Cognificent Learning Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are Cognificent Learning

Our website address is: https://www.cognificent.org

We can be reached via email at support@cognificent.org

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Payment information is shared with Stripe payment solutions to process payments for purchases on this site.

Information for processing of continuing education credits and course information for courses you take is shared with Toby Groves, Ph.D., the parent of Cognificent Learning for purposes of processing your credit and tracking your course data.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. 

For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.  We keep contact form entries for one year, analytics records for five years, and customer purchase records for ten years.  All data related to courses is retained for a minimum of five years.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact information

For privacy-specific concerns you may email us at events@tobygroves.com

Additional information

How we protect your data

Our website is protected by firewall security, encryption and our staff receive training in data protection.

What data breach procedures we have in place

Security incidents could arise in a myriad of contexts and transmitted information such as theft, misuse of data, and computer- or technology- based violations. They may result in disclosure of personal information, diminished intellectual property, a tarnished reputation, the loss of employees’ time in responding and reacting to the breaches, and legal sanctions. Because of these potential harms, Cognificent Learning places a high priority on the security of its information. It is our intention to investigate and respond appropriately to each information breach, depending upon the level of potential consequential harm, and legal obligations, related to each particular situation.  We have measures in place to deal with data breaches including internal reporting systems and reporting to individuals affected by the breach. 

What third parties we receive data from

We receive data from instructors and member groups and associations as part of building and implementing our courses.cognificent

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