Privacy Policy

The Data Processor is the individual or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which holds or processes personal data but does not exercise responsibility for or control over the personal data. Aircraft Academy is the data processor as defined in Article 4 of the GDPR.

We will collect and process various types of personal data about you as follows:

• Basic personal details such your first name and surname,

• Your contact details such as email address, phone number.

Information we get from your use of our website or services:

When you visit our website, our web server automatically records details about your visit, e.g.

• Your IP address,

• The website from which you visit us,

• The type of browser software used,

• The website pages that you actually visit including the date and duration of your visit.

Aircraft Academy uses tracking technology such as cookies or tags to gather information as outlined above to understand how visitors use our website. Tracking technology helps us manage and improve the usability of the Aircraft Academy website, e.g. by detecting whether there has been any contact between your computer and us in the past and to identify the most popular sections of our website.

When you save your cookie settings, they should also apply to your future visits to our website. However, when you reset your browser, delete your cookies or access our website from another browser or device, your cookie settings may be lost or deleted.

You can also control your tracking technologies using your browser. Please ensure that your browser settings reflect whether you wish to be warned about and/or accept tracking technologies (such as cookies) where possible. The specific capabilities of your browser and instructions on how to use them can usually be found in the manual or help file of your browser.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser

Add-on for your current web browser (click here): https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB)

Aircraft Academy will use your personal data for the following business, research and development purposes:

• To inform you about our services in accordance with your queries and preferences, which you can change at any time by contacting us,

• Technical administration, research and development of our Aircraft Academy website,

• To help us manage and improve the usability of our Aircraft Academy website and understand how visitors use it.

We will ensure that your personal data is processed in a manner compatible with the purposes indicated above. For the specified purposes, your personal data may be disclosed to the following parties:

• Other Aircraft Academy companies or affiliates,

• Authorised agents and third party service providers,

• Statutory and regulatory bodies and law enforcement authorities.

We may also share your personal data in the following instances:

• In the event of a contemplated or actual reorganisation, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in any insolvency or similar proceedings),

• With government agencies or entities, regulatory authorities, or other persons in line with any applicable law, regulations, court order or official request, or under any other and for the purposes of any guidelines issued by regulatory or other authorities, or similar processes as either required or permitted by applicable law.

Your data may be processed both inside and outside the European Economic Area (EEA) by the parties specified above, subject always to contractual restrictions regarding confidentiality and security in line with applicable data protection laws and regulations. We will not disclose your personal data to parties who are not authorised to process them.

In accordance with the GDPR, you have rights to the data that we automatically collect from you when you use our website and services.
 

These rights include:

A. Right of access to your personal data (Article 15 of GDPR)
You may contact us in order to find out what personal data is processed by Aircraft Academy and to check its content.
 

We will provide you with a copy of all of your personal data that is processed. Specifically, we will provide you with the following information:

• Categories of personal data collected;

• Purposes of using your personal data;

• Categories of recipients who were able to access such data;

• Envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored; and

• Possible transfer of your data to a third (non-EU) country or to an international organisation.
   

B. Right to rectification of your personal data (Article 16 of GDPR)
You may request the rectification of inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete personal data.
 

C. Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) of your personal data (Article 17 of GDPR)
You can request the erasure of your personal data without undue delay if one of the following grounds applies:

• the personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were initially collected or processed;

• you withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data;

• your personal data have been unlawfully processed (e.g. publication of pirated data);

• your data was collected when you were a minor;

• your personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation;

• your object to the processing of your personal data has no overriding legitimate grounds for us not to comply with this request.
   

D. Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 of GDPR)
You may request the restriction of processing of your personal data if one of the following grounds applies:

• you contest the accuracy of certain data during the verification of the data;

• the processing of personal data is unlawful, and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;

• when, even if we no longer need to process your personal data, the data is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or

• when you have exercised your right to object to us processing your personal data, pending our verification of legitimate grounds authorising us to continue processing your personal data.
   

E. Right to withdraw the consent (Article 7 of GDPR)
Where the processing of data is based on your prior consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time without giving any reason.
 

F. Right to data portability (Article 20 of GDPR)
You can receive your personal data (which you have voluntarily transmitted to us) in a structured and machine-readable format, for your personal use or in order to pass it on to a third party.
 

G. Right to object (Article 21 of GDPR)
Subject to a legitimate reason relating to the particular nature of your situation, you may object to the processing of your personal data on the basis of necessity for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in pursuit of a legitimate interest.
 

We may deny your objection if we can prove that there are compelling legitimate grounds for processing your data which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
 

This prior justification is not opposable to you when the right to object relates to the marketing purposes.
 

H. Right of referral to the CNIL or legal action (Article 12 of GDPR)
In the event of a dispute relating to the processing of your personal data, you may lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) or file a claim to the competent court

Where permitted by applicable law or regulation, you have the right to object to us processing your personal data, or tell us to stop processing it. Once you have informed us of your request, we will no longer process your personal data unless permitted by applicable laws and regulations. Our Data Protection Officer is contactable at contact@aircraft-academy.com or please write to The Data Protection Officer, Aircraft Academy, 87 Rue de la Commanderie, 59500 DOUAI, France

Aircraft Academy has implemented reasonable technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data collected by Aircraft Academy, via our website against unauthorised access, misuse, loss or destruction.

All electronic messages sent to and from Aircraft Academy are protected by reasonable technical and organisational measures and may only be accessed in justified cases in line with applicable laws and regulations (e.g. court order, suspicion of criminal conduct, violation of regulatory obligations) to specific persons in defined functions (e.g. Legal, Compliance, Risk). All emails are disposed of after the applicable retention period has expired.

The internet is generally not regarded as a secure environment, and information sent via the internet (such as via our website or via electronic message) may be accessed by unauthorised third parties, potentially leading to disclosures, changes in content or technical failures. In order to protect your privacy we would like to remind you that you may also protect your data and devices by taking technical and organisational measures. You may also choose another means of communication with Aircraft Academy, where you deem it appropriate.

We will not keep your personal data for longer than necessary and to comply with our legal, statutory and regulatory obligations as documented in our Data Protection Policy. We will hold your personal data only for the purposes for which it was obtained.

If you have any queries about how we use your personal data, you can contact us at the following addresses:

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Email:  contact@aircraft-academy.com

In writing: 87 Rue de la Commanderie, 59500 DOUAI, France

We regularly update our Privacy Statement. We will ensure the most recent version is available on our website (website here). This Privacy Statement was last updated on 17th November 2022.