Akadamics takes its user’s privacy very seriously and will process and use your personal data in a safe and secure manner. When you make use of Akadamics, you naturally expect us to handle your personal data with care and ensure that your data does not end up with other companies. In this document, we explain in full which personal data we collect and how we deal with it with the utmost care. Put simply, we use your personal data to be able to offer you Study Material, to inform you about our services, and to be able to make personal offers. If you have any questions regarding your personal data, please contact us via support@akadamics.com
Privacy Statement:
- What is Evomob Enteprises.?
- What data does Akadamics collect and process?
- What are cookies and how does Akadamics use them?
- Disclosure to third parties
- How does Akadamics protect personal data?
- Retention of data
- Transfer of enterprise
- Your rights
- Is this Privacy Statement subject to change?
- Questions?
1. What is Evomob Enterprises.?
Evomob Enterprises is the parent company of akadamics.com an online platform that offers users the opportunity to exchange study materials, either for payment or for free. This platform is further defined in the Terms of Use. Akadamics is responsible for the manner in which your personal data is collected, used, and stored.
2. What data does Akadamics collect and process?
If you want to upload or download Study Material through the Platform, you are required to create a Profile. When creating your Profile, you will be asked to disclose certain data about yourself. While you are not obliged to disclose all data, the following data is required:
Upload:
Institutions/schools, courses, a valid email address, username, password, and your name, to enable us to pay you for your study material.
Download:
A valid email address, institution/school, and course.
You can also choose to log in using your Google profile. You will have to grant Akadamics a one-time-only access to a limited number of data from your Google profile, namely your email address, first and last name, and your gender. You may amend the data you have disclosed in the profile at all times.
The personal data you disclose when creating your Akadamics Profile and the personal data you subsequently add to your Profile or disclose through other features will also be used to provide you with personal offers. For more information, please refer to the “Personal Offers” section.
As well as the purposes discussed in this Privacy Statement, our main purpose for using the disclosed personal data is to create your Akadamics Profile and to provide you with the corresponding features. This use of your personal data is required to perform an agreement to which you are a party. Said agreement pertains to your use of the services Akadamics offers to you through the Platform.
Furthermore, Akadamics would like to keep you updated on the development of its Platform. If there is an upcoming extension, update, or other amendments concerning the Platform, you will be duly informed by Akadamics The same applies to information regarding payments or amounts due. It is not possible to opt out of such notifications. On the Platform, you grant Akadamics the right to disclose the personal data (such as your username and profile picture) and Study Material you have submitted, as well as to reproduce such data and Material. Among other things, this means that Akadamics may use certain personal data you have disclosed to promote the platform, by for example, indicating who the most successful user is, which study is being downloaded the most, or which study material or users are new to the platform. Your personal data will only be used in this context if you have given your consent for it. If you no longer want your personal data to be used for this purpose, you can withdraw your consent by sending a message to privacy@akadamics.com.
Automatically Generated Information
Akadamics collects automatically generated information on all users. This information includes your browsing behavior on the platform, such as the pages you visit, the amount of time you spend on a specific page, the items you download and/or upload, and how you use your profile. Furthermore, Akadamics collects your IP address, your browser type (computer program used to visit webpages), and cookies. Akadamics will use this information to adjust the services to fit your needs as much as possible and to solve technical and security issues. This processing of your personal data is required for the purposes of Akadamics’s legitimate interests, namely, Akadamics’s interest in securing its platform and being able to provide the most user-friendly experience possible. If the Automatically Generated Information is collected using cookies, Section 3 (cookies) will also apply.
Newsletters
Akadamics may keep you posted about special offers it organizes by means of its newsletter. The newsletter is sent on a regular basis. If you have subscribed to the newsletter, Akadamics will use the email address you have submitted to send the newsletter. Akadamics may also use your name and/or gender to personalize the newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can opt-out by unticking ‘Newsletter’ in your profile. Also, each separate newsletter contains the option to opt-out. If you do decide to opt-out, Akadamics advises you to keep an eye on the platform to see whether there are any new special offers.
