Your privacy and the security of your personal data is important to Nordic Turns AB. Nordic Turns AB’ is responsible for ensuring that all personal data is processed correctly and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. Protecting your personal data and privacy is part of the day-to-day work of our employees. NORDIC TURNS’ can access your personal information in different ways and process personal data about different categories of data subjects, for example, consultants, employees and contacts employed by clients and other supply chain. When you come into contact with Nordic Turns AB and we start processing personal data about you, you will receive information regarding the specific processing on the occasion of such contact and, where necessary, we will obtain your consent. For example, information about the processing of personal data regarding a candidate account (when you register your CV with us) is provided when the account is registered.
This Policy applies to any personal information that is gathered when you use our services, visit our Website, or otherwise interact with us. We have divided this Policy into different sections. Please go to the relevant section below for further information.
It is also made clear that we are not responsible for the authenticity or reliability related to whatever information, material and documents uploaded by you on our website or provided to Nordic Turns AB by any other means.
Educational institutions, Educational Agents, Students, Service Providers and other organizations who are registered on our website are collectively referred as "Users"
If you have questions about the processing of personal data by Nordic Turns AB, please contact Nordic Turns AB data protection officer, at it@nordicturns.se
You are entitled to request access to and correction or deletion of your personal data, as well as restriction of processing of personal data and you can request to exercise your right to data portability. In addition, you have the right to object to how NORDIC TURNS processes your personal data when this processing is based Nordic Turns AB legitimate interest and if you do not consider Nordic Turns AB to have a legitimate interest for processing your personal data.
For example, we may record your name, email address, gender, date of birth, nationality, country of residence, education history, achievements, or language test scores, your work experience funding situation and related documents etc.
Your contact details and personal account/registration details
Your contact details may include: your address, telephone number, and email address. When you create a personal account or register for a service, we may also record your sign-in details and other information you provide when you create your personal account or fill in a registration form.
When you call us or send us an email, or chat with us online or via social media, we save your correspondence with us.
When you visit our Website or use our services, we may register your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, web-browsing behaviour and Location.
We may receive an automatic notification when you open (or open a link from) a newsletter or an update sent by us.
Data collected during direct surveys or online scholarship/ qualifying examination taken up by you.
Depending on your social network settings, we may receive information from your social network provider. For example, when you sign in for our services using a social network account, we may gather publicly available information you give us access to from your social network profile, including your contact details, interests, and social network. For more information on the personal data that we receive from your social network provider, and how to change your privacy settings, please refer to the website and the privacy policy given by your social network provider.
Every student user with a mobile application has a unique Nordic Turns AB code which carries your personal contact information and academic profile, If you share this with any other registered user of Nordic Turns AB they can extract your information from their account, so please be careful while sharing your unique code. Once it is shared or before it is shared refer to their privacy policy on how they process that information.
We may collect and process, whether or not on our own behalf or on behalf of one or more educational institutions, Education Consultancy, Student or a service provider the following categories of personal information:
For example, we may record your name, email address, gender, nationality, country of residence, contact number, designation, dietary preferences (When you participate in our events)
Your contact details may include: your address, telephone number, and email address. When you create a personal account or register for a service, we may also record your sign-in details and other information you provide when you create your personal account or fill in a registration form.
We collect the following information but not limited to: Type of Institution, Institution Name, Address, City, State, Country, Zip / Postal Code, Time Zone, Funding Type, Year of Establishment, Contact Person (s) (Name, Designation, Official Email ID, Alternate Email ID, Skype ID, Direct Phone Number, Mobile Number), Institution Website, Institution Logo, Institution Banner, Copy of Prospectus, Brief Description about Institution, Important Facts, Ranking / Awards, Number of students currently enrolled, Number of staff working, Kind of Accommodations offered, Currency Used, Suggested Cost of Living (per year), Permission to receive calls & Messages from the students via mobile applications, Permission to recruit students by establishing partnerships with High Schools, Areas of interest for International Institutional and Government Collaboration, Standard Partnership Proposal Application Fee, Details on Scholarship Opportunities for meritorious students, Details on Discounts and Scholarship to eligible students for all countries (%),Special scholarship for students from specific countries, Facebook URL, Twitter URL, LinkedIn URL, YouTube URL, Permission to use of agents, Standard Terms and Conditions for Agent, Commission Payment details and method, Course Information (Level, Duration, Living Cost, Application Fee, Total Tuition Fee, Tuition Fee Break Up, Additional Fee & Notes, Domestic Student Tuition Fee , Who is eligible for Domestic Fee, Minimum Admission Requirements, Minimum English Language Requirements , GRE Total, GMAT Total ,SAT Total, Other Admission Requirements, Special Application Instructions , Processing Time In Days, Process after acceptance, Intakes, and Additional questions that institution wish to ask student for specific courses and other allied information.
