Glory Singapore International School

Privacy Policy

Glory Singapore International School (the “School”) is committed to complying with the Thailand Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in protecting our students’ and parents’ personal information, which has been processed by the School. This Privacy Policy informs you about the School’s policy and practices regarding data privacy matters before you provide your and your child’s personal data to the School. By contacting and disclosing your personal data to the School for the purposes of communication, coordination, and/or provision of the School’s services to you, it deems that you agree and accept to be bound by and comply with this Privacy Policy.

Personal data being processed

The School may obtain your personal data from various channels as follows:

Directly from you through the School’s communications with you;
Indirectly, via a referral from a third party (such as Google Classroom, Google Form, etc.) to whom you may grant consent to disclose your personal data to the School; or
Automatically collected via the system when you access the School’s website and/or use the services.

The personal data that the School is necessary to collect, compile, use, and process under this Privacy Policy are as follows:

Full Name
Identification number
Passport number
Address
Contact numbers
Personal email address
Photo and images
Nationality
Student’s Gender
Date of birth
Previous qualifications
Parents’/guardian’s marital status
Emergency contact person(s) details
Billing-related information
Employment/occupation

Sensitive Personal Data

Some of the personal data that the School collects and processes may include what is defined as ‘sensitive personal data’ under the Act, and these include, but are not restricted to:

Race
Religion
Health
Records of misconduct and disciplinary action

The School will treat this sensitive information carefully and will only be used for specific purposes.

If the personal data is necessary to initiate any matter with the School, and you refuse to provide the personal data to the School, then the School will not be able to proceed further with your matter.

Purpose of the Personal Data Processing

It is necessary for the School to collect, compile and use the student’s personal data for the following purposes:

To process an application for admission
To manage and respond to inquiries
To maintain a student’s personal details, academic and non-academic records
To facilitate internships, placement, or work experience as well as co-curricular related activities and school events
To maintain a student/class register
To provide the relevant administrative support, counseling, and guidance services
To manage the use of facilities such as the library, laboratories and so on
To administer graduation and alumni related events
To administer tuition fees and other payments
To communicate with students on important announcements
To collect information for relevant local or international statutory authorities or exam boards
To contact the student’s next of kin in the case of emergency
To comply with any regulatory, audit, or security-related requirements
To pursue/collect any sums in arrears from parents/guardians
To care for the medical needs of students
For marketing purposes via the school website and social media, such as but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc.

For all and any other ancillary purposes relating to our provision of service, e.g., the supply of computers, iPads, other forms of telecommunications, and technology services; or Any other purposes related to the smooth operation of the School.

Retention Period of Personal Data

To perform in accordance with the purposes described above, the School is necessary to collect, compile and process your personal data according to the following period:

(1) For personal data processing, it is necessary for the School to process your personal data as long as your child is a student of the School;

(2) In case you give consent to the School to process your personal data for specific purposes, the School will process your personal data until you withdraw such consent.

Disclosure of the personal data

Generally, your personal data will not be disclosed, except for the circumstance that the School would need to disclose it to the following person:

(1) External service providers of the School engaged in providing support services to the School in providing services to you, such as NextSchool, the School’s current partner for student ID cards. Such disclosure of the personal data to these third parties shall be done in accordance with the purposes and only on a need-to-know basis; or

(2) Government, regulatory authorities, or courts that the School may be subject to an order, law, or judgment to disclose the personal data.

The School undertakes to implement appropriate personal data security measures to prevent any unauthorized and unlawful access, modification, amendment, or disclosure. The School commits to reviewing these measures regularly to ensure their compatibility with the standards and applicable laws.

Data subject rights

The School respects your rights as the data subject under applicable laws. You can contact the School to exercise the rights, which are (1) the right to withdraw consent, (2) the right to access, (3) the right to request a copy of the personal data, (4) the right to correct the personal data, (5) the right to object to any processing of the personal data, (6) the right to request for data portability in the event that the School stores the personal data in the format which is readable or commonly used by automated tools or equipment including the right to transfer such personal data to other data controllers, (7) the right to request for the deletion or de-identification of the personal data upon when there is no necessity to process, and (8) the right to request for suspension of the use of the personal data.

School contact information

Data Protection Officer

Address: 33 Soi Wachirathamsathit 18 Sukhumvit 101/1 Road, Bangna Nuea, Bangna, Bangkok 10260

Email or phone number: [email protected] / 027479179