Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 5, 2026
1. Information We Collect
We collect information you provide directly to us when you create an account, enroll in a course, or participate in our forums. This may include your name, email address, payment information, and educational background. We also automatically collect certain technical information, such as your IP address and browsing behavior on our platform.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services, including processing enrollments, tracking attendance (mandatory for certification), and facilitating communication between students and teachers. We also use it to communicate with you about updates, billing, and promotional offers.
3. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. All payment information is processed through secure, PCI-compliant third-party gateways.
4. GDPR Compliance
For users in the European Union, GVS complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This includes your right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. Our operations are governed by the strict privacy standards required for educational institutions in Germany.
5. Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to track your activity on our platform and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, academic reporting, or certification requirements.
7. Third-Party Services
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service (e.g., video conferencing providers, payment processors). These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
For privacy inquiries or to exercise your data rights, email us at privacy@gvs.edu
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