Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1 April 2024.

Thank you for choosing Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners,” “we,” “us”). We value your privacy and are committed to ensuring that you understand how we collect, use, and share information about you. This Privacy Policy outlines our data collection practices and describes your rights regarding your personal data.

Unless stated otherwise, this Privacy Policy applies when you visit or use Talent Corners websites, mobile applications, APIs, or related services (the “Services”). It also applies to prospective customers of our business and enterprise products.

By using the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy or any other agreement that governs your use of the Services, you should not use the Services.

Table of Contents

1. What Data We Collect
2. How We Collect Data About You
3. How We Use Your Data
4. Who We Share Your Data With
5. Data Security
6. Your Rights
7. Jurisdiction-Specific Rules
8. Updates & Contact Information

1. What Data We Collect

Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”) collects certain information from you directly, such as the data you provide while creating an account, and automatically through your interactions with our Services. Here is a summary of the data we collect and how we collect it.

1. Data You Provide to Us

When you create an account or use our Services, we collect the information you provide directly, including:

1. Account Information: This includes your name, email address, password, and account settings.
2. Profile Information: Optional data such as a profile picture, biography, and social media links.
3. Shared Content: Information you post or share publicly, like reviews or comments.
4. Learning Data: Records of your interactions with courses, such as those you start and complete.
5. Payment Information: If you make purchases, we collect payment details, such as billing address and other necessary information. Sensitive payment data (like full credit card numbers) is collected by our payment service providers.

2. Data We Collect Automatically

We automatically collect certain data when you use our Services, including:

1. System Data: Information about your device, like IP address, device type, operating system, and browser type.
2. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including pages visited, content accessed, and time spent.
3. Approximate Geographic Data: Data that indicates your approximate location, such as your city or country, based on your IP address.

3. Data from Third Parties

In some cases, we collect information from third-party sources, such as:

1. Connected Accounts: If you log in through social media or other platforms, we may access certain information from those accounts, depending on your privacy settings.
2. Business Contact Information: For business and enterprise customers, we may collect additional contact information from third-party sources.

This data is collected to provide and improve our Services, ensure security, comply with legal obligations, and offer personalized experiences. All data collection and processing are done in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

2. How We Collect Data About You

Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”) uses various methods to collect data about you, including cookies, web beacons, and other similar tracking technologies. Here’s an overview of how we collect data:

1. Cookies and Data Collection Tools

We use cookies—small text files stored on your browser—to gather and store information about your activities across our websites. Cookies help us remember your preferences, such as your chosen language, and improve the usability of our Services. Additionally, we use web beacons and similar tools to track email deliverability and open rates.

Talent Corners and its service providers (like Google Analytics and third-party advertisers) use a variety of automated data collection tools, including server log files, tags, scripts, device or browser fingerprints, and web beacons. These tools automatically collect certain system and usage data when you use our Services. In some cases, we link the data collected through these tools to other information about you, as outlined in our Privacy Policy.

2. Why We Use Data Collection Tools

We use data collection tools for various purposes:

1. Strictly Necessary: These tools are essential for accessing the Services and providing basic functionality, such as logging in, securing the site, and preventing fraud or abuse. Disabling these tools may affect the performance of our Services.
2. Functional: These tools help remember your preferences and add additional functionality, such as customizing content or remembering language settings.
3. Performance: These tools measure and improve the performance of our Services by tracking usage, visit counts, and other related metrics. They also allow us to test different features to understand what users prefer.
4. Advertising: These tools deliver relevant ads, on our site and others, based on your usage data. To tailor advertising, we may share a hashed, anonymized version of your email address with service providers.
5. Social Media: These tools enable social media features, like sharing content. They may track user activity across different sites to create a profile for targeted advertising.

You can manage your cookie settings through your web browser, but keep in mind that limiting or refusing cookies may affect your ability to use some features of our Services.

3. How We Use Your Data

Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”) uses your data to provide and improve our Services, communicate with you, ensure security, and comply with legal obligations. Here’s a summary of how we use your data:

1. Providing Our Services: We use your data to deliver our Services, process payments, issue certificates, and facilitate communication among users.
2. Communicating with You: We send administrative messages, account notifications, course progress updates, and other relevant information. You can manage your communication preferences.
3. Personalizing Your Experience: We use your data to customize content, remember your preferences, and tailor your experience on our platform.
4. Troubleshooting and Security: We use data to maintain the technical functionality of our Services, resolve issues, secure against fraud and abuse, and ensure user safety.
5. Marketing and Promotions: We use data to send marketing communications, offer promotions, and solicit feedback from users. You can opt out of marketing communications at any time.
6. Analyzing and Improving: We analyze data to understand trends, track usage, and improve our Services. We may also link your data with third-party data to gain insights.
7. Advertising: We use data to deliver relevant ads on our platform and third-party sites. We may share anonymized information with service providers to target advertising.
8. Compliance with Laws: We use data to comply with legal requirements and other safety and integrity measures.

We retain your data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. If you have questions about our data practices, please contact us for further information.

