EU Privacy Statement | Protect Your Data

This privacy statement was last updated on January 5, 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://elqn.org. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Purpose, data and retention period

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

2. Sharing with other parties

We only share or disclose this data to processors for the following purposes:

Processors

Name: Stripe
Country: USA
Purpose: Payment Provider
Name: Make.com
Country: USA
Purpose: API Connector for creation personal accounts

3. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

4. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

The inclusion of full IP addresses is blocked by us.

5. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

The security measures we use consist of:

Login Security
DKIM, SPF, DMARC and other specific DNS settings
(START)TLS / SSL / DANE Encryption
Vulnerability Detection

6. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

7. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

8. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.

9. Submitting a complaint

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Data Protection Authority.

10. Contact details

E-Learning Quality Network (ELQN)
30 N. Gould St., Ste. R, Sheridan, WY 82801
United States
Website: https://elqn.org
Email: info@elqn.org
Phone number: +16469804549

Annex

WooCommerce

This sample language includes the basics around what personal data your store may be collecting, storing and sharing, as well as who may have access to that data. Depending on what settings are enabled and which additional plugins are used, the specific information shared by your store will vary. We recommend consulting with a lawyer when deciding what information to disclose on your privacy policy.

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

Note: you may want to further detail your cookie policy, and link to that section from here.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

Send you information about your account and order
Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
Process payments and prevent fraud
Set up your account for our store
Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
Improve our store offerings
Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for XXX years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.

We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.

Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.

What we share with others

In this section you should list who you’re sharing data with, and for what purpose. This could include, but may not be limited to, analytics, marketing, payment gateways, shipping providers, and third party embeds.

We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you; for example —

Payments

In this subsection you should list which third party payment processors you’re using to take payments on your store since these may handle customer data. We’ve included PayPal as an example, but you should remove this if you’re not using PayPal.

We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.

Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.

WP Mail Logging

When you use this site several actions (e.g. commenting) trigger the dispatch of emails. They contain information about you associated with your email address. Which data are part of these emails depends on the action performed. These emails are stored and accessible to the site management as log.

Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress

This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent. For this functionality your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.

Forminator Forms

Which forms collect personal data?

If you use Forminator PRO to create and embed any forms on your website, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other forms.

What personal data do we collect and why?

By default Forminator captures the IP Address for each submission to a Form. Other personal data such as your name and email address may also be captured, depending on the Form Fields.

Note: In this section you should include any personal data you collected and which form captures personal data to give users more relevant information. You should also include an explanation of why this data is needed. The explanation must note either the legal basis for your data collection and retention of the active consent the user has given.

Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form, we capture the IP Address for spam protection. We also capture the email address and might capture other personal data included in the Form fields.

How long we retain your data

By default Forminator retains all form submissions forever. You can change this setting in Forminator » Settings » Privacy Settings

Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form we retain the data for 30 days.

Where we send your data

Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.

Third Parties

If your forms utilize either built-in or external third party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.

By default Forminator Forms can be configured to connect with these third parties:

Akismet. Enabled when you installed and configured Akismet on your site.
Google reCAPTCHA. Enabled when you added reCAPTCHA on your forms.
hCaptcha. Enabled when you added hCaptcha on your forms.
Mailchimp. Enabled when you activated and set up Mailchimp on Integrations settings.
ActiveCampaign. Enabled when you activated and set up ActiveCampaign on Integrations settings.
Aweber. Enabled when you activated and set up Aweber on Integrations settings.
Campaign Monitor. Enabled when you activated and set up Campaign Monitor on Integrations settings.
Google Drive. Enabled when you activated and set up Google Drive on Integrations settings.
Trello. Enabled when you activated and set up Trello on Integrations settings.
Slack. Enabled when you activated and set up Slack on Integrations settings.

Suggested text:

We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam protection. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We use hCaptcha for spam protection. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy.

We use Akismet Spam for spam protection. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://automattic.com/privacy/.

We use Mailchimp to manage our subscriber list. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

We use ActiveCampaign to manage our subscriber list. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.activecampaign.com/privacy-policy/.

We use Aweber to manage our subscriber list. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.aweber.com/privacy.htm.

