Contents of the Privacy Policy will help you find what you need.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 3, 2023
Table of contents
Contents of the Privacy Policy will help you find what you need.
Summary of Changes
Thanks for using Connect!
We collect information in various ways
What do we do with the information we collect
Sharing your information
Your options for using personal information
How and when do we share information
How long do we keep your information
Privacy Policy for children
Use cases
How we make changes to this Policy
GDPR Privacy
Your Rights under the GDPR
How do I ask for my data to be deleted?
Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
Contact Us
Summary of Changes
We clearly stated the method on how the users can request their Personal Data deletion.
Thanks for using Connect!
Our mission is to inspire everyone to do what they love. Based on information from you and third parties, we show you personalized content that we believe may interest you. We use this information solely on the relevant legal grounds.
We wrote this Policy to help you understand what information we collect, how we use it and what options you have for using this information. Since we are an Internet company, some of the concepts below are a bit technically complex, but we tried to interpret them as simply and clearly as possible. We welcome your questions and comments regarding this Policy.We collect information in various ways
1. When you submit it to us or give your consent to receive it
By registering on the Connect website or using it, you voluntarily provide certain information, including your name and surname, email address, phone number, country, photos, comments, login, password that you specify during registration and any other information sent to us. You can also share your exact location using photos. We will continue to use your IP address to approximate your location, even if you decide not to share the exact location. You will also have the opportunity to share other information about yourself, such as gender, age, and preferred language.The Organization allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:GoogleFacebookIf You decide to register through or otherwise grant Us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account.You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Organization through Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Organization permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.2. We also get technical information when you use Connect
When you go to a website, use a mobile application or other Internet service, certain information about your online activities is automatically created and recorded. The same thing happens when you use Connect. Here are some of the types of information we collect:Log data. When you use Connect, our servers record information (“log data”), including information that your browser or mobile application sends automatically. The log data includes your IP address (used to approximate your location), search queries, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, how you use Connect, cookie data and device information. Here you can find out more about the log data we collect.
Cookie data. We also use cookies (small text files sent by your computer each time you visit our website that are unique to your Connect account or browser) or similar technologies for collecting log data. When using cookies or other similar technologies, we implement session cookies (which remain until the browser closes) or persistent cookies (which remain until you or your browser or you delete them). For example, we use cookies to preserve language or other settings, so you do not need to set them every time you visit Connect. Some of the cookies we use are associated with your Connect account (including information about you, such as your email address), while others are not. For more information about how we use cookies, see our Cookie Policy.
Device info. In addition to the log data, we collect information about the device from which you log in to Connect, including the type of device, operating system, settings, unique device identifiers and failure data that help us understand the cause of the failure.
Data on visits and conclusions. When you interact with Connect, we use the information about your actions along with the information that you provided when you first registered to draw conclusions about you and your preferences.
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.Tracking and Performance Cookies
Type: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: Third-PartiesPurpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how Our users react to them.What do we do with the information we collect
We want to show you relevant, interesting and personalized content. To do this, we improve the quality of our service using the information you provide. With its help, we can:
Detect when you use Connect.
Answer your questions or comments.
We have the legal right to use your information in this way. This is a key condition for our service to work, so that the Connect service and its capabilities meet your interests.
We also have the legal right to secure Connect and empower our products, allowing you to find the inspiration you desire. Using the information about you brings us mutual benefit. Thanks to this information, we can:Collaborate with law enforcement and provide security at Connect. We may receive account requests from law enforcement agencies, such as the police or courts. To learn more about how we respond to requests from law enforcement, check out our Law and Order Guide.
View your messages on Connect to find activity that threatens you, our community, and / or others.
Conduct analytics and research on the use of Connect and the implementation of specific user actions within the service. For example, by registering how often users use a Connect feature, we can figure out which one is better.
Improve Connect and offer new features.
Send you Connect updates and other news related to the platform by email. You can opt out of these notifications by changing your settings.
In addition to the above circumstances, we will only use your information with your consent in order to:
Offer you marketing materials by e-mail or in the form of text messages, depending on the settings of your account or operating system. Whenever we send marketing materials, we will provide the opportunity to unsubscribe from them.
We will also ask your permission when we use cookies in order to:
Identify you in various browser sessions. This means that if you access Connect from your phone (or any device), we will remember that it is you and you will not need to enter your login information each time you visit Connect.
We use cookies to determine your interests based on actions on other websites. We do this for existing and new users to personalize Connect for each of them.
To learn more about how we use cookies and how to set it up, check out our Cookie Policy.
Sharing your information
Connect is a platform for creating online courses. Using our products or services, you authorize us to transfer and store information outside of your country, including in the United States, for the purposes described in this Policy. Laws protecting privacy and government access rights to your personal information in such countries may not comply with similar laws in your country.
Your options for using personal information
Our goal is to provide you with a simple and meaningful choice regarding personal information. If you have a Connect account, many of the controls are built directly into Connect or in your settings. For example, you can:
At any time, edit the information in your profile.
Link your Connect account or unlink it from other services: Facebook, Google You can also decide whether to publish your actions on Connect in certain services (for example, Facebook, Twitter).
Change course settings. Publish courses on the training portal, thereby making them accessible to students. You can also make changes to the course, allow or prohibit students from taking the course at random, set a price for the course or make it free.
