Selling with Trust Information on Privacy Policy Requirements for Course Creators -
Prepare yourself. It is about time to learn more about the reasons sites that are based on courses may need privacy guidelines.
It's probably not the most interesting issue however it's one that is vital.
Privacy is becoming a greater and greater issue. Customers are demanding that webmasters be able to safeguard their privacy. If they fail to do so, it could be significant just for not disclosing the privacy practices of your website.
If the website of your school has collected information under the regulations, you are obliged to provide specific details to ensure that users know what you're doing with their details.
This article (and webinar) will give course creators with essential information needed to establish policies for their website, in the event that they're required by certain course-creator websites and the best way to have appropriate policies put in place (and be sure to keep them current in the course of time).
Before we proceed before we begin, it's crucial to remember the fact that this document and webinar is not legal advice and is for only informational purposes. Contact an attorney in your local area for assistance with your legal compliance needs.
What are the data that can be regulated?
Things like names, email addresses, and IP addresses are being regulated by a variety of privacy laws across the globe. If you're using these types of classified data, then you might require a Privacy Policy regardless of where you're located.
This is already a huge conclusion: the governments who make privacy laws don't consider which region of the world your business is. They're concerned with safeguarding the privacy of their customers. So if you're collecting regulated information from multiple sources it may be required to follow various privacy laws, and make the necessary disclosures in every one (yes every privacy law differs).
Do you believe the collection of data under regulation is a bad idea?
Not at all! It's just a matter of making an announcement about the event.
The collection of data such as email addresses, names, and IP addresses helps your users enjoy a great experience on your site. It also helps you improve your site to improve it in the near future.
What hasn't altered is the fact that you need to be conscious of the privacy practices you use and ensure that you have specific policies for your site with the correct data you're specifically required to make according to the law(s) relevant to your site.
Does your website course collect regulated data?
Virtually all modern websites collect restricted data. This is a must to ensure spammers aren't trying to attack the contact form as it is impossible to handle payment in another way. Thus, the collection of data is typical on websites and is likely to be much more common than you believe.
Common features of course platforms that collect the following data that is subject to regulation:
- Memberships and registration for courses.
- Processing and accepting payments
- Videos embedded by 3rd party companies
- Engage triggers
- Rewarding your Learners
- Email drips
- Discussion forums
- Integrity
- Quizzes
HTML0Common integrations in which course creators can share their information with third party:
- Embedding 3rd party videos for lessons (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
- Integrations of payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, etc.)
- Automated renewal notification (Mailgun, ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp and others.)
- Email newsletter subscription forms (Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Constant Contact, etc.)
- Data transfer providers (Zapier, etc.)
Why should I care?
It is simple to put in place policies for your website in order to increase sales while avoiding non-compliance with the law or legal actions. The policies you implement on your website will build trust and help comply with the law.
Privacy will not go away (if ever it becomes more vital) and the failure to have a fully compliant Privacy Policy could put webmasters in difficulties with respect to the privacy laws (where penalties start at $2500 per site visitor whose rights you've infringed upon).
It is worth considering attending the webinar where we'll show you about the basics of web guidelines, the most effective way to obtain the right ones and the best way to keep them up to date!
So what can you do?
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