Privacy Policy - UTK

Last updated: May 11, 2020

EmergingEd and our affiliates (collectively, “EmergingEd,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) are committed to respecting your privacy and we recognize the need to appropriately secure and manage the personal information you share with us (personal information, or personally identifiable information, includes any information by which you can be identified, including but not limited to name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number). We use technical and procedural security measures to protect personal information under our control against loss or misuse. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard any personal information that you provide to us in the course of using our website and online education services (collectively, the “Website”) or that we may otherwise collect from or about you in connection with our products and services, as well as your choices and rights with respect to your personal information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, this Privacy Policy includes and incorporates the Additional Information for California Residents (available here), which provides further information regarding our collection and use of personal information about California consumers, and describes your privacy rights under California law.

IF THE WEBSITE IS CO-BRANDED WITH ANOTHER COMPANY OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, please see the Partnerships and Co-Marketing: Joint Collection and Use section of the Privacy Policy below for additional information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites or online services that display or link to another privacy policy or notice, or where your information is collected under a different privacy policy or notice made available to you at the time your information is collected.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY—INCLUDING THE CONSENT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS BY PHONE, SMS/TEXT, AND EMAIL PROVIDED BELOW—PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE WEBSITE OR PROVIDE US WITH ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

Partnership and Co-Marketing: Joint Collection and Use

In some instances, our Website and courses are offered through partnerships with educational institutions and companies whereby we promote and deliver the Website and relevant courses to professionals on a co-branded basis with such educational/business partners (each, a “Co-Marketing Partner”). In these instances, personal information collected in connection with the co-branded website and course offerings is collected by both EmergingEd and the relevant Co-Marketing Partner. EmergingEd will collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information collected through such partnerships and co-branded websites in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, information controlled by the relevant Co-Marketing Partner shall be subject to such partner’s own privacy policy/notices.

Collection of Your Information

You can generally visit our Website without revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself. However, to enroll in our courses and access certain options and services, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information, and without providing such personally identifiable information, you may be unable to enroll or access certain options and services. The following is personally identifiable information that we may collect from or about you:

Course Registration and Enrollment

Information obtained from you on course registration and enrollment forms, as well as information you include in your EmergingEd account profile online and information generated in connection with your course participation, such as the following:

Identifiers and contact information, including first and last name, email address, telephone number, postal address, social media account name or handle, Social Security number, EmergingEd online account username and password, and date of birth. This registration information may also be gathered if you register for certain courses via our call center, postal mail, or fax. If we partner with your employer (or another company you are affiliated with) to offer you courses on a co-branded basis, we may also receive your name, email address, phone number, and postal address from your employer. When you register and pay for our courses through our third party payment processor, we will receive your postal address from such payment processor.
Course registration information, including courses you enrolled in, courses completed and not completed, and course dates and times.
Photographs, including an EmergingEd online account profile and social medial profile photos shared with us or via the Website.

Course Completion Surveys

Information submitted by you on Course Completion Surveys, such as the following:

Course registration information, including course taken and your opinions regarding the course, course materials, and instructors.
Professional and employment-related information, including current employment status, job function, job title, employer name, and salary range.
Education information, including the highest level of education completed.
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as your gender and age range.
Inferences drawn from any of the information collected via surveys and course enrollment to create a profile about you reflecting your course preferences, attitudes, and abilities.

Inquiries and Information Requests

Information obtained from you when submitting an inquiry or requesting information (including via email, our call center, or other contexts), such as your first and last name, email address, telephone number, postal address, social media account name or handle, and information requested.

Information We Collect Through Your Use of Our Website

As you navigate through the Website, certain information may be passively collected (i.e., gathered without you actively providing information) using various technologies and means. Our systems may automatically gather information about the areas you visit on the Website and collect operational information about the technology you use, such as your browser, type of computer, operating systems, geolocation, and internet service providers. Like most web sites, we and our service providers (including advertising providers) may track IP addresses during your visit and may also use session, persistent and flash cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and other successor technologies. We may request access or permission to and track location-based information from your computer or mobile device, either continuously or while you are using the Website, to provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings. Your web browser may include settings which allow you to manage or block cookies and other related technologies. We and our service providers may also use this information for operations purposes, including improving products and services, optimizing our Website and displaying relevant advertising. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Website. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

Data From Social Networks

User information from social networking sites, such as Apple’s Game Center, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, etc., including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your EmergingEd account to such social networks. This information may also include the contact information of anyone you invite to use and/or join the Website. The information we obtain from these services often depends on your settings or the applicable provider's privacy policies, so please check these policies before granting us access. If you give us permission to access this information, we will use it for the purposes described in this privacy notice.

