Privacy Policy: Aim and Goal
This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Company and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Company is the “data controller”. This means that Company determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.
Data We Receive Directly from Your Activities
Organization collects information actively provided by Users. We may also collect information about the computers, mobile devices, or other devices you use to access Organization’s websites and technology network, such as IP address, unique device identifiers, browser types, browser languages, web pages visited, network software access, referring web pages, date, time, and duration of activity, passwords, and accounts accessed, volume of data storage and transfers, and locations of User devices when connected to Organization’s websites and technology network. Logs of this information may be retained. We may contract with non-Organization service providers to help us better understand Users.
Data Processing and Use
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Identification and authentication: We use your identification information to verify your identity when you access and use our Services and to ensure the security of your personal data. This is so we can comply with our contractual obligations to you.
- Operating the Services: We process your personal data to provide the Services you have requested. This is so we can comply with our contractual obligations to you.
- Improving our Services: We analyze information about how you use our Services to provide an improved experience for our customers of all our Services, including product testing and site analytics. It is in our legitimate business interests to use the data provided to us for this purpose, so we can understand any issues with our Services and improve them.
- Communicating with you: We use your personal data when we communicate with you, for example, if we are providing information about changes to the terms and conditions; if you contact us with questions throughout the application process; or for sending you newsletters and publications. It is in our legitimate interests that we are able to provide you with appropriate responses and provide you with notices about our Services.
- Marketing: We use your personal data to build a profile about you and place you into particular marketing segments in order to understand your preferences better and to appropriately personalize the marketing messages we send to you. It is in our legitimate interest to provide more relevant and interesting advertising messages. Where necessary or required by law, we will obtain your consent before sending such marketing messages.
- Exercising our rights: We use your personal data to exercise our legal rights where it is necessary to do so, for example, to detect, prevent and respond to claims of fraud, intellectual property infringement claims or violations of law or our standards of conduct, university policies, or our terms of use.
- Complying with our obligations: We process your personal data to, for example, carry out fraud prevention checks or comply with other legal or regulatory requirements, as required by law.
- Customizing your experience: When you use the Services, we use your personal data to improve your experience of the Services, such as by providing interactive or personalized elements on the Services and providing you with content based on your interests. It is in our legitimate interests to provide you with a customized experience.
- Keeping our records accurate and up-to-date: This processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations and to serve our legitimate interests in efficient management and administration.
In addition, we may use your sensitive personal data for these and other purposes, including:
Statistical reporting: Information revealing racial or ethnic origin that may be voluntarily disclosed during the application process may be used for purposes of statistical reporting related to diversity and/or to comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
We may also anonymize your personal data in such a way that you may not reasonably be re-identified by us or any other party, and we may use this anonymized information for any purpose.
Third-party Information Sharing
We allow access to your personal data by our advertising partners and networks for the purpose of delivering targeted advertisements. While we do not disclose personally identifiable information, we may share aggregated user data to help advertisers reach their intended audience.
Data Protection and Privacy
Secure Data Management Protocol
Your personal information is stored on secure servers in protected facilities. We ensure that any data transfer, storage, or processing is conducted securely and in compliance with our Privacy Policy. By submitting your personal data, you consent to these secure management practices.
Cookie Settings
We use cookies to collect information relating to your use of the Website to enable, maintain and improve the functioning of our Website and the quality of our products and services. For more information, please see our Cookies Policy.
Additional Sections
Data Protection and Third-Party Engagement
Your personal information will be kept confidential and will not be shared with third parties unless legally required or part of fulfilling the contract. Once the contractual obligations are met, your data will be secured and later deleted following legal requirements unless you consent to further use. For contractual purposes, your essential information, like name and address, will be provided to suppliers for delivering services.
Privacy Protection Laws Globally
Our data retention policy ensures that personal data is held only as long as needed for its intended use or until your request for deletion, complying with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Be aware that deleted data might still be stored on backup or archival media for legal purposes.