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We act as data processors for any data held on our system by you, your school, or end-users of your school (such as parents or teachers). Personal data includes, but is not limited to: student data, teacher data, and parent data. It is your obligation as the data controller to ensure there is lawful basis for processing. We do not share this data with third-parties, though we may access this data as part of making improvements to our service and providing support to schools when requested.
We also act as data controllers when we create aggregated statistical data which may be derived from personal data, but is not considered personal data in law as it cannot be used directly or indirectly to identify a person.
All data held on the PTC System is within the United States. We host data using Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure. We maintain daily backups which are encrypted using AES-256. Please click here for a list of sub-processors.
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As data processors, we are obliged to pass on to the school any subject access request by an end-user and not respond directly to the end-user. An end-user could be a parent, student, teacher or administrator of the system. We will assist the school in responding to any subject access request. What happens if you stop using the system This section takes effect as of 25th May 2018 While it's rare for a school to stop using PTC Wizard, we only retain personal data for as long as necessary. You can retrieve a copy of all personal data using the export features within the administration panel while the system remains active during your trial period or paid licence period.
We delete personal data within 1 year following termination of your licence or after 1 year of inactivity if you have a trial system. We terminate the licence 60 days after the renewal date if no payment has been received for the renewal.
Whenever you choose to sync data from your school information system (SIS), we add new data, update existing records with the latest information from your SIS, and delete records which are no longer relevant or no longer appear in your SIS. Most SIS suppliers are implementing controls to restrict sharing personal data via their API's where you, as the data controller, do not wish it to be shared with third parties. Please contact your SIS supplier directly with any questions.
It's possible to export data added to the PTC System to satisfy data portability. You can export all bookings for a particular parents' evening or event from the Appointments or Bookings pages retrospectively. This process can be repeated for each parents' evening & event for which you wish to export data for. It's also possible to export a list of parent details, including links to students.
We act as data controllers for any data we collect about customers in order to provide the Parents Evening System service and support to your school. Customer personal data includes, but is not limited to: technical contact details, finance contact details, phone call details, and the content & attachments of any emails sent to us.
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Most support tickets are resolved within 1 hour. However, we have 3 levels of support issues that carry different resolution times: