Privacy Notice
DATED 2025-10-13 · VERSION 20251101_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20250801_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT
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| 1 | _Effective: July 30, 2025._ | |
| 1 | _Effective: October 13, 2025._ | |
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| 3 | 3 | ## Key Information |
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| 5 | 5 | - Coursera, Inc. is the data controller of the Personal Data we collect about you (i.e., the entity that determines the means and purposes of collecting, using, and disclosing the Personal Data (as defined below)), unless you are part of a degree, certain other certificate programs where you are required to enroll with the academic institution, or certain other circumstances as communicated to you, in which case Coursera is the data processor. |
| 6 | 6 | - We collect the Personal Data set out in the "What Personal Data We Collect" section of this Privacy Notice below, including account registration details such as name and email, details of Content Offerings you undertake, survey information (where you provide it), identity verification data, and information about your use of our site and Services. |
| 7 | 7 | - We use your Personal Data for the purposes set out in the "How We Use Personal Data" section of this Privacy Notice below, including providing our site and Services to you, ensuring the security and performance of our site, conducting research relating to Content Offerings, sharing information with our Content Providers and our suppliers, direct marketing, and performing statistical analysis of the use of our site and Services. |
| 52 | 52 | - Updates. Coursera may offer you the ability to receive updates either via email or by posting on portions of the Site only accessible to registered users. In order to subscribe to these Services, you may be required to provide us with Personal Data such as your name and email address. |
| 53 | 53 | - Forums. Coursera may offer public forums from time to time (the "Forums") where you can share comments and thoughts. In order to participate in the Forums, you may be required to register with us and/or provide us with Personal Data such as your name and email address. Please keep in mind that information you post or make available in Forums will be publicly available. You should not include any Personal Data or other information of a personal or sensitive nature, whether relating to you or another person, in a Forum post. Please also reference our Terms of Use and our [Code of Conduct](https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/208280036-Coursera-Code-of-Conduct) for additional information about proper use of our Forums. |
| 54 | 54 | - Participation in Content Offerings. Coursera offers users the opportunity to participate in Content Offerings on or through the Site. If you desire to participate in a Content Offering, you will be asked to provide us with certain information necessary to conduct such a Content Offering. This information may include, among other things, your name and email address. |
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| 56 | 56 | If you participate in a Content Offering, we may collect certain user-generated content, such as assignments you submit, peer-graded assignments, and peer grading feedback. We also collect course data, such as responses to in-video quizzes, standalone quizzes, exams, and surveys. You should not include any Personal Data or other information of a personal or sensitive nature, whether relating to you or another person, on assignments, exams, or surveys, except for information required to participate in or submit such assignments, exams, or surveys. |
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| 58 | - Identity Verification. Coursera may offer you the ability to verify your identity for select Services. In order to enroll for these Services, you may be required to provide us or our third-party identity verification vendor with Personal Data such as your name, address, date of birth, a headshot taken using a webcam, and a photo identification document. Additionally, if you apply for financial aid in connection with these Services, you may be required to provide information regarding your income. | |
| 58 | - Identity Verification. Coursera may offer you the ability to verify your identity for select Services. In order to enroll for these Services, you may be required to provide us or our third-party identity verification vendor with Personal Data such as your name, address, date of birth, a headshot taken using a webcam, and a photo identification document. Coursera's third-party identity verification vendor may use this Personal Data to generate biometric facial data, which is destroyed upon successful completion of verification and in no event after 2 years. Additionally, if you apply for financial aid in connection with these Services, you may be required to provide information regarding your income. | |
| 59 | 59 | - Communications with Coursera. We may receive and record Personal Data when you send us an email message or otherwise contact us, including through the use of an in-platform messaging/chat feature. |
| 60 | 60 | - Third Party Sites. We may receive Personal Data when you access or log-in to a third party site, e.g., Facebook, from our Sites. This may include the text and/or images of your Personal Data available from the third party site. |
| 61 | 61 | - Surveys. We may receive Personal Data when you provide information in response to a survey operated by us or a Content Provider. |
| 62 | 62 | - Partner sites. Partner sites providing Content Offering-related tools and services to Coursera users may collect nonfinancial individual-level user data regarding the individual's use of that partner site while the partner sites provide those services to Coursera. The partner sites may share that data with Coursera for the purpose of improving our Services, the partner site's services, and the individual's education experience. This data includes information such as the amount of time spent on the partner site and pages viewed. |
| 63 | 63 | - Third Party Payment Processing. Coursera provides you with the ability to pay for Content Offerings and other Services using a credit card or other methods through a third party payment processing service provider. Please note that our service provider - not Coursera - collects and processes your financial information. Our third party payment processing service providers include Stripe, Braintree, GPay, ApplePay, PayPal, and CashApp. Each of these payment processors may use your financial information in accordance with their privacy policy, which is linked below. _Stripe - [https://stripe.com/privacy](https://stripe.com/privacy)_ Braintree - [https://www.braintreepayments.com/legal/braintree-privacy-policy](https://www.braintreepayments.com/legal/braintree-privacy-policy) _GPay - [https://payments.google.com/legaldocument?family=0.privacynotice&hl=en-GB](https://payments.google.com/legaldocument)_ ApplePay - [https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-pay/](https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-pay/) _PayPal - [https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full](https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)_ CashApp - [https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/privacy](https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/privacy) |
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| 104 | 104 | For your convenience we may provide links to sites operated by organizations other than Coursera ("Third Party Sites") that we believe may be of interest to you. We do not disclose your Personal Data to these Third Party Sites unless we have a lawful basis on which to do so. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third Party Sites. If you choose to click on a link to one of these Third Party Sites, you should review the privacy policy posted on the other site to understand how that Third Party Site collects and uses your Personal Data. |
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| 106 | 106 | ## Retention of Personal Data |
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| 108 | 108 | We keep your Personal Data for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the Personal Data is collected and processed. The length of time we retain Personal Data for depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws and to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights. |
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| 110 | Biometric information is not retained beyond successful completion of identity verification, and in no event more than 2 years. | |
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| 110 | 112 | ## Confidentiality & Security of Personal Data |
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| 112 | 114 | We will use industry standard physical, technical, and administrative security measures to keep your Personal Data confidential and secure, and will not share it with third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Notice, or unless such disclosure is necessary in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others, as permitted by applicable law. Because the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot guarantee the security of Personal Data, and there is some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way to circumvent our security systems or that transmission of your information over the Internet will be intercepted. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that e-mail communications are typically not encrypted and should not be considered secure. |
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| 114 | 116 | ## Your Rights |
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