Use of Your Information

We may use the information we collect from and about you (and your device) to create, maintain, and customize your enrollment with us; enroll you in and provide our online professional development and upskilling courses; respond to your questions or comments; provide you with customized content, targeted offers and advertising through our Website, online services, other sites, and via email or text message; contact you with information, newsletters, and promotional materials from us or on behalf of our partners and affiliates; develop new products and services, and improve our existing products and services; address problems and review the usage and operations of our Website or business, and improve our Website content, products and offerings; protect the security and integrity of our Website and our business; respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, and governmental regulations; and as otherwise described to you at the point of data collection and in this Privacy Policy.

In addition to the purposes identified above, any information we collect may also be used for analytics purposes (e.g., evaluating Website usage patterns and advertisement interactions) so that we can gauge the effectiveness of our programs and advertisements, and improve the usefulness of information presented to visitors.

We may combine the personally identifiable information you share with us through this Website with other information we collect from or about you, both online and offline. We may also combine this personally identifiable information with records provided by third parties. We use this consolidated information to help us better design our products, to communicate information to you, to enhance our marketing and research activities, and to facilitate other business functions.

In addition, we may use any information we collect as necessary or appropriate to comply with laws and regulations; monitor, investigate, and enforce compliance with and potential breaches of EmergingEd policies and procedures and legal and regulatory requirements; comply with civil, criminal, judicial, or regulatory inquiries, investigations, subpoenas, or summons; and exercise or defend the legal rights of EmergingEd and its employees, affiliates, customers, contractors, and agents.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. In addition to any other disclosures of personal information described in this Privacy Policy, your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights. We reserve the right to disclose information we collect from and about you (and your device) if required to do so by law or by a regulatory authority. We may also disclose your information as part of an investigation or enforcement action relating to improper or illegal conduct in connection with our online services or other products, including, without limitation, any situations that may potentially involve threats to the safety or privacy of any person or misuse of our Website.
Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, internet services, hosting services, customer service, legal and auditing, and marketing assistance.
Marketing Communications. With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to opt-out, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
Third-Party Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising companies and advertising networks to serve ads when you visit the Website or third-party websites. These companies may use information about your visits to the Website and other websites that are collected via web cookies and similar technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
Sale or Transfer of Ownership. During the normal course of our business, we may sell or purchase assets. If another entity acquires us or any of our assets, information we collect from and about you (and your device) may be transferred to such entity. Any successor entity shall be bound by terms and conditions reasonably similar to this Privacy Policy.

We and our service providers may create aggregated and/or de-identified databases which we otherwise use or share, but such databases will not include your personally identifiable contact information.

IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, you can learn more about the disclosure of your personal information in the Additional Information for California Residents.

Third-Party Payment Processors

We use third party payment processors to process payments made to us. In connection with the processing of such payments, we receive your postal address from the payment processors, but we do not receive or retain any financial or other information such as credit card numbers. Rather, all such information is provided directly to our third party processors. The third party processors’ use of your personal information is governed by their privacy statements and/or legal terms, which may be viewed on their website(s) located at:

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms-payments-us

https://partial.ly/privacy

Postings/Discussions

If you post information to any message boards, discussions, or other forums (“Forums”) through the Website, that information is publicly available to anyone that has access to such Forums, and we cannot control how other parties will use that information. Please use care when posting to publicly available Forums. Your profile information is accessible through the Website in connection with your postings. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever content you submit to a Forum, including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness. Only post information to Forums for lawful purposes; don’t stalk, harass, bully, or threaten people; don’t attempt to misrepresent yourself as someone else; don’t post anything obscene; etc. By uploading or otherwise transmitting material to a Forum, you warrant that the material is your own, is in the public domain or otherwise free of proprietary or other restrictions and that you have the right to post it to the Forum. You grant us the right to use all content you upload or otherwise transmit to a Forum in any manner we choose, including, but not limited to, copying, displaying, performing, or publishing it in any format or media whatsoever, or modifying it, incorporating it into other material, or making a derivative work based on it. We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to edit or remove any postings to the Forum. Any content or opinions included in the Forum from third parties is solely the opinions and responsibility of such third parties and we are not responsible for such content/opinions. You may have the ability to post information from the Website to your third party social media accounts. All such postings are also subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of the applicable third parties as well as the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Website Analytics

We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, and others, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Website through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Website, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. By accessing the Website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can install and/or update your settings for one of the following:

Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool
Google Analytics Opt-Out Plugin
Google Ads Settings Page
Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool

Your Cookie Choices

For further information about cookies and similar technologies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

BY CONTINUING TO VISIT OR INTERACT WITH OUR WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE USE OF COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Do-Not-Track Signals and Similar Mechanisms

Some web browsers may transmit "do-not-track" signals to websites with which the browser communicates. This Website does not currently respond to these "do-not-track" signals.

