Private Policy


Our Privacy Policy

The Academy of Code is committed to protecting your privacy & security. Any personal information collected by us will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988, 2003 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018.

Purpose Of The Privacy Policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how The Academy of Code collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up to a newsletter or purchase a course provided by us. 

This version was updated on the 1st of July 2023.

For operational and child protection reasons, it is important that the personal data we hold about you and your child is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

The Data We Collect About You

You currently are not obliged to give us any personal data in order to use most of our basic website.

When you sign up to our Newsletter we collect your name and email address.

We will collect the following personal data when you register your child for one of our courses: 

  • Parent or guardian name, 

  • Contact and address details, 

  • Name, age and date of birth of student, 

  • Any medical conditions or special learning needs the student has,

  • Current school and class attended, 

  • Photographic consent, 

  • Previous modules with us,

  • If the student is over 16 years of age, please ensure that you have their permission to share these details with us.

Online payments made to The Academy of Code are processed securely by Stripe and the information you provide is communicated in a strongly-encrypted format between Stripe and your bank or credit card company. The Academy of Code does not directly collect, process or store financial information.

The Academy of Code fully adheres to the provisions of The Data Protection Act 2018, which gives special protection to sensitive personal data which will include information relating to health or sex life, race or ethnic origin, political beliefs or membership, philosophical or religious beliefs, trade union membership and information about the commission of offences and related proceedings. You should only provide this information if it is required in response to a mandatory question on our websites, or if you are otherwise content for us to process this information.


How Is Your Personal Data Collected

We use different methods to collect data from you.

You may give us your name, contact details and financial data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you register for  a course or a summer camp, subscribe to a mailing list or enter a competition, promotion or survey, give us some feedback.

As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect information on which pages of our websites you visit, IP addresses, the type of browser you use and the times you access our websites.

Aggregated information can be used to administer and improve our website, analyse trends and gather broad demographic information. 

We may also disclose your personal data when we believe this is required by law, to enforce or comply with our terms and conditions or to protect the rights, property, safety of The Academy of Code, our customers or others.

How We Use Your Personal Data

We use your personal data to

  • Provide a teaching service

  • Organise the classes

  • Communication to parents/guardians

  • Customer service

  • Communication of Newsletters, feedback forms & discount codes 

  • Gather information for market research and trends analysis

Marketing Communication

From time to time we will communicate courses, events and camps that would be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive such information, please tick the box on the registration form or contact info@theacadmeyofcode.com to unsubscribe or click the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any marketing email.

Data Security

We have implemented reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to secure your personal data from accidental loss and from unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal data for improper purposes.

Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

How To Contact Us

You can request access, correction or erasure of your personal data at any time.

If you require amendments to your personal data please contact info@theacademyofcode.com. 


Updated: 01-July-2023