Privacy Policy - Open Learning Academy

At Open Learning Academy, accessible from https://openlearningacademy.co.uk/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that are collected and recorded by Open Learning Academy and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regard to the information that they share and/or collect in Open Learning Academy. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide and the reasons why you are asked to provide it will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information in various ways, including to:

✓ Provide, operate, and maintain our website
✓ Improve, personalise, and expand our website
✓ Understand and analyse how you use our website
✓ Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
✓ Communicate with you (Customer service & Marketing)
✓ Send you emails
✓ Find and prevent fraud

Log Files

Open Learning Academy follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is to analyse trends, administer the site, track users' movement on the website, and gather demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Open Learning Academy uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information, including visitors' preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimise the users' experience by customising our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Open Learning Academy.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Open Learning Academy, which are sent directly to users' browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalise the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note: Open Learning Academy has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Open Learning Academy's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found on the browsers' respective websites.

CCPA Compliance

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data not sell the consumer's personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Protection

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – Request copies of your personal data. We may charge a small fee.
The right to rectification – Request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
The right to erasure – Request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
The right to object to processing – Object to our processing of your personal data.
The right to data portability – Request that we transfer data to another organization.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Open Learning Academy does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best to promptly remove such information from our records.