123 UNI PRIVACY POLICY & COOKIE POLICY

Privacy Policy

This is the privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) for 123 Uni and the services provided through this and other websites owned by 123 Uni (Referred to in this policy as “123 Uni”). This Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal data received about you when you visit the 123 Uni website or otherwise. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, because by visiting or using 123 Uni site or contracting with us, you agree to its terms.

This Privacy Policy applies only to 123 Uni website. We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any important changes by posting a notice on all Privacy Policy links. If you see a notice of change, please check the Privacy Policy, because your continued use of the site after we post the change means you have agreed to the new terms.

Collecting your personal data

We collect your personal data when you:

• ask for information about our services or other materials
• submit online application forms
• sign up to receive our newsletter
• when you chat with a member of staff on the live chat or leave an offline message on the web chat   

We collect your personal data when we:

• process your inquiries, we collect your full name, email and postal addresses, and phone number and other information which are deemed necessary
• process enrolments and inquiries, we ask for your name, email and postal addresses, phone number, date of birth, nationality, education history, copy of ID and Passport, copy of education certificates and immigration history.

We may also use your postal and email addresses to send you information about further updates on your application, special offers, marketing communication, and other services or products similar to those you have enrolled or inquired about from us.

Sharing your personal data

We will need to use your data to perform our obligations and exercise our rights under agreements made with you, and to inform you of feedback regarding your application etc. If you have enrolled in our services through your employer, we will share your data, attendance performance and test results with your employer.

If you enroll in any of our services, we will share your data with our partners whom you have chosen to share your data with. Please note that this is limited to sharing individual data only with the relevant institution. We will share your personal data only with:

• service providers/strategic partners who help us run this 123 Uni or fulfil your requests
• other 123 Uni strategic business units to enable processing and administration of application or to enable them to inform you about services and products which may be of interest to you.

We may also need to disclose your personal data to third parties when we, in our sole discretion, believe it is necessary to comply with the law, to enforce our User Agreement or this Privacy Policy, or in connection with a sale or transfer of the 123 Uni.

Your right to choose

As mentioned above, we may use your email or postal address or telephone number to send you information on obtaining or maintaining your application, or other services or products we think might interest you. If you do not wish to receive such information from us, you can let us know by emailing us at info@1232uni.com or sending your request by post to:

• LK : No 80/1, Barnes Place, Colombo 07
• UK : 2 Isambard Brunel Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2DU, United Kingdom

123 Uni follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, 123 Uni uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

• Type: Session Cookies
• Administered by: Us
• Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

• Type: Persistent Cookies
• Administered by: Us
• Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

• Type: Persistent Cookies
• Administered by: Us
• Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of 123 Uni.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on 123 Uni, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that 123 Uni has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

123 Uni’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

• Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
• Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access –
  • You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification –
  • You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure –
  • You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing –
  • You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing –
  • You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability –
  • You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

123 Uni does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.

If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

• By email                                                               : info@123uni.com
• By visiting this page on our website         : https://123uni.com/contactus/
• By phone number                                            : +94 11 2672671
• By mail                                                                  : 80/1, Barnes Place, Colombo 07