You can request to delete your account at any time, by simply clicking on the Delete my account button you can find it in your profile. Your account will be immediately deleted if you prohibit the processing of personal data or do not agree with our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use or Cookie Policy. You can manage this settings in your profile.
You also have choices available on your device or in the software that you use to log in to Connect. For instance:
The browser you use allows you to control cookies or other types of local data storage.
To learn more about these actions, see the information provided by your device or software vendor.
How and when do we share information
Any user can view the public courses that you create, as well as the profile information that you provide to us. We also provide access to this public information through the so-called APIs (in essence, this is a technical way to quickly exchange information). We also provide your data:
Other services so that you can register or log in to Connect, or if you decide to link your Connect account with these services (for example, Facebook or Google) or publish your materials in them with Connect. For example, if you decide to publish links to your courses on Facebook or Twitter, information about this content will be transferred to these services.
To the services with which we periodically offer you the Connect service on sites or in applications other than Connect, for example Facebook Ads, Google Marketing Platform, Google Tags, HotJar and others.
Law enforcement or government agencies. We share information only if we believe that its disclosure is justifiably necessary to comply with the law, regulations or legal requests; to protect the security, rights or public property of any person or Connect; to detect, prevent, or otherwise eliminate fraud, security problems, or technical issues.
How long do we keep your information
We retain your information only as long as we need it in order to ensure that Connect works and achieve the goals described in this Policy. This also applies to any persons with whom we share your information, as well as to those who provide services on our behalf. If we no longer need to use your information and store it in accordance with our legal or regulatory obligations, we will either remove this information from our systems or we will remove personal information so that you cannot be identified.
Privacy Policy for children
Children under 13 years old are not allowed to use Connect. If you are a resident of the EEA, you are only allowed to use Connect when you reach the age at which you can consent to the processing of data in accordance with the laws of your country. If you find out that your children are using Connect and don’t want them to do so, contact us.
Use cases
You have additional options regarding the information we receive from you. To take advantage of them, open your account settings and, if necessary, you can сontact us at support@deepvision.team.
Request access to your personal data that we collect and store. We usually provide this information within 30 days after a request sent through the Help Center.
Object to our processing of your information. You can ask us to stop processing your data, including when we use it to send you promotional letters. If you refuse advertising messages from us, you may still receive updates and letters about your activity in the system. For example, when you start a course, about buying a course, about passing the middle of the course, and about completing the course.
Request additional information about the information we collect, as well as about the methods and purposes of its use and transmission.
We will not establish any restrictions for you if you decide to take advantage of these opportunities in relation to your personal information. We want you to clearly understand your capabilities and the consequences of using them. If you have any questions, please contact us.
We do not sell the personal information of our users.
For more information about these rights, see the “Your Use of Personal Information” section above. To exercise these rights, visit our Help Center or contact us at support(at)deepvision(dot)team. To confirm the request, you may need to log in to your account or reply to the confirmation email.Over the past 12 months, we have provided personal information to partners, service providers, and third parties for business purposes. Such personal information includes:identification data such as your first and last name, username, email address, phone number, unique device identifiers and IP address;
personal characteristics protected by law, such as gender and age;
commercial information, such as your purchases and billing information;
electronic, visual, and similar information, such as a profile picture or photograph;
information about professional activities or employment transmitted when connecting the Connect account to other platforms;
conclusions we make about users, such as your interests or preferences;
other information you provide, such as your curriculum vitae, courses you created, and comments.
We use and disclose this information for business purposes described in this policy, including: for auditing our services, identifying security incidents and preventing fraud, debugging and fixing errors, servicing your account, customer service, processing and fulfilling orders, conducting research and development, as well as for other activities aimed at improving our services, displaying advertising, marketing our services and analyzing user interactions with our services.
How we make changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this policy from time to time. In this case, we will post the changes on this page. If you continue to use Connect after the changes take effect, this will mean that you agree to the new policy. If the changes are material, we may send you a separate alert or ask you to give your consent in accordance with the requirements of the law.
GDPR Privacy
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Organization is subject.
Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Organization.
Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Organization.
In any case, the Organization will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Your Rights under the GDPR
We undertake to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly, all you need is to open your profile and take the necessary action. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us at support(at)deepvision(dot)team to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to to have an incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it. In order to make this request you need to open your profile and click on the Delete my account button.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
Request to delete your Personal Data. The right to delete the information We have on You. We can delete Your Personal Data upon request and will send you confirmation on your email. You can request deletion of Your Personal Data directly, all you need is to contact us at support(at)deepvision(dot)team.
How do I ask for my data to be deleted?
You should contact us via email support(at)deepvision(dot)team and let us know what personal data you want to erase. You don’t have to ask a specific person – you need to write the email with your request.
You will have clear proof of your actions, if you decide to challenge the organisation’s response.There are no specific words that you must use, but you may find it useful to use the template below to help you exercise your right to erasure.[Your full name][Your full address][Phone number][The date][Name of the organisation]Dear [Sir or Madam / name of the person you have been in contact with]Right to erasure[Your full name and address and any other details such as account number to help identify you]I wish to exercise my right of erasure under data protection law.[Give details of what personal data you want erased/deleted.]Please send a full response within one calendar month confirming if you will comply with my request. If you cannot respond within that timescale, please tell me when you will be able to respond.If there is anything you would like to discuss, please contact me.Yours faithfully[Signature]Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try Our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please contact us:
By email: support(at)deepvision(dot)team