We, at “Skilled Guru” , are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognise your need for appropriate protection and management of any “Personal Information” you share with us. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using our website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
The types of Personal Information that we collect and hold.
We may collect the following information:
– Your first and last name
– Contact information such as email address and phone number
– Demographic information such as residential address, postcode, preferences and interests and
– Education history, achievements and other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers, and registrations to our events and products.
A. How we collect Personal Information?
We will only collect Personal Information by lawful and fair means. Personal Information may be collected directly from you or your authorised representative or may be collected from a third party such as a license or representative authorised by us to provide services to you. You may supply your Personal Information to us when communicating with us via social networks and other online channels, e.g. through your Facebook identity.
We do not collect Personal and Sensitive information unless the information is reasonably necessary for our business functions or activities. We will obtain your consent before collecting any Sensitive Information.
B. Cookies
Like most platforms, we use cookies and web log files to track site usage and trends, to improve the quality of our service, to customize your experience on our platforms and third-party advertising to Users both on and off our platforms.
A cookie is a tiny data file that resides on your computer, mobile phone, or other device, and allows us to recognize you as a User when you return to our platforms using the same computer and web browser. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases doing so may impact your ability to use our platforms.
In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing the services to our Users, we may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. Any information provided to third parties through cookies will not be personally identifiable but may provide general segment information (e.g., your industry or geography or information about your professional or educational background) for the enhancement of your user experience by providing more relevant advertising. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Our platforms do not store unencrypted personally identifiable information in the cookies.
C. Advertising
To support the services we provide at no cost to our Users, as well as provide a more relevant and useful experience for our Users, we target and serve our own ads and third-party ads.
We target ads to Users based on general profile information or on non-personally identifiable information inferred from a User’s profile (e.g., industry, school, gender, age, nationality, or other relevant information). SG does not provide personally identifiable information to any third party ad network.
If in the future we show advertising on our platforms, the advertiser may use cookies to track the number of anonymous users responding to the campaign. We will not have access to or control of cookies placed by third parties.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser preferences. You can accept all cookies, be notified when a cookie is set, or reject all cookies.
D. Log files, IP Addresses, and Information about your Computer and Mobile Device
Due to the communications standards on the internet, when you visit our platforms we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going to when you leave our platforms.
Additionally, advertisers receive the URL of the page you were on when you click on an ad on our platforms. SG also receives the internet protocol (“IP”) address of your computer, your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, email patterns, your mobile device and mobile operating system (if you are accessing our platforms using a mobile device), as well as the name of your ISP or your mobile carrier.
E. Rights to access, correct and eliminate information about you
You have a right to access, modify, correct and eliminate the data you supplied to SG. If you update any of your information, we may keep a copy of the information that you originally provided to us in our archives for uses documented in this policy.
F. Data Retention
Skilled Guru will retain your information for so long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce this Agreement.
2. What we do with the information we gather
By providing information to Skilled Guru for the purposes of creating your User account or adding any additional details to your Skilled Guru profile, you are expressly and voluntarily accepting the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and Skilled Guru’s User Agreement that allow Skilled Guru to process information about you.
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
Skilled Guru Communications
Internal record keeping
Enhance our products and services
We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use the information to customize the platform according to demographic interests
3. Links to Other platforms
Our platforms may contain links to other platforms of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our platform, you should note that we do not have any control over that other platform. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such platforms and such platforms are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the platform in question.
4. How can individuals access and correct their Personal Information held by us?
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
You may request details of personal information which we hold, a small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to [email protected].
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
5. Your Obligations
As a User, you have certain obligations to other Users. Some of these obligations are imposed by applicable law and regulations, and others have become commonplace in user-friendly
– You must, at all times, abide by the terms and conditions of the then-current Privacy Policy and Terms and use. This includes respecting all intellectual property rights that may belong to third parties (such as trademarks or photographs).
– You must not download or otherwise disseminate any information that may be deemed to be injurious, violent, offensive, racist or xenophobic, or which may otherwise violate the purpose and spirit of Skilled Guru and its community of Users.
– You must not provide to Skilled Guru and/or other Users information that you believe might be injurious or detrimental to your person or to your professional or social status.
– You must keep your password confidential and not share it with others.
Any violation of these guidelines may lead to the restriction, suspension or termination of your account at the sole discretion of Skilled Guru.
For more information refer to Terms and Use
6. Changes to our Privacy Policy
Skilled Guru reserves the right to update, change or modify this policy at any time. Changes to our policy will be updated on our platforms only. You should check our policy from time to time to ensure that you are aware of the modifications. This policy was last updated on ….. December 2017.
7. Disclaimer
Skilled Guru does not store or keep credit card data in a location that is accessible via the Internet. Once a credit card transaction has been completed, all credit card data is moved off-line only to ensure that the data/credit card information received is not accessible to anyone after completion of the online transaction and to ensure the maximum security. Skilled Guru uses the maximum care as is possible to ensure that all or any data / information in respect of electronic transfer of money does not fall in the wrong hands.
Skilled Guru shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by reason of any disclosure (inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the user’s account and / or information relating to or regarding online transactions using credit cards / debit cards and / or their verification process and particulars nor for any error, omission or inaccuracy with respect to any information so disclosed and used whether or not in pursuance of a legal process or otherwise.
8. How to Contact Us
You may also write to us with any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy at [email protected].