This is the privacy policy for EduTimes.com Limited (collectively referred to as “EduTimes”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this policy), our sites such as edutimes.com and our associated services (“our sites”). Some of our other sites and services have their own policies, which will be relevant to you when you are using those sites and services.

The foundation spirit of EduTimes is to support quality higher education that we believe is gradually missing in many schools. The spirit guides everything that we do – including our editorial approach and how we use personal data. We are strongly committed to keeping your personal data safe. This commitment exists throughout the lifecycle of your personal data, from the design of any EduTimes service which uses personal data to the deletion of that data.

To complement our global approach to privacy protection, this policy also incorporates specific information privacy rights granted to individuals under European, Californian and Australian privacy law. This reflects our relationship with our readers in these locations where we provide localized editorial content.

We think carefully about our use of personal data, and below you can find the details of what we do to protect your privacy. This policy covers, among other topics:

  • Information about your rights, the choices available to you, and our obligations in the European Union, in California, in Australia, and elsewhere.
  • Transparency about how we collect and use your personal data, including when and how it is shared.
  • Information on how we protect your personal data.
  • Information on how we will facilitate your rights and respond to your questions.

Find out more about how we manage your personal data below:

About this privacy policy

This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, share, transfer and sell (for California residents only) your personal data when you use the services provided on our sites or interact with us. This privacy policy also explains your data privacy rights.

Personal data is any information about you by which you can be identified or be identifiable. This can include information such as:

  • Your name, date of birth, gender, email address, postal address, phone number, mobile number or financial details, such as payment cards you use to purchase products or subscriptions or to support our journalism.
  • Information about your device (such as the IP address, which is a numerical code to identify your device that can provide information about the country, region or city where you are based).
  • Information relating to how you use and interact with our sites and services.

When we refer to “personal data” in this policy, we are also referencing “personal information,” as it is defined under California law, and as it is defined under Australian law.

Sometimes our sites may contain links to sites and services that are not part of the EduTimes family of offerings. These sites and services have their own privacy policies. If you follow a link to these non-EduTimessites and apps, you should read the privacy policy shown on their site.

Who we are

EduTimes is the data controller in respect of your personal data that you share with us. This means that we are responsible for deciding how and why we hold and use your personal data. If you want to contact us directly, you can find our contact details in the “Contact us for information about how we use your personal data” section below.

The types of personal data we collect about you

We collect your personal data when you visit our sites, subscribe for products or services, contribute to the EduTimes or when you interact with us. We will only collect your personal data in line with applicable laws. We collect your personal data in the following ways:

  • Directly from you, e.g. when you sign up for our services, purchase products or services, including by signing up for newsletters or selecting specific topics you are interested in and when you browse or use our sites.
  • Personal data we generate about you, e.g. personal data we use to authenticate you, or personal data we generate about you from your IP address or your preferences.
  • Personal data we collect from third parties, e.g. personal data that helps us to combat fraud or which we collect, with your permission, when you interact with your social media accounts and/or payment service providers (e.g. Paypal).

More details about the types of personal data we collect are provided below.

The personal data we collect when you register for an EduTimes account

When you register for a EduTimesaccount on EduTimes.com, we collect:

  • Your name.
  • Your email address.
  • Other details such as your contact number and residential or billing address when you sign up to support us or a subscription.
  • Your user name, if you comment on our sites.
  • Your photograph, if you add one to your profile page.
  • Some limited data from your social media profile (further information on this is below), if you have signed in to EduTimes.com using your social media details.

You can change or remove these details using the profile and settings area of your EduTimes account.

Personal data we generate about you

When you register for a EduTimes account or sign up for a newsletter, we assign you a unique ID number. We use this to manage your preferences, for example, the newsletters you have subscribed to. When you register for an account we use your unique ID to recognise you when you are signed in to our services. This will recognise you if you sign in using the same account on a new device or through a different application such as the EduTimes app on mobile devices.

When you use our sites we may also use cookies or similar technologies to collect extra data, including:

  • Your IP address – a numerical code to identify your device, together with the country, region or city where you are based.
  • Your geolocation data – your IP address can be used to find information about the latitude, longitude, altitude of your device, its direction of travel, your GPS data and data about connection with local Wi-Fi equipment.
  • Information on how you interact with our services.
  • Your browsing history of the content you have visited on our sites, including how you were referred to our sites via other websites.
  • Details of your computer, mobile, TV, tablet or other devices, for example, the unique device ID, unique vendor or advertising ID and browsers used to access our content.

