Last Updated: January 13, 2025
Introduction:
Privacy Academy is an educational service/platform, as such the following Privacy Policy is comprehensive, it has been compiled to better serve those who have concerns about how their (pii) ‘Personally identifiable information’ and other data is being collected, used online and stored, whilst giving a better understanding of privacy protections in place throughout our services.
Pii, is used in privacy law and information security around the world, and is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.
We do apologize for the length of our policies, however, It is necessary to cover this ground, a (TLDR) Too Long Didn’t Read policy is also included, as Article 1. TLDR. It is recommended that the full policy be looked over in detail.
Please read the full privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our services and global data protection laws.
We have been open and transparent on the ways that we collect, hold, use, and protect your PII/data, should you have any concerns arising from this privacy policy, please use the contact email address in Article 21. Contact us, we are always happy to hear your comments and suggestions.
A privacy policy is in many ways a living document, it evolves over time with the changes made to privacy, data transfer and protection laws, for this reason it is in your best interest to regularly check the updates and amendments to this policy found under Article 20. Amendments to the Privacy Policy:
Contents
Article 0. Definition’s and Interpretations: 2
Article 1. TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read): 2
Article 2 Where we collect Data/PII from: 3
Article 3 Personal Identifiable Information & Data we collect: 4
Article 4. How we store and protect your PII & Data: 4
Article 5 How we use your PII & Data: 4
Article 6. Third party websites and links: 5
Article 7. Third Party Disclosure: 5
Article 8. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) explained: 5
Article 9. California Online Privacy Protection Act, (CalOPPA) explained: 5
Article 10. Fair Information Practices, explained: 6
Article 11. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): 6
Article 12. Do not track: 6
Article 13. Mobile devices: 6
Article 14. No logs policy: 7
Article 15. Cookies: 7
Article 16. Third party behavioural tracking: 8
Article 17. Data request: 8
Article 18. Geographical Law/Llimitations and Statement: 9
Article 19. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law: 9
Article 20. Amendments to the Privacy Policy: 9
Article 21. Contact: 9
Article 0. Definition’s and Interpretations
PII.Refers to your personal identifiable information.
We, us, our, ourselves.Refer to any and all brands/services, provided, owned and operated by NUSAZ LLC including and not limited to the Services, Websites and Forums, for the purposes of this Agreement.
Member, members, You and your.Refer to any and all valid registered users or visitors to our Services, Websites and Forums, wherever they access Services provided by (us) Privacy Academy
Paid Services, Subscriptions, fees.Refers to all Services accessible by (you), at rates quoted, by our service, to (subscribers/members), for a valid period of time, subscriptions are subject to change, special offers or limited packages.
Notifications.These are messages used by us to inform members/subscribers/users about changes etc. to their accounts or service interruptions due to maintenance or other circumstances.
Article 1. TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read):
Privacy Academy Statement:A TLDR is no excuse for not understanding the Privacy policies and Terms of Service held on and throughout this service, it is a shortened version of policies only and does not fully explain the full running of service or protections held in place by Privacy Academy, it is recommended that the full policies are read as these are part of your agreement/contract to use the services provided by us and are covered under Jurisdiction and Applicable Law, these are your rights to privacy.
Data collected by us/our services:
Transaction identifier from payment gateway.
IP address, this is masked and only held for technical reasons for a short period, and then deleted.
User name, supplied by you, not your real name.
Email address, required for some payment methods, our contact with you for account related information.
Country, and country calling code, required for some European taxation laws.
Password, always stored in an encrypted (hashed) form.
Survey answers, development purposes for site and service enhancement.
Purchased physical goods do require a full name and address being submitted, for delivery process only.
Data handling and storage:Data we collect: is stored in a protected database on a specially guarded server. The server is operated by us and hosted by: DigitalOcean.
Data compliance:
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA).
Data Protection Act 1998.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Third parties:It is the users/members/subscribers responsibility to read third parties privacy policies, NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy cannot and will not be held responsible in any way shape or form for a users/members/subscribers actions taken on these or whilst using these services.
