Policy Scope Definition

Commitment to Your Privacy

Our company is steadfast in its commitment to protect your privacy. This Privacy Policy elucidates our practices regarding data collection, usage, and security.

- 1 - Gathering of Your Personal Details

We collect information about you directly from you, from third parties, and automatically through your use of our Services or interactions with us. We may combine the information we collect from these various sources.

Directly Collected Information

We collect Personal Information that you provide to us voluntarily (online or offline), including when you: respond to an advertisement; participate in a survey or a drawing; request information; set up a Social Network or other Site profile; use our Services or one of our Apps; use the chat, SMS, or email functionality on our Site to contact us; or otherwise interact with us online or offline. The exact nature of the Personal Information may vary depending on the type of response or service requested, but could include name, contact details, date of birth, financial information, demographic information, and other information.

- 2 - The Mechanics of Your Data 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.

- 3 - Third-party Content Hosting

We aggregate Personal Information from a variety of sources including partners, service providers, and publicly accessible databases. This information may be merged with existing data to enhance our services, facilitate user experience improvements, and identify potential clients and opportunities.

- 4 - Data Retention and Security Policy

Emphasis on Privacy and Security

We prioritize your privacy by implementing modern security technologies that protect your personal information. Only with your consent do we collect individual user details, and we use this information strictly for its intended purpose. Additionally, you may request the secure deletion of your personal data at any time.

- 5 - Connect with Customer Service

If you have any inquiries about this Privacy Policy or require additional details, please contact us.

- 6 - Use of Cookies

When you comment on our site, you can choose to save your details in cookies, making future comments more convenient. These cookies last one year. Visiting our login page triggers a temporary cookie to check browser compatibility, discarded when you close your browser. Login and screen option cookies enhance your browsing experience, with specific durations outlined in our policy. If you edit or publish content, a cookie tracks your activity for one day to ensure a seamless experience.

- 7 - Your Rights

Subject to applicable laws, you may have the right to request confirmation of whether we hold personal data about you, obtain access to and receive details about the personal data we maintain, receive copies of the personal data, update and correct inaccuracies in your personal data, object to the processing of your personal data, and have your personal data blocked, anonymised, or deleted as appropriate. The right to access your personal data may be limited by local law. For any requests, please contact us via email.

- 8 - Supplementary Data

User Data Deletion Requests

We respect your right to privacy. Should you request the deletion of your personal data, we will comply within 48 hours, notifying you of the action taken. Any grievances can be directed to our designated grievance officer via email. Note that contact information may be updated without prior notice.