Privacy Policy

THE DATA WE COLLECT

Moredatascientists directly collects information when you:

sign up for a moredatascientists user account and create a user profile.
enroll and participate in online courses.
purchase a product or service.
send email messages to moredatascientists (including messages to learner support);
participate in user surveys.
participate in public forums, webinars, and other interactive experiences on the site.

Moredatascientists also indirectly collects usage information about your visit to the site, as explained in the section below-titled Cookies.

Moredatascientists does not itself collect or store financial account numbers or identification issued by a governmental entity, employer, or other authority. Instead, if you choose to make a purchase on the Site, for example, a Verified Certificate, you will be directed to moredatascientists’s third-party payment processor and moredatascientists’s third-party ID verification service provider. If you do not wish to submit the required authentication or payment information, then you will not be able to obtain a certificate via the moredatascientists Site.

moredatascientists requires your Personal Information limited circumstances when you:

sign up for a moredatascientists user account (name, username, email address);
purchase a Verified Certificate (so that moredatascientists’s third-party vendor can authenticate your identity) or other product or service (so that moredatascientists’s third-party vendor can process the payment);
participate in remote proctoring or other course facilitation processes (so that moredatascientists’s third-party vendor can monitor and assess the integrity of your course activity); or
earn a Verified Certificate (the certificate will have your name on it).

To the extent that moredatascientists associates the information that moredatascientists collects directly or indirectly with an individual (for example, you), the association is based on Personal Information in your account profile.

You may voluntarily choose to share additional Personal Information on the moredatascientists Site, for example:

in your moredatascientists account profile (and you may display a limited or full profile to other moredatascientists Site users);
in applying for financial assistance; or
when participating in a course, forum, webinar, or other interactive experience on the moredatascientists Site (noting that in some cases, this information is shared with a third party that provides tools or other assistance for the moredatascientists Site or a course).

Moredatascientists encourages you to use discretion before voluntarily sharing additional Personal Information on the moredatascientists Site. (If you later choose to delete your moredatascientists account, selection of your Personal Information will be subject to the process and limits outlined below.)

Members do not receive your Personal Information unless and until you enroll in a course. If you enroll in a course, the Member that offers the course will receive Personal Information from your moredatascientists account profile plus the information that moredatascientists collects about your activity and performance in the course in which you enrolled.

COOKIES AND TRACKING DATA

Like many companies, moredatascientists uses Cookies and other common Tracking Technology on the site and in email communications to help moredatascientists better understand your use and needs of the moredatascientists Site, current and future moredatascientists-related products and services, and how moredatascientists and Members can improve. For example:

based on your cookie settings, moredatascientists tracks information indicating, among other things, which pages of the moredatascientists Site were visited, the order in which they were visited, when they were visited, and which hyperlinks and other user interface controls were used;
moredatascientists may log the IP address, operating system, and browser software (including mobile use and device type when you use moredatascientists native mobile apps) you used when accessing the moredatascientists Site, and moredatascientists may be able to determine from an IP address your Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of your point of connectivity; and
moredatascientists may track and collect information from emails that moredatascientists sends to you, for example, whether you opened the email or clicked on any links from the email.

moredatascientists also partners with third parties to help us track and understand your activity on the moredatascientists Site, how you interact with moredatascientists’s social media, and how you find or may be referred to the moredatascientists Site. Individual Members may separately use Tracking Technologies within their courses and email communications to understand your activity within a course and how you find or may be referred to a course on the moredatascientists Site.

Moredatascientists and Members use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies for the following purposes:

when necessary for system administration, security, and integrity to ensure the moredatascientists Site works properly for you. Without these technologies, the moredatascientists Site may not function correctly;
to enable analytics, performance, and functionality, to help moredatascientists and Members gather information about how visitors use the moredatascientists Site and monitor moredatascientists Site performance, and to enhance your experience by recognizing and remembering whether you have visited the moredatascientists Site before and may have any personal preferences; and
to support marketing by enabling moredatascientists and Members to deliver content relevant to your interests on the moredatascientists Site and third-party sites based on how you interact with moredatascientists or Member advertisements or content. moredatascientists and Members use “first-party” cookies, which means cookies served by moredatascientists or an individual Member, and also “third-party” cookies, which means cookies served by third parties that help moredatascientists and Members track this information.