- GitHub. Hosting Provider.
- Stripe. Payment gateway.
- PayPal. Payment gateway.
- Kit.com, News letter, emails.
- Postmarkapp.com, emails.
- starlabs.systems.
- novacustom.com.
- Calendly.com.
- Oshi.tech.
- cleavr.io. dev ops.
- digitalocean.com. Hosting.
- webinarjam.com. email.
- protonmail.com. email.
- cloudflare.com.
- Vimeo.com. video hosting.
- circle.so. Community Platform.
- HelloPrint.com. Printing services
Fair information practices:In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
- We will notify the users via email within 1 business day of awareness.
- We will notify the users via in site notification within 1 business day of awareness.
Jurisdiction and Applicable Law:
As NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy is registered in Lincoln, Nebraska,USA, any and all disputes will be decided only through the Lincoln, Nebraska court system following State law as our guide line.
Once again it is recommended that you read the full policy, these are your rights and protections whilst using our services and will also help to understand and protect your data whilst using the internet.
Article 2. Where we collect Data/PII from:
At present, NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy runs a number of products and services, these are as follows: Website, Forum, training seminars, live streams and one to one meetings/consultations, these services collect different levels of data, however we aim to collect as little as possible, and all data received by us is treated with the strictest of confidence with privacy always in mind, all data is held securely, Please read Article 4. How we store and protect your PII & Data.
It should also be noted that information is received by us from payment gateways, information received is for linking payments received to accounts only and do not include sensitive information such as credit/debit card information or numbers, these are covered by the payment gateways privacy policies, in this case (Stripe).
Article 3. Personal Identifiable Information & Data we collect:
Although most of the information collected by NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy is basic and may not be classed as PII, we treat all data with the same respect and as such have listed all the data, we collect from the services we provide.
Website:
The data we collect from Website Visitors:
Includes Domain: privacyacademy.com
No tracking, analytics, are currently used. Should this change, we will update this privacy policy in compliance with Article 20. amendments to the privacy policy.
- Transaction identifier from payment gateway.
- IP address, this is masked and only held for technical reasons for a short period, and then deleted.
- User name, supplied by you, not your real name.
- Email address, required for some payment methods, our contact with you for accounts related information, sending payments through the Grassroots referral program.
- Country, and country calling code, required for some European taxation laws.
- Password, always stored in an encrypted (hashed) form.
- Survey answers, development purposes for site and service enhancement.
- Name and Address, primarily used for printing service requests.
Forum:
Our forum/discussion board (privacy academy community) when running, will be on our own platform, all information collected or stored by this service will held on our servers, however at present the community platform used is https://circle.so/ all current information collected or stored by this service is held on their servers, should this change in the future, you the member/subscriber will be notified through a notification process, at present you are advised to read any and all privacy policies of the sites/third parties you intend to use, including the community pages.
Customer Support:
NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy run customer support services for its users, customer support covers all aspects of the services provided, including and not limited to: accounts, General inquiries, and questions about our policies etc. the information received, gathered, collected and held whilst running this service is as follows:
- Email address, required for customer service replies etc. our contact with you for account related information and payments sent through the Grassroots referral program.
- Emails/communications received by NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy, to aid inquiries and for future reference.
- Email content, held for the purposes of site and service enhancement.
Surveys:
From time to time NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy may run surveys both continuous and in limited time scope in order to best know and understand the needs of our users/members, these are used for development and enhancement of our services, data supplied by users/members is kept until a user deletes it, these surveys only collect basic information and not PII, by way of example and not limited to, “Which Operating Systems do you use?”.
Newsletter:
NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy periodically sends out a newsletter, when signing up to this service, you agree that Kit.com will store your email address, and that we have access to said email address. Kit.com is a GDPR compliant company is based in San Francisco, California, United States, to read their privacy policy and how they deal with your PII, please follow the link Below.
As with any third parties, we take no responsibility for your actions when using said services, it is within your best interests to read all policies on the third party sites you use or visit.
