Privacy statement
Somos Education Limited (“SOMOS”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This privacy statement sets out the basis on which we will process any personal information that we may collect about you as:
- a visitor to https://somos.work or any of our related sites,
- a supporter of SOMOS, or
- a contact at one of our suppliers or other business partners.
The information that we collect about you
We may collect and process the following information about you:
Information that you give us
This includes information you provide by filling in forms on our website (or other forms we ask you to complete), attending one of our events, or corresponding with us by telephone, post, email, or otherwise.
It may include, for example, your name, address, email address, and telephone number; information about your interests (relating to our work); and details about events you have attended.
Information that our website collects about you
If you visit our website, it will automatically collect some information about your visit, including:
- your Internet Protocol (IP) address, used to connect your device to the internet,
- your browser type and version, and
- the pages on our site that you visit.
Our website may also download cookies to your device—please refer to our Cookies Policy for more details.
Other information
We may also collect some information from other sources, including:
- when you interact with us through third parties that we work with, or
- publicly available sources.
How we use your information
We may use your information to:
- operate, manage, develop, and promote SOMOS and, in particular, our relationship with you,
- send you emails containing information about SOMOS that we believe will be relevant and interesting to you,
- operate, administer, and improve our website and other aspects of our operations, and
- comply with legal and regulatory obligations and bring or defend legal claims.
We will only process your personal information as necessary for these purposes, ensuring that our processing does not prejudice your privacy in a way that would override our legitimate interest in pursuing them.
In exceptional circumstances, we may be required by law to disclose or process your personal information. We will inform you, when we request your information, if it is necessary for legal compliance or purely voluntary. If you are unsure whether providing certain information is necessary, please contact us (see below).
Disclosure and international transfer of your information
We may disclose personal information about you, where reasonably necessary, for the purposes outlined above:
- Internally: To your colleagues within the organisation you represent (if applicable).
- Service providers: To trusted partners who host our website, manage our IT systems, or process data on our behalf—under strict confidentiality and security conditions.
- Event partners: To third parties who help us organise events.
- Professional and legal entities: In exceptional circumstances, we may disclose your information to: 1) our professional advisers, 2) regulatory, prosecuting, or governmental agencies, or 3) litigation counterparties.
These disclosures may involve transferring your personal information overseas. If you are based in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, you should be aware that this could include transfers to countries outside these regions, which may not have equally strict data privacy laws.
In such cases, we ensure that our data transfer agreements comply with EU-approved standards to protect your personal information. If you would like to know whether such agreements are in place or request a copy, please contact us (see below).
Retention and deletion of your information
We will delete your information when it is no longer needed. Specific information about record retention is available on request—please contact us (see below).
Your rights
Under data protection law, you may have the right to:
- access the personal information we hold about you,
- request corrections or deletions of inaccurate information,
- object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing, and
- request that we stop processing some or all of your personal data in certain circumstances.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us (see below).
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at www.ico.gov.uk.
Contact us
We welcome questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy statement and our processing of personal information.
You can reach us at:
Somos Education Limited
86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
United Kingdom
📧 Email: support@somos.education
Changes to this policy
Any changes to this privacy statement will be posted on our website.
