We may share your personal data with third parties where required by law, where it is necessary to perform our contract with you or where we have a legitimate interest in doing so. Such third parties may include the following:
Our service providers: We may share your personal data with other companies that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include processing payments, providing customer service and marketing assistance, performing business and sales analysis and supporting our website and IT functionality. These service providers may be supplied with or have access to your personal data solely for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf. Alpadia is the data controller and will remain accountable for your personal data.
Our business partners: If you are a part of Garantiefonds Hochschule programme in Germany we will share your personal data with your sponsors with whom we have a contract relating to your programme of study. We may also share your personal data with other business partners where we have a contract with them relating to your programme of study.
Agents: If you use an agent to arrange your application or study with us, we may share your personal data with them.
Parents and guardians: If you are under 18, we may share your personal data with your parents or guardians in order to perform our contract, comply with our legal obligations, and if it is in your vital interests.
Other entities in the Kaplan group: We may share your personal data with other entities in our group for the purposes of managing bookings, following up on inquiries, marketing, as part of our regular reporting activities on company performance, in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise or for system maintenance support and hosting of data.
Regulators: We may need to share your personal data if required by a regulator or to otherwise comply with law.
Others: We may share your personal information with other third parties such as in the context of the possible sale of our business. We may also need to share your personal data in order to permit us to pursue available remedies or limit damages we may sustain.