Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 9th, 2026

Teach the Finnish Way respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit teachfinnishway.com, and explains your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Finnish data protection law.

If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use the Website.

1. Who We Are (Data Controller)

Teach the Finnish Way

‍Mannerheimintie 15A, 3rd Floor, 00260 Helsinki,

FinlandY-tunnus (Business ID): 3283269-6

VAT: FI32832696

We are the data controller responsible for your personal data collected through this Website. To contact us, including for any privacy-related request, please use the contact form at teachfinnishway.com/contact.

2. What Personal Data We Collect

2.1 Information you provide directly

We do not publish a contact email or phone number on the Website. Our contact form is the only channel for inquiries, and when you submit it, we collect:

  • Full name
  • Email address
  • Your role (Teacher, Principal or Head of School, Education Consultant, Researcher or Academic, or Other — as selected)
  • Your area of interest (Study tour, School Visit, Training & Workshops, Consultancy, or General inquiry — as selected)
  • School or educational organization name
  • Your country
  • Any additional details you provide (themes, dates, group size, etc.)

Newsletter. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. We use this solely to send educational content, blog updates, and information about our programs — not for advertising to third parties. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in every email we send.

2.2 Information collected automatically

When you browse the Website, certain data may be collected automatically via cookies and similar technologies, including:

  • IP address (typically truncated/anonymized where used for analytics)
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type and operating system
  • Pages visited, time spent, referring URLs
  • General location (derived from IP address)

See Section 5 (Cookies) for full detail and how to control this.

2.3 Information from third parties

We may receive limited data from third-party services we use to operate the Website (see Section 6), such as spam/bot-verification signals from our CAPTCHA provider.

We do not knowingly collect financial, health, or other special category data through this Website.

3. How and Why We Use Your Data (Legal Basis)

  • Responding to your inquiry (booking a study tour, school visit, workshop, or consultancy) — using your name, email, role, organization, and country — based on contract (pre-contractual steps) and legitimate interest.
  • Sending our newsletter (educational blog content and program updates) — using your email address — based on consent.
  • Improving and securing the Website (analytics, fraud/spam prevention) — using usage data and cookies — based on consent for analytics/marketing cookies, and legitimate interest for security.
  • Complying with legal, tax, and accounting obligations — using invoicing data where applicable — based on legal obligation.
  • Personalizing your experience on the Website — using cookie/preference data — based on consent.

You may withdraw consent at any time (see Section 8) without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

4. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with:

  • Service providers / processors who process data on our behalf under a data processing agreement, including:
    • Webflow — website hosting, form submissions
    • MailerLite — newsletter delivery
    • Cloudflare (Turnstile) — bot/spam protection on our forms
    • Google (Fonts, and, if enabled, Analytics/Ads) — website functionality and, where consented, analytics/advertising
    • Europass Teacher Academy and other accreditation/partner bodies, where relevant to arranging your program
  • Legal and regulatory authorities, where required by law
  • Professional advisors (accountants, auditors, legal counsel), as needed

Where these providers are located outside the EU/EEA (e.g. the United States), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or an applicable adequacy decision to ensure your data remains protected.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate the Website and, where you consent, to analyze usage and personalize content.

5.1 Cookie categories

  • Necessary / Functionality — essential for the Website to function (e.g. remembering cookie preferences, load balancing, security). Always active, no consent required.
  • Analytics Storage — helps us understand how visitors use the Website so we can improve it. Off by default; only activates if you choose to enable it.
  • Ad Storage / Ad Personalisation / Ad User Data — used for advertising measurement and personalization, where applicable. Off by default; only activates if you choose to enable it.
  • Personalization Storage — remembers your preferences to tailor content. Off by default; only activates if you choose to enable it.
  • Security Storage — supports fraud prevention and account/session security. Off by default; only activates if you choose to enable it.

5.2 Your choices

When you first visit the Website, a cookie banner lets you:

  • Accept All — enables all cookie categories
  • Reject All — enables only strictly necessary cookies
  • I want to choose — lets you enable/disable each category individually

You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the fingerprint icon in the corner of the page.

5.3 Specific cookies/technologies in use

Google Fonts (delivery), Google gtag/Consent Mode (analytics/ads, if enabled), Cloudflare Turnstile (bot protection), and Webflow's own functional cookies.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

  • Inquiry/contact form data: retained for [X months/years] after your last interaction, or until you ask us to delete it
  • Newsletter data: retained until you unsubscribe
  • Analytics data: retained per our analytics provider's default retention settings (e.g. 14–26 months for Google Analytics), or as configured
  • Invoicing/accounting data: retained per Finnish statutory bookkeeping requirements (generally 6 years)

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

As a data subject, you have the right to:

  • Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Erasure ("right to be forgotten") — ask us to delete your data, subject to legal exceptions
  • Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data
  • Data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
  • Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing
  • Withdraw consent — at any time, for processing based on consent (e.g. cookies, newsletter)
  • Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us via our contact form. We will respond within one month, as required by GDPR.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto), Finland's supervisory authority:Website: tietosuoja.fi

8. Managing Your Cookie Consent

You can withdraw or change your cookie consent at any time by clicking the fingerprint settings icon on the Website, or by clearing your browser's local storage/cookies for this site.

9. Children's Privacy

The Website is intended for educators, school administrators, and professionals, and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.

10. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, in accordance with GDPR Chapter V.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us via our contact form:

Teach the Finnish WayMannerheimintie 15A, 3rd Floor, 00260 Helsinki, Finland