Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 14 April 2025
Introduction
Welcome to Piaget ("we," "our," or "us"). Piaget is an individual project that provides a platform for current and former staff to share anonymous reviews about workplaces in the education sector.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our service.
Information We Collect
Personal Information
We collect the following personal information:
- Email address
Collected during account registration and used for account verification, authentication purposes such as email verification and password resets, and for optional communications such as alerts about new reviews for establishments you've subscribed to.
Technical Information
We automatically collect the following technical information:
- IP addresses
Collected automatically based on user requests and used for rate limiting purposes. IP addresses are stored temporarily in a cache and are not permanently retained.
- Authentication cookies
Used to maintain your login session. We do not use tracking or analytics cookies.
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our service
Including registering you as a user, authenticating you when you log in, and providing the core functionality of submitting and viewing reviews.
- To ensure security and prevent abuse
IP addresses are used for rate limiting to prevent abuse of our service.
- To monitor application performance
We use monitoring software to measure the performance and stability of our application.
- To communicate with you
Including sending important updates about our service or changes to our policies.
- For authentication and account management
Sending email verification links when you register, password reset links when you forget your password, and other essential account-related communications.
- For optional subscription notifications
If you choose to subscribe to updates about specific establishments, we'll send you notifications when new reviews are posted. You can opt out of these notifications at any time.
Legal Basis for Processing: We process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests (to provide our service and prevent abuse) and the performance of our contract with you (to provide the service you signed up for).
Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not share your personal information with third parties except in the following limited circumstances:
- Legal requirements
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
- Service providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service (such as hosting providers), who may have access to your personal information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Anonymous Reviews: The reviews you submit are displayed anonymously. Our moderation team cannot match a review to a specific user. Only administrators with direct database access can see which user ID created a review, and this is strictly for administrative purposes.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy:
- Email addresses
Retained as long as you maintain an active account, and within backups for up to 30 days after account deletion.
- Reviews
Retained as long as you maintain an active account or until you delete them, and within backups for up to 30 days after deletion.
- IP addresses
Stored temporarily in a cache for rate limiting purposes and cleared after a short period. They are not permanently retained.
Your Rights
Under UK data protection law, you have several rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to access
You can request a copy of your personal data.
- Right to rectification
You can ask us to correct inaccurate personal data.
- Right to erasure
You can ask us to delete your personal data.
- Right to restrict processing
You can ask us to limit the processing of your data.
- Right to data portability
You can ask for a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
- Right to object
You can object to our processing of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within one month.
Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:
- Data Protection
We take steps to protect your data throughout its handling.
- Access controls
We restrict access to personal information to personnel who need to know that information to provide our service.
- Limited data access
Our moderation team cannot match reviews to specific users, enhancing the anonymity of your submissions.
Children's Privacy
Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18, in accordance with UK law. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will delete such information from our records.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies solely for authentication purposes to maintain your login session. We do not use tracking or analytics cookies. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling authentication cookies may prevent you from logging in to our service.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by:
- Displaying a banner on our website
To alert you to policy changes when you visit our site.
- Sending an email notification
To inform registered users of policy changes.
We encourage you to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
The person responsible for data protection matters can be contacted at the same email address.
Privacy FAQs
Our system is designed to separate your identity from your reviews. Moderation team members cannot see which user submitted a review. Only administrators with direct database access can see which user ID created a review, and this is strictly for administrative purposes.
You can request a copy of your data by emailing [email protected]. We will respond to your request within one month, as required by UK data protection law.
You can request account deletion by emailing [email protected]. Upon receiving your request, we will delete your account and personal information. Please note that your data may remain in our backups for up to 30 days after deletion.
No, we do not use your data for marketing purposes. We only use your data to provide and maintain our service, ensure security, monitor application performance, and communicate important updates about our service.
Your email address is used for essential account operations such as verification when you register, password reset requests, and security notifications. If you opt in, we may also use your email to send you notifications about new reviews for establishments you've subscribed to. We do not share your email address with third parties for marketing purposes, and you can opt out of optional communications at any time.