Third-Party Websites

The Website may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Website, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Website.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

Minors

This site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from visitors in this age group. However, if the parent or the guardian of a child under 13 years old believes that the child has provided us with personal information, the parent or guardian of that child should contact us at the information provided below to request the information's deletion.

Consent To Receive Communications By Phone, SMS/Text, and Email

Express Written Consent

By agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you are providing your express written consent to receive communications from EmergingEd (or persons or contractors acting on our behalf) at the telephone number(s) and email address you provided with your online submission or registration form. Your consent also serves as your express written consent to your past receipt of communications from us.

You further represent and warrant that: (i) you are at least 18 years old; (ii) you live in the United States; (iii) you have not registered on a national or statewide do not call list; (iv) you are the account holder of, or have the required consent to provide, the phone number(s) and email addresses provided; (v) the phone number(s) and email addresses provided are accurate and you will provide us with notice if you release them or they are otherwise reassigned for any reason.

Communications

Communications may include, without limitation, telemarketing and other promotional content through the use of email, landline phone, cellular phone, text messages (including SMS and MMS), fax, and notifications through any app that we produce or make available.

Auto-Dialers and Artificial or Prerecorded Voice Messages | Standard Rates and Charges

We may use an automatic telephone dialing system (or “auto-dialer”) and artificial or prerecorded voice or “robotext” messages. Your carrier’s standard message and data rates and charges may apply.

No Purchase Necessary

Your consent to receive these communications is not a condition of purchasing any property, goods, or services from EmergingEd.

Communication Frequency | Revoking Consent and Opting Out

How often we send you communications will vary depending on the number of programs and services you are enrolled in. You may revoke your consent to receive certain communications at any time. To stop receiving text messages reply "stop" to any of our texts. To stop receiving emails click the "unsubscribe" link provided at the bottom of our emails. To stop receiving phone calls, notify us of your request via phone, text message, or email. We will make a commercially reasonable effort to comply with any communications from you opting out. By contacting us to opt-out of a certain communications, you consent to receive a final communication confirming your opt-out.

Agreement to Engage Electronically

You understand and agree that agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you are agreeing to execute this consent in electronic form.

Your Choices | Updating Your Personal Information

You may update and amend personal information you include in your EmergingEd account profile at any time via your account online. You may request to access, change, or remove other personal information previously provided to us by contacting us at support@emerginged.com or +1-888-311-4933. For record keeping and compliance purposes, we will retain certain information collected from or about you in conjunction with our Website and courses and other commercial transactions.

You can opt out of promotional emails we may send to you by following the “unsubscribe” instructions provided in such emails. If you opt out of our marketing communications, we may still send you transactional and relationship emails, such as emails about your course registrations and account.

IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, you have additional rights with respect to your personal information, as described in the Additional Information for California Residents.

Privacy Policy Updates

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Website after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your rights as described in this Privacy Policy, please email us at support@emerginged.com or call us at +1-888-311-4933.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information

Personal Information Collected

EmergingEd has collected the following categories of personal information about California consumers in the preceding 12 months:

Identifiers and contact information, including first and last name, email address, telephone number, postal address, social media account name or handle, Social Security number, EmergingEd online account username and password, and date of birth. This registration information may also be gathered if you register for certain courses via our call center, postal mail, or fax. If we partner with your employer (or another company you are affiliated with) to offer you courses on a co-branded basis, we may also receive your name, email address, phone number, and postal address from your employer.
Course registration information, including courses you enrolled in, courses completed and not completed, and course dates and times.
Photographs, including an EmergingEd online account profile and social medial profile photos shared with us or via the Website.
Professional and employment-related information, including current employment status, job function, job title, employer name, and salary range.
Education information, including the highest level of education completed.
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as your gender and age range.
Internet and other electronic network activity information, such as browsing history, search history, cookie data, referring/exiting URL, clickstream data, time spent on Website pages or advertisements, and other information regarding or derived from your interaction with an our Website, applications, electronic communications, digital ads, and other online products, services, and content.
Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above.

