Purpose of Privacy Statement
This Privacy Policy outlines how we handle personal data collected through various interactions with our company, including but not limited to service usage, website visits, communications, and participation in promotions, surveys, events, or newsletters. It is crucial to read this policy alongside any other specific privacy notices we may provide on particular occasions to ensure you understand how and why we use your data. This policy is intended to complement—and not replace—any other notices.1) INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND RECEIVE
Our site collects the following types of personal and non-personal information:- Personal information which may include your full name, address, phone number, email address, zip code, IP address;
- Demographic information which may include gender, race, ethnicity, education level, age, military/veteran status.
- Login information such as username and password;
- Work title, job title, department information, industry, licensure or credentials, and other information related to your work or Organization;
- User activity which may include all content that you create, share or post in audio, video, text, images, and other media or software files that you provide on or through our web sites, ads, events and profiles, or that are provided on your behalf, including information in or about the content you provide, such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created; and information other people provide about you when using our web sites, ads, events or profiles, including when they send a message to you or upload information about you;
- Web analytics which may include domain, geographic area, date/time of use, date/time data was collected, sites/subsites/pages viewed, click rates, and all communications with other users, including third parties, of our web site and profiles;
- User communications, feedback, suggestions, and ideas sent to us;
- Information you provide us when you or your Organization contact or engage us for support regarding our web site, events or profiles;
2) Your Data Usage: Objectives and Practices
We may use the Personal Information we collect for the following purposes:- Administering applications, registration, and financial services: to review and process applications and registrations; to verify the information you provide us and for other related purposes.
- Providing support and services: to provide our Services; to communicate with you about your access to and use of such Services; to respond to your inquiries; to provide troubleshooting, fulfill your orders and requests, process your payments, and provide technical support; for other customer service and support purposes; and to facilitate communications and collaboration with you and others in our community, including through our Partners, Service Providers, and our social networking, community, and collaboration features. In the event you use the chat functionality on our Site, you may either chat with a live agent or a chatbot.
- Personalizing content and experiences: to tailor content we send or display on the Services in order to offer location customization, personalized help and instructions and to otherwise personalize your experiences; to reach you with more relevant ads and to measure ad campaigns
- Marketing and promotional purposes: to administer promotions and contests; to promote our Company and the Services we offer; to send you newsletters, offers, or other information regarding products or services we think may interest you
- Analyzing and improving our services and operations: to better understand how users access and use the Services we offer; for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our Services and business operations and to develop additional programs, services, and features; and to improve our Services, and user experiences
- Securing and protecting our assets and rights and preventing misconduct: to protect our business operations, secure our network and information technology assets and services; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized access or activities, cheating, plagiarism, and other misconduct; and, where we believe necessary, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected violations of our student policies, Terms of Use, or this Privacy Policy, as well as fraud, illegal activities, cheating, plagiarism, misconduct, and other situations involving potential threats to the rights or safety of any person
- Complying with legal obligations: to comply with the law or legal proceedings. For example, we may disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and other lawful requests by regulators and law enforcement, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements
- Supporting our general business operations: to support the administration of our general business, accounting, record keeping, and legal functions, including to analyze operational and business results and risks, to collect outstanding amounts owed, and to maintain business Records
3) Third-party Digital Policies
When you access our website, we may analyze your browsing behavior to improve our content and services. This analysis is generally anonymized and does not identify you personally. You have the option to opt out of this tracking.4) Information Storage
We may disclose the Personal Information we collect as follows:- Service Providers. We may share your Personal Information with third-party Service Providers who use this information to perform services for us, including payment processors, content providers, chat providers, hosting providers, auditors, advisors, consultants, account collection agencies, advertising and marketing partners, and customer service and support providers.
- Company Partners. We may share your Personal Information with our Partners who we work with to make available certain services and/or other offerings.
- Business Transfers. We may disclose or transfer your Personal Information as part of any actual or contemplated merger, sale, transfer of our assets, acquisition, financing, or restructuring of all or part of our business, bankruptcy, or similar event, including related to due diligence conducted prior to such event, where permitted by law.
- Legally Required. We may disclose your Personal Information as required under applicable law or in response to legal process (e.g., in response to a subpoena or court order).
- Protect our Rights. We may disclose your Personal Information where we believe it necessary to respond to claims asserted against us or to comply with legal process; to enforce or administer our agreements and terms; for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, and protection of the rights, property, or safety of the company, our clients, customers, and others.