Last updated: 23 September 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Avdi Academy collects, uses, stores and protects personal data when you use this website, contact Avdi Academy, register for a course, or participate in lessons.
Data Controller
The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is:
Angeliki Koureta
Trading as Avdi Academy
Email: info@avdiacademy.com
Information we Collect
Depending on how you interact with Avdi Academy, we may collect the following personal data:
- Full name
- Email address
- Country of residence and/or time zone
- Information submitted through registration and contact forms
- Placement test responses
- Information necessary for course administration and communication
- Payment-related information where applicable
Placement tests may be conducted through Google Forms.
How We Use your Information
We may use your personal data to:
- Process course registrations and enquiries
- Assess language level and assign students to appropriate classes
- Communicate with students about courses and lessons
- Provide online lessons via Microsoft Teams
- Organise courses and manage student participation
- Provide educational materials and support
- Process and manage payments
- Improve course organisation and teaching services
- Send newsletters or updates where you have provided the required consent.
Legal Basis for Processing
Depending on the purpose of the processing, we process personal data on the following legal bases:
- Performance of a contract: where processing is necessary to provide courses and related services.
- Consent: where you have voluntarily consented to a specific use of your personal data, such as receiving newsletters.
- Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for the administration, organisation and improvement of educational services, provided that these interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
- Legal obligation: where processing is necessary to comply with applicable legal or accounting requirements.
If we process your personal data based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before you withdrew your consent.
Data Storage and Third-Party Services
To operate Avdi Academy and provide its services, personal data may be processed by the following service providers:
- WordPress / Hostinger – website hosting and website infrastructure
- Google Forms – placement tests and form submissions
- Microsoft Teams – online lessons and communication related to lessons
- Email service providers – email communication and, where applicable, newsletters
- PayPal – payment processing where PayPal is used
- Banks and payment service providers – where payment is made by bank transfer
These service providers may process personal data on behalf of Avdi Academy or independently in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable data protection obligations.
Where required by law, we apply appropriate safeguards when personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area.
Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including the provision and administration of courses, communication with students and compliance with legal and accounting obligations.
For this reason, we may retain different categories of data for different periods, depending on the purpose and any applicable legal requirements.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Request deletion of your personal data, where applicable
- Request restriction of processing, where applicable
- Object to certain processing
- Request data portability, where applicable
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
To exercise your rights, please contact:
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data has been processed unlawfully.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal data is processed, please contact: