How we use your information
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when E2BN or E2BN Protex Ltd, trading as Internet4schools, collects personal information. It applies to information we collect about:
- visitors to our websites;
- our customers
- delegates at Internet4schools training events
- people who use our services
- complainants and other individuals in relation to a data subject request or freedom of information request or enquiry
- job applicants and our current and former employees
- contractors
Legal basis for collecting and processing personal data
The legal basis for our use of your personal data will usually be that the processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
However, where that legal basis does not apply, then the legal basis for our use of your personal data will be one or more of the following:
Legal obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).
Legitimate interests: The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect the individual’s personal data that overrides those legitimate interests.
Consent: You have given clear consent for you to process their personal data for a specific purpose.
Privacy and visitors to our websites
When someone visits www.e2bn.org or www.Internet4schools.uk and any of our other sites on the internet4schools or e2bn domain. We use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. Processing of this information will not identify individuals. We do not make and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be upfront about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
Links to other websites
This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites other than those on the e2bn.org or Internet4schools.uk domain. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
Use of cookies by Internet4schools
A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. The cookie helps to analyse web traffic. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We use this information for statistical analysis purposes only.
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.
Search engine
We do not log search queries. We do not collect user-specific data.
Privacy and marketing communications
E-newsletters
We use a third-party provider, SendinBlue, to deliver our fortnightly e-newsletter and other electronic marketing communications to organisations’ generic email addresses. Some individuals also sign up to receive these communications.
We gather statistics around email openings and clicks using industry-standard technologies, including clear gifs to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see Brevo’s privacy notice
How to unsubscribe from the E-newsletter
People can use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any E2BN or Internet4schools News Update or E-newsletter.
People who contact us via a ‘Get a quote ‘ or ‘Contact us’ web form on www.Internet4schools.uk.
If you contact us via a web form, your enquiry will be forwarded to the relevant member of Internet4schools staff, who will contact you directly.
People who contact us via Twitter
If you send us a private or direct message via X, formerly known as Twitter, the message will be stored on our X account for three months and then will be deleted. We will not share it with any other organisations. Read X’s Privacy notice.
People who call us
When you call the Internet4schools office or the mobile number of a member of E2BN or E2BN Protex Ltd staff, we collect Calling Line Identification (CLI) information. We may associate your name and place of work or business with that number so that we contact you with follow-up information pertaining to your original call.
People who email us
We may monitor emails and attachments for security compliance purposes. We may also use email monitoring or blocking software. Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send to us is within the bounds of the law. We may keep your email correspondence within our email system while we deal with your request, for as long as you are an Internet4schools customer (or potential customer).
Privacy notice for broadband and filtering service users
This privacy notice also applies where an organisation buys a service such as Internet4schools Broadband or Protex Web Filtering. In these cases, we hold the details of nominated contacts at the organisation in order to provide the service and to fulfil contractual and financial duties.
The details we hold are:
- In order to provide quotations, we hold the name, work email address (possibly generic) and position of the person acting as the key contact.
- For installation purposes and ongoing support, we request named contact(s) (e.g. technical manager, site manager), work email address, and phone /mobile number.
- For contractual purposes, we keep the name and position of the person entering into the contract on behalf of the organisation.
If the quotation process does not lead to a contract being entered, these details are securely maintained so that we can offer the organisation services in the future.
If a contract is signed and services are provided, we keep the above details for the duration of the service plus one year. Then, the contacts are securely maintained so we can offer the organisation services in the future.
Protex filtering and your privacy
Data logs for Internet4schools Protex are stored on your local device. You are the Controller for this data.
Protex System Admin (self-managed systems)
Protex admins’ usernames and email addresses, along with a record of every change made to the local URL lists and profiles, are held on the school’s Protex box and E2BN’s central control server. E2BN retains this data for 20 years for legal, safeguarding, auditing and technical reasons.
When a school admin is deleted from the school’s Protex box, the username and email details are automatically deleted from the E2BN Protex central system. However, the log of changes to whitelists and profiles made by the school admin is maintained.
Protex Centrally Managed Systems
All web requests for changes to local URL lists, profiles and blocking require the person making the request to provide a school email address. E2BN Protex Ltd retains this information for safeguarding, auditing and technical reasons.
All changes made by a school’s Protex admin are logged on the school’s Protex box and backed up to E2BN Protex Ltd’s central system.
Data is held for 20 years.
E2BN Protex Ltd technical staff may have temporary access to this data when assisting the school with fault-finding or configuration issues. Technical staff are all aware of their responsibilities under GDPR. Personal data contained in the log files will be kept confidential and destroyed at the end of the issue.
