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VissoLinks Education is not responsible for any loss or damage, no matter how big or small, resulting from using its information.

Our Privacy Policy

VissoLinks Education values your privacy and data security. We want to inform you about the personal information we collect. This policy explains how we collect, use, transfer, and disclose your data. Our procedures comply with the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. (PECR). Please email us with any questions.

1. Who we are

We are an international student recruitment agency, with years of professional experience in providing free, comprehensive counselling, and visa services to our clients.

Contact Information

Phone: +234-805-981-9354

E-mail: support@vissolinks.com

2. What information is collected and how?

Our website is accessible anonymously. When you interact with us (e.g., by sending emails, calls, visits, or making enquiry through the website), you may provide personal information which can include your name and contact details (e.g., your house address, email address, and phone number). When you use our website, we may also collect information regarding your usage (e.g., your IP address and choice of web browser). A portion of this personal information will be collected and then processed for legal compliance, while the remainder is collected and processed for our legitimate business interests (which is to carry out and improve our business, analyze the use of our website and services and support our staff).

 3. How the information is used

VissoLinks Education provides free, unbiased, and friendly counseling and application services to students who wish to study abroad, including visa counseling, pre-departure briefings, and accommodation and flight arrangements. We place priority on our students. Using this information, we’ll:

• Provide the requested services and maintain communication with you,
• Offer assistance with these services,
• The goal of this redesign is to make our site and services better for you. Based on the data and comments provided by our students, we are constantly working to enhance the features and functionality of our website.
• Strengthen our company’s infrastructure and internal operations by assisting our employees.
• Please move forward with your request for cooperation/employment.
• We may use your personal information to contact you via mail, phone, or email to inform you of services that may be of interest to you and/or to notify you of significant changes or developments to our services where we have your consent to do so or where we otherwise have a right to do so.
• Your information may also be used to get in touch with you occasionally for market research purposes. You may hear from us via email, phone, or snail mail. However, this will only occur if you have specifically requested to receive such messages.
• Your consent to our use of your Personal Information as outlined in this Policy is revocable at any time by contacting us using the details provided in this Privacy Statement.

In addition, at any time you receive a promotional email from us, you can unsubscribe by following the instructions contained within that email.

4. Legal Basis

According to Article 6.1(a) of the GDPR, VissoLinks Education processes your data based on your freely provided, informed, and unequivocal consent. We recognize that consent is a crucial component of individuals’ understanding and retention of control over how their data is handled and processed. Therefore, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the information provided in this Privacy Statement.

Our Privacy Statement complies with The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).

5. How we store and protect your information?

VissoLinks Education adopts the following organizational precautions to safeguard your personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized use, unauthorized modification, disclosure, and all other unlawful forms of processing:

• Personal information is stored electronically within the organization on password-protected computers and in database software that requires a username and password to access.
• You have the right to request the deletion of your data as soon as you arrive at your study destination at which point the data will no longer be processed.
• Access to personal information is restricted to authorized personnel only. Our Counselor retains all information received from students for the purpose of delivering the service. The student’s information is only accessible to the counselor, Operations Director, Regional Manager, and the Partnership Manager.
• All VissoLinks Education personnel are bound by a duty of confidentiality.
• Multiple backups are stored in a secure location accessible only to senior IT personnel. The backups are kept for no longer than five weeks before being deleted.
• Article 9 of the GDPR does not apply to VissoLinks Education’s processing of special categories of personal data.
• We have implemented the following protocol for reporting a breach of personal data:
  • Identify a personal data breach.
  • Develop an action plan for any personal data breaches that may occur.
  • Assign responsibility for breach management.
  • Security incidents should be escalated to the appropriate person or team within our organization to determine if a breach has occurred.

We will always keep you apprised of any changes to data privacy and security procedures, including practices and policies. You may however request at any time for information regarding where and how data is stored, protected, and utilized.

6. Request for modification, restriction, or deletion of the personal data

If any of your personal information is incorrect, you have the right to have it updated without any delay.

At any time, you can ask us to put a stop to further use of your personal information.

If you’d like your personal information deleted, you can ask us to do so. We will comply with your request for deletion without any delay.

7. Opt-Out Policy

We will never share your contact details without your explicit permission. Therefore, we may reveal your data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, but only with your consent. If you wish to opt-out of this disclosure, you can contact us using the information provided in Section 1.

8. Marketing Email

If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter or marketing communications, please click the “unsubscribe” included in each message (like the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the marketing email) or contact us using the information supplied in this Privacy Statement.

9. Cookies

As with most professional websites, we use cookies to improve your experience. This page explains what they collect, how we use it, and why we store cookies. We’ll also explain how to prevent these cookies from being stored, but doing so may affect the site’s functionality.

How Cookies Are Used

Unfortunately, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without disabling site functionality. If you’re unsure whether you need cookies, leave them on in case they’re used to provide a service you use.

Deactivating Cookies

Modifying your browser’s settings will stop it from accepting new cookies. If you disable cookies, this website and many other websites you visit may not work properly. If you turn off cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of this site. As a result, you shouldn’t turn off cookies.

Cookies from other sites

Third-party cookies from reliable sources are also used in certain circumstances. Here we list the specific third-party cookies that may be present on this site.

To better understand how you use the site and how we can enhance your experience, this website employs Google Analytics, one of the most popular and dependable web analytics solutions currently available. To help us continue to create interesting content, these cookies may keep tabs on things like how long you spend on the site and the pages you visit.

In addition, this site makes use of social media plugins and/or buttons to make it easier for you to share content with people within your social network. The following social media sites, including Facebook, require setting cookies through our site in order to function properly. These cookies can be used to enhance your profile on these sites or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Revision Rights

The content on this website may be changed or removed at any time without prior notice at the discretion of VissoLinks Education.