1. Introduction

The website and mobile apps (collectively referred to as the “Platform”) and the information, services and other materials contained therein are provided and operated by Urban Management Centre (referred to as “we”, “us” or “UMC”).

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is here to describe how The Urban College collects, uses, and shares information about you through our online interfaces.  
2.  What Information this Privacy Policy covers?

Non-personal Information

When you come to our Platform, we will collect and aggregate Non-Personal Information such as URLs through which you connected with our Platform. Collecting such information may involve logging the IP address, operating system and browser software used by each user of the Platform, usage information among other things.

Personal Information

We collect personal information at the time of registration on the Platform. We do so to identify the user uniquely. This information may include, among other things, your name, postal address, email address, contact number, occupation, Education, Employee type, gender.

We shall also collect the following data to record your progress on the course you are enrolled in:

• sign up for an Urban College user account and create and user profile;

• enroll and participate in online courses;

• purchase a product or service (for example, Verified Certificates);

• send email messages to Urban College (including messages to learner support);

• participate in user surveys; and

• participate in public forums, webinars, and other interactive experiences on the site.

• Your User name shall be visible to the general public when you post/ comment on the discussion forum available at the Platform.

3. Cookies And Tracking Technologies on the edX Site

Like many companies, The Urban College uses Cookies and other common Tracking Technologies on the site and in email communications to help us better understand your use and needs of the Site, current and future The Urban College-related products and services, and how we can improve. For example:

• based on your cookie settings, we tracks information indicating, among other things, which pages of the Site were visited, the order in which they were visited, when they were visited, and which hyperlinks and other user interface controls were used;

• We may log the IP address, operating system, and browser software (including mobile use and device type when you useUrban College native mobile apps) you used when accessing the Site, andwe may be able to determine from an IP address your Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of your point of connectivity; and

• we may track and collect information from emails that we sends to you, for example whether you opened the email or clicked on any links from the email.

we also partners with third parties to help us track and understand your activity on the Site, how you interact with The Urban College’s social media, and how you find or may be referred to the  Site. 

We use Cookies and other Tracking Technologies for the following purposes:

• when necessary for system administration, security, and integrity to ensure the Site works properly for you. Without these technologies, the Site may not function correctly;

• to enable analytics, performance and functionality, to help us gather information about how visitors use the Site and monitor the Site performance, and to enhance your experience by recognizing and remembering whether you have visited the Site before and may have any personal preferences; and

• to support marketing by enabling us to deliver content relevant to your interests on the Site and third-party sites based on how you interact with our advertisements or content. We use “first-party” cookies, which means cookies served by us, and also “third-party” cookies, which means cookies served by third parties that help us track this information.

You have some options for managing Cookies and other Tracking Technologies. These include:

• Modifying your browser settings: You should be able to control how and whether your web browser accepts Cookies by adjusting its privacy and security settings. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new Cookies, how to receive notification of new Cookies, and how to disable existing Cookies. If you reject The Urban College Cookies, many functions and conveniences of the Site may not work properly.

• Opting-out of certain third-party tracking and advertising: Some of the third parties used by us for Cookies and Tracking Technologies offer the ability to opt-out from their tracking by following processes described on their websites. 

4. Use of Information

a. We will treat your information as confidential information and only use and disclose it in accordance with these Terms. However, your Content is not regarded as confidential information if such Content:

• is or becomes public other than through breach of these Terms by UMC;

• was lawfully known to UMC before receiving it from you;

• is received by UMC from a third party without knowledge of breach of any obligation owed to you;

• was independently developed by UMC.

b. UMC will store and process your Content in a manner consistent with industry security standards.

c. Personal information stored on this service will only be used for identification, verification of identity and internal monitoring of the application. UMC agrees to not sell, license or otherwise monetize such personal information on the platform.

d. Personal Information shall be used for assessing individual’s progress and issuance of certificate.

e. If you are using The Urban College as a mandate from your employer, we may share your Personally Identifiable Information and evaluations or progress in the Program with your employer. This information may be shared at any time during the course or afterwards.

f. We may publish, display or use in any manner, we may deem fit; any aggregated data. For the purpose of this policy, "Aggregated Data" means records that does not contain Personal Information and that have been manipulated or combined to provide generalised, anonymous, analysis of information. We may share such aggregated data with affiliates, business partners for planning or other purposes.

g. We reserve the right to update, change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The Policy shall come to effect from the date of such update, change or modification.

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Contact Us

 In case of any query, please contact urbancollege@umcasia.org