PRIVACY POLICY
How Sky Educate collects, uses and protects your personal information.
Last updated: August 2026
Sky Educate is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly, securely and transparently.
This Privacy Policy explains how Sky Educate Business Consulting ("Sky Educate", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, stores, shares and protects personal information when you visit www.skyeducate.com, contact us, create or use an account, create a candidate profile, apply for or advertise a vacancy, or use our recruitment, consultancy, professional development or other services.
It also explains your privacy rights and how you can contact us about your personal information.
1. Who We Are
Sky Educate is the trading name of Sky Educate Business Consulting, a company registered in Doha, State of Qatar under Company Registration No. 242159.
Sky Educate provides international education consultancy, professional development and recruitment services to educators, schools and educational organisations globally.
For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, Sky Educate Business Consulting is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy, except where another organisation independently determines how and why particular personal information is processed.
Controller details
Sky Educate Business Consulting
Trading as: Sky Educate
Company Registration No.: 242159
Doha, State of Qatar
Email: info@skyeducate.com
Website: www.skyeducate.com
We process personal information in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection legislation, including Qatar Law No. 13 of 2016 concerning Personal Data Privacy Protection and, where applicable to our activities, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and UK GDPR.
2. Who This Policy Applies To
This Privacy Policy applies to individuals whose personal information we process in connection with our services, including:
- educators and prospective candidates;
- individuals applying for employment opportunities;
- representatives of schools and educational organisations;
- clients and prospective clients;
- users who create accounts on our website;
- people who contact or communicate with us; and
- visitors to our website.
3. Personal Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Sky Educate and the services you use.
3.1 Contact and enquiry information
When you contact us or submit an enquiry, we may collect:
- your name;
- email address;
- telephone number;
- country or location;
- school or organisation;
- job title or professional role; and
- information you provide in your enquiry or correspondence.
3.2 Educator and candidate information
If you register as an educator, create a candidate profile, apply for a vacancy or participate in our recruitment services, we may collect information including:
- name and contact details;
- date of birth, where requested;
- country of residence;
- nationality;
- gender, where requested;
- work eligibility or visa-related information;
- CV or résumé;
- professional profile;
- profile photograph;
- employment history;
- education and qualifications;
- teaching credentials and professional certifications;
- teaching experience;
- curriculum and subject experience;
- leadership experience;
- languages;
- preferred roles and employment preferences;
- preferred countries or locations;
- availability;
- information contained in applications;
- references and referee information;
- copies or details of relevant professional documents, where requested; and
- other information you choose to provide in connection with your profile or an application.
Depending on the particular service or recruitment process, we may request additional information where reasonably necessary.
Candidates should avoid providing information that is not relevant to their professional profile or the recruitment process.
3.3 Schools and educational organisations
If you use Sky Educate on behalf of a school or educational organisation, we may collect:
- your name;
- professional contact details;
- job title;
- school or organisation;
- country or location;
- account information;
- vacancy information;
- recruitment requirements;
- candidate search and recruitment activity;
- consultancy requirements;
- professional development requirements; and
- communications with Sky Educate.
3.4 Account information
When you create or use an account, we may process information such as:
- name;
- email address;
- account identifier;
- account type;
- associated organisation, where applicable;
- authentication information;
- account preferences; and
- account activity.
3.5 Website and technical information
When you use our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address;
- browser and device information;
- operating system;
- pages visited;
- dates and times of visits;
- referring website or source;
- website interactions;
- login and security information; and
- cookie and similar technology information.
More information about cookies and similar technologies is provided in our Cookie Policy.
3.6 Information obtained from other sources
In some circumstances, we may receive professional information about you from:
- schools or educational organisations;
- referees you have identified;
- recruitment or professional contacts;
- publicly available professional sources; or
- another person or organisation authorised to provide information to us.
Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate privacy information when personal information is obtained from another source.
4. How and Why We Use Your Information
We process personal information only where we have a legitimate purpose and, where required, an appropriate legal basis.
Providing accounts and services
We process personal information to create and administer accounts, provide requested services and manage our relationship with you.
Where EU or UK GDPR applies, our legal basis is generally performance of a contract, taking steps at your request before entering into a contract and/or our legitimate interests in providing and administering our services.
Recruitment and candidate services
We process candidate information to:
- create and maintain candidate profiles;
- facilitate job applications;
- identify potentially suitable employment opportunities;
- connect educators with schools and educational organisations; and
- enable authorised schools and recruiters to search for and identify potentially suitable candidates.
Our legal basis is generally performance of a contract or taking steps at your request before entering into a contract and/or our legitimate interests in operating an effective recruitment service.
Services to schools and educational organisations
We process information to provide recruitment, consultancy, professional development and related services.
Our legal basis is generally performance of a contract and/or our legitimate interests in providing and administering our business services.
Enquiries and communications
We process contact information and correspondence to answer enquiries, provide support and communicate with users and prospective clients.
Our legal basis is generally taking steps at your request, performance of a contract and/or our legitimate interests in communicating effectively with users and clients.
