Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Kolkata Language Academy processes personal data in connection with its website, course inquiries, enrolment, small-group language courses, online consultations, and related administrative activities.

Effective Date
As stated in this policy
Scope
All users of our services
Questions?
User Rights

Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may request access to your personal data, correction of inaccurate information, deletion in appropriate cases, restriction of certain processing, or objection to processing based on our legitimate interests. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent for future processing.

Available rights depend on the nature of the data and applicable law.
Requests

How to Make a Request

To make a privacy request, provide enough information for us to identify the relevant records and assess the request. We may decline or limit a request where the law permits, including where retention is required for legal, accounting, or operational reasons.

We may need information to verify identity before acting on a request.
Data Retention

Data Retention

We retain personal data for the period needed to manage inquiries, enrolment, attendance, course administration, payment records, dispute handling, and legal or accounting obligations. When data is no longer required, we delete it or anonymise it in a practical and secure manner.

Records are kept only for as long as needed for the stated purpose or legal compliance.
Policy Updates

Policy Updates

Any material update will be reflected on this page, and the revised version will apply from its stated effective date. Where a change is significant, we may also provide a separate notice through a reasonable communication channel.

We may revise this notice when our practices, services, or legal obligations change.

How We Use Data

We use personal data to respond to inquiries, assess course suitability, arrange group and timetable matching, confirm course terms, manage enrolment, deliver scheduled lessons and guided practice, track progress, administer payments, maintain records, support website functionality, and meet legal, accounting, and security obligations.

Processing is limited to operational needs and lawful administration.

Service Providers

We may share personal data with service providers that support website hosting, communications, scheduling, payment processing, online class delivery, and related administrative functions. These parties are expected to use the data only for the services they provide to us and to handle it under appropriate confidentiality and security obligations.

Service providers receive only the information needed to perform their functions.
Privacy Contact

Contact Information

Email contact
Telephone contact
+91 81205 86671
Postal address
10/4D, Elgin Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN, 700020
Privacy contact
Personal data

Data We Collect

We may process identification details, contact details, course preferences, level screening information, timetable choices, payment-related records, attendance information, lesson progress notes, and technical data such as device or browser information when you use our website or online lessons.

The data collected depends on inquiry, enrolment, and lesson participation.
Data sources

How We Collect Data

We collect personal data from course inquiries, booking and enrolment forms, level screening, online consultations, communications by phone or email, payment interactions, and information generated through website use or online class participation.

Most information comes directly from users during normal course administration.
Cookie types

Types of Cookies

Our website may use essential cookies to support site operation, session cookies to maintain form or navigation continuity, and limited preference or analytics cookies to understand usage and improve service delivery. Cookie use is kept to what is reasonably necessary for the website and related services.

We use a limited set of cookies for operation and basic analytics.
User controls

Cookie Controls

You may manage cookies through your browser controls and, where available, any cookie notice or preference tool on the website. Some cookies are necessary for basic site functions, and disabling them may affect performance or access to certain features.

Browser settings can be used to limit or remove non-essential cookies.