Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026

Gatha Waldorf Learning Centre ("we", "our", or "the School") is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals who interact with us, including prospective families, current families, students, and visitors to our website. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information:

• Contact information: name, email address, phone number, and postal address
• Enquiry information: details submitted through our contact or admissions forms
• Child information: name, age, and educational background (for admissions purposes only)
• Website usage data: pages visited, time spent on site, referring website, approximate location (city level), device and browser type, collected through analytics and advertising tools
• Advertising identifiers: cookie identifiers set by Google Analytics and Google Ads so we can measure which adverts lead families to enquire

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to enquiries and process admissions applications
• Communicate school news, events, and updates to enrolled families
• Improve our website and services
• Measure the performance of our advertising, and show our adverts to people with similar interests on Google platforms
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

3. Sharing of Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information with:

• Service providers who assist in operating our website or conducting school activities (e.g. email platforms, form processors), subject to confidentiality agreements
• Our marketing agency and advertising platforms such as Google, who process website usage and advertising data on our behalf under contract. Enquiry form details, including your child’s information, are not used for advert targeting
• Regulatory authorities where required by law
• Accreditation bodies such as NZCSE and SIWKA, where relevant to your child's enrolment

4. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Enquiry data from families who do not enrol is typically deleted after 12 months. Student records are retained for the duration of enrolment and for a reasonable period thereafter as required by regulations.

5. Cookies, Analytics and Advertising

Our website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use them in three ways:

• Essential: required for the website and its forms to work
• Analytics: Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it
• Advertising: Google Ads, to measure which adverts lead to enquiries and, where permitted, to show our adverts to people who have visited our site

Analytics and advertising tags are managed through Google Tag Manager. Visitors from the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom have advertising and analytics storage switched off until consent is given. You may disable cookies at any time through your browser settings, and you can opt out of personalised Google advertising at adssettings.google.com. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of parts of our website.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information (subject to legal obligations)
• Withdraw consent for communications at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. However, no data transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Gatha Waldorf Learning Centre
Sr.No. 25, EvoGreen City, Gathagram Rd, Dehu, Maharashtra 412109
[email protected]