You have some options for managing Cookies and other Tracking Technologies. These include:

Modifying your browser settings: You should be able to control how and whether your web browser accepts Cookies by adjusting its privacy and security settings. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new Cookies, how to receive notifications of new Cookies, and how to disable existing Cookies. If you reject moredatascientists’s Cookies, many functions and conveniences of the moredatascientists Site may not work properly.
Opting-out of certain third-party tracking and advertising: Some of the third parties used by moredatascientists or a Member for Cookies and Tracking Technologies offer the ability to opt-out from their tracking by following processes described on their websites. A list of some such third parties is maintained and available at the Help Center and includes, for some, links to applicable opt-out processes. Neither moredatascientists nor any Member is responsible for the effectiveness of any third-party opt-out options.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED

Moredatascientists and Members use information, including Personal Information, to carry out the following purposes:

Operate and improve the moredatascientists Site – This includes creating and improving features that support the moredatascientists community and enable site usage at scale. This also includes personalizing the moredatascientists Site, so your learning experience is tailored to your interests and needs.
Create, administer, provide, and teach courses – This includes creating and improving the delivery of massive open online courses and programs on moredatascientists. This also includes personalizing courses, so your learning experience is tailored to your interests and needs, and assessing your performance, and awarding certificates.
Offer and improve products and services – This includes enabling you to navigate the moredatascientists Site, to enroll and participate in courses and programs on the moredatascientists Site, to learn effectively in such courses and programs, and to purchase or obtain products and services on the moredatascientists Site such as Verified Certificates.
Develop and maintain the security and performance of the moredatascientists Site – This includes tracking moredatascientists Site outages and creating software solutions, detecting violations of the Honor Code and Terms of Service, and monitoring uses, misuses, and potential misuses of the moredatascientists Site.
Communicate with you – This includes answering your course and platform questions, notifying you of course and moredatascientists Site maintenance and updates, marketing to you about course offerings, programs, news, and related products and services of moredatascientists or moredatascientists affiliates, and as permitted under applicable law, sending you communications about products or services of selected business partners that may be of interest to you.
Support scientific research including, for example, in the areas of cognitive science and education – This includes collaborating to enable and conduct research about how learners access and master course materials online, with the goal of improving course outcomes.
Track moredatascientists Site usage against goals and mission – This includes performing analytics to evaluate access to and performance in courses and course-related products and services and to report aggregate usage information (not Personal Information) to business partners and external audiences.
Exercise, enforce, and comply with legal rights and obligations – This includes responding to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; and investigating, preventing, or taking action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of moredatascientists, Members, or others, and as otherwise required by applicable law.

moredatascientists or a Member may also seek your consent for additional uses of information, including Personal Information, and will use it only for the purpose described to you. All use of Personal Information is subject to applicable law.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS SHARED

Moredatascientists and Members share information, including Personal Information with third parties for the following purposes:

With service providers, contractors, and other third parties that help carry out the uses described above – moredatascientists requires third parties to (1) abide by this Privacy Policy and applicable law; (2) handle Personal Information in a confidential manner and maintain adequate security; and (3) use Personal Information only as needed to fulfill the relevant purpose(s). In some cases, the moredatascientists Site and individual courses are integrated with third-party services or contain links to websites published by third parties, including other content providers as well as service providers. These third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices, so you should pay attention anytime you are redirected to a third-party website and be sure to review its privacy policy.
With other learners in courses that you take and with other visitors to the moredatascientists Site, to create an interactive learning environment, support class participation, and share course information – This includes sharing comments, coursework, or other information or content that you submit to a portion of the site designed for viewing by other class members or for public communication. This also includes providing opportunities for you to communicate with other users who may have similar interests or educational goals, for instance, recommending specific study partners or connecting potential student mentees and mentors. In such cases, moredatascientists and each Member that offers a course in which you enrolled may use all information collected about you to determine who might be interested in communicating with you, but will only provide others your username (for clarity, no disclosure of your real name or email address).
With employers, government programs, institutions, or other enterprises that sponsor your enrollment in a course for training or other educational purposes – If an entity pays for or otherwise sponsors your Verified Certificate or course participation, moredatascientists will share information with the entity as needed to confirm your enrollment, participation, progress, and completion status in that course.
With affiliates of moredatascientists or a Member, or with successors in the event of a merger, acquisition, or reorganization, for their use consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Moredatascientists or a Member may also seek your consent for additional disclosures of information, including Personal Information, and will share it only as described to you. In addition, moredatascientists or a Member may share with the public and with third parties, including but not limited to researchers and business partners, information, and Personal Information that is de-identified or aggregated in a manner that does not personally identify you.

