Privacy Policy

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information that you may provide to us when registering for our services, purchasing courses, or otherwise communicating with us may include:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Billing address
• Payment information
• Professional background and experience level (for course customization)
• Educational progress and assessment results

Derivative Data

Our servers automatically collect information when you access our website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the website. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Financial Data

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) may be collected when you purchase our courses or services. All financial information is stored by our payment processor, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.

We may use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:

• Create and manage your account
• Process your orders and payments
• Provide and personalize our services
• Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• Send you administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies
• Send you marketing and promotional communications (with your consent)
• Improve our website, products, and services
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with our services
• Protect our services, users, and the public
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security breaches, and fraudulent activities

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

As a cybersecurity education provider, we implement industry best practices to protect your data, including:

• Encryption of sensitive data both in transit and at rest
• Regular security assessments and penetration testing of our systems
• Strict access controls and authentication mechanisms
• Regular security training for our staff
• Prompt application of security patches and updates

Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on our website to help customize the website and improve your experience. When you access our website, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the website.

We may use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
• Functionality cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
• Analytics cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
• Marketing cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave our website, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services or applications that may be linked to or from our website.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Dex Security Academy aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

You have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you
• The right of rectification - the right to have your information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete
• The right to object - the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data
• The right of restriction - the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability - the right to be provided with a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format
• The right to withdraw consent - the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

CCPA Privacy Rights (California Residents)

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year.

If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the website, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the website. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California.

Our website and services are not intended for use by children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at the email address provided below.

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United Kingdom and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Dex Security Academy will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

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 and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

declanmiddles@gmail.com