Website operation and security
We process technical and account information to operate, secure and troubleshoot our website and to prevent fraud, misuse and unauthorised access.
Our legal basis is generally our legitimate interests in operating a secure and reliable service and, where applicable, compliance with legal obligations.
Improving our services
We may use appropriate website and service information to understand how our services are used and improve their functionality and user experience.
Our legal basis is generally our legitimate interests in improving our services or your consent where consent is legally required.
Marketing and professional communications
Where permitted by applicable law, we may send information concerning Sky Educate services, opportunities, events, professional development or other relevant updates.
Our legal basis may be your consent or, where permitted by law, our legitimate interests.
You may opt out of direct marketing at any time.
Legal and regulatory purposes
We may process personal information where necessary to comply with applicable law, regulatory requirements, legal proceedings or lawful requests from competent authorities.
5. Sensitive and Special Category Information
Some recruitment processes may involve information that is considered sensitive or subject to additional protection under applicable data protection law.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include information relating to matters such as health or disability, safeguarding, background or criminal-record checks, or other information requiring additional protection under applicable law.
We only request or process such information where it is reasonably necessary and appropriate for a legitimate recruitment, safeguarding, legal or related purpose.
Where EU or UK GDPR applies and information constitutes special category or criminal-offence data, we will process it only where an appropriate lawful basis and any additional condition required by applicable law applies.
Access to such information will be limited as appropriate to the purpose for which it is processed.
Candidates should not include unnecessary sensitive personal information in their CV, profile or application.
6. Candidate Profiles and Recruitment
Sky Educate operates recruitment services designed to connect educators with schools and educational organisations.
When you create and make available a candidate profile, information contained in your professional profile may be accessible to authorised schools and educational organisations using Sky Educate's recruitment services for legitimate recruitment purposes.
Depending on the information included in your profile, authorised schools may be able to view information including:
- your name;
- profile photograph;
- contact details;
- nationality and location;
- professional experience;
- employment history;
- education and qualifications;
- teaching credentials;
- curriculum and subject experience;
- languages;
- employment and location preferences;
- availability;
- CV or résumé; and
- other professional information contained in your candidate profile.
Authorised schools may be able to view and download your CV as part of their candidate search and recruitment activities.
Schools can search and filter candidate profiles using professional and recruitment-related criteria. Sky Educate does not currently use solely automated decision-making to select candidates or make employment decisions on behalf of schools.
Where the functionality is available, candidates may manage the visibility of their profile or deactivate it so that it is no longer available through normal candidate searches.
Where you apply for a particular vacancy, information associated with your application may be shared with the school or organisation recruiting for that position.
Schools and prospective employers that receive candidate information may process that information independently for their own recruitment purposes and may therefore act as independent data controllers. Their processing may be subject to their own privacy policies and applicable law.
Creating a candidate account, profile or application does not guarantee an interview, employment, placement or contact from an employer.
Sky Educate does not sell candidate personal information to third parties for unrelated advertising or marketing purposes.
7. Who We Share Personal Information With
Where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we may share personal information with:
- schools and educational organisations using our recruitment services;
- prospective employers;
- organisations to which you apply;
- authorised recruitment users;
- website hosting, infrastructure and technology service providers;
- database and cloud service providers;
- email and communications providers;
- security and technical support providers;
- analytics providers, where applicable and subject to relevant consent requirements;
- payment providers, where applicable;
- professional advisers such as accountants, lawyers and consultants;
- regulators, courts, government bodies or law-enforcement authorities where legally required or permitted; and
- a purchaser or successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring or transfer of our business, subject to appropriate safeguards.
Where third-party providers process personal information on our behalf, we take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate contractual, confidentiality, privacy and security arrangements are in place.
We do not sell personal information.
8. International Data Transfers
Sky Educate is established in Qatar and provides services internationally.
Our users, schools, prospective employers and service providers may be located in Qatar, the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, the Middle East, Asia and other countries.
As a result, personal information may be transferred to, stored in or accessed from countries outside the country in which you are located, including Qatar.
Where applicable data protection law restricts international transfers, we will use an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism or safeguard where required.
Depending on the circumstances, these may include:
- transfers to countries recognised as providing an adequate level of data protection;
- approved contractual safeguards;
- standard contractual clauses or equivalent recognised mechanisms;
- additional contractual or technical safeguards where appropriate;
- specific statutory transfer mechanisms; or
- another transfer mechanism permitted by applicable law.
Where you request or express an interest in employment opportunities in another country, your information may also be transferred to prospective employers or educational organisations in that country as necessary to provide the recruitment service.
You may contact info@skyeducate.com for further information about safeguards applicable to transfers of your personal information.
9. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and to meet applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, accounting and legitimate business requirements.
As a general rule:
- Active candidate accounts and profiles: retained while the account remains active.
- Inactive or deactivated candidate accounts and profiles: retained for up to six months, unless earlier deletion is requested or a longer period is required or permitted by law.
- Recruitment and application records: retained for up to six months after the relevant recruitment process or relationship ends, unless a longer period is required or permitted for legal, safeguarding or dispute-resolution purposes.
