Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 2024

Welcome! This Privacy Policy lays out how we handle your personal information when you use our website(s), including www.cyberdise-awareness.com, and interact with us in any way. Let’s break it down for clarity.

1. What’s This About?

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how you can opt out of certain uses, and the steps we take to keep your information safe from unauthorized access or misuse.

2. Please Read This Carefully

This Privacy Policy is part of our End User License Agreement (EULA). By using our websites, you agree to both the EULA and this Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, you’ll need to stop using our sites.

3. What This Policy Covers (and Doesn’t)

This policy doesn’t apply to information we handle on behalf of educational partners, job applicants, employees, or their dependents. It also doesn’t cover third-party activities.

4. We Might Update This Policy

We can update this Privacy Policy at any time. Check back often! Material changes will be posted on our sites, and we’ll let you know if any updates involve using your information in a new way.

5. When the Law Steps In

If there’s a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the law, the law wins. Your information is processed in Switzerland and in Germany. 

6. What We Collect - Personal Information

You agree that we may collect various types of personal information, including:

• Identifiers: Name, email, phone number, etc.
• Contact Info: Mailing and billing addresses.
• Demographics: Age, gender, ethnicity, etc.
• Online Activity: IP address, browsing behavior, and device info.
• Education: Schools attended, grades, transcripts.
• Professional Details: Job history, salary, credentials.
• Inferences: Your preferences, behaviors, and interests.

7. Automatically Collected Usage Data and Site Activity

We gather “Usage Data” like your device type, browser, and how you interact with our site. If this data is tied to you, we treat it as personal information. Whenever you visit our Service, we will collect information that your browser sends to us, called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

8. Recorded Communications

We might record phone calls and keep emails or other messages you send us. By contacting us, you agree to this.

9. Voluntary Disclosure

You’re not required to provide personal information, but without it, certain site features may not work for you.

10. Social Media

When you connect with us via social media, we may collect info from your profiles or interactions. Check the privacy settings of your social media accounts for control over what’s shared.

11. Cookies and Tracking Tools

We use cookies to enhance your experience. These may include:

• Session Cookies: Temporary and gone when you close your browser.
• Persistent Cookies: Stay on your device for future visits.
• Advertising Cookies: Help us show relevant ads.
• Analytics Cookies: Tell us how the site is performing.

You can disable cookies in your browser, but some site features might not work as intended.

12. Interest-Based Advertising

We may work with advertisers who use your browsing history to show you targeted ads. You can opt out of some of this via tools like the Network Advertising Initiative or Digital Advertising Alliance.

13. Informations from Advertisements

If you come to our site via an ad, we might track details like which ad you clicked and when.

Certain third parties like those below (but not limited to) collect Personal Information and/or Usage Data from users of our Sites using automatic information collection tools such as APIs, cookies, and tracking pixels. They have their own privacy policies.

14. How We Use Your Information

Here’s what we do with your information:

• Provide and improve our services.
• Help you with account management and customer support.
• Conduct marketing and research.
• Run contests and surveys.
• Ensure security and prevent fraud.

15. Sharing Testimonials

If you give us a testimonial, we might use it (and your likeness) in promotions or advertising. By submitting a testimonial, you agree to this.

16. No Selling Your Info

We don’t sell your personal information or share it for direct marketing purposes to third parties.

17. Security Measures

We use reasonable safeguards to protect your data, but no system is 100% secure. By using our sites, you accept the risks.

18. Links to Other Sites

We’re not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites linked from ours. Check their privacy policies before sharing your information.

19. Complying with Law Enforcement

We may share your information if required by law or to protect our rights, safety, or property - or that of others.

20. Business Transfers

If our company merges or is sold, your information may be shared or transferred as part of the deal.

21. Data Retention

We keep your data as long as we have a relationship with you and for a while after, to meet legal or business needs.

22. Kids Under 16

Our sites aren’t for kids under 16, and we don’t knowingly collect their information. If we find out we have, we’ll delete it.

23. California “Do Not Track” Signals

Our sites currently don’t respond to “Do Not Track” signals from browsers.

24. Data Protection Agreement

Details about data processing, storage, and security are in our Data Processing Agreement (DPA), available here.

25. Your Rights

You can:

• Request access to your data.
• Ask us to correct or delete your info.
• Restrict or object to data processing.
• Request data transfer to another service.

We’ll respond within a month. Contact us if you’d like to exercise these rights.

26. Got Complaints?

If you’re not happy with how we handle your data, you can contact your local data protection authority.

27. Contact Us

Questions? Concerns? Email our Data Privacy Department at dpo@cyberdise.io.