We use Campaign Monitor to manage our subscriber list. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.campaignmonitor.com/policies/#privacy-policy.

We use Google Drive and Google Sheets to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We use Trello to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://trello.com/privacy.

We use Slack to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://slack.com/privacy-policy.

Forminator Polls

Which polls are collecting personal data?

If you use Forminator PRO to create and embed any polls on your website, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other polls.

What personal data do we collect and why?

By default Forminator captures the IP Address for each Poll submission.

In this section you should note what personal data you collected including which polls are available. You should also explan why this data is needed. Include the legal basis for your data collection and note the active consent the user has given.

Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a poll, we capture the IP Address for spam protection and to set voter limitations.

How long we retain your data

By default Forminator retains all votes and its IP Address forever. You can change this setting in Forminator » Settings » Privacy Settings

Suggested text: When visitors or users votes on a poll we retain the IP Address data for 30 days and anonymize it.

Where we send your data

Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on votes.

Third Parties

If your polls utilize either built-in or external third party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.

By default Forminator Polls can be configured to connect with these third parties:

Akismet. Enabled when you installed and configured Akismet on your site.
Google Drive. Enabled when you activated and set up Google Drive on Integrations settings.
Trello. Enabled when you activated and set up Trello on Integrations settings.
Slack. Enabled when you activated and set up Slack on Integrations settings.

Suggested text:

We use Akismet Spam for spam protection. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://automattic.com/privacy/.

We use Google Drive and Google Sheets to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We use Trello to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://trello.com/privacy.

We use Slack to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://slack.com/privacy-policy.

Forminator Quizzes

Which quizzes are collecting personal data?

If you use Forminator PRO to create and embed any quizzes on your website, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other quizzes.

What personal data do we collect and why?

By default Forminator captures NO Personally Identifiable Information for each Quiz submission.

In this section you should note what personal data you collected including which quizzes are available. You should also explain why this data is needed. Include the legal basis for your data collection and note the active consent the user has given.

Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a quiz’s answer, we capture NO Personally Identifiable Information.

How long we retain your data

By default Forminator retains all quizzes answers and forever. You can change this setting in Forminator » Settings » Data

Suggested text: When visitors or users answer a quiz we retain the answers data for 30 days and then remove it from our system.

Where we send your data

Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on answers.

Third Parties

If your quizzes utilize either built-in or external third party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.

By default Forminator Quizzes can be configured to connect with these third parties:

Google Drive. Enabled when you activated and set up Google Drive on Integrations settings.
Trello. Enabled when you activated and set up Trello on Integrations settings.
Slack. Enabled when you activated and set up Slack on Integrations settings.

Suggested text:

We use Google Drive and Google Sheets to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We use Trello to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://trello.com/privacy.

We use Slack to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://slack.com/privacy-policy.

WooCommerce

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

Note: you may want to further detail your cookie policy, and link to that section from here.

Send you information about your account and order
Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
Process payments and prevent fraud
Set up your account for our store
Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
Improve our store offerings
Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.

Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.

What we share with others

We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you; for example —

Payments

Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.

Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress

Forminator Forms

Which forms collect personal data?

If you use Forminator PRO to create and embed any forms on your website, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other forms.

What personal data do we collect and why?

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form we retain the data for 30 days.

Where we send your data

Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.

Third Parties

If your forms utilize either built-in or external third party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.

By default Forminator Forms can be configured to connect with these third parties:

Akismet. Enabled when you installed and configured Akismet on your site.
Google reCAPTCHA. Enabled when you added reCAPTCHA on your forms.
hCaptcha. Enabled when you added hCaptcha on your forms.
Mailchimp. Enabled when you activated and set up Mailchimp on Integrations settings.
ActiveCampaign. Enabled when you activated and set up ActiveCampaign on Integrations settings.
Aweber. Enabled when you activated and set up Aweber on Integrations settings.
Campaign Monitor. Enabled when you activated and set up Campaign Monitor on Integrations settings.
Google Drive. Enabled when you activated and set up Google Drive on Integrations settings.
Trello. Enabled when you activated and set up Trello on Integrations settings.
Slack. Enabled when you activated and set up Slack on Integrations settings.