Privacy Policy for Dubois Programming Academy
Dubois Programming Academy ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you use our site and services, including our programming courses, software development training, IT workshops, online learning platform, and corporate training programs.
Data Controller
Dubois Programming Academy, located at 18 Rue du Temple, Apartment 4B, Paris, Île-de-France, 75004, is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
Information We Collect
We collect the following types of personal information:
- Contact Information: Name, postal address, and phone number. This information is collected when you register for courses, workshops, or other services, or when you contact us directly.
- Account Information: Username and password (if applicable). This is collected when you create an account on our online platform.
- Payment Information: We do not directly collect payment information. All payments are processed through secure, third-party payment processors. Please review their privacy policies for details on how they handle your payment information.
- Educational Information: Information about your educational background, programming experience, and learning goals. This is collected when you register for courses or workshops to ensure we provide relevant training.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our site and services, including the pages you visit, the content you access, and the date and time of your visits. This is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve our service and your user experience.
- Communications: Records of your communications with us, including emails and support tickets.
- Course Progress and Performance: Information about your progress in our courses and workshops, including assessments, assignments, and feedback. This information is used to track your learning and provide personalized support.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and device information. This information is automatically collected when you access our site and services.
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- Providing and Improving Services: To deliver our programming courses, software development training, IT workshops, online learning platform, and corporate training programs. To personalize your learning experience and improve our services.
- Communication: To communicate with you about your account, courses, workshops, and other services. To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
- Marketing: To send you promotional materials about our courses, workshops, and other services that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
- Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- Security: To protect the security and integrity of our site and services.
- Research and Development: To conduct research and development to improve our services and create new offerings.
- Administration: For internal administrative purposes, such as data analysis, auditing, and record-keeping.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal information on the following legal bases:
- Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you when you register for our courses or use our services.
- Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services, marketing our services, and protecting the security of our site.
- Consent: We may rely on your consent to process your personal information for certain purposes, such as sending you marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers: We share information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing our services, such as hosting providers, payment processors, and marketing platforms. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your personal information and only use it for the purposes we specify.
- Instructors and Mentors: We may share your educational information and course progress with instructors and mentors to provide you with personalized support and feedback.
- Business Partners: We may share information with business partners who offer complementary products or services.
- Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process.
- Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates.
- Other Users: Certain information, such as your username or profile picture, may be visible to other users of our online platform if you choose to participate in community features.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include encryption, firewalls, and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to provide you with our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The retention period will vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it is used.
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain circumstances.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, under certain circumstances.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority if you believe that we have violated your privacy rights.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at 18 Rue du Temple, Apartment 4B, Paris, Île-de-France, 75004.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our site and services. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
International Data Transfers
Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection laws than your country. We will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, including the use of Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site. Your continued use of our site and services after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at 18 Rue du Temple, Apartment 4B, Paris, Île-de-France, 75004.