Privacy Policy

Introduction

By continuing to use the Phoenicia Culinary Institute website http://www.phoenicia-culinary.com/, you accept the Phoenicia Culinary Institute Privacy Policy and the use of cookies to improve your experience on the site.

 

Collection of Data

Phoenicia Culinary Institute collects your personal data on the site, particularly via the “contact”, “newsletter” and “reserve” sections.

Personal data are hereby defined as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person”.

 

Data Collected

The personal data collected are:

Your surname, first name, email address, telephone number, postal address and payment data;

The information communicated in the message sent via the “contact” tab;

The information on your use of the site recorded via cookies or other tracking technologies: your IP address, internet service provider, type of browser used, operating system, site pages visited, date and time of access, or behavioural data based on behavioural analysis of the actions and choices made.

When you voluntarily supply personal data concerning you, you undertake to communicate correct information which is not prejudicial to the interests or rights of third parties.

Data concerning means of payment will be kept by Phoenicia Culinary Institute and its partners only for the time required for the execution of the payment, unless you choose to store your data online. In the latter case you may withdraw your consent for the storage of your payment data at any time.

 

Purpose of Collection

The information which you communicate on the site enables us to:

Improve your experience on the site,

Provide the requested services or information,

Execute the sale contract concluded, particularly by delivering the required product to you,

Send you personalised commercial correspondence by email,

Allow you to join our interactive communities and participate in the offers, operations or games which we organize,

Ensure that the content of the site is presented in the most effective possible way for the user and his or her means of connection to the internet,

Produce statistics anonymously on the site’s activity to enable satisfaction and service quality to be measured and thus allow the site to be improved and optimized,

Manage the site’s security.

 

Use and Transmission of Data

Data storage time

Your personal data are stored for a period of three (3) years starting from your last interaction with the site or from the end of your contract with Phoenicia Culinary Institute.

Cookies are stored for a maximum period of thirteen months starting from their collection.

PERSONAL RIGHTS CONCERNING THE DATA COLLECTED

Concerning the personal data, which you have supplied to Phoenicia Culinary Institute (hereinafter the “data”), you have the following rights:

The right of access to your data,

The right to rectify or update your data,

The right to delete your data or restrict their processing, within the legal limits,

The right to restrict the processing of your data and direct marketing,

The right to the portability of your data,

You may exercise your rights by contacting Phoenicia Culinary Institute:

By email at the following address: Institute@phoenicia-culinary.com

or

by post at the following address: Data Protection Officer, Minet El Hosn, Beirut, Lebanon, PO Box 11/846

You have the right to file a claim with a data protection authority.

 

Updating This Privacy Policy

Phoenicia Culinary Institute may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website.

You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any minor changes.

If at any time Phoenicia Culinary Institute brings significant changes to this privacy policy, Phoenicia Culinary Institute will provide you by e-mail with a prominent notice sent to your last known address. If you do not present any objection in writing within a time limit of 48 hours from the date of the receipt of the said notice, the above mentioned changes will be considered as accepted.

 

Other Websites

This website contains links to other websites.

Phoenicia Culinary Institute is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.

Law and jurisdiction applying to this policy:

This privacy policy will be governed and construed in accordance with the Lebanese laws.

All disputes arising from the interpretation or the implementation of this policy shall come under the exclusive competence of Beirut courts.

 

Newsletter

Your email address is only used to send you our newsletter and information concerning Phoenicia Culinary Institute activities. You may at any time use the “unsubscribe” link integrated in the newsletter. For further information, see our Privacy Policy.