Akadamics processes your email address for direct marketing purposes based on its legitimate interest in order to be able to send you the newsletter.
Personal offers
Based on the personal data Akadamics collects, Akadamics may make personalized offers to you by means of emails or by drawing your attention to the personal offer in the Portal.
To do this, we use:
- the products you buy and the amounts you spend.
- your browsing behavior on the website.
- data collected using cookies.
Your personal data will only be used in this way if you have given your consent for it. If you no longer want your personal data to be used for this purpose, you can withdraw your consent by sending a message to support@akadamics.com or by changing your email settings in your profile.
Statistical surveys
Akadamics strives to provide you with a platform of the highest quality. This requires Akadamics to carry out statistical surveys so that it can adjust the platform where necessary.
For such statistical surveys, Akadamics may use your personal data, among other things, by using cookies. Akadamics does this based on its legitimate interest in statistical surveys, namely to improve the quality of its services. The results of the surveys are always aggregated. This means that the data contained in the results cannot be traced back to you personally.
3. What are cookies, and how does Akadamics use them?
In providing the platform, Akadamics uses cookies, which your browser saves on your computer or device (“Device”). Cookies are small pieces of data that Akadamics’s server transmits to your browser; this data is then transmitted back to Akadamics’s server on your next visit. By using cookies, our Platform is able to recognize you when you revisit, making it possible for the Platform to be personalized to your needs. Cookies therefore help you save time. Cookies cannot spread viruses.
Functional cookies
Akadamics uses functional cookies. These cookies are necessary to provide you with the services and features you have requested. For example, functional cookies enable you to log in to the platform just once and ensure that you are not asked to log in again on every page you visit. It is not possible to disable functional cookies.
Analytic cookies
To collect web statistics on the use of and visits to the Platform, Akadamics uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics installs a persistent cookie on your Device. This cookie records your use of the Platform. That data is then analyzed by Google. The results are then sent to Akadamics In this way, Akadamics develops an understanding of the manner in which the Platform is used and can then adjust the Platform and/or its services based on that data. Google may disclose this data to third parties if it is statutorily required to do so and/or if third parties process the data on Google’s behalf. Google may not use the data for other services offered by Google.
Social plug-ins
The platform provides access to various social media, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Using these “social plug-ins,” you can share information with or recommend information on the platform to other people. When you visit a web page that has the social plug-ins of these social media, third parties will install cookies on your device. These cookies will collect, among other things, data about your browser and the websites you have visited with your IP address.
The use of the cookies that are installed on the platform via the social plug-ins is subject to further third-party terms and conditions. Akadamics does not assume any responsibility or liability for those third-party terms and conditions. Akadamics refers you to the terms and conditions of those parties.
Deleting cookies
You are at all times entitled to withdraw the consent you have given to Akadamics to install and read cookies. To do so, you will need to change your browser settings so that it no longer accepts cookies, and/or you will need to disable all the cookies that have already been installed on your browser. In such an event, however, you may no longer be able to use or fully use all the features of the platform, or you may be denied access to the platform or sections of it. For more information on enabling or disabling cookies, go to your browser’s Help menu.
If you have enabled cookies and you are on a publicly accessible computer, Akadamics advises you to log out when you leave the computer unattended in order to maintain the confidentiality of your password and username.
4. Disclosure to third parties
Without your explicit consent, Akadamics will not disclose your personal data to third parties for direct marketing purposes (e.g. to send promotional material).
To provide the Platform, Akadamics occasionally uses third parties for hosting its central database (Amazon or Google). Akadamics has entered into agreements with those third parties. Said agreements contain arrangements regarding the technical and organizational measures those third parties must implement to protect your personal data.
For the Google Analytics services, personal data is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The same applies to Amazon for the hosting activities it performs for Akadamics. Akadamics ensures that these services comply with the law.
Akadamics may disclose your personal data to third parties if you have given your consent for it to do so. Akadamics may also disclose your personal data to third parties, in so far as the data cannot be traced back to you personally (such as Automatically Generated Information, excluding the IP address), and therefore does not constitute personal data.
