Privacy Policy
We collect minimal data to provide courses and support. This includes your account details, purchase records, and messages you send.
We do not sell personal data. We use technical logs for reliability and security, and cookie-based preferences to remember settings like theme.
You can request access, correction, or deletion of your data by emailing [email protected].
We retain data only as long as necessary for legal or operational reasons. We use standard safeguards and limit access internally.
Who We Are
Korvanto News Courses provides online education about news literacy and related skills. For privacy matters, we act as the data controller for personal data processed in connection with this site and our services.
Contact: [email protected] — Phone: +1-415-634-9281
What We Collect
Account and profile: name, email address, optional profile details you provide.
Transactions: purchase records, subscription status, and limited billing metadata from payment processors (we do not store full card numbers).
Communications: messages you send to support or course instructors, survey responses, feedback.
Usage and device: IP address, timestamps, pages viewed, browser and device type, basic diagnostics for security and performance.
Cookies and preferences: consent status, theme choice (light/dark), authentication state when you log in.
How We Use Data
Provide services: register accounts, deliver course content, process payments, and maintain your learning progress.
Support and communication: respond to inquiries, send essential service messages (e.g., receipts, policy changes).
Security and integrity: detect fraud or abuse, prevent spam, and ensure service reliability.
Improvement: analyze aggregated, de-identified trends to improve courses and site performance.
Compliance: meet legal, tax, or accounting obligations and enforce our terms.
Legal Bases (EEA/UK)
Contract: when processing is necessary to provide the courses you request.
Legitimate interests: to keep services secure, prevent abuse, and improve features in ways that respect your privacy.
Consent: for optional settings or features that are not strictly necessary (e.g., remembering a theme preference on a shared device).
Legal obligation: when laws require us to retain or disclose certain information.
Sharing
Service providers: infrastructure, analytics with privacy safeguards, email delivery, and payment processing. They may only process data under our instructions and must protect it.
Legal and safety: we may disclose information if required by law or to protect our users, our services, or the public.
Business transfers: if we undergo a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your data may be transferred under this same policy or an equivalent protective policy.
We do not sell personal data.
Data Retention
Account and course records: retained while your account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter for support, audit, and legal compliance.
Payment records: retained for tax and accounting periods required by applicable law.
Logs and diagnostics: typically retained for a short period to ensure security and performance, unless longer retention is needed for investigations.
We apply minimization: when data is no longer needed, it is deleted or irreversibly de-identified.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards such as encryption in transit, access controls, and internal policies that limit data access to trained personnel with a need to know.
No system can be guaranteed 100% secure. We continuously monitor and improve our protections.
International Transfers
When data moves across borders, we use lawful mechanisms such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent protections, and we assess partners’ security and privacy practices.
Your Rights
You can request access to your data, ask for correction, deletion, or portability, and object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise rights, email [email protected].
EEA/UK: you have the right to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority.
California (CCPA/CPRA): you may request to know, correct, or delete personal information and opt out of certain sharing. We do not sell personal information.
Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies: keep you signed in, maintain session integrity, and store core preferences (e.g., theme, cookie consent).
Preferences: store non-essential settings you choose, such as content appearance. You can clear these in your browser.
Controls: you can disable or delete cookies in your browser settings. Doing so may affect site functionality.
Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed to children under 13 (or the age required by your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data, contact us to remove it.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or legal requirements. Material changes will be communicated through the site or by email when appropriate.
Effective date: 2026-01-23
Contact
Email: [email protected] — Phone: +1-415-634-9281
For faster handling, include the email associated with your account and describe your request (e.g., access, correction, deletion).