4. Who We Share Your Data With

Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”) shares certain data about you with various parties to provide, improve, and promote our Services. Here’s a brief overview of who we share your data with and why:

1. Instructors and Students: Depending on your settings, we may share your data with instructors and other students to facilitate educational content and interaction. This may include your shared content, profile data, or questions you ask.
2. Service Providers: We work with third-party companies for services like payment processing, fraud prevention, marketing, email hosting, customer support, and data analysis. These service providers have access to your data and are required to use it solely as directed by us.
3. Business Partners: We collaborate with other websites and platforms to promote our Services. We may share certain data with these trusted partners, especially if they drive traffic to Talent Corners.
4. Affiliates: Talent Corners may share your data within its corporate family to enable or support our Services.
5. Analytics and Advertising Services: We share data with third-party analytics tools and advertising companies to analyze trends, understand user behavior, and serve targeted advertising. We may share anonymized information with these partners for this purpose.
6. Social Media Providers: If our Services include social media features, these providers may collect information about your interactions with our platform, like your IP address or the pages you visit.
7. Security and Legal Compliance: We may disclose your data if required by law, legal processes, or to protect against fraud, abuse, or threats to safety. This includes sharing data with legal authorities or auditors when necessary.
8. Promotions and Surveys: We may share data with companies that help us run promotions and surveys. This could be for marketing purposes or to comply with legal requirements, like providing winners’ lists.
9. Corporate Transactions: In the event of a business transaction like a merger, acquisition, or sale, we may share your data with the new organization as part of the transition process.
10. Aggregated or De-identified Data: We may share data that has been aggregated or de-identified for any purpose, ensuring that it cannot be used to identify you personally.
11. With Your Consent: If you provide us with explicit consent, we may share your data with third parties outside the scope of this Privacy Policy.

This summary provides an overview of how we share your data. For more information or questions about our data-sharing practices, please contact Talent Corners Advisory.

5. Data Security

Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”) takes appropriate security measures to protect the personal data we collect and store. Our security practices are designed to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your data. The specific security measures we use depend on the type and sensitivity of the data.

However, even with our best efforts, no internet-based system can be entirely secure. We cannot guarantee that your data or communications with us will be completely protected from unauthorized access by third parties. Therefore, it’s crucial to follow these best practices:

1. Protect Your Password: Your password plays a key role in securing your account. Do not share it with anyone, and ensure it’s strong and unique.
2. Report Suspected Unauthorized Access: If you believe your account has been compromised or suspect unauthorized access, change your password immediately and contact our Support Team.
3. Use Secure Connections: When accessing our Services, use secure and trusted networks to minimize the risk of unauthorized access.

By taking these precautions, you can help protect your data and maintain the security of your Talent Corners account. If you have any concerns about data security, please reach out to our Support Team for assistance.

6. Your Rights

At Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”), you have specific rights regarding your personal data, including the right to:

1. Opt-out of Promotional Communications: You can choose not to receive promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or updating your preferences in your account settings. Note that you will still receive important administrative messages about our services.
2. Control Cookies and Data Collection: You can manage cookie settings through your browser or device and opt out of third-party data collection. However, this might affect your experience and limit some features.
3. Access, Update, and Delete Your Data: You can access and update your personal data by logging into your account. To delete your account, follow the instructions on your profile settings page or contact our support team. Please note that some data might still be visible even after account termination due to legal obligations or other users retaining copies.
4. Manage Targeted Advertising: If you want to opt out of tailored advertising, you can do so through various third-party platforms like Google Ads Settings or other advertising consortium opt-out pages.

If you believe we have collected personal data from an underage child, you can contact us to request its deletion. For all other inquiries about your data and rights, please contact our support team. We aim to respond to your requests within 30 days, and we may need to verify your identity to ensure your data is secure.

7. Jurisdiction-Specific Rules

Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”) recognizes that privacy rights vary based on your jurisdiction. Here’s what you need to know depending on where you live:

a) California

California residents have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:

1. Right to Know: You can request to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect about you.
2. Right to Correction: You can ask us to correct inaccurate personal information.
3. Right to Deletion: You can request deletion of your personal information.
4. Right to Non-Discrimination: You won’t be penalized for exercising your CCPA rights.
5. Right to Opt-Out: You can opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.

If you live in California, you can exercise your rights by emailing privacy@talentcorners.com or writing to us at our California office. We may require you to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

b) Nevada

Talent Corners does not sell personal information. However, if you’re a Nevada resident, you have the right to request that we do not sell your covered personal information. You can do this by emailing privacy@talentcorners.com.

c) Australia

If you’re an Australian resident, you can file a formal complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. Talent Corners is committed to addressing privacy complaints within 30 days.

d) European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)

Residents in the EEA and the UK have the following rights:

1. Access to Data: You can request access to your data in a portable format.
2. Right to Correction, Deletion, Restriction, or Objection: You can request that we correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal data.
3. Lodge a Complaint: You can file a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

Talent Corners may transfer personal data outside the EEA and the UK, including to the United States. We use standard contractual clauses and data processing agreements to ensure your data is handled securely.

e) Data Privacy Framework (EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland)

Talent Corners complies with the EU-U.S., UK Extension to the EU-U.S., and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks. If there’s a conflict between our privacy policy and these frameworks, the frameworks will prevail. You can find more information on the Data Privacy Framework website.

f) Users Outside of the U.S.

If you’re accessing our services from outside the United States, you consent to the transfer, storage, and processing of your data in the United States or other countries where we operate.

8. Updates & Contact Information

Talent Corners Advisory (“Talent Corners”) will update its Privacy Policy as needed to reflect changes in laws or business practices. Here’s how we keep you informed and how to contact us with any questions.

a) Updates to the Privacy Policy

If we make significant changes to our Privacy Policy, we’ll notify you through email, in-product alerts, or other methods required by law. Changes will become effective on the date they are posted. If you continue using our services after the changes take effect, it means you’ve accepted the updated policy.

b) How to Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or disputes about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@talentcorners.com. You can also send us postal mail at Talent Corners Advisory, Attn: Privacy Team, [Your Postal Address].

Your feedback is important to us, and we aim to respond promptly to your queries or concerns about data privacy and security.