The Online Academy is a joint initiative of Mediafin and Vlerick Business School. The self-paced online programmes that fall under this initiative are sold to you by Vlerick Business School. As such, the general terms and conditions, the terms and conditions management programmes, and the disclaimer of Vlerick Business School are applicable. You can find these conditions at https://www.vlerick.com/en/legal/terms-conditions/ and the disclaimer at https://www.vlerick.com/en/legal/disclaimer/.
Thinkific
The Online Academy course and site is hosted by Thinkific Labs Inc. (“Thinkific”). They provide us with the online course creation platform that allow us to sell our product/services to you. Access to the platform is limited to 3 months after the date of your account creation.
Your data is stored through Thinkific’s data storage, databases and the general Thinkific application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
When you enrol as a student or subscriber (“learner”) on our Online Academy, as part of the enrolling process, we collect the personal information you give us, such as your name, email address and company information.
Email: we may send you emails about our site and related course(s), registration and invoice, course content, course progress, or other updates. We may also use your email to inform you about course changes, survey your usage, or collect your opinion.
Payment
If you make a purchase on the Online Academy site, we use a third party payment processor such as Stripe. Payments are encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our site and related courses and its service providers.
For more insight, you may also want to read Thinkific’s Terms of Service here https://www.thinkific.com/resources/privacy-policy/ or Privacy Statement here https://www.thinkific.com/resources/terms-of-service/ .
Third Party Services
In general, the third-party providers used by the Online Academy will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. If you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
Once you leave our course website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
Links
When you click on links on our course site, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.