Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Introduction
YOOcourse, operated by N. Luiten, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and share personal information when you use our website, purchase courses, access sandbox environments, or order YOOtheme Page Design services.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.yoocourse.com.
The data controller is: N. Luiten, YOOcourse, Netherlands. You can contact us at info@www.yoocourse.com for any privacy questions.
Personal data we collect
- Account and course data: Name, email address, billing address, payment details, account credentials, course progress, and sandbox usage data.
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string for spam detection. An anonymized hash of your email may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval, your profile picture is visible publicly with your comment. Gravatar privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
- Media uploads: If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as other visitors may download and extract it.
- Cookies and tracking: See section 5.
Embedded content: Articles may include embedded content (videos, images, articles). These behave as if you visited the external website, which may collect data, set cookies, and monitor your interaction.
How we use your data
We use your data to:
- Provide access to purchased courses, sandbox environments, and YOOtheme Page Design services.
- Process payments and manage subscriptions.
Communicate updates about courses, sandboxes, or service changes. - Detect spam, improve site functionality, and analyze usage.
Cookies
- Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
- Login: A temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies; discarded when you close your browser.
- Logged in users: Login cookies last two days, screen options cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps login for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
- Editing/publishing content: A cookie storing the post ID is saved for 1 day; contains no personal data.
Data sharing
We do not sell your personal data. Data may be shared with:
- Payment processors.
- Hosting providers or sandbox service providers.
- Third party services used for embedded content.
- Legal authorities if required.
- Password reset emails include your IP address.
- Automated spam detection services may analyze comments.
Data retention
- Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-ups automatically.
- Sandbox environments are deleted after their selected term (48 hours, 7 days, 30 days).
- Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information in their profile (except username).
- Administrators can access and manage all user data.
Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee complete protection.
Your rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access, correct, or delete personal data.
- Receive an exported copy of your data.
- Object to or restrict processing.
- Withdraw consent where applicable.
- Contact us at info@www.yoocourse.com to exercise these rights.
Third party software
Sandbox environments and page designs may include WordPress, YOOtheme, and other plugins or themes licensed by their respective owners. YOOcourse does not provide licenses unless explicitly stated. You are responsible for complying with all third party licenses.
Services are provided worldwide; data may be transferred and processed outside the EEA in compliance with applicable laws.
International use
Services are provided worldwide; data may be transferred and processed outside the EEA in compliance with applicable laws.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this policy periodically; changes are posted on our website. Continued use constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.