Only if you use social media logins to access our website depending on your social network settings, we may receive information from your social network provider. For example, when you sign in for our services using a social network account, we may gather publicly available information you give us access to from your social network profile, including your contact details, interests, and social network. For more information on the personal data that we receive from your social network provider, and how to change your privacy settings, please refer to the website and the privacy policy given by your social network provider.
We may collect and process, whether or not on our own behalf or on behalf of one or more educational institutions, Education Consultancy, Student or a service provider the following categories of personal information:
For example, we may record your name, email address, gender, nationality, country of residence, contact number, designation, dietary preferences (When you participate in our events)
Your contact details may include: your address, telephone number, and email address. When you create a personal account or register for a service, we may also record your sign-in details and other information you provide when you create your personal account or fill in a registration form
We collect the following information but not limited to: Organization Name(s) , Company Registration Number , Business Type, Year Established, Trading Name/Parent Company Name , Previous Trading Names, Business Address, Town, City, Country, Post / ZIP Code, Main Telephone Number , Main Website, Secondary Website, Mission and Values Statement, Logo, Contact Details: Owner / Director, Skype ID, Facebook URL, LinkedIn URL, Google + URL, Login Information, Institutional Reference (Institution Name, Country, Contact Person, Designation, Email Address, Phone Number ), Services, kind of language assistance provided to students, charges of your services, Academic Knowledge of Education System, Details on your staff overseas Visits, study or work experience, Training details by an international institution, Company Profile, Certification/Credentials (Details of Legal authorization to operate, business licensure and certification/credentials ), CV or Brief Introduction of key people in the business, Photo Id proof, Membership in relevant professional associations, Number of staff , Number of Key staff involved in counselling and marketing, Key staff’s responsibilities, professional experience, educational background, and training(including CV), Method of staff compensation, details of staff or external contractors are employed as "writers" of application materials, Methods of training and providing professional development for staff, including information on the resources used, details on use of technology to manage your office operations?, details on use of sub-agents?, Number of Sub-agents, sub-agents location, Nature of work performed and framework used to monitor the quality. Other Businesses, Bank details for generating commission invoices. Details on services provided to students and families during the recruitment and application processes: Services, Mode of Payment, sample of student contract Percentage, ratio and numbers about student’s country wise, course type wise and level wise. Details on marketing and advertising practices, Promotional Materials Sample, two references from international students and their parents whom the business has served. Expectations/requirements from institutional partners. Three academic references from professionals who are directly employed by an accredited/recognized school, college or university. Details on Events run and managed directly by the business, Name of the Events managed or organized, Website, Venue, City, Event Start Date, Event End Date, Country Details of participants, Categories of event, references for the event and other allied information.
Cookies and similar technologies
When you use our Website for the first time, a cookie notice is shown. Nordic Turns AB’ uses cookies strictly for the purpose of sending notifications. However, when new cookies are implemented it is clearly notified and if you wish to opt out from them, it can be done from the browser’s settings.
Browser Settings
If you do not want websites to place cookies on your computer at all, you can change your browser settings so that you receive a warning before cookies are placed. You can also change the settings in such a way that your browser rejects all cookies or only the cookies of third parties. You can also delete cookies that have already been placed. Please note that you will need to change the settings separately for each browser and computer you use.
Nordic Turns AB’ collects personal information in a number of ways. Information is obtained, for example, what you provide us directly when you visit our Website, register on our Website, communicate with us via social media, download our mobile application or subscribe to our newsletter.
We collect some information by accessing your publicly available data, such as websites, member’s directory of professional organizations and social media public profile.
