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General
- Liability for content. The content of our sites is delivered with utmost diligence and care possible. However, WeLernen cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, integrity and actuality of the content. In cases of declaration of violation of rights, WeLernen will delete the concerned content at the soonest possible time.
- Liability for links. Our site contains links to external websites over which we have no control. Thus, WeLernen cannot be held accountable for the content of of those third party websites and the consequences that may arise from the existence of such links on WeLernen. The operator or provider of the mentioned content is the one responsible for their respective site content. The linked-to websites were reviewed concerning possible violation of rights at the point of publication. However, some illegal content may not be recognizable at the point of publication. A constant and permanent monitoring of the links included on WeLernen without concrete indication and necessity is deemed unreasonable and infeasible. But in cases of declaration of violation of rights, WeLernen will delete the concerned link(s) at the soonest possible time.
- Copyright. The content and text published by third party website operators on WeLernen are subject to the Australian copyright law (Copyright Act 1968). The duplication, revision, dissemination and all forms of usage of content beyond the copyright limits require a written approval of the respective author and/or creator. Downloads and copies of the aforementioned content is only allowed for private and non-commercial use. If the content posted on WeLernen did not come from the website operator himself, the third party copyright rules shall apply. All third party content is marked as such. Should there be any copyright infringement on WeLernen, kindly contact us and provide us with corresponding evidence. In cases of declaration of violation of rights, WeLernen will delete the concerned content at the soonest possible time.
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Collection and processing of personal data. Profiles on WeLernen are obviously made available to the public. Our servers are located in the USA, Asia and Europe (UK). If you choose to provide us with personal information, you are consenting to the transfer and storage of that information to and on our servers in the USA, Asia and Europe (UK).
We collect, process and retain personal information from you and any devices (including mobile devices) you use when you: register for an account with us, use our Services, give us information on a web form, update or add information to your account, join community discussions, chats or dispute resolution or when you otherwise contact us. We collect and store the following personal information:
- Email address, physical location/contact information and financial information (depending on the service used)
- Computer sign-in data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from WeLernen as well as profile data (Through cookies which you can disable on your browser. However, this is likely to affect your ability to use the site in terms of functionality).
- Other information including your IP address and standard web log information.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (eg communication via e-mail) can lead to security issues. A complete protection of data against access of third parties is not possible.
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Transfer of personal data. We may share your personal information with Related Companies and third parties to provide you with our Services, to comply with the law, to enforce our policies, to enable our marketing and advertising activities and those of our Related Companies, or to prevent, detect, mitigate and investigate fraud or other illegal activities
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Cookies. WeLernen uses "cookies" in connection with the web browser for optimum usage of the site. A "cookie" is a small piece of data coming from our web server that is stored in the user's hard drive or other storage device. The user may choose to disable or adjust enabled cookies accordingly by configuring their web browser. However, disabling or deleting cookies may result in the unavailability of some functions and features of the website. WeLernen uses cookies to remember the last activity of the user on the website, for the user's own convenience. This applies in terms of saving the user's details (username and password) and settings on applications. Cookies are used to identify the used computer. No personal data except the users IP-address is saved. WeLernen does not use technology that may combine information obtained by cookies with personal user data, so as to detect the identity or email address of users.
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Use of Facebook Social Plugins. Our website uses plugins provided by the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are identifiable by a Facebook logo or the "Like button. For a full list of Facebook plugins please see: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook servers, enabling Facebook to receive information about you having accessed the respective page of our website with your IP address. If you click the FB "Like" button while you are logged in on Facebook, the content of our page can be linked on your Facebook profile. Therefore if you are logged into Facebook, your visit can be assigned to your Facebook account. We point out that we do not have knowledge about the data gathered and its use by Facebook. For more information, please visit Facebook's privacy policy: https://facebook.com/policy.php
If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to connect the data concerning your visit to our website with your Facebook member data, please log off Facebook before entering our website.
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Google Analytics. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyse the usage of the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States in most cases.
In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and then truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address, that your browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics, will not be associated with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
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Google AdSense. This website uses Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements from Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer, to analyze the use of this website. Google AdSense uses also use web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons information such as traffic can be analyzed.
This usage information, generated by cookies and web beacons (including your IP address) and the display of advertisements are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information can be given to Google partners. But Google will not associate your IP-address with other saved data they have from you. You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.
However, we point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all features of this website. By using this website you agree to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described above and for the aforementioned purpose.
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Third party/External websites. Please be aware that other websites and other internet users may collect any personal information such as your e-mail address that is published on the websites of WeLernen. This is due to the natural interconnectedness of the internet. Our data protection policies only apply to WeLernen and do not cover external websites nor cover the external activities of the users and the consequences arising thereafter. WeLernen offers users the possibility to interact with WeLernen users and post ads under a cipher as an added security measure. This considerably hinders third parties from collecting users' personal data. WeLernen also uses Javascript to encode your email address (that was submitted as a contact email) to prevent the scanning of users' email addresses through external software. However, email addresses that are published openly in the ad itself are not covered by this security feature.
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Right of withdrawal and information. Personal information provided to WeLernen may be requested for deletion at any time provided that the information is not needed for a running transaction or is not lawfully required for safekeeping. If you have given the permission for the transmission of personal information to a third party, you may at any time cancel or withdraw this permission. Information regarding all personal information saved on WeLernen can be provided on request and free of cost. You have the possibility of requesting eventual corrections to erroneous and non-current data at any point.
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Responsible authority.Questions regarding data privacy and protection should be addressed to privacy@welernen.com
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Updates to Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately. If we make a significant change to the Privacy Policy, we may issue a notice by email or through notice on the home page of the Site. It is your sole responsibility to periodically check this Privacy Policy for any changes. If you do not agree to any changes in this Privacy Policy, you must immediately cease using the Site. Your continued use of the Site will be deemed as your acceptance of such changes.
Last Modified: 13 October 2020