📌 1. Information We Collect
1.1 Account & Profile Data
- 👤 Full name or username
- 📧 Email address
- 🌍 Country of residence
- 🎂 Age (only if required for age‑restricted courses)
- 🖼️ Profile photo (if uploaded on partner platforms)
1.2 Learning & Progress Data
- 📚 Courses you enroll in
- ✅ Lesson completion status
- 📊 Quiz and assignment scores
- 🎓 Certificates earned
- ⏱️ Time spent on each module
1.3 Technical & Usage Data
- 🌐 IP address
- 🖥️ Browser type and version
- 📱 Device type (desktop, tablet, mobile)
- ⚙️ Operating system
- 🔗 Pages visited and referring website
1.4 Payment Data
💳 We never store your credit card or payment details. All payments are processed securely by our partner platforms (Udemy, Amazon, PayPal, Stripe, SkillShare, etc.). Please review their privacy policies for payment handling.
🔐 2. How We Use Your Information
- 📦 Deliver courses and track progress
- 🎯 Personalize recommendations (including AI‑powered suggestions)
- 📈 Improve our curriculum and user experience
- 📧 Send course updates and important notifications (opt‑out available for marketing)
- ⚖️ Comply with legal obligations (age restrictions, sanctions, court orders)
🤝 3. Third‑Party Sharing & Partners
We currently partner with:
- ▶️ YouTube
- 📘 Amazon
- 🎓 Udemy
- 📚 TutorialsPoint
- ✨ SkillShare
- ✈️ Learnfly
Your data is shared with these partners only to the extent necessary for enrollment, payment, content delivery, and analytics. 🚫 We never sell your personal data. We never rent it. We never trade it.
🧒 4. Children’s Privacy
Some courses are designed for younger learners (e.g., Programming for Kids, Scratch Masterclass). 🧸
- If you are under 13 years old (or under 16 in regions like the EU), you must have parental or guardian consent before enrolling.
- We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without consent.
- If we discover unauthorized data from a child, we will delete it promptly.
🌍 5. International Data Transfers
The Takeoff College operates globally. Your data may be stored and processed on servers in the United States, European Union, or other regions depending on our partners’ infrastructure. We take steps to ensure adequate protection (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses where required). ✈️
🛡️ 6. Your Rights (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- 🔍 Access — request a copy of your data
- ✏️ Rectification — correct inaccurate data
- 🗑️ Erasure — request deletion (“right to be forgotten”)
- ⛔ Restriction — limit how we process your data
- 📦 Portability — receive your data in a machine‑readable format
- 📧 Opt‑out — unsubscribe from marketing emails
To exercise these rights: 📩 privacy@thetakeoffcollege.com
📁 7. Data Retention
We retain your data while your account is active or as needed to provide course access. After account deletion, we keep anonymized analytics for internal reporting but remove personally identifiable information within 90 days unless required by law. 🕒
⚠️ 8. Sanctions & Restricted Regions
We comply with all applicable US, EU, and UN sanctions. If you reside in a sanctioned country (e.g., Iran, Syria, North Korea, Crimea region), some or all of our services may not be available. This restriction is enforced by our partners’ policies and applicable law. 🚫
🍪 9. Cookies & Tracking
We use essential cookies for authentication and analytics. You can disable non‑essential cookies in your browser settings, but some features (like course progress tracking) may not work properly.
📧 10. Contact Us for Privacy Matters
📩 privacy@thetakeoffcollege.com
🕒 Response time: Typically within 14 business days.