People who register to attend an Internet4schools event (delegates)
If someone registers to attend an Internet4schools event, we will require them to provide some, or all, of the following personal information:
- name and job title
- contact information, including email address and school address, postcode
- information about dietary/mobility requirements, if relevant
We use this information to reserve places, provide joining instructions, provide an invoice, make arrangements if there are any special dietary or mobility needs and provide follow-up materials from the event.
After the event, we may use these contact details to provide, via our fortnightly newsletter, information about other similar events.
Privacy Notice for job applicants
What we do with the information you provide us
We use all of the information that you provide to progress your application or to fulfil legal or regulatory requirements if necessary.
Internet4schools will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties for marketing purposes or store any of your information outside of the European Economic Area. We will hold your information securely.
We will use the contact details you provide to us to contact you to progress your application and use the other information you provide to assess your suitability for the role.
What information do we ask for, and why
We do not collect more information than we need to fulfil our stated purposes and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.
We will assess your suitability for employment based on the information that you provide. You don’t have to provide what we ask for, but it might affect your application if you don’t.
Application stage
If you apply via a recruitment agency, they will collect your data and pass it on to us electronically.
For all applications
We ask you for your personal details, including your name and contact details. We will also ask you about your previous experience, education and referees and for answers to questions relevant to the role you have applied for. Our recruitment team will have access to all of this information.
We will ask you to provide equal opportunity information. This is not mandatory information; if you don’t provide it, it will not affect your application. We use this information to produce and monitor equal opportunity statistics.
Shortlisting
Our hiring managers shortlist applications for interviews. They will not be provided with your equal opportunities information.
Assessments and Interviews
We might ask you to participate in assessment days, complete tests or occupational personality profile questionnaires, and/or attend an interview – or a combination of these. For example, you might complete a written test, or we might take interview notes. Our recruiting officers will hold this information for the duration of the recruiting process.
If you are unsuccessful following the assessment, we may ask for your consent to retain you in our talent pool for a period of six months. If you say yes, we will proactively contact you should any further suitable vacancies arise.
Conditional offer
If we make a conditional offer of employment, we will ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete pre-employment checks to progress to a final offer. We will confirm your identity and your right to work in the United Kingdom. We will also seek assurances as to your trustworthiness, integrity and reliability from your referees.
We will require you to provide:
- Proof of your identity – we will ask to see original documents, and we will make copies.
- Proof of your qualifications – we will ask to see the original documents, and we will make copies.
- You will need to complete a criminal records declaration to declare any unspent convictions.
- We will provide your name, date of birth and email address to the Hertfordshire Disclosure Service, who will contact you to complete an application for an Enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service or Access NI, which will verify your declaration of unspent convictions. You can read The Hertfordshire Disclosure Service privacy notice.
- We will contact your referees, using the details you provide in your application, directly to obtain references.
Current and former Internet4schools employees
If we make a final offer and you come to work for us, we will also ask you for the following:
- Bank details – to process salary payments.
- Emergency contact details – so we know who to contact in case you have an emergency at work
- Details for a workplace pension should you choose to contribute to one.
Data Sharing and Storage
Internet4schools does not store any data outside of the EU and will not share your personal data without your explicit consent. We will take all appropriate technical and organisational measures to keep your data safe. Internet4schools achieved Cyber Essentials Accreditation in March 2019.
Your rights to privacy
Read more about these rights on the Information Commission’s Office site.
From 25th May 2018, under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018, you have rights as an individual that you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you. You can read more about these rights here.
Complaints or queries about data privacy issues
Internet4schools tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.
This privacy notice does not provide exhaustive details of all aspects of E2BN and E2BN Protex Ltd’s collection and use of personal information. However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Please send any requests for this information to the address below.
Access to personal information
We try to be as open as we can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information. Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a ‘subject access request’ under the General Data Protection Regulation 25th May 2018
If we do hold information about you, we will:
- give you a description of it;
- tell you why we are holding it;
- tell you to whom we disclosed it; and
- let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.
To make a request for any personal information we may hold, you need to put the request in writing. Please address it to Kathy Olsson at the address provided below.
If you agree, we will deal with your request informally, by providing you with the information you over the telephone.
If we do hold information about you, you can ask us to correct any mistakes by, once again, contacting the Data Protection Officer, Kathy Olsson, Internet4schools, Unit 1, Saltmore Farm, New Inn Road, Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, SG7 5EZ
Disclosure of personal information
In most circumstances, we will not disclose personal data without consent. However, there are circumstances when will share personal data:
E2BN and E2BN Protex Ltd outsource some HR functions, salaries and pensions. We have agreements with other organisations for sharing information for these purposes;
We will also pass on personal data without consent to prevent or detect a crime and to assist in safeguarding issues.
Please contact us for information on our instructions to staff on how to collect, use and delete personal data and how we check that the information we hold is accurate and up to date.
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. We updated this privacy notice on 11th August 2023.