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PRIVACY POLICY
Last modified: 1 January 2025
Version 1.0
AdventFS, LTD values the privacy of its users. This Privacy Policy is designed to comply with GDPR compliance and contains important information about how we collect, use and disclose the personal information we collect from users who take courses provided through our website, app.adventelearning.co.uk and the services, such as courses, provided on our Site (the “Services”).
AdventFS, LTD develops and makes available educational online courses (hosted on its own platform). AdventFS, LTD may partner with government entities to make these courses available to people in the criminal justice system. In the course of providing these Services, AdventFS, LTD may come into contact with information, including personal information, from the course taker.
This Privacy Policy applies to the information that we collect from users through AdventFS, LTD courses. Privacy is the collection of personal information such as but not limited to; an individual’s race, ethnic origin, political opinions, trade union membership, physical or mental health, or sexual life.
AdventFS, LTD will handle user personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of our Site and any dispute over privacy, is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, including its applicable limitations on damages and the resolution of disputes. Our Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy.
Who Will Collect Information About Users?
AdventFS, LTD operates the Site and Services and will collect user’s personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We can be contacted at:
AdventFS LTD
44 Oxfield Drive
Gorefield, Wisbech PE134LX
United Kingdom
support@adventelearning.co.uk
Even if AdventFS, LTD digital learning courses are offered in conjunction with an outside partner, the partner will not receive any individual personal information from users of the Site. Advent FS, LTD may provide partners with aggregate or de-identified information about users.
What Information Do We Collect About Users and Why?
As described in further detail below, we collect some personal information from users so that we can track their progress through our courses. Data is retained for education purposes only.
How Information is Collected?
We may collect information about users directly from the user, as well as automatically through a user’s use of our Site and Services. We will not require a user to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to use our Services.
Information We Collect Directly
We only use username and email address (if provided) to track a user’s progress in our courses or to reset passwords; we will not contact a user using his or her email address or username for any purpose other than to provide instructions to the user about their assignments. We may also collect additional demographic information (such as race and gender) from a user if instructed to do so by a criminal justice client; however, we do not share this information with anyone other than the client criminal justice agency that instructed us to collect that information. Users may ask us to stop collecting personal information by emailing us at support@adventelearning.co.uk. However, in such cases the user will not be able to take or complete our courses. If a user directs us to stop collecting and using their personal information, we must disable his or her use of our courses to ensure that no information is collected.
Information We Collect Automatically
We may automatically collect the following information about a user’s use of our Site through cookies and other technologies: domain name; browser type and operating system; web pages viewed; links clicked; the length of time spent on our Site; the length of time our courses were taken; Google Analytics statistics; the referring URL, or the webpage that led the user to our Site; language information; device name and model; operating system type, name, and version; and activities within our Site. We may also collect IP address, device identifier or a similar unique identifier from users of our Site; we only use such identifiers to support the internal operations of our Site and we do not use such identifiers to collect information about the user outside of our Site.
Other Information We Collect About User
We collect information about user’s performance and activities on our Site, including completion of courses. This information is for use by criminal justice agencies as part of justice initiatives; however, we do not use this information in personally identifiable form for our own commercial purposes. Before we analyse or use any activity data for our own commercial purposes, we de-identify and/or aggregate such information.
How We Use User Information
We use personal information collected from user for the following purposes:
Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
AdventFS, LTD does not use automated decision-making and profiling.
Unique Identifiers
We only collect and use unique identifiers, such as IP addresses, as necessary to operate our Site or Services, including to maintain or analyse their functioning; perform network communications; authenticate users or personalise content; and protect the security or integrity of users and our Site and Services. We never use unique identifiers to track users across third-party apps or websites.
Cookie Policy
AdventFS, LTD allows users to reject non-essential cookies if applicable. The user must accept any essential cookies as a condition of using this service.
Aggregate or De-identified Information
We may use aggregate or de-identified information about user for research, analysis, and similar purposes. When we do so, we strip out names, e-mail, contact information, and other personal identifiers. We may use aggregate or de-identified information for the following purposes:
How We Share User’s Information
We do not sell user’s personal information, and a user may not make his or her personal information public through our services. In general, we may disclose the personal information that we collect about children to provide our Services, to comply with the law, and to protect Advent and other users of our Services. For example, we may share user’s personal information as follows:
Service Providers
We may disclose the information we collect from user to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf. We conduct risk assessment and due diligence for service providers for external and internal parties to protect personal information.
Business Transfers
If we are acquired by or merged with another company, if substantially all of our assets are transferred to another company, or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, we may transfer the personal information we have collected from our users to the other company.
In Response to Legal Process
We also may disclose the personal information we collect in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, subpoena, or other legal process.
To Protect Us and Others
We also may disclose the personal information we collect where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which Advent is involved.
Aggregate and De-Identified Information
We may also use and share aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties for marketing, research, or similar purposes.
EEA and UK Rights Notice
We respect your privacy rights and provide you with reasonable access and rights to the Personal Data that you may have provided through your use of the Services. If you live in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or United Kingdom (“UK”) and wish to access, amend, delete, or transfer any personal data we hold about you, you may contact us as set forth in the “Contact Us” section. In some cases, you may also update your registration information or preferences by accessing your account settings page on our site.
At any time, you may object to the processing of your personal data in our legitimate interests, except if otherwise permitted by applicable law. If you believe there has been a violation of your privacy rights, please contact us as set forth in the “Contact Us” section below. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authorities.
You may decline to share certain personal data with us, in which case we may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality of the Services.
We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for analytics purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Retention and Deletion of User’s Personal Information
User information will be retained only as long as necessary to fulfil the stated purposes, or for a period specifically required by law or regulation; and thereafter will be disposed of securely or made anonymous so that it cannot be identified to any individual. Users have a right to review the information we have collected about users and students, respectively, and to delete it, and to tell us to stop using it. To exercise these rights, you may contact us at support@adventelearning.co.uk. You will be required to authenticate yourself as the user to receive information.
Changes to This Policy
This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. We will post any changes to this Policy on our Site, at app.adventelearning.co.uk. If we make any changes to this Policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the personal information we have previously collected from a user, we will endeavour to provide you with notice in advance of such change by highlighting the change on our Site and by direct notification.
