PRIVACY POLICY
Italian Online Academy is dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy policy describes what information is collected from you on italianonlineacademy.com (hereinafter the “website”), and how it is used. The term “you” refers to anyone who visits, uses and/or views the website.
By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
DATA COLLECTION
When you access the website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information (PII), including but not limited to your: name, phone number, email address, physical address, avatar image, credit card information (when you make a purchase on the website).
This information is collected when you contact us, use the search feature on the website, subscribe to the newsletter, provide feedback, fill out a form, or enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in an online survey that we may post on our website.
Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the website to better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, elicit reviews of services or products, provide you offers, promotions, and to follow up with you through correspondence (email).
We may also use this information to provide you with offers and promotions from our partners and/or our affiliates in exchange for a commission, without additional cost to you.
Additionally, like other websites, this website automatically collects certain information about you through log data and Google Analytics. Log data is information about your computer’s Internet protocol address, which is your IP address, Internet service provider’s information, operating system, and your browser information. Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain information about your browsing history, pages you visit, equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, your location, and other general patterns related to your use of the website.
This information is used to improve our performance and your use of the website, analyze website statistics related to user behavior and interests, and to further enhance our products and services offered to you.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
We respect the privacy of children. “Child” means an individual under the age of 13.
All information and content on this website is intended for individuals over the age of 18. Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using this website.
We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe personal information is collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, please contact us to have that information deleted.
COMMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
When you leave a comment, your name, email address, and/or website/organization name are not shared with a third-party and may be used to communicate with you.
Sharing options may be available on this website. Social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the storage, use, or distribution of such publicly disclosed personal information by you.
Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to the misuse of your information by others.
USE OF COOKIES
The website may use cookies to facilitate your use and navigation of the website.
Cookies are files with small amounts of data, including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you view the website. Just like other websites, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your IP address, date and time of visit, geographic location, and language preference.
If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
We may use cookies for various reasons, such as optimizing and personalizing your browsing experience, saving your preferences and settings for future use, displaying ads based on your liking and interests, affiliate marketing, and for checking our website analytics.
This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user experience on the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer, should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able to view all the features and content of this website.
USE OF PIXELS AND WEB BEACONS
In conjunction with the use of cookies, third parties may also use web beacons, which are known as pixel tags, web bugs, or clear GIFs, to collect general information about your use of our website. They monitor user activity and track customer behavior data. This information may be relevant to third parties such as ad networks used on our website to customize the advertising based on your interests and behavior.
We may use social media pixels to track and collect general information about your use in compliance with different social media sites (Youtube, Instagram, etc), for the purpose of promoting products, remarketing, running targeted advertising, tracking conversions, and so forth.
Third parties like Instagram may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and collect information from our website for the purpose of providing targeted advertising. You may see our ads on Instagram after you have visited our website.
THIRD PARTY LINKS AND USE
We may include, advertise. or offer third-party links, products or services on the website. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. images, videos, advertisements, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
We may use Google Adsense advertising along with any other third-party advertising on the website. Google is a third party that also uses cookies to serve ads on the website for the purpose of providing a positive user experience. Third-party vendors, such as Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to the website. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy policy and ad settings.
We have no control over these third parties, and they have their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that your use of these third-party websites is solely at your risk.
EMAIL MARKETING
You have the option of subscribing or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, messages, updates, promotional materials, and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email content along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. This information is kept confidential and we do not share, sell, or trade your email information with third parties, except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.
If you opt in to receive any of our free products or services, and/or purchase any products or services through our website, then you will be subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you affirmatively consent to it. Please see the ”Opt Out” section below should you wish to unsubscribe and not receive emails from us.
OPT OUT
We are in compliance with the GDPR along with the email marketing service we use to collect your data.
We do not spam or send misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “Unsubscribe” in the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us.
As for third-party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt out from their communications.