Article 4. How we store and protect your PII & Data:
Data Storage:
All data, including and not limited to data listed in Article 2, Personal Identifiable Information & Data we collect: is stored in a protected database on a specially guarded server. The server is operated by us and hosted by: DigitalOcean.
Data Linking:
Information/data used for the purpose of linking payments to a specific user to enable services are as follows:
- Valid email address, if or when required.
- User name.
- Payment identifiers, transaction code sent to us via the payment gateway used.
Data Retention:
We are required by law to keep payment/transaction records/identifiers for a period of 7 years, for taxation purposes, even in the event that the account is deleted, we are required to keep the transaction identifiers for this period.
Payment records/identifiers are only linked to your account until it is deleted, or expired, they then become orphaned and cannot be linked back to your account.
Payments of up to 400€ (incl. Taxes) do not require customer information, i.e. your invoices will normally be anonymous.
Data Protection:
In Transit: All traffic between the Customer and NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy is encrypted using modern Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network, and aims primarily to provide confidentiality and data integrity between two communicating computer applications.
At rest: Hot data (in use) is protected on our server, cold data (backups) are encrypted.
Article 5. How we use your PII & Data:
The information collected whilst subscribing to our products/services or using the website is basic in nature and only used for the specific reasons of software development and the administration of your account.
- Valid email address. If or when required, Used for the administration of your account.
- Transaction identifier, sent by payment gateway. Used for the administration of your account.
- The internet browser and operating system you are using. Used for software development purposes.
- The language set by the browser. Used for software development purposes.
- The part of the IP address that designates country. Used for software development and administration purposes.
- Referrer. How did you find the site? Used for software/marketing, development/referral purposes.
- Name and Address, primarily used for printing service requests.
Article 6. Third party websites and links:
Privacycomputers.com is not a third party as it is owned and run by NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy, however it does link to some third parties listed below.
- Hetzner. Hosting Provider.
- GitHub. Hosting Provider.
- Stripe. Payment gateway.
- PayPal. Payment gateway.
- Kit.com, News letter, emails.
- Postmarkapp.com, emails.
- starlabs.systems.
- novacustom.com.
- Calendly.com.
- Oshi.tech.
- cleavr.io. dev ops.
- digitalocean.com. Hosting.
- webinarjam.com. email.
- protonmail.com. email.
- cloudflare.com.
- Vimeo.com. video hosting.
- circle.so. Community Platform.
- HelloPrint.com. Printing services
Article 7. Third Party Disclosure:
NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy does not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your (PII) personally identifiable information/Data to outside parties. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential as per their respective privacy policies and terms of service.
Information we gain through payment gateways for the purpose of linking to your account are limited to transaction identifiers, please refer to: Article 3. (how we protect your PII Data).
We may release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, privacy, or safety.
Article 8. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) explained:
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the toughest privacy and security law in the world. Though it was drafted and passed by the European Union (EU), it is now implemented in many countries worldwide, it imposes obligations onto organizations anywhere, so long as they target or collect data related to people in the EU. The regulation was put into effect on May 25, 2018, and grants users’ certain rights under the GDPR policy, these are set out below and clarified in Article 16, alternatively, to read more about GDPR please visit the following link:
In line with the GDPR, we collect and process the data outlined in this Privacy Policy on the following grounds, for the purposes of fulfilling our contractual obligations to users, including:
- Providing users with the Services they have requested.
- Managing user subscriptions and processing payments.
- Providing customer support.
For a legitimate interest associated with the operation and development of our services and business, including:
- Enhancing the quality, reliability, and effectiveness of our website and Services.
- Communicating with customers to provide information and feedback related to our Services and website.
- With the consent of users, which users can withdraw at any time.
You can exercise your rights under the GDPR to access, transfer, correct, delete, or object to the processing of your personal information by contacting us at:
dpo@privacyacademy.com
Article 9. California Online Privacy Protection Act, (CalOPPA) explained.
CalOPPA is the first state law in the United States of America to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy.
The law’s reach stretches well beyond California and requires a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites/online services collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website, that states exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared. If you would like to read more about this policy, please visit:
Authorized Agents:
When a consumer uses an authorized agent to submit a request to know, or a request to delete data of any kind, NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy may require that the consumer do the following:
Provide the authorized agent, signed permission to access any form of data/information.