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You can manage your Personal Information through learner features on the site and requests to the moredatascientists learner support team. If your request involves information controlled by a Member, moredatascientists learner support will notify and coordinate with the appropriate Member to address your request. moredatascientists will provide support to the extent required by applicable law (for example, learners in the European Union) and more broadly when possible, as a courtesy in our sole discretion. moredatascientists will notify you in the event that moredatascientists is unable to meet a request that is not legally required. Similarly, Members will only be obligated to comply with requests to the extent legally required but may choose to comply with other requests at their sole discretion.

Access and correct your Personal Information

Much of your Personal Information is available in your moredatascientists account. Your name, email address, and other identifiable profile information is editable through the profile settings in your moredatascientists account except as noted below. Your account dashboard lists all current and archived courses in which you have enrolled and includes links to any Verified Certificates you may have earned. The dashboard also contains copies of your answers and other participation and performance in courses. Please contact moredatascientists learner support to access and update this or other information. If your request involves information controlled by a Member, moredatascientists learner support will notify the appropriate Member of your request.

Exceptions:

Usernames cannot ever be changed. This is a moredatascientists system restriction. Because usernames identify you in courses and elsewhere on the moredatascientists Site, moredatascientists encourages you to use discretion in choosing your username. If you want to protect your identity, do not use your real name or a name identifiable to you as your username.
moredatascientists does not track or index every time or every place on the moredatascientists Site when or where a learner may volunteer Personal Information, so neither moredatascientists nor Members will be able to help you locate or manage all such instances. moredatascientists encourages you to use discretion before volunteering Personal Information on the moredatascientists Site.

Restrict or object to the processing of Personal Information

If you want to manage emails and other communications to you, you may update your preferences in your moredatascientists account dashboard, follow the steps described in links at the bottom of email messages, or contact moredatascientists learner support. You may object to, or request that moredatascientists or a Member stop, its use of your Personal Information for other purposes by contacting the moredatascientists learner support team. If your request involves information controlled by a Member, moredatascientists learner support will notify the appropriate Member of your request. Please note that if you choose to restrict moredatascientists’s or a Member’s ability to process Personal Information, and the processing is otherwise required to provide you with various services and products offered on the moredatascientists Site, you may not be able to establish a moredatascientists user account or enroll for a course, and moredatascientists or a Member may not be able to provide you with those services or products.

Delete account and Personal Information

To request deletion of your moredatascientists account and Personal Information, you should click the button labeled “Delete my account” in your moredatascientists account settings. Because deletion on the moredatascientists system is a permanent action and cannot be reversed, moredatascientists may ask you to complete a process that aims to confirm your authority to manage the moredatascientists account affected by your request.

With respect to your moredatascientists account, moredatascientists will permanently:

deactivate your moredatascientists account,
remove the active profile,
retire your username, and
remove you from moredatascientists email lists.

With respect to your Personal Information, moredatascientists will permanently delete your moredatascientists account profile Personal Information from the moredatascientists Site.

As noted above, to the extent that moredatascientists associates the information that moredatascientists collects directly or indirectly with an individual (for example, you), the association is based on Personal Information in your moredatascientists account profile. By erasing the Personal Information in your moredatascientists account profile, the remaining information about your activity on the moredatascientists Site will no longer be associated with you, except as noted below.

These changes will be applied to data stores that are used for operation of the moredatascientists Site including course administration by Members. If you enrolled in any courses on the moredatascientists Site, the moredatascientists learner support team will share your request with the Members that offered those courses.

