Effective Date: May 1, 2025
At Bow Admission Service, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you use our website or interact with our services.
1. Who We Are
Our official website address is: https://bowadmissionservice.co.uk. We’re an education consultancy that helps local students apply to UK universities for undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
2. What We Collect
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, your IP address, and browser information to prevent spam. If you’re using Gravatar, your profile picture may appear publicly next to your comment.
- Media Uploads: Avoid uploading images with location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can potentially download and extract this data from images displayed on the site.
- Cookies:
- Leaving a comment? You can choose to save your name and email in cookies for convenience.
- Visiting the login page sets a temporary cookie to test your browser.
- Logging in will create cookies to save your login status and preferences.
- These cookies vary in duration — from session-based to up to one year.
3. Embedded Content
Articles or blog posts may include embedded videos, images, or other media from third-party websites. These sites may collect data about you and track your interaction with their content as if you visited their site directly.
4. Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes. We do not sell or share your data with third parties for marketing.
5. Data Retention
- Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely so we can recognize and approve future comments automatically.
- If you register for an account (if enabled), your information is stored in your user profile. You can edit or delete your data anytime, except your username. Admins can also access and edit this information.
6. Your Rights
You can request an export of your personal data or ask us to delete it, excluding any data we are legally required to keep (e.g., for security or compliance reasons).
7. Spam Protection
Visitor comments may be screened through automated spam detection services to keep our platform secure and clean.
If you have any concerns or questions about your privacy or how we handle your data, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
📧 info@bowadmissionservice.co.uk
📞 +44 7500 907386