Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to FreeAcademy.ai ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (the "Website") and use our services, including how third-party advertising partners may collect data through cookies and similar technologies.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Register for an account
• Enroll in courses
• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Contact us

This information may include:

• Name (first and last)
• Email address
• Account credentials
• Course progress and completion data
• Certificate information

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Website, we and our third-party partners automatically collect certain information, including:

• Device information (browser type, operating system)
• IP address
• Pages visited and time spent
• Referring website
• Click patterns and navigation

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Create and manage your account
• Provide and deliver our educational services
• Track your course progress
• Issue certificates upon course completion
• Send you updates, newsletters, and marketing communications (with your consent)
• Respond to your inquiries and provide support
• Improve our website and services
• Analyze usage patterns and trends
• Serve relevant advertisements and measure ad performance
• Protect against fraud and unauthorized access

4. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration. We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party services that help us operate our website (e.g., hosting, analytics, email services)
• Advertising Partners: Third-party advertising vendors who may collect data through cookies and tags to deliver interest-based advertising (see Section 6)
• Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• Supabase: For authentication and database services
• Google Analytics: For website analytics and usage tracking
• Google AdSense and Mediavine: For programmatic advertising and interest-based ads (see Section 6)
• Vercel: For website hosting and content delivery

These services have their own privacy policies governing the use of your information.

6. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a "device") by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, "Tags") may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser's cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser's cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor's referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit https://thenai.org/opt-out/. You may also visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#/ to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://youradchoices.com/appchoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit https://www.mediavine.com/ad-partners/.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

9. Your Rights — General

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access: Request a copy of your personal data
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data
• Portability: Request transfer of your data
• Opt-out: Unsubscribe from marketing communications

To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@freeacademy.ai.

10. Your Rights Under the GDPR (EU/EEA/UK Residents)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and equivalent national laws give you the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of Access: Obtain confirmation of whether we process your data and a copy of that data
• Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): Request deletion of your data in certain circumstances
• Right to Restrict Processing: Limit how we use your data
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a portable format
• Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling and direct marketing
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for any processing based on consent at any time
• Right to Lodge a Complaint: Lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority

Legal bases for processing: We process your personal data on the following legal bases under the GDPR:

• Consent: For non-essential cookies, advertising, marketing communications, and analytics
• Contract: To provide the educational services you have requested (e.g., your account, course progress, certificates)
• Legitimate interests: To secure the Website, prevent fraud, and improve our services
• Legal obligation: To comply with applicable laws

International transfers: Your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. We rely on adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses, and other lawful transfer mechanisms where required.

To exercise any GDPR right, email hello@freeacademy.ai.

11. Your Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act ("CPRA"), gives you the following rights:

• Right to Know: Request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of that information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it
• Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions
• Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: Opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising
• Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information
• Right to Non-Discrimination: Not be discriminated against for exercising these rights

"Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information": Although we do not sell personal information for monetary consideration, the use of cookies and similar technologies by our advertising partners (including Mediavine) for cross-context behavioral advertising may be considered "sharing" or a "sale" under the CCPA. To opt out, click "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" on our consent banner, enable the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal in your browser, or email hello@freeacademy.ai with the subject line "CCPA Opt-Out".

We honor browser-based opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control where technically feasible.

12. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 16, please contact us immediately at hello@freeacademy.ai and we will delete it.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

• Email: hello@freeacademy.ai
• Website: https://freeacademy.ai