Privacy Policy

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1. Introduction

Welcome to Bypije.com. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.

This policy applies to information we collect through our website, in email, text, or other electronic communications. By accessing or using our services, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:

  • Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, phone number, billing address, and payment details when you register for courses.
  • Profile Information: Username, password, educational background, professional experience, and course preferences.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website, access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and other actions taken on our platform.
  • Device Information: Web browser, IP address, device type, operating system, and other technical information.
  • Course Progress: Completion rates, quiz scores, assignment submissions, and other learning analytics.

3. How We Collect Information

We collect information through:

  • Direct Interactions: Information you provide when creating an account, purchasing courses, completing forms, or communicating with us.
  • Automated Technologies: Cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies that collect data about your browsing actions and patterns.
  • Third-Party Sources: We may receive information about you if you use any other websites we operate or services we provide.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our services, including processing transactions and managing your account.
  • To personalize your experience and deliver relevant content and course recommendations.
  • To improve our website, products, services, and customer experience.
  • To communicate with you, including sending notifications about changes to our services, updates, and promotional materials.
  • To monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends to enhance site functionality and user experience.
  • To protect our services, users, and others from fraudulent, malicious, or illegal activity.
  • To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and policies.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)

For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Contractual Necessity: Processing necessary for the performance of our contract with you (e.g., providing courses you've purchased).
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests don't override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
  • Consent: Processing based on your specific consent for particular purposes.
  • Legal Obligation: Processing necessary to comply with legal requirements.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are located in the EEA, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access: Request access to your personal data.
  • Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
  • Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal data.
  • Data Portability: Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used format.
  • Objection: Object to processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests.
  • Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal data.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of our website.
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count visitors and analyze website usage.
  • Functionality Cookies: Enable us to personalize content for you.
  • Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, pages visited, and links followed.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

  • Encryption of sensitive data during transmission.
  • Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing.
  • Access controls and authentication procedures for our systems.
  • Staff training on data protection and security practices.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

  • The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you.
  • Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject.
  • Whether retention is advisable considering our legal position (such as applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

By continuing to use our services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

Last Updated: June 15, 2023