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Privacy & Cookies Policy
EduTakers Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
EduTakers is an educational resource website designed to help students revise for exams. This Privacy Policy outlines how EduTakers collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit their website or use their services. You can find the Privacy Policy on their website at https://edutakers.com/privacy.
2. Minimum Age
The website is not intended for children under 13. Users under 13 must have a parent or guardian’s permission to use the website and provide any personal information.
3. Data Controller
This Privacy Policy applies to EduTakers Ltd., the company responsible for data processing on the website.
4. Commitment to Your Privacy
EduTakers is committed to protecting your personal information and using it responsibly according to current legislation and best practices. They aim to be transparent about how they handle your data throughout the process.
5. What Information We Process
EduTakers collects various types of information about you, categorized as follows:
- Device Information: This data is automatically collected about your device whenever you visit the website. It includes information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, EduTakers collects information about how long you stay on the Site, the individual web pages or resources that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and other information about how you interact with the Site.
- Pseudonymous Information: This refers to anonymized data that EduTakers collects on audience interaction with their Services. This data cannot be used to identify you as a person and is used in aggregate to improve the overall user experience. It includes:
- Your answers as you participate in surveys
- Your engagement with their social media platforms
- Your public reviews of their Services
- Order Information: When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, EduTakers collects certain information about you. This information is used to fulfill your membership subscription and includes:
- Your name
- Your password (stored securely)
- Your email address
- Your relationship as a user to the Site (e.g., student, teacher, parent)
- Payment Information: The payment processors that EduTakers partners with to process credit card charges also collect your Order Information, in addition to your payment details. This information is referred to as Payment Information and includes:
- Your credit card numbers
- Your billing address
EduTakers does not collect sensitive information, which includes data defined under the UK GDPR as “special category data” such as race, ethnicity, political opinions, religious beliefs, or biometric data.
n summary, when EduTakers refers to “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, they are referring to all of the above categories: Device Information, Pseudonymous Information, Order Information, and Payment Information.
6. How We Process Your Information
EduTakers uses your information for various purposes, which they have categorized into two main reasons:
- Legitimate Interests: This is a legal term that allows EduTakers to process your information for purposes they believe are beneficial to both you and them, provided they do not override your rights and freedoms. They use your Device Information to:
- Screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address and general location)
- Serve you with content and show you advertisements relevant to your browsing activity
- Improve and optimize their Site overall
- Generate reports about how users browse and interact with the Site
- Assess the success of their marketing and advertising campaigns
- Fulfilling your Membership Subscription and with your Consent: EduTakers will use your Order Information to process your payment and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations. They may also use this information to:
- Communicate with you about your account
- Screen your orders for potential risk and/or fraud
- Understand how users browse and interact with the Site
- Assess the success of their marketing and advertising campaigns
- Invite you to respond to surveys or write a public review of their Services
EduTakers will only ask for your
consent for specific purposes, such as:
- Providing you with information or advertising relating to their Services
- Showing you advertisements that might interest you the most
- Building a personalized profile of your interests to show you personalized advertisements that are most relevant to you
Additionally, if EduTakers’ business is sold, they may transfer your personal data to a third party as part of the sale. They will ensure the new owner adheres to this Privacy Policy and respects your privacy rights.
7. Sharing Your Information
EduTakers works with a variety of carefully selected businesses to help them process your data. They will only share your information with these businesses for the purposes outlined in section “How We Process Your Information”. These businesses include:
- Payment Processors:
- Stripe and/or PayPal: process your payment information. You can learn more about how they use your personal information here:
- Analytics Providers: help EduTakers understand how users interact with the Site. You can learn more about how they use your personal information here:
- Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
- RudderStack Analytics: https://www.rudderstack.com/privacy-policy/
- Amplitude: https://amplitude.com/privacy
- EduTakers may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information they receive, or to otherwise protect their rights.
8. How We Keep Your Information Safe
EduTakers implements security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, improper use, accidental loss, and destruction. They have security policies, rules, and technical measures in place to achieve this. All EduTakers employees and data processors that have access to your information are legally obligated to respect the confidentiality of your data.
9. Your Rights
If you are a European resident, you have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights include:
- Accessing your personal information that EduTakers holds
- Requesting that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted
- Objecting to how EduTakers processes your personal information
You can contact EduTakers to exercise these rights. You can send them an email at [email protected] or write a message using the form available at https://edutakers.com/contact/.
EduTakers notes that they may need some additional information from you to help them identify the specific data you are requesting. This information might include your name, email address, or IP address.
In some cases, EduTakers may need to retain your information to fulfill contractual obligations, such as an active membership subscription, or for legitimate interests as outlined in section “How We Process Your Information”. Additionally, your information may be transferred outside of Europe to fulfill these purposes.
10. Use of the Website by Children
The website is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. EduTakers does not knowingly collect Personal Information from or about any person under this age.
11. Links to Other Websites
This Privacy Policy does not cover links within the Site that link to other websites. Those sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, and if you have questions about how a site uses your information, you will need to check that site’s privacy statement. EduTakers does not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third-party websites.
12. Do-Not-Track Features
Please note that EduTakers does not alter the Site’s data collection and use practices when browsers use a Do Not Track signal.
13. Cookies Policy
EduTakers uses cookies and similar technologies to improve the performance of the website and enhance your user experience. This policy explains how they use cookies.
13.1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website may place on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or page. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognize your device the next time you visit.
13.2. Types of Cookies Used
EduTakers uses various cookies for different purposes, categorized as follows:
- Preference Cookies: remember choices that users have made
- Statistics Cookies: analyze user behavior to improve the website, for instance, which pages users visit most often, and if they get any error messages.
- Marketing Cookies: EduTakers may use marketing cookies to show you advertisements that are more likely to interest you. You will typically see these advertisements on third-party websites. However, EduTakers will only use marketing cookies after you have given your consent. Here are some ways EduTakers might use marketing cookies:
- Based on your browsing activity on the EduTakers website, they can build a profile of your interests and show you advertisements on third-party websites that are more likely to interest you.
- EduTakers may also use cookies to limit the number of times you see an advertisement.
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website.
13.3. Third-Party Cookies
EduTakers may also allow third parties to place cookies on the Site. These third-party cookies may be used for analytics, market research, and advertising purposes. You can typically find more information about how these third-party cookies work on the website of the third-party that placed the cookie.
13.4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can typically configure your web browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is being sent. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. The procedure for managing cookies depends on the web browser you are using. You can find instructions on how to manage cookies for the most popular web browsers by following these links:
* Google Chrome: [https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop)
* Internet Explorer: [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d)
* Mozilla Firefox: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox)
* Safari (Desktop): [https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082](https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082)
* Safari (Mobile): [https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082](https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082)
Disabling cookies may limit your use of the Site.
14. Updates to this Privacy Policy
EduTakers may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in their practices or for other operational, legal, or security reasons. It is recommended you check this Privacy Policy periodically for the latest information.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact EduTakers by email at [email protected] or through the website’s contact form https://edutakers.com/contact/.
