Maven SIDD · Legal
Privacy and cookies
This notice explains what personal information Maven School of Interior Decoration and Design (“Maven SIDD”, “we”, “us”) collects through this website and when you contact us, why we use it, who we share it with, and the choices and rights you have.
Last updated: 27 October 2026
1. Who we are
Maven School of Interior Decoration and Design (Maven SIDD) runs this website, mavensidd.co.uk, and is responsible for the personal information described in this notice (the “data controller”). We teach interior design at campuses in Ikeja, Lekki and Abuja, online, and through our UK administrative office.
Headquarters: No 2A, Oladipo Soyebo Close, off Muyibat Oyefusi Crescent, Omole Phase 1 Estate, Ojodu, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
UK administrative office: 5 Brayford Square, London E1 0SG, United Kingdom
Privacy questions and requests: info@mavensidd.co.uk
Because we serve students in the United Kingdom and Nigeria, we handle personal information in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, and the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.
2. What we collect
Information you give us
- Application form: your name, email address, phone number, the programme, campus and class time (“belt”) you are interested in, what you would like to design, and whether you want the prospectus.
- Enquiry and contact forms: the details you enter, such as your name, contact details and message.
- Email, phone and WhatsApp: your contact details and anything you tell us when you get in touch directly.
- Online Certificate: if you enrol on our online course, the course platform (Coursebox) collects your account details and its payment provider (Stripe) processes your payment. We do not see or store your full card details.
Information collected automatically
- Technical information: like any website, our hosting provider receives your IP address, browser type and the pages you request, and may use them to keep the site secure and working.
- Analytics (only if you accept): Google Analytics records which pages you visit, how you arrived and roughly where you are, using cookies.
- Advertising measurement (only if you accept): the Meta Pixel records page visits, programme pages viewed, clicks on our WhatsApp, phone and email links, and completed applications, so we can measure our Facebook and Instagram adverts.
We do not ask for sensitive information (such as health or religious beliefs) through this website. Please do not include it in your messages.
3. How we use it and why
| What we do | Information used | Our legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Reply to your application or enquiry, advise you on programmes and arrange enrolment | Form, email, phone and WhatsApp details | Taking steps you ask for before entering into a contract with us; our legitimate interest in answering enquiries |
| Send you the prospectus when you ask for it | Name, email | Your request (steps before a contract) |
| Run your studies if you enrol, including the online course | Contact and enrolment details | Performing our contract with you |
| Understand how the website is used so we can improve it | Google Analytics data | Your consent, given through our cookie banner |
| Measure and improve our adverts on Facebook and Instagram | Meta Pixel data | Your consent, given through our cookie banner |
| Keep the website secure and prevent abuse | Technical information | Our legitimate interest in protecting the site and its users |
| Keep records we are required to keep, and deal with legal claims | Relevant records | Legal obligation; our legitimate interests |
We will only send you marketing messages if you have asked for them or, where the law allows, about programmes similar to ones you have enquired about. Every message will tell you how to stop them. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not make decisions about you using fully automated processes.
4. Who we share it with
We share personal information only with organisations that help us run the school and this website, and only as much as they need:
- Google: stores the details you send through our website forms (Google Sheets and Apps Script), runs Google Analytics if you accept analytics cookies, and serves the fonts used on this site.
- Meta Platforms: receives Meta Pixel data if you accept marketing cookies, and carries WhatsApp messages if you contact us that way.
- NameHero: hosts this website.
- Coursebox and Stripe: run the Online Certificate course and take payment for it.
- Content delivery networks (such as unpkg): deliver some of the code this website uses, which means they receive your IP address.
- Professional advisers and authorities: where we must by law, or to protect our rights.
Where these organisations act on our instructions, they may only use your information to provide their service to us. Google and Meta also use some data for their own purposes under their own privacy policies, which is one reason we only turn on Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel if you accept.
5. International transfers
We work across Nigeria and the United Kingdom, and several of our service providers are based in, or store data in, other countries, including the United States. When personal information leaves the UK or Nigeria, we rely on the protections these providers offer, such as adequacy decisions, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum, or standard contractual clauses.
6. How long we keep it
- Applications and enquiries that do not lead to enrolment: up to 2 years from our last contact, so we can follow up on your interest, then deleted.
- Students: for as long as you study with us and afterwards for as long as we need to confirm qualifications, meet legal and accounting requirements, or deal with claims.
- Google Analytics data: for the period set in our Google Analytics account, which is no more than 14 months.
- Your cookie choice: 12 months, after which we will ask again.
7. Your rights
You have the right to:
- ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you;
- ask us to correct information that is wrong or incomplete;
- ask us to delete your information;
- ask us to restrict how we use it, or object to our using it, including for marketing;
- ask us to transfer information you gave us to another organisation;
- withdraw your consent at any time, for example by changing your cookie choice.
To make a request, email info@mavensidd.co.uk. We will reply within one month. We may need to confirm your identity first.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please tell us first so we can put it right. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk, 0303 123 1113) or the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (ndpc.gov.ng).
8. Cookies
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. We use one essential cookie to remember your cookie choice. We only use analytics and marketing cookies if you accept them in our cookie banner, and nothing from Google Analytics or Meta loads until you do.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| mv_analytics_consent, mv_marketing_consent | Maven SIDD | Essential. Remembers your cookie choices | 12 months |
| Security cookie | Our hosting provider | Essential. May be set briefly to check that visitors are not automated bots | Short term |
| _ga, _ga_N6JBBHGMGV | Google Analytics | Analytics, only if you accept. Distinguishes visitors and sessions | Up to 2 years |
| _fbp | Meta | Marketing, only if you accept. Measures visits and enquiries from our adverts | 3 months |
You can change your mind at any time. Your new choice applies straight away, and if you withdraw consent we delete the analytics and marketing cookies this site set.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may mean we ask for your choice each time you visit.
9. Keeping it safe
The website is served over an encrypted connection (HTTPS), and access to the information you send us is limited to staff who need it to deal with your application or studies. No method of sending or storing information is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect it.
10. Changes to this notice
We may update this notice from time to time. The date at the top shows when it last changed. If we make significant changes, we will make that clear on this page.