Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 20-May-2025
This Privacy Policy explains how Business Trends & Tech collects, uses, stores, discloses, and otherwise processes the personal data we collect about individuals who use and interact with our websites and apps that display or link to this Privacy Policy, register for an account and use our Services, visit our branded social media pages, register for, attend or take part in our events, webinars, or contests, or otherwise interact with us in person and/or by email, text message, instant messaging, telephonically, and by other electronic means.
KEY DEFINITIONS
“Affiliates“ means entities in our group who are listed in this Privacy Policy.
“European Data Protection Law” means the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and applicable national legislation implementing the GDPR and, if applicable, the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR.
“Privacy Policy” refers to this Privacy Policy.
“Business Trends & Tech”, “we”, “us” and/or “our” refers to Business Trends & Tech and its Affiliates unless specified otherwise.
“Services” refers to our Software as a Service professional service made available via our websites.
“You” and “your” refers to the individual to whom personal data covered by this Privacy Policy relates.
AUTOMATIC COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Business Trends & Tech records data about the individuals and the traffic to this website. Business Trends & Tech is this website’s limited agent (and data controller in the EU context) for the purpose of providing Internet data and optimization services. Business Trends & Tech may use this data to improve its service or enable other services (e.g., using visitor traffic logs or data posted through the service to improve the optimization of other websites).
Personal Information
Business Trends & Tech may collect personal information as defined in GDPR (such as IP address and a unique id in a cookie) about visitors to your website for the purposes of statistics, analytics, and personalization. In addition, Business Trends & Tech works with numerous third parties for the collection and storage of data and the provision of analytics and advertising services.
PROCESSING OF DATA AND CONSENT
We will process the data we collect about you to improve the operation of this and other websites. This information helps us make decisions about what content to show, how it should be formatted, the number, size, and placement of advertisements, and how content should be delivered to individuals. This information is also used for the analysis of performance and reporting.
USE OF APPLICATION LOGS
Our servers automatically record information (“Application Log Data”) created by your use of this website. Application Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device and application IDs, search terms, and cookie information. We use this information to diagnose and improve our services.
DATA RETENTION
The personal information we collect is retained for no longer than necessary to fulfill the stated purposes in section “PROCESSING OF DATA AND CONSENT” above or for a period specifically required by law or regulation that Business Trends & Tech is obligated to follow. Personal data used to fulfill verification of certain types of services such as SSL certificates, payments, and billing will be retained for a minimum of 5 years depending on the class of product or service and may be retained in either a physical or electronic format. Even if you request deletion or erasure of your data, we may retain your personal data to the extent necessary and for so long as necessary for our legitimate business interests or performance of contractual obligations. After the retention period is over, Business Trends & Tech securely disposes or anonymizes your personal information in order to prevent loss, theft, misuse, or unauthorized access.
CONFIDENTIALITY / SECURITY
We have implemented security policies, rules, and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorized access improper use or disclosure unauthorized modification unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors’ personal data. We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation
DATA ACCESS & DELETION
You have the right to view information that we have collected about you and to request the deletion of any personal information we may have.
Below is a list of usage, technical and identify metrics that are commonly stored and processed when you use this website
Your location information, including country, state, city, metro, and postal code
The webpage you were at before this website
The type of browser you use and the version
The brand and operating system of your device
What time zone you’re in and what time it is there
What pages on this site do you visit
How you interact with this website, including time spent, how much you scroll, and your mouse movements
The size of your devices screen and the size of the browser on that screen
What content do you share on the page
If you copy and paste content on this website
What ad or link you clicked on to arrive at this website
The type of internet connection you use and your ISP or service provider
How long it takes for this website’s content to get transferred to your browser, load in your browser, and render
The weather where you are currently located
Your age and gender
Your IP address
A unique id so that we can recognize you
What ads do you click on
Cookies
Necessary
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Statistics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
Courses and Products Availability and Termination of Services:
We strive to provide continuous, uninterrupted access to our online courses, products and services. However, there may be occasions when this is not possible. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue all or part of our services, at any time, without notice. This includes, but is not limited to, instances where it may be necessary due to financial, technical, legal or other considerations.
In the event that we discontinue the course or platform where it is hosted, we will make reasonable efforts to provide a notice in advance. Upon discontinuation, we will not be obliged to provide refunds, credits, or other compensation to users.
This policy also applies to lifetime access courses and products. While ‘lifetime access‘ is defined as access to the course materials for the lifetime of the course, it does not guarantee that the course or platform will be available indefinitely. We strive to offer high-quality and updated content, but there may be occasions where it is not feasible to continue offering certain courses.
Users are responsible for downloading and saving course content for personal use (if applicable and permitted), and we will not be held liable for loss of access to course materials due to discontinuation of services.
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