Privacy policy.

Who we are

The Council Leadership Academy operates from Lebanon, with programs also delivered in Washington, Kuwait and Toronto. For anything on this page, write to info@thecouncil.academy.

What we collect, and why

• Application details: name, email, phone, age group, program and intake. Used to process your application and contact you about it.
• Guardian details: for applicants under 18 only. Held because we need a responsible adult on file before any travel program.
• Support needs: anything you tell us in the optional field. Shared only with the faculty running your group, and never used in the admission decision.
• Inquiries: your name, email, optional phone number and message, sent through the contact or corporate forms.
• The Briefing: your email address, if you subscribe to our newsletter. We ask you to confirm by email before we add you.
• Website analytics: only if you accept analytics cookies. Anonymized information about which pages are visited, so we can improve the site. No advertising profiles are built.

What we do not do

• We do not sell your information.
• We do not share applicant details with other students, parents or partner organizations.
• We do not send marketing you did not ask for. The Briefing is opt-in, and every issue carries an unsubscribe link.
• We do not publish a delegate’s name, photograph or destination without written permission from them, and from a parent or guardian if they are under 18.

Where it is kept

Applications and inquiries are stored on the academy’s own website server and sent to the academy’s email. Only staff who need them can see them. To keep spam out, the forms record a one-way code made from your internet address, never the address itself.

How long we keep it

• Unsuccessful or withdrawn applications: twelve months, then deleted.
• Delegate records and evaluations: kept while you are with us and afterwards for as long as we need to issue certificates and references.
• Inquiries: twenty-four months.
• Briefing subscribers: until you unsubscribe.

Your rights

You can ask us to show you what we hold, correct it, or delete it. Write to info@thecouncil.academy and we will respond within thirty days. You do not need to give a reason, and asking will not affect a current application.

If a delegate is under 18, a parent or guardian can make the same requests on their behalf.

Cookies, analytics and maps

The site sets no tracking cookies unless you accept analytics, and your choice is remembered in your browser. If you accept, Google Analytics counts visits and shows us which pages are useful. If you decline, nothing is loaded and the site works the same. You can change your choice at any time from the link at the foot of every page.

The map on the contact page loads from Google only when you ask for it.

Changes

If this policy changes materially, we will update the date at the top and tell current delegates directly where it affects them.