- Closed school or organisation accounts: relevant personal information will generally be retained for up to six months after closure, except records that must be retained for legal, contractual, accounting or tax purposes.
- General enquiries and correspondence: generally retained for up to six months after the enquiry or correspondence has concluded, unless continued retention is reasonably necessary.
- Financial and transaction records: retained for the period required by applicable accounting, tax and other legal requirements.
- Marketing information: retained until you unsubscribe, withdraw consent or the information is no longer reasonably required. We may retain limited suppression information to ensure that an opt-out continues to be respected.
We may retain particular information for longer where reasonably necessary to comply with law, establish or defend legal claims, protect users, prevent fraud or resolve disputes.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or anonymise it.
10. Your Responsibilities and Choices
You should ensure that information you provide to Sky Educate is accurate and reasonably up to date.
Registered users should update their account or candidate profile when relevant information changes.
If you provide information about another person, such as a referee, you should ensure that you are entitled to provide that information and, where appropriate, that the person is aware that their information is being provided to Sky Educate.
You are responsible for protecting your account credentials and should notify us if you believe your account has been accessed without authorisation.
11. Marketing Communications
We may send relevant information about Sky Educate services, employment opportunities, events or professional development where permitted by applicable law.
Where consent is required, we will obtain it before sending marketing communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe option contained in the communication or by contacting:
Opting out of marketing does not prevent us from sending necessary account, application, security or service-related communications.
12. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:
- essential website functionality;
- authentication and login sessions;
- security;
- remembering preferences;
- understanding website usage and performance; and
- analytics or other optional functionality.
Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent where permitted by applicable law.
Where consent is required, non-essential cookies will not be activated until you have provided the required consent.
You can use our website's cookie controls to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies.
For more information about the cookies and similar technologies used, their purposes and duration, please see our Cookie Policy.
13. Information Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse or destruction.
These measures include appropriate access controls, authentication, system security and restrictions on access to personal information.
Access to personal information is limited to individuals and service providers who reasonably require it for legitimate purposes.
Where third-party service providers process information on our behalf, we expect appropriate security and confidentiality protections to be maintained.
Although we take reasonable measures to protect personal information, no internet transmission or information system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on the law applicable to our processing of your personal information, you may have rights including the right to:
- be informed about how your information is used;
- request access to personal information we hold about you;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- request deletion of your personal information;
- request restriction of certain processing;
- object to certain processing;
- object to direct marketing;
- request portability of certain personal information;
- withdraw consent where processing relies on consent; and
- lodge a complaint with an appropriate data protection or regulatory authority.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
Some rights are subject to legal conditions and exemptions and may not apply in every circumstance.
To exercise your rights, contact:
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.
15. EU and UK Data Protection
Sky Educate is established in Qatar and provides services internationally, including services to individuals in the European Union and United Kingdom.
Where the EU GDPR or UK GDPR applies to our processing, we comply with the applicable requirements and provide individuals with the rights available under those laws.
European Union Representative
Where required under Article 27 of the EU GDPR, Sky Educate's representative in the European Union is appointed.
Individuals in the European Economic Area may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in the country where they live or work, or where an alleged infringement occurred.
United Kingdom Representative
Where required under Article 27 of the UK GDPR, Sky Educate's representative in the United Kingdom is appointed.
Individuals in the United Kingdom may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
We encourage you to contact us at info@skyeducate.com first so that we have an opportunity to investigate and address your concern.
16. Automated Decision-Making and Candidate Searching
Schools and authorised recruitment users may search and filter candidate profiles using criteria available through the Sky Educate recruitment platform.
Sky Educate does not currently make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects on individuals solely through automated processing.
Search results and filters are tools designed to assist schools in identifying potentially relevant candidates. They do not constitute an employment decision.
Final recruitment, interview and employment decisions are made by the relevant school, educational organisation or authorised decision-maker.
If we introduce solely automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects, we will provide any additional information and safeguards required by applicable law.
17. Children's Information
Sky Educate's recruitment platform is intended for adult educators and professionals and for schools and educational organisations.
We do not knowingly invite children to create candidate profiles for employment recruitment purposes.
Our consultancy, professional development or educational activities may in some circumstances involve information relating to children. Where this occurs, we will only process such information where there is an appropriate purpose and legal basis and will apply safeguards appropriate to the circumstances and applicable law.
18. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.
Third-party organisations are responsible for their own privacy practices. We recommend reviewing their privacy information before providing personal information through their services.
Sky Educate is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third-party websites or services.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, recruitment platform, technology, business operations or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will be published on www.skyeducate.com, and the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy will be changed accordingly.
Where a change materially affects how we process personal information, we will take reasonable steps to notify affected individuals where required by law.
20. Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy, our handling of personal information or to exercise an applicable privacy right, please contact:
Sky Educate Business Consulting
Trading as Sky Educate
Company Registration No. 242159
Doha, State of Qatar
Email: info@skyeducate.com
Website: www.skyeducate.com