In the case of anonymous users: users must verify their own identity directly with NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy. Users must directly confirm with NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy that they have provided the authorized agent permission to submit any such request.
Authorized agents must also provide a current, verifiable identification and all necessary documentation to access any information or data, users and agents are however reminded that: NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy, does not collect or log browsing history, traffic destination, data content, IP addresses, or DNS queries from users/members/subscribers connected to our products/services, we cannot provide information or data we do not hold or collect.
In conjunction with CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously, but will need to subscribe to the services/products, to use said services/products. Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes as and when they happen and can keep up to date by clicking the link named, (Privacy Policy) at the bottom of our home page. To see what data, we collect from subscribers please refer to: Article 3. Personal Identifiable Information & Data we collect.
Article 10. Fair Information Practices, explained:
The Fair Information Practices Principles, form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the world, understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information. In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
- We will notify the users via email within 1 business day of awareness.
- We will notify the users via in site notification within 1 business day of awareness.
We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy will not share or dispose of member’s information to third parties as per the data protection act 1998, this can be read by following the link below:
Article 11. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA):
The products/services provided by NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy is in no way targeted for use in any way shape or form towards minors/children under the age of 18 years, however, as our service does not require data upon subscription concerning age, real name, or home address, we cannot, and will not be held responsible for your child’s actions whilst online, all data collected by us is treated in the same manner, protected behind numerous layers of encryption, used to provide the products/services to you, and not shared with any third parties.
Article 12. Do not track:
In conjunction with CalOPPA and the 2013 amendments, we do not track users of our services/products, in this case we do not respond to, do not track signals or requests from you, on the understanding that, our service does not track users’ actions or usage whilst on any of our services. Please read Article 14. No logs policy.
Article 13. Mobile devices:
At present we do not provide any mobile applications for our products/services, however as it is possible to connect to our products/services using your mobile devices internet browser, the following applies: We do not track, or collect any data from your mobile devices other than information provided by you to subscribe to our service, please refer to: Article 2. Personal Identifiable Information (PII/Data), we collect, and Article 3. How we store and protect your PII/Data.
Article 14. No logs policy:
NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy, does not log or store records on user activity using our Services, we are committed to your privacy and DO NOT collect or log browsing history, traffic destination, data content, IP addresses, or DNS queries from Subscribers connected to our products.
For the avoidance of all doubt, should any government body or law enforcement agency compel NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy to release such subscribed user information, listed above, we cannot supply this information as the data does not exist, and is therefore not in our possession.
Article 15. Cookies:
Our service uses cookies required to operate, by way of example and not limited to, when logging in, below you will find an explanation on our cookie usage. Cookies used on our site are on site only; we do not use third party cookies, or transmit information collected, information collected by our cookies are used on our service only.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which a website/service may put on to a member’s computer or mobile device when you first visit a site, service, or page. The cookie help the website, to recognize your device the next time you visit. There are many functions cookies serve, for example they can help us to remember your username and preferences.
Session cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser, these facilitate various tasks such as allowing a website/service to identify that a user of a particular device is navigating from page to page, supporting website security or basic functionality.
Persistent cookies last after you have closed your browser, and allow a website to remember your actions and preferences. Sometimes persistent cookies are used by websites/services to provide targeted advertising based upon the browsing history of the device, we DO NOT use targeted advertising cookies of any description.
What do we use cookies for?
We use first party cookies (our own) on our services, for the following purposes:
Login:
Once you login to our website/service, a cookie is set containing your encrypted credentials, required to recognize you between page visits.
You can disable this cookie by deselecting “Remember me” in the login form.
Session:
Upon first visit of our website/service, the system will create a new unique session for you which will be saved using a cookie on your computer.
Sessions are required to recognize users between page accesses. It is a temporary cookie which will be deleted once you close your internet browser.
Onsite cookies are also used for the collection of data appertaining to affiliate and referral commissions.
