| 1 | | _Last updated: May 11, 2026._ |
| 1 | _Last updated: September 3, 2026._ |
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| 5 | 5 | - Coursera, Inc. is the data controller of the Personal Data (as defined below) we process about you, meaning that we determine the means and purposes of collecting, using, storing, disclosing, or otherwise processing your Personal Data. However, if you are participating in a degree program, certain certificate programs where you are required to enroll with the academic institution, or in other circumstances communicated to you, 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 the Site (as defined below) and Services. |
| 7 | 7 | - We use your Personal Data for the purposes set out in the "Legal bases and Purposes for Processing your Personal Data" section of this Privacy Notice below. These purposes include providing the Site and Services to you, maintaining the security and performance of the 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. |
| 96 | 96 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Product or Service Purchase Information; Content of your Communications ; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information; Personal Data we collect from your device(s); Survey data; Third Party Payment Processing Data | To allow you to access and use the Site and in order to provide any information, products, or Services that you request from us, including processing your communications via text and voice. | To comply with our contract to provide Services to you, your academic institution, your employer, or other organization that may be providing you with access to our Services | |
| 97 | 97 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Content of your Communications; Personal Data we collect from your device(s) | To provide technical support to you, where required, and to ensure the security of our Services and the Site. | For our legitimate interests to operate our Site and provide our Services as securely as possible | |
| 98 | 98 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information | When you sign-up for updates, to send you messages in connection with the Site or Content Offerings. | With your consent | |
| 99 | 99 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Product or Service Purchase Information; Information about your interests, preferences and affiliations; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information; Personal Data we collect from your device(s); Text and/or Images on third party sites; Survey data; Data relating to your use of partner sites | To record and analyze how learners interact with the Site, its features and content, and our Services to build higher quality, more useful Products and/or Services. | For our legitimate interests to run, grow and develop our business | |
| 100 | 100 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information; Text and/or Images on third party sites; Data relating to your use of partner sites | To allow you to access and use the Forums. | To comply with our contract to provide the Forum Services to you, your academic institution, your employer, or other organization that may be providing you with access to Forum Services | |
| 101 | 101 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information | When you participate in a Content Offering through the Site including for tracking attendance, progress, and completion of the Content Offerings. | For our legitimate interests to provide an effective means to track participation in Content Offerings | |
| 102 | | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Demographic Information; Personal Data we collect from your device(s) | To facilitate and personalize your interaction with Site features, including tailoring content, recommendations, learning support and engagement tools, and remembering preferences or prior interactions to improve your experience. | For our legitimate interests to run, grow and develop our business including by providing you with a personalized Service | |
| 102 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Demographic Information; Personal Data we collect from your device(s); Education, Career and Skills Information | To facilitate and personalize your interaction with Site features, including tailoring content, recommendations, learning support and engagement tools, and remembering preferences or prior interactions to improve your experience. | For our legitimate interests to run, grow and develop our business including by providing you with a personalized Service | |
| 103 | 103 | | Identity and Contact Data; Identity Verification Data | For Services that require identity verification, to verify your identity, and for authenticating that submissions made on the Site were made by you. | With your consent. In the case of biometric data that makes up part of the Identity Verification Data: with your explicit consent or another condition permitted under applicable law | |
| 104 | 104 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information | To manage communications with or from Coursera including to archive information and/or use it for future communications with you where we are legally entitled to do so. | For our legitimate interests to run, grow and develop our business including by communicating effectively with you | |
| 105 | 105 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Information about your interests, preferences and affiliations; Content of your Communications; Demographic Information; Personal Data we collect from your device(s) | Where we send you emails, to track the way that you interact with these emails, to optimize and tailor our communications to you. | With your consent | |
| 106 | 106 | | Identity and Contact Data; Account Registration Data; Product or Service Purchase Information; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information | To share information with our Content Providers and other business partners so they can inform you about their products and services that may be of interest to you where they are legally entitled to do so. | With your consent | |
| 107 | 107 | | Identity and Contact Data; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information; Survey data | For research related to online education. | For our legitimate interests to run, grow and develop our business including by supporting our Partners carrying out research related to online education | |
| 108 | 108 | | Identity and Contact Data; Product or Service Purchase Information; Information about your interests, preferences and affiliations; Content of your Communications; Education, Career and Skills Information; Demographic Information; Personal Data we collect from your device(s); Text and/or Images on third party sites; Data relating to your use of partner sites | To send marketing and serve advertising, to inform our marketing and advertising strategies and content, to understand more about our audiences and to personalize our marketing and advertising. | With your consent | |