Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you create an account, register for a course, participate in any course discussions, submit course-related materials, request customer support or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, discussion comments and other information you choose to provide.
Information We Collect Automatically When You Use the Services
When you access or use our Services, we automatically collect information about you, including:
- Usage Information: We collect information about your use of our Services, including course material submission times, time spent on lessons and questions, and other usage data.
- Log Information: We log information about your use of our websites, including your browser type and language, access times, pages viewed, your IP address and the website you visited before navigating to our websites.
- Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use various technologies to collect information, and this may include sending cookies to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that helps us to improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular and count visits. We may also collect information using web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels"). Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened and acted upon. For more information about cookies, and how to disable them, please see "Your Choices" below.
Information We Collect From Other Sources
We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through our Services. For example, we may receive information about your performance in the courses you attend via the Services from the teachers who conduct these courses, including your grades and attendance. Additionally, if you create or log into your account through a social media service, we will have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information and friends lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media service.