Start2Study ("we", "our", "us") is an educational recruitment and admissions consultancy operating in the United Kingdom. We act as an official student placement partner for recognized UK higher education institutions, assisting UK residents with university applications and Student Finance England (SFE) navigation.
To assess course eligibility and process your university placement, we may collect the following categories of information:
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, we process your personal data under the lawful bases of:
• Consent: When you complete our 60-Second Eligibility Quiz or contact form requesting an advisory call.
• Contractual Necessity: To take necessary pre-contractual steps to submit your formal application to a partner university.
• Legitimate Interests: To improve our advisory services, ensure accurate advice, and prevent fraudulent applications.
We never sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We share data solely with:
• Accredited UK Universities and Colleges: Strictly to submit your university admission file upon your approval.
• Our Secure CRM & Cloud Systems: Including Salesforce CRM, encrypted document repositories, and transactional communication engines.
• Statutory & Regulatory Bodies: Only when legally required by UK law or court order.
We implement rigorous technical and administrative security measures including TLS/SSL encryption, restricted counselor access, and automated data archiving. Student applicant files are retained for the duration of the recruitment cycle plus statutory auditing requirements, after which records are securely destroyed.
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to request access, rectification, erasure, and restriction of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, email our Data Protection Officer at compliance@start2study.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.