Privacy Notice
Effective Date: 10 September 2023
Last Updated: 7 April 2025
Performance for Education ("PFE", "we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, and store personal data when you interact with us—whether through our website, our assessment services, or by contacting us directly.
We act in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and other applicable data protection laws.
1. Who we are
Performance for Education helps schools assess and develop their IT teams through education-specific skills assessments. We operate as a data controller for the personal data we collect and use.
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Our contact details are:
Performance for Education
Email: marketing@performanceforeducation.co.uk
2. What personal data we collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
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Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, job title, school or organisation
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Assessment Data: Information provided during or in connection with IT assessments, including feedback or results
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Technical Information: IP address, browser type, and browsing activity on our website (via cookies and analytics)
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Communication Records: Emails, messages, and notes from interactions with us
We do not collect sensitive (special category) data unless explicitly required and lawfully justified, and only with your explicit consent.
3. How we use your data
We use personal data to:
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Provide and administer our assessments and services
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Respond to enquiries and manage customer relationships
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Send updates, insights, and relevant content (only if you’ve opted in)
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Improve our website and services through usage analytics
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Meet legal and contractual obligations
We will only process your data when we have a legal basis to do so—typically your consent, a contractual obligation, or our legitimate interest in providing and improving our services.
4. Sharing your data
We do not sell your data.
We may share your data with trusted service providers who help us operate our website, deliver assessments, or manage communications. These providers are bound by data protection obligations and only process data on our instructions.
We may also disclose personal data if required to do so by law or regulatory authorities.
5. Data storage and retention
Your data is stored securely on UK-based or GDPR-compliant servers. We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes set out above, or as required by law.
Assessment-related data is typically retained for 7 years unless otherwise agreed.
6. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
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Access the personal data we hold about you
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Request correction or deletion of your data
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Withdraw your consent at any time (where applicable)
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Object to or restrict certain types of data processing
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Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at marketing@performanceforeducation.co.uk