Dr. Frost Learning – how we collect and use personal data
This privacy policy gives you information about how we at Dr Frost Learning collect and use your personal data that you give us when you register with us or use our website.
Dr Frost Learning is primarily the processor of personal data which is submitted to us by educational institutions. We process most of the personal data we receive strictly on instructions from those institutions, on their behalf. For more information see Why we are the processor (https://www.drfrost.org/data-processor).
However, there is a very small amount of personal data that we do use for our own purposes as a controller. This privacy policy sets out how we use that data, and your rights associated with it.
You can download a PDF copy of this Privacy Policy here.
You can view the most current version of this Privacy Policy online at https://www.drfrost.org/privacy
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect and use aggregated data which is not personal data as it does not reveal your identity.
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
The law requires us to have a legal basis for collecting and using your personal data. We rely on one or more of the following legal bases:
We have set out below a description of all the ways we plan to use the various categories of your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
To process your subscription including:
When someone (whether that be a school official, an individual tutor, parent, or individual learner) signs up for our paid subscription, we will receive certain information (such as the payer's name) and certain financial information (such as their bank account details). We will use this information to process payment, and can use contact information to get in touch if there are any issues.
Type of Data: Contact, Transaction
Legal Basis:
To use data analytics to improve our website, service, enhance security, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, customer relationships and experiences and to measure the effectiveness of our communications.
We may use data to help us know how students are using our website, and how we might improve it and your user experience.
Type of Data: Technical
Legal Basis:
To send you relevant communications and make personalised suggestions and recommendations to you about website features that may be of interest to you based on your Profile Data
If we have new website features that we think might be helpful to you in particular, we may use your data to tell you about it.
Type of Data: Contact, Marketing and Communications
Legal Basis:
During the registration process on our website when your personal data is collected, you will be asked to indicate your preferences for receiving direct marketing communications from us.
We may send Technical Data to service providers that support us in our work.
Whenever we transfer such Technical Data out of the UK to service providers, we will only transfer your personal data to countries in the EEA and other countries that have been deemed by the UK to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data
We have security measures to stop your personal data being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, changed, or disclosed.
We also only give access to your personal data to people who work for us and who have a real need to know it. They will only process your personal data following our instructions and will need to keep it confidential.
We have procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will tell you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We will only keep your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, but we may keep your personal data for a longer time in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there might be a legal dispute concerning our relationship with you.
To determine how long we will keep your personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of it, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements. We reserve the right to delete your personal data if you have not logged into your account in two years.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data. See below for further information.
You have a number of rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.
You have the right to:
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us.
You will not have to pay anything to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights).
However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. We could also refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to ask you for specific information to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights).
This is to make sure that personal data is not disclosed to someone who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month.
Sometimes it could take us longer than a month if your request is complex or if you have made lots of requests. If this is the case, we will tell you so and keep you updated.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or about the use of your personal data or you want to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at [email protected].
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated in March 2026.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes (for example, if you get a new address or email address).
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
If you have questions about this privacy policy or your personal data, please contact our support team.