Effective August 20, 2020
We are committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that provides you with a powerful and secure online service. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to plainly and transparently disclose to you how we collect, use and share information, and how we attempt to safeguard the data you provide to us. We are committed to securing data that we collect concerning you (“you”) and complying with applicable data protection and privacy laws.
We use Cookies to: (a) estimate audience size and usage patterns; (b) understand and save your preferences for future visits, allowing us to customize the Sites and Services to your individual needs; (c) advertise new content, events and services that relate to your interests; (d) keep track of advertisements and search engine results; (e) compile aggregate data about Site traffic and Site interactions to resolve issues and offer better Site experiences and tools in the future; and (f) recognize when you return to the Site(s).
We set some Cookies ourselves and others are set by service providers. We use Cookies set by service providers to provide us with useful information to help us improve our Sites and Services, to conduct advertising, and to analyze the effectiveness of advertising.
Cookies can be blocked by changing your Internet browser settings to refuse all or some Cookies. If you choose to block all Cookies (including essential Cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Sites. You can find out more about Cookies and how to manage them by visiting www.AboutCookies.org.
You can understand which third parties have currently enabled Cookies for your browser or mobile device and how to opt-out of some of those Cookies by accessing the Network Advertising Initiative’s website or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s website. For more information on mobile specific opt-out choices, visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s Mobile Choices website.
You may decline to provide information. You have the right to decide not to share information through our sites.
Review and request changes to your personally identifiable information. You may use your account to access, correct, or view certain Personally Identifiable Information we have collected and which is associated with your account. You may also contact us at privacy@perdiaeducation.com or by using our online form to request information or changes.
Request deletion. You may submit a request to update or delete your information my contacting us at privacy@perdiaeducation.com or by using our online form.
PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PROVIDE US WITH CERTAIN INFORMATION OR ASK US TO DELETE YOUR INFORMATION, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FULL FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR SITES OR SERVICES (SUCH AS OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM SCHOOLS YOU REQUEST), OR ELIGIBILITY IN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, SUCH AS OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS AS WE NEED SOME PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ADMINISTER SUCH PROGRAMS.
Marketing communications. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link included in the footer of our emails. You also may submit a request to us at privacy@perdiaeducation.com or by using our online form.
Prior authentication for account access. We require individuals with registered accounts to verify their identity (e.g., email address, password) before they can access or make changes to their account information. This helps prevent unauthorized access to your account.
Measures we expect you to take. It is important for you to also play a role in keeping your information safe and secure. When signing up for an online account, please be sure to choose an account password that is hard for others to guess and never reveal your password to anyone else. If you use a shared or public computer, never choose to have your email address or password remembered and make sure to log out of your account every time you leave the computer. You should also make use of any privacy settings or controls we may provide you in our website community areas.
| Number | Description of your Right |
|---|---|
| Right 1 | The right to know what personal information we collect about you. |
| Right 2 | The right to know whether we sell or disclose your personal information, and if so, to whom. |
| Right 3 | The right to say no to the sale of personal information. |
| Right 4 | The right to access your personal information. |
| Right 5 | The right to receive equal service and pricing from us, even if you exercise your privacy rights. |
Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you the Personal Information we collected about you in the 12-month period preceding your request. This right includes the right to request: (1) specific pieces of PI we have collected about you; (2) categories of PI we have collected about you; (3) categories of sources from which the PI was collected; (4) categories of PI that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose about you; (5) categories of third parties to whom your PI was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and (6) the business or commercial purpose for collecting or, if applicable, selling your PI.
Right to Request Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Information that we have collected from you. Note that if you request that we delete your information, we may be unable to provide you with certain Services and you may become ineligible for some of our programs. Removal of personal information will be processed within 60 days of your request. All requests are subject to our data retention policy whereby backups are stored for up to twelve months.
Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information: You have the right to direct us to stop selling your Personal Information. The CCPA defines “sell” to mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a California resident’s Personal Information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
How to Exercise Your Rights: To exercise your “right to know”, “right to opt-out of sale” or your “right to request deletion,” email us at privacy@perdiaeducation.com or fill out our webform here.
Please note that to protect your information, we may need additional information from you to verify your identity before processing your request.
Under the CCPA, you may exercise these rights yourself or you may designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. We reserve the right to request that your authorized agent have written permission from you to make requests on your behalf and may need to verify your authorized agent’s identity.
If you reside in the European Economic Area and we have a business or commercial reason to use your personal information, this is considered a legitimate interest. We will tell you what that interest is in this Privacy Policy or any privacy notice provided to you at the time of the collection of the information. We will not use your personal information if such use is against your own interest.
The GDPR and other regulations treat some types of sensitive personal information as particularly sensitive, including information about racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, trade union membership, health data and criminal records. We will not collect or use these types of data without your consent unless the law allows us to do so. If we do, it will only be when necessary for reasons of substantial public interest or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
If you reside in the European Economic Area, you have a number of rights under data protection laws in relation to the way we process your personal data. These are set out below. You may contact us directly to exercise any of these rights, and we will respond to any request received from you within one month from the date of the request. In very exceptional circumstances we may need to extend this timescale, but we will always tell you in advance if we do, and our reasons why. Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
How to Exercise Your Rights: To exercise your “right to know”, “right to opt-out of sale” or your “right to request deletion,” email us at privacy@perdiaeducation.com or fill out our webform here.
Please note that to protect your information, we may need additional information from you to verify your identity before processing your request.
Under the CCPA, you may exercise these rights yourself or you may designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. We reserve the right to request that your authorized agent have written permission from you to make requests on your behalf and may need to verify your authorized agent’s identity.
| Number | Description of your Right |
|---|---|
| Right 1 | A right to access personal data held by us about you, as well as information about how we are using your data. |
| Right 2 | A right to require us to rectify any inaccurate personal data held by us about you. |
| Right 3 | A right to require us to erase personal data held by us about you, and where the personal data has been made public, for other controllers processing the personal data to also erase links to, or copy or replication of, such personal data. This right will only apply where (for example): we no longer need to use the personal data to achieve the purpose we collected it for; or where you withdraw your consent if we are using your personal data based on your consent; or where you object to the way we process your data (in line with Right 6 below). Removal of personal information will be processed within 60 days of your request. All requests are subject to our data retention policy whereby backups are stored for up to twelve months. |
| Right 4 | A right to restrict our processing of personal data held by us about you. This right will only apply where (for example): you dispute the accuracy of the personal data held by us; or where you would have the right to require us to erase the personal data but would prefer that our processing is restricted instead; or where we no longer need to use the personal data to achieve the purpose we collected it for, but you require the data for the purposes of dealing with legal claims. |
| Right 5 | A right to receive personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to require us to transfer this personal data to another organization, at your request. |
| Right 6 | A right to object to our processing of personal data held by us about you (including for the purposes of sending marketing materials to you). |
| Right 7 | A right to withdraw your consent, where we are relying on it to use your personal data (for example, to provide you with marketing information about our services or products). If you have consented to receive communications from us, you can contact us at any time to have your details removed from lists used by us or to update your marketing preferences. Please email privacy@perdiaeducation.com and provide your name, email/telephone number/account number in the body of the email, telling us what you would like us to do. You can also click “unsubscribe” on any of our emails, and we will ensure we don’t send you any communications of this nature in future. |
If you have any concerns regarding our processing of your personal data, or are not satisfied with our handling of any request by you in relation to your rights, please get in touch with our team through the contact information provided in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy.
You may also reach out to your applicable Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) for more information. There is a DPA located in each EU Member State.