Finally, Akadamics may disclose your personal data to third parties if it is statutorily required to do so, if it is required to do so as a result of legal proceedings, and/or if it believes this is necessary to protect its own rights. The Terms of Use provide how Akadamics will respond if a person reports that certain Study Material infringes on third-party rights (including intellectual property rights) (“notice and takedown”). In such events, Akadamics may transfer certain personal data (name, email address) of the person who has given said notice to the user who has uploaded the alleged infringing Study Material. Akadamics also reserves the right to transfer certain personal data (e.g. username and email address) of the user who has uploaded the alleged infringing Study Material to the person who has given notice and/or to third parties, if Akadamics is required to do so based on laws and regulations.
The Platform may contain hyperlinks that lead you away from the Platform and take you to third-party websites. Akadamics has no control over the third-party websites to which its website is linked. This means that the use of these third-party websites may be governed by different privacy policies. This Privacy Statement relates solely to personal data obtained through the Platform. Akadamics does not assume any responsibility or liability for the operation and/or contents of third-party websites.
5. How does Akadamics protect personal data?
Akadamics has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss or any form of unlawful processing. For example, the Platform is protected in such a way that it cannot be accessed without login codes. Your personal data is protected against unwanted use by means of a username and a password.
Furthermore, communications with the platform itself are protected as well. This security is evidenced by the inclusion of ‘https’ in the browser’s URL (the web address bar) and the image of a locked padlock at the bottom of the screen. If you double-click on the padlock, you can check whether the connection with the platform is secure.
6. Retention of data
Akadamics will not retain your personal data for longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the personal data has been collected.
7. Transfer of enterprise
If Akadamics further grows and develops, it may be the case that one or more divisions or CDNs of the business are transferred to a third party or Akadamics may merge with a third party. In such an event, your personal data may be transferred as well. Naturally, we will inform you if that is going to be the case, and you are at all times entitled to opt out of the service.
8. Your rights
Under privacy laws, you have various rights as a data subject. This section of the privacy statement describes the rights you have and how you can invoke them.
Response Time
We endeavor to respond to your requests as soon as possible and, in any event within one month. However, if we need more time, we will inform you about this before the end of the month referred to in the previous sentence. The extra time will not exceed two months.
You may submit your requests to support@akadamics.com.
To ensure that the personal data you are requesting is really yours, we will ask that you attach a copy of a valid ID.
There is a chance that we may reject your request if, for example, your request is unfounded, or excessive, or if the law does not enable or require us to meet your request. We will also inform you of any rejections. Furthermore, we may ask you to identify yourself before we consider your request.
Right of access
You have the right to submit a request to find out if we are processing personal data concerning you. If that is the case, we will provide you with a copy of the personal data we have collected about you, as per the law.
Right to rectification
You have the right to submit a request for rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. You also have the right to disclose additional personal data in order to complete the personal data we have collected.
Right to be forgotten
You have the right to request the erasure of certain personal data concerning you (the right to be forgotten). If your request is granted, we will delete the personal data concerned.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request for restriction of processing of your personal data. This means that if the restriction request is granted, we will not continue to process your personal data for as long as the restriction is in effect, unless we are statutorily allowed to do so.
Right to object
Under certain circumstances, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, for example, if we process your personal data based on legitimate interests. If you lodge an objection, we will weigh your privacy interests against our company interests. If your interests override our interests, we will cease processing your personal data.
If your personal data is used for direct marketing purposes, you are at all times entitled to object to the processing. In such an event, we will cease processing your personal data for those purposes.
Right to data portability
You have the right to request data portability. We will provide the data that falls under this right in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format to you so that you can transmit it to a third party.
9. Is this Privacy Statement subject to change?
This privacy statement is subject to change. Any changes will be communicated through the platform. The privacy statement was last updated on Oct 17th, 2024.
10. Questions or complaints?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please send an email to support@akadamics.com
