Last Updated: January 2025
Octa Learning (together with its subsidiaries and international affiliates, hereinafter "Octa Learning", "us", "we", or "our" or "the Company") is committed to the security and management of personal data, to function effectively and successfully for the benefit of our stakeholders, customers and the community. In doing so, it is essential that people's privacy is protected through lawful and appropriate means for handling personal data. Therefore, we have implemented this privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy").
This Policy aims to protect personal data of the various stakeholders connected to our organization. It is aimed at providing individuals notice of the basic principles by which the Company processes the personal data of individuals ("Personal Data") who visit, use, deal with and/or transact through the website and includes a guest user and browser (hereinafter "you", "user").
The purpose of this Policy is to describe how Octa Learning collects, uses and shares information about you through our online interfaces (e.g., websites and mobile applications) owned and controlled by us (hereinafter the "Website"). This Policy is also designed to provide information on how Octa Learning ensures data security, conducts data transfers and processes requests from data subjects.
This Policy applies to all systems, people and processes that constitute the organization's information systems, including board members, directors, employees and other third parties who have access to Personal Data processed by Octa Learning.
The Company is also committed to ensuring that its employees conduct themselves in line with this, and other related, policies. Where third parties process data on behalf of Octa Learning, we endeavour to obtain assurances from such third parties that your Personal Data will be safeguarded consistently.
Octa Learning offers curated and specially designed higher education and industry-relevant certification programs online (hereinafter individually or collectively referred to as "Program(s)"). This Privacy Policy applies to all our services unless specified otherwise.
The Personal Data that we collect about you depends on the context of your interactions with us, the products, services and features that you use, your location and the applicable laws.
Personal Data is stored in personnel files or within electronic records on servers in India or other countries of Octa Learning. The following types of Personal Data may be held by the Company (as appropriate) on relevant individuals:
We do not collect any payment card information processed by third-party payment gateway providers; such details are handled directly by those providers.
Special Category of Personal Data includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union memberships, and information about your health, as well as genetic and biometric data.
We do not knowingly collect or process any special or sensitive Personal Data unless it is strictly necessary and lawful to do so, and where required we will obtain your explicit consent.
The data collected by the Company is derived directly from data provided by you or by use of our sites, as well as from certain third parties as described below.
We may receive personal data such as access or login details, profile pictures or other information in relation to your Personal Data which may be available with such third parties. We also receive information about your visits to our platform and to other websites using pixel tags, cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer or device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technologies.
We may also allow third-party advertising companies (such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Quora, Bing and others) to place cookies on our website to track your activity across sites where they display ads and record your activities, so they can show ads that they consider relevant to you as you browse the internet.
We may use the following types of cookies:
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. Methods for doing so vary from browser to browser and version to version. Disabling some cookies may negatively impact the availability or functionality of some features.
You can usually find up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via your browser's support pages.
We use analytics tools and search information providers to measure how visitors interact with content on our website. These tools help us understand and improve the performance and user experience of our websites and services.
"Aggregated Data" means records that have been stripped of Personal Data and have been combined to provide generalized, anonymous information. Your identity and personal information are not available in Aggregated Data. We may use Aggregated Data for internal and commercial use and for sharing with affiliates, subsidiaries and partners for planning and marketing purposes.
Where third parties process data on behalf of Octa Learning, we endeavour to obtain assurances from such third parties that your Personal Data will be safeguarded consistently.
All Personal Data obtained and held by the Company will:
Certain jurisdictions require that we have a lawful basis to justify our processing of your Personal Data. The lawful basis used by Octa Learning may differ depending on the type of data and purpose.
Octa Learning relies upon the following lawful bases to process Personal Data, as permitted under applicable law:
We may obtain your consent to collect and use certain types of Personal Data when we are required to do so by law. Once consent is obtained, we will rely on it for the purposes described at the time you provided it.
You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. However, if you refuse or withdraw consent, we may not be able to provide you with certain services.
We collect your Personal Data for the following purposes:
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain Personal Data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. You may receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information or consented to receive such communications.
We may use your Personal Identification, Contact, Electronic and User Generated Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you, and we use this to decide which services and offers may be relevant.
Where electronic direct marketing communications are being sent, you will have the option to opt-out in each communication, and this choice will be recognized and adhered to by us.
Octa Learning is a global organization and may share Personal Data or provide access to such data to other companies within the Octa Learning group or with certain third parties as described below, always in accordance with applicable law.
Examples of recipients with whom Octa Learning may share Personal Data include, but are not limited to:
| Recipients | Category(ies) of Personal Data We Share | Why We Share It | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational partners, universities or companies offering the course, external graders, mentors |
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| Global |
| Employers, sponsors and scholarship providers |
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| Global |
| Service providers (operations, maintenance, technology, payment, analytics, marketing, customer support, etc.) |
|
| Global |
| Third parties (for networking, marketing, and community activities) |
|
| Global |
| Recruitment service providers, recruitment agencies and potential employers |
|
| Global |
| Associates and in case of business transfers (e.g. sale, merger, reorganisation) |
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| Global |
Whenever we share your Personal Data with third parties, we require them to maintain appropriate security and confidentiality and to process your data only for the purposes specified by Octa Learning and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.