Privacy notice

Last updated 24 October 2026

Leading Your International School (LYIS) is an organisation for people who aspire to lead international schools, and for those already doing it. This notice explains what personal information we collect through this website, why, and what your rights are. It is written to meet the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Who we are

LYIS is [legal entity name and registered number], of [registered address]. For anything about your personal information, email contact@leadingyourinternationalschool.com.

What we collect and why

When	What	Why, and our lawful basis
You send a membership interest form	Name, email address, school or organisation, current role, country, the membership you are interested in, anything you add in the message	To reply, confirm your place and set up your membership. Lawful basis: taking steps at your request before entering a contract, and our legitimate interest in running the organisation.
You enquire about a course	Name, email address, school or organisation, the course, your message	To reply with dates, places and booking details. Lawful basis: taking steps at your request before entering a contract.
You use the contact form	Name, email address, your message	To answer you. Lawful basis: our legitimate interest in responding to people who write to us.
You subscribe to the newsletter	Email address	To send you the Principal’s Blog, news of events and courses. Lawful basis: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time using the link in every email or by emailing us.
You visit the site	Server logs: IP address, browser, pages requested, time	To keep the site secure and working. Lawful basis: our legitimate interest in protecting the service. Logs are kept for [30] days.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not use it for automated decision-making.

Where it goes

Form submissions are stored on our website, which is hosted by GoDaddy, and emailed to the LYIS team. Our email is provided by [email provider]. Newsletter addresses are held in [newsletter service, when chosen]. These providers process data on our instructions under contracts that meet UK GDPR requirements. Some of them store data outside the UK; where they do, transfers are covered by the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or an adequacy decision.

We share your information with nobody else, unless the law requires it.

How long we keep it

Membership and course enquiries: for as long as needed to deal with the enquiry, and then for up to two years so we can follow up, unless you become a member.
Member records: for the life of your membership and six years afterwards, for accounting and legal reasons.
Contact messages: up to two years.
Newsletter subscriptions: until you unsubscribe.

Cookies

This site sets only the cookies it needs to work: a session cookie when you log in to the member area, and a short-lived cookie that remembers a form you have just sent so we can show the confirmation. We do not use advertising cookies. If we add analytics, we will ask for your consent first and update this notice.

Your rights

You can ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to or restrict how we use it, and ask for it in a portable format. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. Email contact@leadingyourinternationalschool.com and we will respond within one month.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113. We would rather you told us first so we can put it right.