Privacy Policy

Last updated April 18, 2023

This privacy notice for Coursology ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you interact with our services, including visiting our website available at: https://coursology.com/ (“Website”) or engaging in sales, marketing, or events. We respect your privacy and are committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at team@coursology.com.

The Types of Personal Information

We collect and process various types of personal information, including your name, email address, password, username, billing address, and debit/credit card number. We do not process any sensitive personal information, such as health, biometric, or genetic data.

Personal Information Collection

We collect personal information based on your interaction with us online, by visiting our Website, and by using our services. We may collect your personal data through any of the following methods:

  1. Direct interactions where you provide us with identity, profile, contact, financial, and transaction data through completing documentation for us or communicating by phone, e-mail, post, via our Website or otherwise. This includes personal data that is provided to us when you:

    • Access or use our Website or our services;
    • Register an account. This may include social media login data if you register using your social media accounts, such as Facebook or Twitter;
    • Subscribe to our services;
    • Purchase information - we collect payment data for purchases and store it securely with Stripe, our payment processor. You can find Stripe's privacy notice here;
    • Provide us with feedback;
    • Otherwise contact us, or our registered partners in the course of our business.
  2. Automated technology and data where you interact with our Website and/or our services, we automatically collect technical, usage, and marketing or communications data. We collect this personal data using particular service providers, cookies, and server logs/log files. This includes:

    • Browser and device information that is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your IP address, computer type, screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type, and add-ons;
    • Log Information that is automatically collected in system logs about how you interact with our Website, such as your online activity, search terms, pages you visit, date, and time of access. This information is used to improve your experience on our Website and keep the Website free of bugs and errors;
    • Cookies and similar technologies which serve us to communicate with your end device and exchange stored information. These cookies are provided by third-party service providers (including Google Analytics, HubSpot, and Youtube) and will be used to improve the performance and design of the Website. We will obtain your consent to our use of cookies where required by law.
  3. Third parties or publicly available sources where your personal data is made available as follows:

    • Technical data from advertising networks, search information providers, and analytics providers (including Google Analytics);
    • Contact, financial, and transaction data from technical and payment services connected to our Services;
    • Identity and contact data made available from public sources, law enforcement, or government entities (as applicable);
    • Identity and contact data from third-party applications where services require the import of information about users and their clients to fulfill activities and facilitate payments.

Information Processing

We process your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and improve our services, such as creating your account, delivering your courses, and providing customer support.
  • To communicate with you, such as sending you service updates, newsletters, and marketing offers, subject to your preferences and consent.
  • To ensure security and fraud prevention, such as verifying your identity, detecting and preventing unauthorized access, and protecting our rights and property.
  • To comply with the law, such as responding to legal requests, enforcing our terms and conditions, and protecting our legitimate interests.

We process your personal information based on valid legal reasons, which may include your consent, our contractual obligations, our legal obligations, our vital interests, or our legitimate interests. We will inform you of the specific legal basis for each processing activity when we collect your personal information, or as soon as possible thereafter. You can withdraw your consent at any time, where applicable, by contacting us or using the opt-out links provided in our communications.

Information Sharing

We may share your personal information with third-party vendors, consultants, and service providers who help us provide and improve our services. These may include cloud storage providers, data analytics services, payment processors, sales and marketing tools, and artificial intelligence service providers. We only share your personal information with third parties who have agreed to process it in accordance with our instructions and this privacy notice, and who have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect it.

We may also share your personal information with public authorities, law enforcement agencies, courts, or other parties, if required or permitted by law, such as to comply with a legal obligation, to protect our rights or interests, or to defend ourselves from claims.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their own purposes, unless you have given us your explicit consent.

Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect and store information about your use of our services, such as your preferences, settings, and login status. Cookies are small files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. You can refuse or delete certain cookies through your browser settings, but some features of our services may not function properly without them.

We also use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising companies to display ads on our website, based on your browsing history and interests. These companies may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to our website and other websites, such as your IP address, device identifiers, and web pages viewed. You can opt out of the use of the DoubleClick DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. You can also opt out of the use of cookies by some third-party advertisers by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Social Media Logins

If you register or log in to our services using your social media accounts, such as Facebook or Twitter, we may receive information from those providers, such as your name, email address, profile picture, and friend list. The information we receive depends on your privacy settings and the terms and policies of the social media providers. We use this information to create and manage your account, and to personalize your experience on our services. You can revoke our access to your social media accounts at any time by changing your settings on those platforms.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, or as required by law. We will delete or anonymize your personal information when it is no longer needed, or upon your request, unless we have a legal obligation or a legitimate interest to keep it.

Information Security

We use organizational and technical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, or destruction. These measures include encryption, firewalls, access controls, and staff training. However, we cannot guarantee that your personal information is completely secure, as no method of transmission or storage over the internet is 100% secure. If you suspect any breach of your personal information, please contact us immediately.

User Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as:

  • The right to access your personal information and receive a copy of it.
  • The right to rectify your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to erase your personal information or restrict its processing, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability, which means to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit it to another controller, under certain conditions.
  • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information, where applicable, at any time.
  • The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you are unhappy with how we handle your personal information.

You can exercise your rights by contacting us or using the data subject request form available here. We will respond to your request within a reasonable time frame, or as required by law. We may ask you to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, to protect your privacy and security.

Do-Not-Track Features

Some browsers have a "do-not-track" feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. We do not currently respond to these signals, as there is no common standard for how to do so. However, you can opt out of some of our tracking technologies by following the instructions in the section on cookies and tracking technologies above.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the CCPA, such as:

  • The right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you, and the categories and sources of such information.
  • The right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information to third parties for their own purposes, if we engage in such practices.
  • The right to non-discrimination, which means that we will not deny you our services, charge you different prices, or provide you with a lower quality of service if

you exercise your rights under the CCPA.

To exercise your rights under the CCPA, you can contact us or use the data subject request form available here. We will respond to your request within 45 days, or as required by law. We may ask you to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, to protect your privacy and security.

California residents also have the right to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties, under the "Shine The Light" law. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please contact us at the address below.

Children Under 13

We do not knowingly direct our services to children under the age of 13. The minimum age to use the services may differ depending on the country or region you are in. If you believe that we have collected personal information from a minor under the minimum age, please contact us at: team@coursology.com.

Notice Updates

We may update this privacy notice from time to time to reflect changes in our data practices, laws, or regulations. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the updated notice on our website, with the revised date at the top. We encourage you to review this notice periodically to stay informed about how we protect your personal information.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, comments, or requests regarding this privacy notice or our data practices, please contact us at:

Coursology
216 Seventh Ave, Unit 6C team@coursology.com