Personal Information Disclosed

The chart below identifies the categories of personal information that EmergingEd has disclosed for a business purpose to third parties in the preceding 12 months, along with the categories of third parties to whom the information was disclosed. “Business purposes” include the use of personal information as reasonably necessary and proportionate for operational purposes, such as performing services on our behalf (e.g., maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, course enrollment and registration activities, verifying customer information, processing payments, or providing marketing or analytic services), auditing related to a current interaction with you and concurrent transactions, detecting and protecting against security incidents, debugging to identify and repair errors, conducting research, and undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our Website, products and services.

CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES	CATEGORIES OF THIRD PARTIES TO WHOM THE INFORMATION MAY HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED
Identifiers and contact information, including first and last name, email address, telephone number, postal address, social media account name or handle, Social Security number, EmergingEd online account username and password, and date of birth.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates
Course registration information, including courses you enrolled in, courses completed and not completed, and course dates and times.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates
Photographs, including an EmergingEd online account profile and social medial profile photos.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates
Professional and employment-related information, including current employment status, job function, job title, employer name, and salary range.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates
Education information, including the highest level of education completed.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as your gender and age range.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates
Internet and other electronic network activity information, such as browsing history, search history, cookie data, referring/exiting URL, clickstream data, time spent on Website pages or advertisements, and other information regarding or derived from your interaction with an our Website, applications, electronic communications, digital ads, and other online products, services, and content.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates
Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above.	- Internet service providers - Data analytics providers - Hosting and email providers (e.g., Amazon Web Services) - Marketing vendors and platforms (e.g., SalesForce) - Advertising networks - Social networks - Lawyers and auditors - Law enforcement and government entities - EmergingEd affiliates

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the additional rights described below with respect to personal information we collect or maintain about you.

Right to Notice | Right of Access (Request to Know)

Before or at the point we collect personal information from you, you have the right to receive notice of the personal information to be collected and the purposes for which we use it. The information provided under Collection of Your Information and Use of Your Information in the body of the Privacy Policy above is intended to satisfy this requirement. You also have the right to request (“Request to Know”) that EmergingEd disclose what personal information we have collected, used, disclosed, and sold (if applicable) about you in the preceding 12 months, including the right to request any or all of the following:

Specific pieces of personal information that EmergingEd has collected about you in the preceding 12 months.
Categories of personal information EmergingEd has collected about you in the preceding 12 months.
Categories of sources from which the personal information is collected.
Categories of personal information that EmergingEd sold or disclosed for a business purpose about you in the preceding 12 months.
Categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose.
The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information about you.

To submit a Request to Know, please email us at support@emerginged.com

Right to Deletion

You have the right to request that EmergingEd delete personal information about you which we have collected from you (“Request to Delete”). To submit a Request to Delete, please call us at +1-888-311-4933 or send an email to us at support@emerginged.com with “Delete” or “Request to Delete” in the subject line.

Please be aware that a Request to Delete does not ensure complete or comprehensive deletion of your personal information and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow deletion even if requested, such as when the information is necessary in order to complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, to provide a service requested by you, or to comply with a legal obligation.

Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of personal information

California law gives you and the right to prevent businesses from selling your personal information. EmergingEd does not sell personal information about you or anyone else, including minors, students, customers, or Website visitors.

Right Not to Be Subject to Discrimination

You have the right to be free from discrimination or retaliation for exercising any of your privacy rights under California law. EmergingEd does not and will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

Verifying Requests

We value the security and confidentiality of your personal information. Therefore, if you submit a Request to Know or Request to Delete, we must first verify your identify to make sure that you are the person about whom we have collected personal information. We verify every request carefully. Along with your request, we will ask that you provide us with certain information previously collected from you, such as your email address, phone number, postal address, and past course registrations.

Use of Authorized Agent

If you are making any of the requests above as an authorized agent, we will require notarized written authorization or a notarized Power of Attorney. Additionally, we will seek to verify your identity in the manners stated above (depending on the request type). To make a request using an authorized agent, please email us at support@emerginged.com.

Additional Information

We will maintain records of requests that are made that include the date of request, nature of request, manner in which the request was made, the date of our response, the nature of our response, and the basis for any denial of the request if it is denied in whole or part.

You are not required to create an online account with us in order to exercise your rights.

Questions or Comments

If you have any questions or concerns about EmergingEd’s privacy policies and practices, please email us at support@emerginged.com or call us at +1-888-311-4933. If you are contacting us to request deletion of personal information about you which we have collected, include “Delete” or “Request to Delete” in the subject line of the e-mail.