At LearnRise, we believe that education should be accessible, but we also believe it shouldn’t come at the cost of your digital safety. In today’s world, data is often called the “new oil,” but we prefer to think of it as a shared trust. When you visit our site to learn a new skill or catch up on our latest YouTube tutorials, you are trusting us with certain bits of information. We take that responsibility seriously.
This Privacy Policy is designed to be as simple and transparent as possible. We’ve stripped away the dense “legalese” that usually hides in these documents to give you a clear picture of what we collect, why we collect it, and, most importantly, how you can control it. This policy also ensures we meet the strict requirements for Google AdSense, so you know exactly how ads work on our platform.
Why We Have a Privacy Policy
You might wonder why a blog and YouTube-focused platform needs such a detailed document. Beyond the legal requirements like GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), this policy is our commitment to you. We want to be a resource you can trust. Transparency about data isn’t just a hurdle to jump over for AdSense approval; it’s a foundational part of our brand.
1. Information Collection: What We Know
We collect information in two ways: information you give us and information we get from your use of our services.
Information You Provide
The most common way we collect data is through our WPForms contact forms or newsletter sign-ups. When you reach out to us with a question or subscribe to our updates, we may collect:
- Your Name
- Your Email Address
- Any details you choose to share in the message body
We use this information solely to respond to your inquiries or to send you the content you’ve requested. We don’t sell your email to third-party “data brokers.” That’s a firm rule here.
Log Files
Like almost every other professional website, LearnRise makes use of log files. These files merely log visitors to the site, usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes:
- Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
- Browser type
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Date and time stamp
- Referring/exit pages
- The number of clicks
None of this information is linked to anything that is personally identifiable. The purpose of this data is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement around the website, and gathering demographic information.
2. Cookies and Web Beacons
Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer that help us improve your experience. They help us remember your preferences and ensure the site loads quickly when you return.
How We Use Cookies
LearnRise uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
3. Google AdSense and the DART Cookie
To keep our content free for everyone, we partner with Google AdSense to serve advertisements. Google is a third-party vendor and uses cookies to serve ads on LearnRise.
What is the DART Cookie?
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to LearnRise and other sites on the internet. This is what people often call “interest-based advertising.”
Your Control Over AdSense
We want you to have the power. You can choose to opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
By using LearnRise, you acknowledge that Google may collect data for the purpose of showing you relevant ads. If you aren’t comfortable with this, the opt-out link above is your best friend.
4. Our Advertising Partners
Some of our advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. While Google AdSense is our primary partner, others may include:
- Amazon Associates
- Commission Junction
- ClickBank
Each of these advertising partners has its own Privacy Policy for its site. For your convenience, we recommend consulting the privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices. LearnRise has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
5. Third-Party Privacy Policies
LearnRise’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Opt-Out Options
If you want to opt-out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for interest-based advertising, you can visit www.aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/.
6. Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
LearnRise does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
7. Data Protection: How We Keep Things Safe
While no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, we use industry-standard security measures to protect your data. This includes:
- SSL Encryption: Our site uses HTTPS to ensure that the data passed between your browser and our server is encrypted.
- Secure Plugins: We only use well-vetted plugins (like WPForms) that prioritize security.
- Limited Access: Only essential team members at LearnRise have access to the backend data, and they are trained on privacy best practices.
8. Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA)
Regardless of where you live, we believe you should have rights over your data.
- The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our contact form.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
The internet moves fast, and laws change even faster. We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please do not hesitate to reach out. We are an open book!
Contact Method: Please use our [Contact Us Page] to send a direct message via WPForms. We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 48-72 hours.
About the Author
Malibongwe Gcwabaza is the CEO of LearnRise. With a background in digital strategy and a passion for transparent communication, Malibongwe leads the company with a “user-first” philosophy. He believes that the future of the web depends on businesses being honest about how they handle data, and he is committed to making LearnRise a leader in ethical content creation. When he isn’t refining company policies, he’s usually deep in the latest tech trends or filming for the LearnRise YouTube channel.