Purposes of processing your data
We process personal information for the following purposes:
Providing services to you
a) Students
Nordic Turns AB’ processes personal data to provide our services. For example, personal data is processed so, for example:
Based on the country or field of study that you choose; we can send you programme recommendations that we believe best match your profile;
To make your user experience easier and more effective, we may assess how you use our services, and combine this data with information collected via your personal account, registration details, cookies, and similar technologies. This combination enables us to, for example, optimize our search algorithms, assess your admission chance or match with education opportunities.
To find out Higher Education Agents in your City or country and contact them using the website.
Your unique ID or Nordic Turns AB’ code can be used for transmitting your information and documents to other Nordic Turns AB’ users
You can contact and apply for courses to education institutes through our Website, by means of an electronic form. By sending an enquiry or application as you also create your own user account, enabling you to view the inquiries and applications you sent.
For these purposes, Nordic Turns AB’ processes the following personal data: name, digital contact details, demographic information, shortlisted programmes, disciplines and countries of interest, funding situation, preferred start period, previous education information, work experience and other information listed above.
Nordic Turns AB’ reserves its rights to process personal data for these purposes of pursuing its own legitimate interest or those of the educational institutions; with the legitimate interest being to allow Nordic Turns AB’ to provide the best service it is able to, in order to align you with the educational institutions and service providers of your choice.
b) Educational Institutions
Nordic Turns AB’ processes personal data to provide our services. For example, personal data is processed:
To make your user experience easier and more effective, we may assess how you use our services, and combine this data with information collected via your personal account, registration details, cookies, and similar technologies. This combination enables us to, for example, optimize our search algorithms to identify students who are interested and or eligible for the programmes offered by you.
To send notifications to eligible or interested students about your courses
Publishing course information across our range of websites.
Nordic Turns AB’ processes personal data to provide our services. For example, personal data is processed:
To make your user experience easier and more effective, we may assess how you use our services, and combine this data with information collected via your personal account, registration details, cookies, and similar technologies. This combination enables us to, for example, optimize our search algorithms to identify students or business users who are interested and or eligible for the services offered by you.
To send notifications to eligible or interested student’s business users about your services
Publishing your services information across our range of websites.
Nordic Turns AB’ processes contact details to communicate with you to answer your questions or handle your complaints and offer you services on the basis of your behaviour assessment of usage of our website. This applies to students and (potential) clients/customers/partners.
For this purpose, Nordic Turns AB’ processes the following personal data: communication history, name, digital contact details, message. For (potential) clients, the following data is also processed: phone number, email ID, employer, country etc.
Nordic Turns AB’ is allowed to process personal data for this purpose to protect and pursue its own legitimate interests or those of the, Students Educational Institutions, Consultants and other Business Users; with the legitimate interest being Nordic Turns AB’ to be able to communicate with you for providing the best service it can to align you with the educational institutions, scholarship providers, test providers and other service providers. Especially, the legitimate interest services are that Nordic Turns AB’, an educational institution or other service provider concerned can respond in an effective and timely manner.
Nordic Turns AB’ processes personal information to enable students to apply for specific universities through Nordic Turns AB’ website. For this processing of your personal data information, Nordic Turns AB’ will act as a mere processor processing your information on behalf of the Educational institution, Consultant or Service providers
For this purpose, Nordic Turns AB’ processes the following personal data on behalf of the educational institution: name, digital contact details, contact details, passport, educational transcripts, CV, various credentials (e.g. English language proficiency), demographic information, shortlisted programmes, disciplines and countries of interest, funding situation, preferred start period, previous education information, work experience etc.
For connecting business users
Nordic Turns AB’ processes personal information to connect Educational Institutions, Education Consultants and Service providers using promotional and search tools on its website. Users can set their preferences for receiving such information or request from their login account or from our website. Business user can choose to display or hide their personal contact information like Email, phone, Skype ID etc. from their account settings to other registered verified business users.
To exercise your right(s), please send your written request, and if needed accompanied by a copy of your proof of identity, to: it@nordicturns.se
We reserve the right to alter or otherwise make changes to this Policy as and when required. We will notify you of any changes by posting the revised policy on our Website and notifying you through a banner or in case of very material changes to the Policy or via email. Changes take effect as soon as the Policy is posted.