色猫AV Privacy Statement
1. Introduction
Welcome to the 色猫AV Privacy Center. This page summarizes how 色猫AV and its group of companies ("色猫AV", "we", "us", "our") use personal data.听This page is a summary, it is important you read the听色猫AV Privacy Center Notice听and the privacy information we share whilst you use our services (just in time notices) so that you have a clear understanding about how we use information about you.听听
For any question regarding how we use your personal data, you can contact us at:
Data Protection Officer: 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL听
EU Representative: 色猫AV Deutschland GmbH, Kaiserstra脽e 44, 60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
You may also email us at听dataprivacy@pearson.com.听听
2. What do we do?
色猫AV provides education, examination and publishing services around the world (our "Services"). We work directly with individuals such as students, parents, teachers, and other professionals, and provide our Services to institutions (such as schools, universities, employers).听More information about this is included in听section 1听of the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice.听
3. What personal data do we collect and use?听听
The personal data we collect and use broadly falls into the following categories:听
- Registration, profile, proof of identity and purchase information
- Information collected as part of听Examinations and certifications听and听Educational Courses and Tutoring听
- Customer service and educational/enrolment support information
- User generated data听(e.g. your participation in forums)
- Data generated by AI听(e.g. as part of assessment scoring)
- Video, image and audio recordings听(e.g. collected during virtual classrooms or as part of exam proctoring)
- Activity and usage information
- Location, application and systems log data
- Special category data听(e.g. relating to health for access arrangements, biometric face and voice technology to prevent cheating, and other sensitive information for equality monitoring);
More information as to the types of data falling under these categories can be found in听section 2听of the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice.听
4. Why do we collect your personal data?听听
Subject to the Service you use, the main ways we use personal data are for听the purpose of bringing you the best possible experience when using our Services helping you track your lifetime of learning 鈥� whether that be to facilitate account registration, communicate with you (including marketing), market research and service improvement, personalizing your experience, to prevent fraud, managing integrations with third party technologies and to comply with laws and regulations and defend and exercise our legal rights.听听听
For more detailed descriptions please see听section 5听of the 色猫AV Privacy Centre Notice.
5. Children's data听
The nature of our Services means we often process information about users under the age of 18. We recognize our responsibility to keep children safe online and have put additional protections in place to ensure this. We do this by working closely with parents, and schools, please see听section 4听of听the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice for more information.听
6. Use of AI technologies听
We use artificial intelligence technologies (for instance, when collecting your video and audio recordings during tests or as part of our scoring processes) in order to, amongst other purposes, drive consistency, eliminate bias and detect instances of cheating. Some of these activities would be carried out automatically and may require the use of your biometric data. For more information about these processing activities please see听section 6听and听section 8听of听the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice.
7. How long does 色猫AV keep my personal data for?
Only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was requested. Some types of information such as those relating to qualifications and virtual schools need to be retained for long periods of time.听听More information about this is included in听section 10of the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice.听
8. Does 色猫AV share my personal data with anyone?
Yes. We share personal data with our group members who help us to deliver and improve our Services. Depending on the Service in question, we also share user personal data with their academic institutions, instructors, employers and/or parent or guardians as appropriate. Your personal data is shared with our suppliers who help us to provide the Services to you. We may also share your personal data with regulators, law enforcement, courts, with our professional advisors, or with other third parties for example in connection with the sale of or investment in our business. More information about this is included in听section 11听听of the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice.听
9. Will your personal data stay in your country?
We are part of a global organisation and use global service providers. This means your personal data may be processed outside of the country in which you live. We will only do this in compliance with local laws. For example, for residents in the UK and EU, 色猫AV complies with legal requirements to enter into Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK addendum) with data importers. More information about this is included in听section 11听of the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice.听
10. What rights do you have?
Depending on the country you are in, you may have different rights in relation to your personal data.听Section 12听of the 色猫AV Privacy Center Notice includes a detailed description of the rights available to individuals in the European Union or United Kingdom. These include rights to access data, to correct inaccurate data, to object to or request restriction of our processing, to request deletion of data, to request that we transfer your data to another, to opt-out of marketing or to withdraw consent.听听You also have the right to complain to a local supervisory authority.听
11. Who is the controller of my personal data?
For Services in the United Kingdom and Europe, 色猫AV Education Limited is normally the 色猫AV controlling entity, and in the United States and Asia Pacific it is normally either 色猫AV Education Inc or NCS 色猫AV Inc. Please refer to the terms and conditions for your service for details. Please note, there may be occasions where the data controller is your employer, or academic institution (i.e. school or university) rather than 色猫AV, this will be explained to you during your use of the Services.听
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Last updated:听July 28, 2023听