Exceptions:

Deletion will not apply to historical activity logs or archives unless and until these logs and data naturally “age-off” the moredatascientists system.
moredatascientists does not track or index every time or every place on the moredatascientists Site when or where a learner may volunteer Personal Information, so neither moredatascientists nor Members will be able to help you locate or manage all such instances. moredatascientists encourages you to use discretion before voluntarily sharing your Personal Information on the moredatascientists Site.
moredatascientists will archive course data (in a manner and to the extent permitted under applicable law) to serve its mission to enable scientific research on cognitive science and education. These archives are used to produce encrypted research data packages for Members, and Personal Information may not be deleted from research data packages retained by Members.
moredatascientists and each applicable Member cannot always delete records of past interactions and transactions. For example, records relating to previous purchases on the moredatascientists Site must be retained for financial reporting, audit, and compliance reasons.
moredatascientists and each Member will retain and use Personal Information as necessary to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Data retention

moredatascientists will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with services; to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting, audit, and compliance purposes; and to comply with moredatascientists’s legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law. If you enroll in a Member’s course, such Member will also retain your Personal Information for as long as needed to provide you with services; to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting, audit, and compliance purposes; and to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Upon your request that moredatascientists deactivate your account and delete your information, moredatascientists will follow the process described above, including without limitation archiving your course data (in a manner and to the extent permitted under applicable law) to serve its mission to enable scientific research on cognitive science and education. These archives will be used to produce encrypted research data packages for Members, and each such Member may also keep and use course data for scientific research.

STORAGE & SECURITY

Moredatascientists stores information, including personal information, on its own servers and also on servers of companies that moredatascientists hires to provide services. Each Member also stores information, including Personal Information, on its own servers and/or on servers of companies that the Member hires to provide services. In each case, information may be stored in the United States and in other countries where moredatascientists or a Member operates, and in countries where moredatascientists and each Member’s respective service providers operate. If you are in the European Union, Switzerland, or other regions with laws governing data collection and use, you acknowledge that moredatascientists and each Member may transfer, process and store your personal information in the United States and other countries, the privacy laws of which may be considered less strict than those of your region.

moredatascientists controls its own copy of information collected through the site and has an information security program designed to protect the information in its possession or control. This is done through a variety of privacy and security policies, processes, and procedures. moredatascientists uses administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that reasonably and appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information that it collects, receives, stores, or transmits. Nonetheless, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure; and therefore, moredatascientists cannot guarantee its absolute security. While moredatascientists works hard to ensure the integrity and security of its network and systems, moredatascientists cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent “hackers” or other unauthorized persons from illegally accessing or obtaining information.

If moredatascientists learns of a security breach involving its copy of your Personal Information, moredatascientists may attempt to notify you electronically so that you may take appropriate protective steps. By using the moredatascientists Site or providing Personal Information to moredatascientists, you agree that moredatascientists can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the moredatascientists Site. If a security systems breach occurs, moredatascientists may post a notice on the moredatascientists homepage (www.moredatascientists.org) or elsewhere on the moredatascientists Site and may send an email to you at the email address associated with your moredatascientists account. Depending on where you are located, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach, involving your Personal Information, in writing.

If a Member learns of a security breach involving that Member’s copy of your Personal Information, the Member may attempt to notify you electronically so that you may take appropriate protective steps. By enrolling in a Member’s course on the moredatascientists Site or providing Personal Information to the Member, you agree that the Member can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your course enrollment and participation. If a security systems breach occurs, the affected Member may post a notice on the moredatascientists site and/or send an email to you at the email address associated with your enrollment in the Member’s course on the moredatascientists Site. Depending on where you are located, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach, involving your Personal Information, in writing.

Privacy Policy Updates

This Privacy Policy will be reviewed and updated from time to time. When changes are made, the Privacy Policy will be labeled as “Revised (date),” indicating that you should review the new terms, which will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, with an updated effective date. By accessing the site after any changes have been made, you accept the modified Privacy Policy and any changes contained therein. In case you miss the notification referenced above, be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

If you have privacy concerns, have disclosed data you would prefer to keep private, or would like to access the Personal Information that moredatascientists maintains about you, please contact us at privacy@moredatascientists.org. You may also write to us at ATTN: PRIVACY, Moredatascientists Learning, 325 5th Ave N, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2P7, Canada. If your request involves a Member, moredatascientists will notify the appropriate Member of your request.