Privacy Policy

 

1. Information You Provide to Us Directly 

SocyGen may collect different information from or about You depending on the manner in which You use the Services. The following examples are provided to help You better understand the information We may collect through Your use of the Services. 

Please note, SocyGen is not responsible for how others use information that is publicly available or otherwise accessible to others who have access to the Services. 

When You sign up for and use the Services (including through a Third Party Platform) We will collect any information You provide to Us directly such as the following: 

Registration Information: 

In order to use certain features of the Services, such as registering for a Course, You are required to register for an Account, and in that case, We will collect and store any registration information You provided to Us, such as e-mail address, password, Your date of birth, and age, and we will assign You a unique identifying number (“Registration Information”). 

Profile Information: 

You may also have the option of providing additional information about Yourself, including but not limited to a photo, headline, website link, social media profiles, or other information you may choose to enter ("Profile Information") to create a profile ("Profile"). Your Profile and Profile Information will be publicly viewable to others. 

Public Posting / Shared Content: 

Some of the Services may allow You to interact with other Users and/or post, share, communicate or otherwise transmit content publicly, such as by posting comments in a Course page, sending messages to others, submitting testimonials or posting photos (collectively "Shared Content" or "Public Posting"). We may collect and store Public Postings and Shared Content. Shared Content or Public Postings may be publicly available or viewable by others depending on where such content is posted. 

You hereby grant SocyGen a non-exclusive right and license to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, offer, market and otherwise use and exploit the Public Postings and 

Shared Content. 

In the event that You are selected as "Learner of the Day" or "Learner of the Month", You agree to Our publishing of your Registration Information (except for your email address), Profile Information, and Course Information as well as your response to the accolade for marketing purposes and/or via Our Services. 

Course Information: 

SocyGen allows You to enroll in and take online Courses on a variety of topics which are taught by Publishers where, among other things, You will see reviews for Courses by others. We collect information relating to taking Courses, including, without limitation, topic, course and assessment completion activity and other items submitted to satisfy the Course requirements, ("Course Information"). 

You hereby consent to Our sharing of Registration Information (except for your email address), Profile Information, and Course Information to Publishers. SocyGen does not provide Students’ email addresses to Publishers. SocyGen does not control how Publishers treat Registration Information, Profile Information, or Course Information and is not liable for Publishers’ use of such information. 

Payment Information: 

If You make any purchases through our Services, such as for Certificates, We may collect certain information regarding Your purchase (such as Your name and address) as necessary to process Your order. You will be required to provide certain payment and billing information directly to our payment processing partners, including but not limited to Your name, credit card information, billing address and zip code. We do not access, store or collect Your credit card information. 

Information Received Through Your Third Party Platform: 

The Services may contain third party links or allow You to access the Services through Third Party Platforms, such as Facebook. If You use Our Services on or through a Third Party Platform, including via any any mobile and/or other Internet connected devices (“Wireless Devices”), or click on third party links, the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information and Your use of the Services will also be subject to the privacy policies and other terms of such third parties or Third Party Platforms. You should review such privacy policies, terms, and other agreements. 

When You use Our Services through a Third Party Platform, You allow Us to collect and use certain information from Your Third Party Platform profile or account as permitted by the terms of that Third Party Platform and Your privacy settings and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

By way of example only, We may collect some or all of the following information from Your Third Party Platform account when You register or use the Services on or through a Third Party Platform: 

  • Your full name 

  • Your profile picture or its URL 

  • Your ID Number, which is linked to publicly available information such as Your name and profile photo 

  • The login Email address 

  • Your physical location and that of Your access devices, including any Wireless Device 

  • Your gender 

  • Your birthday 

  • List of friends or contacts 

You may choose not to allow the Third Party Platform to provide Us with certain information about You, but You might not be able to use certain features of Our Services if You enable such restrictions. 

Sweepstakes, promotions, and Surveys: 

From time to time, We may ask You to complete a survey and/or offer You the opportunity to participate in promotions and/or sweepstakes (collectively, “Promotions”) via the Services or through a Third Party Platform. If You choose to participate in a Promotion, We will collect and store the information You provide in connection with Your participation in the Promotion, including, but not limited to, Your name, e-mail address, date of birth, and/or phone number. Such information shall be subject to this Privacy Policy unless otherwise stated in the official rules or guidelines of the Promotion or in another privacy policy governing the Promotion. Information we collect in connection with a Promotion will be used to administer the Promotion, such as by notifying winners and distributing prizes. As permitted by applicable law, Your information may also be used by SocyGen or the Promotion sponsor for marketing purposes. 

Your entry into the Promotion may result in the addition of Your information to our mailing list as well as to the mailing list of our promotional partners. Acceptance of a prize may require You (unless prohibited by law) to allow Us to post publicly some of Your information via our Services, such as on a winner's page. In some instances, a third-party advertiser or sponsor may operate or host a Promotion on or through our Services, and collect Your information. In those cases, where We are not the sponsor or operator of the Promotion, We have no control over the information collected and, before participating, You should review the official rules as well as the advertiser's or the sponsor's privacy policy applicable to the Promotion. All of Our Promotions are intended for people who are the age of majority in their respective state, province or country unless otherwise expressly stated. 

Communications, Support Requests, Potential Abuse:  

If You contact Us for assistance, or to report a problem, concern, potential abuse or other issues regarding the Services, including before You have created an Account, We may collect and store Your contact information, communication, and/or other information about You, including but not limited to Your name, e-mail address, location, operating system, IP address, any other information You provide Us in the course of such communications, and/or other information that may be collected by automated means described herein. We reserve the right to conduct further research and obtain further information as necessary. We will use the information to respond to You and research Your request/communication, all in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy. 


2. Information We Collect Through Automated Means 

Technical and Usage Data 

When You access the Services, including browsing Our Courses, We collect certain information by automated means. This information may include without limitation: 

  1. technical information about Your computer or Wireless Device, such as Your IP address, device type, operating system type and version, unique device ID, browser, browser language, domain and other systems information, platform types (collectively, “Technical Information”); 

  2. usage statistics about Your interaction with the Services, including Courses accessed, time spent on pages or the Services, pages visited, search queries, click data, portions of the Services used, date and time, and other information regarding Your use of the Services (collectively, “Usage Data”). 

This Technical Information and Usage Data, which may be linked to Your information, is collected through the use of server log files and tracking technologies, including: 

  1. cookies, which are small files that websites send to Your computer or Wireless Device to uniquely identify Your browser or mobile device or to store information in Your browser setting; 

  1.  web beacons, which are small objects that allow Us to measure the actions of visitors using the Services. 

For more detailed information regarding how We use cookies and other technology, please review the additional information in this Privacy Policy under the Section entitled "Our Cookies Policy" and review the full SocyGen Cookies Policy.