Privacy Notice & GDPR Compliance
Last Updated: January 2026 | Version 3.2
1. Introduction
Global University UK (“we”, “our”, “the University”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The University is a “data controller” for the personal data we hold about you. This means we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data about you.
2. Data Protection Principles
We will comply with data protection law. This means that the personal data we hold about you will be:
- Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way.
- Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you.
- Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes.
- Accurate and kept up to date.
- Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about.
3. Information We Collect
We collect and process the following categories of personal data:
Identity Data
Names, titles, date of birth, gender, nationality, passport details
Contact Data
Addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, emergency contacts
Academic Data
Qualifications, grades, transcripts, student ID, course registrations
Financial Data
Tuition payments, bank details, scholarship information, fee status
Data Security & Sovereignty
All institutional data, including student records and faculty credentials, are stored within our secure infrastructure utilizing AES-256 encryption standards. Our systems comply with ISO 27001 information security management standards.
4. Your Data Protection Rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Right of Access
You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal data.
Right to Rectification
You have the right to ask us to correct personal data you think is inaccurate.
Right to Erasure
You have the right to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to ask us to transfer your personal data to another organisation.
5. Contact Information
Data Protection Officer
Global University UK
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden
London, WC2H 9JQ
dpo@worldglobaluniversity.com
Supervisory Authority
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
www.ico.org.uk
This privacy notice does not form part of any contract. We may update this notice at any time. We will notify you of significant changes through our website or by email.