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Sensory Integration Education Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 November 2025


BACKGROUND

Sensory Integration Education understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits www.sensoryintegrationeducation.com (“Our Site”), and we will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with our legal obligations and your rights under UK data protection law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site or when you sign up for an Account.


1. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Account” – an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site.

“Cookie” – a small text file that may be placed on your computer or device when you visit certain parts of Our Site or use certain features. Details of the Cookies we use are set out in Part 14.

“Cookie Law” – the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.


2. Information About Us

Our Site is operated by Sensory Integration Education, a trading name of SI Network (UK & Ireland) Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 05068304.

Registered address:
SI Network (UK & Ireland) Ltd
International House
61 Mosley Street
Manchester
M2 3HZ
United Kingdom

We are not VAT registered.

Data Protection Lead: Suzanne Leyland
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0)118 207 2773
Postal Address: As listed above.


3. What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. While Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, we have no control over how those websites collect, store, or use your data. You should check the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit before providing any personal data.


4. What Is Personal Data?

Personal data is defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 as information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified.

Personal data includes obvious identifiers such as your name and contact details, as well as less obvious data such as IP addresses, device identifiers, and online behavioural information.


5. Your Rights

You have the following rights under UK data protection law:

a) Right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data.
b) Right of access to the personal data we hold about you (see Part 13).
c) Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
d) Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”).
e) Right to restrict processing of your personal data.
f) Right to object to us using your personal data for specific purposes.
g) Right to withdraw consent at any time where consent is the basis for processing.
h) Right to data portability where data is processed by automated means based on your consent or a contract.
i) Rights related to automated decision-making and profiling.

For more information or to exercise your rights, please contact us using the details in Part 15.

You can also find detailed guidance on these rights from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

If you have a complaint, you have the right to lodge it with the ICO. However, we welcome the opportunity to address your concerns first.


6. What Data Do We Collect and How?

The data we collect depends on how you use Our Site. We do not knowingly collect data relating to children or special-category (“sensitive”) personal data.

Data CollectedHow We Collect the Data
Identity information (e.g., name)Thinkific, Brevo, Xero, Zoom, Appointo, Freshdesk, Google Workspace, Social Media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Meta)
Contact information (email address, postal address)Thinkific, Brevo, Xero, Zoom, Appointo, Freshdesk, Google Workspace, Social Media
Payment information (including card details)Stripe Payment System, Xero Finance System (we do not see or store full card details)
Profile information (preferences, interests, login details, purchase history)Thinkific
Technical information (IP address, browser type)Thinkific, Google Analytics
Academic information for MSc applicationsAirtable forms

7. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

We must always have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. The table below explains how we use your data and our lawful bases.

PurposeData UsedLawful Basis
Registering you on Our SiteName, email addressPerformance of a contract
Managing your AccountName, email addressPerformance of a contract
Providing access to Our SiteName, email addressPerformance of a contract
Personalising your experienceName, email addressLegitimate interests (service improvement)
Communicating with youName, email addressPerformance of a contract or legitimate interests
Passing academic information to Sheffield Hallam University (MSc applicants)Academic informationPerformance of a contract (enrolment requirements)

Marketing Communications

With your permission or where otherwise permitted by law, we may send you marketing communications. You may opt out at any time, and we will always:

Use by Third Parties

Certain third parties (including Thinkific) may place Cookies or use other tracking technologies. We do not control third-party data processing activities and recommend reviewing their privacy policies.

Additional Uses

We will only use your personal data for another compatible purpose or will contact you if we need to use it for an incompatible purpose, explaining the legal basis.

Where legally required, we may process personal data without consent.


8. How Long We Keep Your Personal Data

We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or to meet legal obligations.

Type of DataRetention Period
Name, email address24 months after account inactivity unless continued retention is required by law
Payment information24 months after account inactivity unless continued retention is required by law
Profile information24 months after account inactivity unless continued retention is required by law
Technical information24 months after account inactivity unless continued retention is required by law
Academic data (MSc applications)24 months after account inactivity unless continued retention is required by law

9. How and Where We Store or Transfer Your Personal Data

Your data may be stored in the UK or transferred to countries outside the UK (“third countries”). Where this occurs, we ensure that:

We will provide further information on safeguards on request.

Security Measures

We protect your data by:


10. Do We Share Your Personal Data?

We may share your data with carefully selected third-party service providers:

RecipientPurposeSectorLocation
ThinkificWebsite and LMS hostingLearning ManagementCanada
Thinkific add-ons (e.g., Appointo)Scheduling / bookingsSchedulingCanada
Sheffield Hallam UniversityMSc enrolmentHigher EducationUK
StripePayment processingFinancialUSA
XeroFinance systemFinancialUSA
BrevoMarketing communicationsMarketingUSA
Google AnalyticsAnalyticsAnalyticsUSA
Meta (Facebook/Instagram)AdvertisingAdvertisingUSA
ZoomOnline meetingsCommunicationsUSA

We may also share your data where required by law, government authorities, or in connection with business restructuring.


11. How Can I Control My Personal Data?

You may:

You may also register with the TPS, CTPS or MPS to reduce unsolicited marketing (this will not affect communications you have consented to receive).


12. Can I Withhold Information?

You may browse Our Site without providing personal data. Some features require personal data to function.

You may restrict Cookies (see Part 14).


13. How Can I Access My Personal Data?

You may request access to the personal data we hold by submitting a subject access request to the contact details in Part 15.

We normally respond within 14 days and always within one month, unless your request is complex (in which case we may extend the deadline by up to two further months).

We do not normally charge a fee, except where requests are excessive or unfounded.


14. Cookies

Our Site uses first-party and third-party Cookies to:

Third-party Cookies may be set by Google, Meta, Thinkific, and others.

You can control Cookies through your browser settings.

For full details, please refer to our Cookie Policy (recommended addition if not yet created).


15. Contacting Us

For anything relating to this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or to make a subject access request, please contact:

Sensory Integration Education (SIE Support)
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0)118 207 2773
Postal Address: SI Network (UK & Ireland) Ltd, International House, 61 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HZ, UK


16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example to reflect legal changes or changes in our business practices.

Updated versions will be posted on Our Site. Your continued use of the Site after changes have been made constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.