This Privacy Policy applies to services (“Services”) offered through the website located at www.srtfairs.com and www.edu.srtfairs.com (“Website”), controlled by SRT International Ltd., a limited liability company incorporated under Bulgarian law, registered with the Bulgarian Commercial Register under No. 201439810, with headquarters and registered address in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria (referred to as “SRT”, “the Company”, “we” or “us”).

This Privacy Policy is intended as well to govern the collection, use of and access to your Data within the framework of use of the services of webinar hosting platforms, particularly during the organisation, management and participation in online events organized by SRT.

This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with the European Union’s (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and applies to personal data that SRT collects or processes about an individual (“Data Subject”, “you”) while the Data Subject is located in the EU, regardless of whether the Data Subject is a citizen or permanent resident of an EU country. “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable Data Subject.

This Privacy Policy explains how SRT may collect, use, process, disclose and safeguard Personal Data related to you through the Services we provide, and in connection with our partner relationships. It also explains you about your rights and choices with respect to your Personal Data, and how you can contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

What personal data does SRT collect?

We collect a variety of data on an institutional and individual level to provide you with services and information. We collect student data through event registration (e.g., university fairs and recruitment tours) and online forms to connect high school students with universities.

The personal information we collect from you is the following:
○ personal data including your name, date of birth and gender;
○ contact data including your home address, citizenship, email address and phone number;
○ profile data including your specific requests, preferences, feedback, survey responses and usernames on social media channels;
○ usage data including your IP address, browser and technology, how you use our website, social media and services;
○ academic history including your high school, your academic records, your activities and achievements in and outside of school, contact information of people recommending you, etc.;
○ marketing data including your preferences in receiving marketing messages and materials from us;
○ photographs or images of you captured during еvents for marketing and promotional purposes.

Apart from the abovementioned we collect the following personal data from the students taking part in online events organized by us:
○ Account name (login);
○ Email address;
○ Comments, feedback, questions, contributions during the online event.

Any student participating in an online event organized by SRT is informed and expressly agrees to this personal data being shared with the following recipients:
○ The company which organizes the online event in its capacity as Data Controller and/or Data Processor;
○ SRT partner universities taking part in the online event/webinar.

How do we collect personal data?

We collect information about you when you:
○ request information to be sent to you;
○ attend or register for an event, an educational fair or high school visit;
○ submit your test scores to us as part of the application process;
○ interact with any SRT page or account on a social media platform, or when you use your social media account or credentials to log in to the Website.
Personal data may be provided to SRT by third parties as well (universities, high schools, other educational institutions, etc.). When we obtain personal data from third party sources, we will look to ensure that the third party has lawful authority to provide us with your personal data.

How does SRT use and share your information?

We will follow the terms of this privacy policy. Your personally identifiable information will not be disclosed without your permission unless we are legally entitled or required to do so, such as by a legal process or to prevent fraud or another crime or if we believe that such action is necessary to protect and/or defend our rights, property or personal safety and/or those of our users/members or other individuals. We do not sell information to third parties.

Students: We collect student data through event registration (e.g., university fairs and recruitment tours) and online forms to connect high school students with universities. If you have opted-in to be included in our list, SRT partner universities taking part in the event/webinar you register for will have access to your personal data, and may contact you regarding global study options. These communications may be sent electronically by email.

Events: We may use an event app or share materials to promote networking at our events. If you are registered to attend an event, your name, email and school will be shared with other participants attending the event.

Communications: We send regular communications to inform you of services available as part of your membership, and to conduct SRT association business as noted in the membership agreement. You can manage your email preferences to opt in and out of specific communications according to your interests. This option can be found at the end of each communication under Manage your preferences.

Marketing & Promotion: By registering for the high school fair, you explicitly acknowledge, consent and grant SRT Fairs the irrevocable right to utilize any photographs or images of you captured during the Event for marketing and promotional purposes. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of such photographs in print materials, online advertisements, social media platforms, website content, or other appropriate marketing channels. We may retain the right to crop, resize, edit, or otherwise modify the photographs as necessary, ensuring their optimal presentation in marketing and promotional materials.

SRT will not share your personal data with third parties except:
○ as necessary to meet one of its lawful purposes, including but not limited to, its legitimate interest, contract compliance, pursuant to consent provided by the Data Subject, or as required by law;
○ as necessary to protect SRT’s interests;
○ with other service providers acting on SRT’s behalf who have agreed to protect the confidentiality of the oersonal data.

The personal data that SRT collects may be shared with: high schools, universities and other educational institutions as necessary to facilitate study abroad; partner institutions, as well as other parties as necessary to organize and administer study abroad programs.

Lawful basis for processing your information

SRT needs your contact details in order provide some of the Services included on or otherwise made available to you through the Website (“Events”, “services”) (https://srtfairs.com/events/ ). Where applicable, we indicate whether and why you must provide us with your personal data, as well as the consequences of failing to do so. If you do not provide personal data when requested, you may not be able to benefit from our Services if that information is necessary to provide you with the Services or if we are legally required to collect it.

Receiving and processing your personal data as a prospective student, as listed above, when you participate in school visits, educational fairs in Bulgaria and abroad, is based on your consent – Art. 6 (1) (a) of GDPR, and is exclusively used in the recruitment and application cycle.

We may process your personal data because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. In this respect, we use your personal data for the following:
○ to interact with you before you are enrolled as a student, as part of the admissions process;
○ once you have enrolled, to provide you with the Services;
○ to deal with any concerns or feedback you may have;
○ for any other purpose for which you provide us with your personal data.

Apart from the abovementioned grounds, most commonly personal data will be processed in the following circumstances:
○ we have your specific or, where necessary, explicit consent to do so;
○ In order to fulfill SRT’s obligations to you as part of a contract;
○ Where it is necessary for SRT’s legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;
○ To protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another person;
○ In order to perform a task carried out in the public interest.
○ to promote our services;
○ to seek advice on our rights and obligations.

We may also process your personal data in relation to compliance with our legal obligations. In this respect, we may use your personal data for the following:
○ financial audits;
○ compliance with our regulatory and legal obligations;
○ compliance with anti-money laundering laws and safeguarding requirements;
○ prevention and detection of crime;
○ criminal investigations – assist with investigations (including criminal investigations) carried out by the police and other competent authorities.

Retention of your personal data

Retention periods vary depending on the category of data. Our policy is to keep data for as long as necessary to fulfill the originally intended purpose.

We take measures to delete your Personal Data or keep them in a form that does not permit identifying you when these Personal Data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which we process them, unless we are required by law to keep them for a longer period.

Subject to any other notices that we may provide to you, we may retain your personal data for a maximum period of five years after your association with us has come to an end.

Cookie Policy

The SRT website uses cookies in order to better understand how you interact with our content and to help us improve your experience when visiting our site. Cookies remember the type of browser you use and the add-ons you have installed. They also remember your preferences, such as language and region, which become your default settings when you return to the site. Some of the cookies we use are session cookies, which remain active only until you close your browser; others are persistent cookies that are stored on your computer.

We will not use cookies to collect information that personally identifies you. However, you can choose to refuse or block cookies set by SRT or by the websites of any of our third-party providers by changing your browser settings. Please note that most browsers accept cookies automatically, so if you do not want cookies to be used, you may need to delete or actively block them.

Some functions of our website are linked to external providers, for example, when you visit a page with embedded videos or links to YouTube. These videos or links (as well as any other third-party content) may contain third-party cookies. You can review the policies of these websites for more information about their use of cookies.

To review the SRT website’s cookie policy, please visit: https://edu.srtfairs.com

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