Third-Party Services:
Displayed ads or sharing content through social networks or comparable actions might cause a cookie created by them, we DO NOT use third parties in that respect, therefor cookies in this category can only be added by the member using a third-party site etc. this is not recommended in any way shape or form by NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy.
How to disable or delete cookies?
Your internet browser offers specialized options to manage and remove cookies and also offer settings to reject many or all cookies. Please refer to the instructions for your internet browser from the list below.
- Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Mozilla Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
- Opera https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/
- Safari https://support.apple.com/kb/ph17191?locale=en_US
- Brave https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048833872-How-Do-I-Clear-Cookies-And-Site-Data-In-Brave
- Internet Explorer https://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
Article 16. Third party behavioral tracking:
Our products/services DO NOT use third-party tracking in any form, however, sites we may direct you to during subscription, by way of example only, the payment gateways we use, Stripe, may use such tracking on their services, for the avoidance of all doubt, it is your responsibility to check any third party sites you visit and read their privacy policy.
Article 17. Data request:
In compliance with the GDPR, you can request a list of the information we hold on your account, however at this time it is best to remember that any information held by us, is the information freely given by you when you subscribe to our products/services, in this case data requests must be made using the information given to us, by way of example only, email address if used, in an email, requesting the information to:
support@privacyacademy.com
As the data we collect is solely used to run and administer your account, you can ask at any time for us to stop processing, or to erase the data held on your account, however in these aforementioned cases, this will result in the removal of your account from our services, this course of action does not automatically trigger a refund under Terms of Service, Article 11. Your right to cancel. and Article 12. refunds. For cases of this type please contact us with your request at:
support@privacyacademy.com
For the avoidance of all doubt, we are a company based around privacy and security, any and all data collected on a members account is basic, by way of example only and not limited to, a verifiable email address, if required, and transaction id’s, these are protected behind encryption.
Information/data held by us on any subscriber is basic and minimal, any and all data requests made by Government, or law enforcement agencies can be applied for, however, this is in the form of single account data only and not by block.
By forwarding the required paperwork, in this case, a written request and reason, with a current court order covering the correct jurisdiction attached, NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy will comply with law enforcement, applied by the Lincoln, Nebraska,USA court’s jurisdiction under State law.
Article 18. Geographical Law/Limitations and Statement:
Privacy laws/rules and regulations also protect your location information, whilst running the privacy academy products and services, we take this very seriously and respect your rights to such information, however, stating this we also run a service “GrassRoots Referral Program” that is restricted to geographical location, although this information is not shared in any way shape or form the GRP is for subscribers only within the United States of America, should any subscriber breach this rule by using such software as to mask the location, any information gathered, held or stored may be used in the legal pursuit of such a breach, please read Article 7. Geographical Range of the GrassRoots Referral Program terms of service.
Article 19. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law:
As NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy is registered in Lincoln, Nebraska,USA, any and all disputes will be decided only through the Lincoln, Nebraska court system following State law as our guide line. It is important to note:
The products/services provided by NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy does not collect and hold any IP addresses, browsing history, traffic data, or DNS queries that could be used to identify any specific user.
Article 20. Amendments to the Privacy Policy:
This privacy policy is classed as a living document, and will change or evolve from time to time due to changes in laws concerning privacy around the world, as such we reserve the rights to amend/change our Privacy Policy as and when required, without prior notice to you, to remain consistent with applicable privacy laws and principles.
As your continued use of the website or Services constitutes your acceptance of our Privacy Policy, we recommend that subscribers check for updates and read said content of any amended policies we might make in the future.
Article 21. Contact:
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy and how we handle your information, please feel free to contact NUSAZ LLC/Privacy Academy at the email address below, please state your enquiry in as much detail as possible and we will reply as soon as we can, normally within 24 hours of receipt of request:
dpo@privacyacademy.com
For all other inquiries please use the following email address:
support@privacyacademy.com
Please note: where as we cannot change our policies to suit every individual, we will listen to your concerns and reply in a timely manner.
Thank you for taking the time to read our policies on how we operate our service and collect, use and protect all of your data.