What I collect when you use this site, why, and what you can ask me to do with it. No legalese where I can avoid it.
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01Who looks after your data
Pint of English is run by Anthony Payne, a self-employed English teacher based in Italy. I’m the data controller, which means I decide how your personal data is used, and I’m responsible for it.
This notice is given under Articles 13 and 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679).
02What I collect, and why
When you fill in the contact form
What
Your name, email address, what you’re interested in and your level, plus your phone or WhatsApp number and your message if you add them. The form also notes which language version of the site you used.
Why
To reply to you, arrange your free call and suggest lessons that suit you.
Legal basis
Steps you’ve asked me to take before we agree on lessons (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). I can’t reply without your name and email, so those two are required; everything else is up to you.
If you start lessons with me
What
Your name and contact details, notes and feedback on your lessons, and the details I need to invoice you (such as your address and codice fiscale, or your company’s name and partita IVA). When you pay, I see the payer’s name, the amount and the date. Your card details never reach me.
Why
To teach you, keep track of your progress, and issue the electronic invoices Italian law requires.
Legal basis
Our agreement for lessons (Article 6(1)(b)), and my legal duty to keep tax and accounting records (Article 6(1)(c)).
If your company books lessons for you
What
Your name, work email and job role, and the lesson arrangements your company agrees with me. These come from your employer rather than from you.
Why
To organise and run the lessons your company has booked, and to tell your company about attendance and progress if it asks.
Legal basis
My legitimate interest in delivering the lessons your company has booked (Article 6(1)(f)).
In the Speaking Club
What
Your name as it appears on Google Meet, and your face and voice while your camera and microphone are on.
Why
The other members of the session see and hear you, just as in a classroom. I never record sessions or lessons without asking first. If I’d like to record one, everyone has to agree beforehand, and you can always keep your camera off.
Legal basis
Our agreement for the sessions (Article 6(1)(b)). Recording would need your consent.
If you join the newsletter
What
Your email address, and your name if you give it.
Why
To send you the newsletter.
Legal basis
Your consent (Article 6(1)(a)). Every email has an unsubscribe link, and you can withdraw your consent at any time.
When you visit the site
What
Netlify, the company that hosts the site, automatically records technical information such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested.
Why
To deliver the pages, and to keep the site running and secure.
Legal basis
My legitimate interest in running a safe, working website (Article 6(1)(f)).
Please don’t put sensitive information, such as details about your health, in the message box. I don’t need it to arrange lessons.
If you’ve had lessons with me, I may very occasionally email you about similar lessons or the Speaking Club. This is allowed as my legitimate interest (Article 130(4) of the Italian Privacy Code), and you can say no at any time by replying or using the link in the email.
I never sell your data, share it for advertising, build a marketing profile of you, or use it to make automated decisions about you.
03Cookies and your browser
This site uses no cookies, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking pixels. Fonts and images come from this site itself, so your browser doesn’t contact Google or any other company while you browse.
Instead, your browser’s local storage remembers three small things, on your device only. They’re never sent to me or used to follow you around other websites:
What it saves
What it’s for
The language you chose
So the site doesn’t keep asking whether you’d like to read it in Italian
Your best Pub Darts score
To show your record next time you play
Whether Pub Darts sound is on
So the game remembers if you turned the sound off
You can delete them at any time by clearing this site’s data in your browser settings.
Because the site only uses what it needs to work, there’s no cookie banner, in line with the Italian data protection authority’s cookie guidelines of 10 June 2021.
Videos. The home page shows my latest Instagram reels and the About page one of my TikTok videos. Until you press play, they’re just pictures stored on this site, and your browser doesn’t contact Instagram or TikTok. When you press play, the video loads from Instagram (Meta) or TikTok, which may then set their own cookies and collect data under their own policies: Instagram’s and TikTok’s. A note under each video says so before you press it. If you’d rather not, simply don’t press play.
Links to Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and the example Speaking Club session on Notion take you to other websites, which have their own privacy and cookie policies. Google’s policies apply on Google Meet during lessons, and if you pay by card, Stripe’s payment page uses its own technical and anti-fraud cookies.
04Who else handles your data
I use a small number of trusted services to run Pint of English. They handle data only on my instructions and for the purposes above:
Netlify, Inc. (USA): hosts the website and delivers contact form messages.
Google (Gmail and Google Meet): where your messages arrive, and where lessons take place.
WhatsApp (Meta): only if you choose to chat with me there.
Stripe (card payments) and my bank: to receive your payments. If you pay by card, Stripe handles your card details and I never see them. See Stripe’s privacy policy.
Agenzia delle Entrate: I create electronic invoices on its own service (Fatture e Corrispettivi), which delivers them through the Sistema di Interscambio, as Italian law requires.
My accountant (commercialista): invoicing details only, to keep my accounts and file tax returns.
Netlify, Google, Meta and Stripe may process data in the United States. Transfers there are protected by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
I may also share data when the law requires it, for example with the Italian tax authorities.
05How long I keep it
Enquiries that don’t lead to lessons: up to 12 months after we were last in touch, then deleted.
Students’ contact details and lesson notes: while you’re having lessons, and up to 12 months after the last one.
Invoices and accounting records: 10 years, as Italian law requires.
Video and voice from lessons and the Speaking Club: not recorded or kept, unless everyone has agreed to a recording beforehand.
Newsletter: until you unsubscribe.
Server logs: for a short period set by Netlify, then deleted automatically.
06Your rights
You can ask me, at any time and free of charge, to:
show you the personal data I hold about you, and give you a copy;
correct anything that’s wrong or out of date;
delete your data, unless the law says I have to keep it (invoices, for example);
limit how I use it, or stop using it;
give it to you in a common format, so you can pass it on to someone else;
stop using it where you gave your consent (as with the newsletter). This doesn’t affect anything done before you changed your mind.
If you’re unhappy with how I’ve handled your data, you can complain to the Italian data protection authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, or to the authority where you live or work.
07Younger learners
Lessons for anyone under 18 are arranged with a parent or guardian. If you’re under 14, please ask a parent or guardian to fill in the contact form for you.
08Keeping it safe
The site has no logins, accounts or database to break into. Every page and form travels over an encrypted connection (HTTPS), and I keep the accounts I use for teaching secure.
09Changes to this policy
If I change how I use your data, I’ll update this page and the date at the top. If the change is significant and I have your email address, I’ll let you know.