Definitions of Privacy Policy
We appreciate you using our platform. At Courses, we value your privacy and want you to be aware of how we gather, use, and share information about you . This privacy statement outlines your rights with relation to your personal information as well as our data gathering procedures.
What Data Do We Collect
We gather certain information directly from you, such as information you enter, information about the content you consume, and information from third-party platforms that you link to through our platform. Additionally, we automatically gather certain data, such as device information and the areas of our services that you use or interact with. The following processing operations apply to all of the data mentioned in this section: gathering, documenting, organising, storing, changing, retrieving, encrypting, pseudonymizing, deleting, merging, and sending.
Data You Provide to Us
The information we gather about you may vary based on how you use the Services. To help you better understand the data we collect, below are some examples.
We gather whatever information you give us directly when you register for an account and use the Services, including through a third-party platform. This information includes:
- Account Data
- Profile Data
- Shared Content
- Learning Data
- Student Payment Data
- Instructor Payment Data
- Communications and Support
How We Get Data About You
We collect the aforementioned data via mechanisms like cookies, web beacons, and related tracking technologies. You can choose not to have your data collected by using some of these tools.
Cookies and Data Collection Tools
Cookies are little text files that are saved by your browser. We use them to gather, store, and distribute information about your activity on Udemy and other websites. They help us make Udemy easier to use and remember facts about your visits, such as your favorite language. Go to https://cookiepedia.co.uk/all-about-cookies to find out more. Clear pixels may also be used in emails to monitor open rates and deliverability.
Service providers working on our behalf (such as Google Analytics and third-party advertisers) use server log files and automated data collection tools (collectively referred to as “Data Collection Tools”), such as cookies, tags, scripts, customized links, device or browser fingerprints, and web beacons. When you use the Services, these Data Collection Tools automatically monitor and gather specific System Data and Usage Data (as explained in Section 1). We occasionally link information obtained using those data collection tools to other information we collect as outlined in this privacy policy.
What We Use Your Data For
We use your data to provide our services, connect with you, solve difficulties, protect against fraud and abuse, update and improve our services, analyze user behavior, deliver tailored advertising, and as needed by law or for safety and integrity, we utilize your data. We keep your information for as long as it’s required to fulfill the objectives for which it was gathered.
Who We Share Your Data With
We share your data with our business partners, instructors, other students, companies that provide services to us, our affiliates, analytics and data enrichment providers, your social media providers, companies that assist us in running surveys and promotions, and advertising companies that assist us in promoting our services are all given access to some of the information we share about you. Additionally, we might disclose your information if necessary for security, legal compliance, or business reorganization. Finally, if your consent is obtained or the data is aggregated or de-identified, we may distribute it in other ways.