Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 2025
1. Who We Are
Free Learning Courses is a trading name of Market Boost Consultants Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under Company No. 15865770. Our registered office is 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.
We are the data controller for the personal data we collect through this website. If you have questions about this policy, contact us at info@uklearninggateway.com.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
When you submit our eligibility form, we collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Postcode
- Eligibility information (whether you are 19 or older, UK resident status)
- Highest level of education completed
- Preferred course subject
3. How We Use Your Data
We use your data to:
- Assess your eligibility for government-funded courses
- Match you with relevant training providers and funded courses
- Contact you about course options and next steps
Sharing with training providers: To match you with funded courses, we may share your contact details and eligibility information with government-approved training providers. We only share data with providers who can offer courses suited to your goals. These providers are responsible for their own processing of your data once shared.
4. Legal Basis
We process your data based on:
- Consent: When you submit our form, you consent to us processing your data for the purposes described above, including sharing it with training providers.
- Legitimate interest: Where necessary, we may rely on our legitimate interest in matching learners with courses and supporting government-funded education.
5. Data Retention
We retain your data for as long as needed to fulfil the purposes above, typically up to 2 years from your last contact. After that, we anonymise or delete your data unless we have a legal obligation to keep it longer.
6. Your Rights
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you have the right to:
- Access – request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification – ask us to correct inaccurate data
- Erasure – ask us to delete your data in certain circumstances
- Restrict processing – ask us to limit how we use your data
- Object – object to processing based on legitimate interest
- Data portability – receive your data in a machine-readable format
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@uklearninggateway.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
7. Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or alteration.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the updated version on this page and indicate the date of the last update.