, you provide us with at least your login credentials, as well as some basic details necessary for the service to work.
- When you complete your profile, you can share with us additional information, such as details on your personality, professional experience, interests and other details about you. To add pictures, you may allow us to access your camera or photo album.
- When you make a purchase directly from us (rather than through a platform such as iOS or Android), you provide us or our payment service provider with information, such as your debit or credit card number or other financial information.
- When you choose to participate in our promotions, events or contests, we collect the information that you use to register or enter.
- If you contact our customer service team, we collect the information you give us during the interaction.
- When you complete our KYC/AML checks you share with us your name and surname, passport or any identity card data, proof of registered address and facial image via camera. This information is being collected by us or a third-party processor. We collect this information for the prevention and detection of fraud, money laundering or other crimes or to respond to a binding request from a public authority or court.
- We may receive info about you from our partners, for instance where OAGSCHOOL ads are published on a partner's websites and platforms (in which case they may pass along details on a campaign's success).
When you use our services, we collect information about which features you've used, how you've used them and the devices you use to access our services. See below for more details:
- Usage Information: We collect information about your activity on our services, for instance how you use them (e.g., date and time you logged in, features you've been using, searches) and how you interact with other users (e.g., users you connect and interact with, time and date of your exchanges, number of messages you send and receive).
- Device information: We collect information from and about the device(s) you use to access our services, including hardware and software information such as IP address, device ID and type, device-specific and apps settings and characteristics, app crashes, advertising IDs, browser type, version and language, operating system, time zones, identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
The main reason we use your information is to deliver and improve our services. Additionally, we use your info to help keep you safe and to provide you with advertising that may be of interest to you.
OAGSCHOOL will never:
- Sell any kind of personal information or data
- Process your data in any way other than stated in this Privacy Policy.
We may share your personal data with our outside accountants, legal counsels and auditors. Finally, personal information may be disclosed or transferred as part of, or during negotiations of, a merger, consolidation, sale of our assets, as well as equity financing, acquisition, strategic alliance or in any other situation where personal information may be transferred as one of the business assets of OAGSCHOOL.
Sharing of information sometimes involves cross-border data transfers, for instance to the United States of America and other jurisdictions. As an example, for users located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), their personal information can be transferred to countries outside of the EEA. We use standard contract clauses approved by the European Commission or other suitable safeguard to permit data transfers from the EEA to other countries. Standard contractual clauses are commitments between companies transferring personal data, binding them to protect the privacy and security of your data.
We keep your personal information only as long as we need it for legitimate business purposes and as permitted by applicable law. To protect the safety and security of our users on and off our services, we implement a safety retention period. In determining data retention periods, we take into consideration the applicable law, contractual obligations, and the expectations and requirements of our Users. When we no longer need personal information, or when you request us to delete your information, where this is legal, we will securely delete or destroy it.
Keep in mind that even though our systems are designed to carry out data deletion processes according to the above guidelines, we cannot promise that all data will be deleted within a specific timeframe due to technical constraints.
OAGSCHOOL takes the privacy and security of its members' personal information seriously. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect your information's security, confidentiality and integrity.
We work hard to protect you from unauthorized access to or alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information. As with all technology companies, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information will always remain secure.
We regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks and regularly review our information collection, storage and processing practices to update our physical, technical and organizational security measures.
We may suspend your use of all or part of the services without notice if we suspect or detect any breach of security. If you believe that your account or information is no longer secure, please notify us immediately.
Right of Access: You can send us a request for a copy of the personal data we hold about you. We have ensured that appropriate measures have been taken to provide such in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language. Such information is provided in writing free of charge. It may be provided by other means when authorized by the Data Subject and with prior verification as to the subject's identity. Information is provided to the Data Subject at the earliest convenience, but at a maximum of 30 days from the date the request was received. Where the retrieval or provision of information is particularly complex or is subject to a valid delay, the period may be extended by two further months where necessary.
Right to Withdraw the Consent : If you have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal data, you have the right to fully or partly withdraw your consent. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose(s) to which you originally consented unless there is another legal ground for the processing.
Right to Correction of Your Personal Data: If the personal data we have about you is incorrect, you have the right to request that we correct those data. Where notified of inaccurate data by the Data Subject, we will rectify the error within 30 days and inform any third party of the rectification if we have disclosed the personal data in question to them.
Right to Be Forgotten or Right to Erasure : You have the right to request from us that your personal data is deleted in certain circumstances including: The personal data are no longer needed for the purpose for which they were collected; you withdraw your consent (where the processing was based on consent); you object to the processing and no overriding legitimate grounds are justifying us processing the personal data; the personal data have been unlawfully processed; to comply with a legal obligation. However, this right does not apply where the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Right to Restriction of Processing : If the accuracy of the personal data is contested, you consider the processing is unlawful but you do not want it erased, we no longer need the personal data but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing and verification, you can exercise your right to the restriction of processing.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you have any concerns or requests in relation to your personal data, please contact us at support@oagschool.com and we will respond as soon as possible but not later than within 30 days. If you are unsatisfied with how we process your data, you may contact the competent supervisory authority.
Our services are restricted to users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not permit users under the age of 18 on our platform and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you suspect that a user is under the age of 18, please use the reporting mechanism available through the service.
Because we are always looking for new and innovative ways to improve our services, this Privacy Policy may change over time. If we make any changes, we will publish the new rules on this web page. We will notify you before any material changes take effect so that you have time to review the changes.
Where you have previously consented to our Privacy Policy, your continued use of the OAGSCHOOL after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of the updated rules.