We will not collect special categories of data from you – such as personal data concerning your race, political opinions, religion, health or sexual orientation – unless you have chosen to provide that type of personal data to us.

When you use our apps

The EduTimes apps use personal data based on the content you have viewed. Information on bugs and crashes is also sent to us when you use our apps. A list of the articles that you have recently viewed is also cached in the local storage on your device. You can delete this reading history in the settings of the app. You can choose to receive notifications on your device via the app, and manage these notifications in the settings of the app.

Using your social media details to sign into your EduTimes account

When you sign in to our sites using your social media ID, we will use this personal data to form a profile for your EduTimes account. If you remove the EduTimes app from your Google settings or your Apple ID, we will no longer have access to this data. However, we will still have the personal data that we received when you first set up your EduTimes account using your Google login, Apple ID, or any other social media sign in.

Apple

If you register or sign in with your Apple ID, you give Apple permission to share your personal data with us. This only includes your first and last name, and your email address. You can also choose to hide your email and Apple will create a random email address so your personal email can stay private. This email address will be linked to your EduTimes profile and will be used to retrieve your subscribed content.

Google

When you sign in to our sites using your Google login details, you give Google permission to share the personal data that you have made public in your Google profile. This only includes your first and last name, your email address and whether your email address has been validated, a link to your Google profile and, if you have one, your profile picture. This email address will be linked to your EduTimes profile and will be used to retrieve your subscribed content.

Personal data when you post comments about the EduTimes on other social media sites

If you have mentioned the EduTimes in posts on social media sites, then we may collect your social media handles. For example, when you mention the EduTimes in a post, we may collect your X handle.

When you post publicly (comments) on our sites

When you post on a discussion board or comment publicly on an article on one of our sites, the personal data you post, including your username and other information about yourself, are publicly accessible. This personal data can be viewed online and collected by other people. We are not responsible for the way these other people use this personal data. When contributing to a discussion, we strongly recommend you avoid sharing any personal details, including information that can be used to identify you directly such as your name, age, address and name of employer. We are not responsible for the privacy of any identifiable information that you choose to post in our online community or other public pages of the site.

How we collect personal data

We collect personal data when you:

  • Become a supporter or register for an account on our sites.
  • Make contributions to fund and support the EduTimes.
  • Pay for a subscription or purchase any other products/services for yourself or others.
  • Manage your account settings (e.g. notification, preferences).
  • Attend our events (in person and/or virtually).
  • Enter our competitions, prize draws, bids and surveys.
  • Take part in our call-outs.
  • Sign up for our editorial emails.
  • Post or comment in our online community.
  • Sign up for marketing communications.
  • Use mobile devices to access our content.
  • Access and interact with any of our sites.
  • Contact us via email, social media, our apps or similar technologies or when you mention us on social media.
  • Test our products, participate in focus groups or provide us with feedback.

We also collect personal data through cookies and other similar technologies. (Truncated cookie tracking as of July 1, 2024)

How we use your personal data

We use personal data collected through our sites only when we have a valid reason and the legal grounds to do so. We determine the legal grounds based on the purposes for which we have collected your personal data.

Legal grounds for using your personal data

The legal ground may be one of the following:

  • Consent: Often we will use your personal data because we have asked for your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. Please refer to the table below for examples of where we ask for your consent.
  • Performance of a contract with you (or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract with you): We will use your personal data if we need to in order to perform a contract with you. For example, where you have purchased a subscription from us, we will need to use your contact details and payment data in order to process your order and deliver your subscription or we may contact you directly via social media or email if you enter competitions, prize draws, bids or respond to call-outs.
  • Compliance with law: In some cases, we may have a legal obligation to use or keep your personal data.
  • Our legitimate interests: We may process your personal data where it is necessary for our legitimate interests in a way that might be expected as part of running the EduTimes and in a way which does not materially impact your rights and freedoms. For example, it is in our legitimate interests for us to understand our readers, promote our services and ways to support us, and operate our sites and apps efficiently for the creation, publication and distribution of news, media and related journalistic content both online and in print form, globally. Please refer to the table below for examples of when we rely on our legitimate interests to use your personal data.