Universal Class, Inc. takes your privacy seriously.
Please feel free to review our Privacy Policy:
Because we want to provide you with the most efficient and enhanced service, we may request
information about you. However, we will not offer any information about you to any outside company
or individual unless we receive your prior consent.
About this Privacy Policy
- This Privacy Policy covers UniversalClass.com’s treatment of personally identifiable information that
UniversalClass collects when you are anywhere on UniversalClass.com sites, and when you use any of
UniversalClass.com’s services.
- This policy does not apply to the practices of companies, schools, or other organizations that
UniversalClass does not own or control, or to people that UniversalClass does not manage or employ.
UniversalClass.com contains several links to other sites and UniversalClass.com is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of those sites.
Information We Collect and Track
- General Usage Information. UniversalClass.com collects information about all users collectively,
such as what areas users visit and what services members use. This data is automatically retrieved.
This type of general information is not used to identify specific users, but in an aggregate form to
help us analyze traffic patterns and enhance our service to better serve our users and advertisers.
- UniversalClass.com Registration. When you register at Universal Class, Inc., we ask for
personal information from you (name, email, gender, etc.). Once you login to our services with your
member ID and password (that identifies your registration data), you are not anonymous to us.
Both General Usage Information and any personal details you provide to us is used to enhance and
customize content, identify (and in some cases validate) you when you post content, join or teach a class,
or access any of our member-privileged services.
- Creating, Joining, Taking, or Using our Virtual Classroom Software. When you create, join, take, or use our Virtual Classroom
Software, you are not anonymous to us, the instructor(s) within the class, or the student(s) within the class you have enrolled
or created. Personally identifiable information about you such as your UniversalClass.com member ID, your first and last name, and
your email address is made available to fellow class participants within the class you have joined or created.
This information is released and shared with your fellow classmates to better enhance your online education and to promote free and
open inquiry, and to hold class participants personally responsible for their work within the online class.
We are not responsible of how fellow class participants (instructors and/or students) decide to use this information
about you.
What We Do with Collected Data
Data collected from UniversalClass.com members (people who have filled out our registration form
and logged in) is used to identify the member in order to allow that member to join or create classes
and to give the power to that member to delete classes he/she may have created, or remove him/herself
from participating in a class. Information we gather and collect about anonymous users and members
logged into our service is also used to provide you with content that may be of interest to you or
relevant to your needs. Additionally, we may show advertisements to you that are relevant to your
demographic information. UniversalClass.com requires revenue from advertising in order to provide
you with free services. In order to help enhance the effectiveness of online ads, UniversalClass.com
may provide advertisers with general demographic information on an aggregate basis (but no personal
information that would identify you would be disclosed to another company).
Data on your activity within the Virtual Classroom is provided to the instructor(s) of the class you are taking or
teaching. This data includes your member ID, page(s) accessed, date and time of accessing pages, and the type of web
browser you are using. This data is only released to the instructor, and not to other people or companies. We do
not release any data to the instructor that would pose a potential security threat to our service (we do not and will not release
ip addresses or "cookies"). UniversalClass.com considers the instructor the owner of the content and activity within the Virtual Classroom,
and as a service to the instructor and to better promote online education, we provide logs of
class activity to the instructor of the class to help him/her better improve his/her intellectual environment, to better understand
traffic flow, and to determine the level of class participation by individuals students. While UniversalClass does not sell or give its member list to
other persons or companies, it is important to note that (if you choose to use our Virtual Classroom software) fellow class participants may
obtain some identifiable information about you.
A Note About Cookies
A "cookie" is a small piece of information sent by a web server to store on a web browser so it
can later be read back from that browser. This is useful for having the browser remember some specific
information and to help maintain "state". A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie
files created by other websites. Universal Class, Inc. may use cookies to help identify you when you
visit our site. All of our member-privileged services require the use of cookies, but our public sites
do not. For example, our homepage, schools, departments, and viewing of all public information does not
require cookies, whereas joining or creating a class will require the use of a cookie.
Sharing of Information We Collect
We do not share any of the information we collect about individual users with outside companies or
people not employed at UniversalClass.com. However, we may share some general demographic information
about UniversalClass visitors collectively with advertisers or partners, but nothing that is personal
or identifiable to an individual. If you use our service as an expert, information such as your name,
your expertise, and your resume may be available to the general public. UniversalClass.com is not responsible
for information you choose to make public on its web sites, and if you do not want this information to be
public, select to use this service "as a student" in the "Manage Interests" area or the "Edit Profile" area. It is equally
important to note that if you choose to use our Virtual Classroom software (by either creating, teaching, jonining, or using
one or any of our online classes) some personally identifiable information is released about you to class participants. This information is
limited to your first and last name (the name you entered when you signed up on UniversalClass), email address, and your UnviersalClass
member ID. As mentioned previously, any activity you do within the Virtual Classroom is made available to the instructor in
table-formatted logs. This information is only released to the instructor(s) of the classroom to better help the instructor(s)
determine traffic flow and individual student participation. We consider instructors owners of their online class and class activity,
and so we provide them with this information in the spirit of promoting and enhancing education online. This
information is not released to other individuals or companies, and we are not responsible for how the instructor decides to
use this information.
Selecting a Public Profile
If you decide to create or update your profile to be "public" then your areas of expertise, your full name,
and any other information you may have submitted about yourself will be made public to UniversalClass members, as well as the
Internet, and as well as the general public. By making your profile "public" you completely accept that personal information
about yourself is no longer made private and you are no longer considered "anonymous".
Our Commitment to Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is extremely important to us. For this reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from anyone who identifies
themselves as being under the age of 13. Our website is not constructed in any way, shape, or form to attract anyone
under the age of 13. Universal Class, Inc. is an adult service for adult learners.
How You Can Access or Correct Your Information
If you have registered on the UniversalClass.com service as a UniversalClass member, you have access to your personally
identifiable information. You can update or correct this information under "My UniversalClass" by clicking on the link
"Edit Profile". Your profile is unique and secured by your
UniversalClass Member Id and Password.
Our Commitment to Data Security
UniversalClass.com has taken several security measures in order to protect the information under our
control. All personal information we collect is stored on machines owned by Universal Class, Inc.
at a secured location in order to ensure that no unauthorized individuals have access to the equipment
or its data.
How to Contact Us
Universal Class, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. If you have any questions regarding our
privacy policy, please contact customercare@universalclass.com.
