Effective Date: March 8th, 2026
Last Updated: March 8th, 2026
Welcome to the Privacy Academy Community
The Privacy Academy community is a place for people who want to learn about privacy and security, discuss our course material, share knowledge, and help each other. These guidelines exist to keep our community productive, respectful, and safe for everyone. By participating in the community, you agree to follow these guidelines in addition to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Be Respectful
Treat every member with courtesy and respect, even when you disagree. Constructive debate about privacy and security topics is encouraged. Personal attacks, name-calling, harassment, bullying, and discriminatory language are not tolerated. This includes comments based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, or any other personal characteristic.
Stay on Topic
Our community is focused on privacy, security, and related topics covered in our courses. Discussion of broader privacy and security news, tools, practices, and legislation is welcome. Off-topic posts that are unrelated to privacy, security, or our course material may be removed.
No Self-Promotion or Solicitation
Do not promote your own products, services, businesses, courses, referral links, or affiliate links within the community. Do not solicit other members for business purposes. Do not recruit community members for projects, ventures, or employment. If you genuinely believe a tool or service is relevant to a discussion, you may mention it in context, but repeated or promotional mentions will be treated as spam. The Company reserves sole discretion in determining what constitutes self-promotion.
No Spam
Do not post repetitive, irrelevant, or low-effort content. Do not post the same message in multiple discussion areas. Do not use the community to distribute newsletters, petitions, surveys, or external content unrelated to our topics.
No Illegal or Harmful Content
Do not post content that encourages, facilitates, or instructs others in illegal activity. This includes but is not limited to hacking tutorials targeting systems without authorization, distribution of malware, sharing pirated or copyrighted content, doxxing (sharing another person’s private information without their consent), and any content that violates applicable law as determined in accordance with Section 24 of our Terms of Service. Discussion of security vulnerabilities, ethical hacking, and privacy tools in an educational context is permitted and encouraged.
Protect Privacy — Yours and Others
This is a privacy-focused community. Practice what we teach. Do not share other people’s personal information without their explicit consent. Be thoughtful about what personal information you share about yourself. Do not screenshot or share private conversations or direct messages from within the community in public channels or outside the community. This restriction does not apply to sharing information with law enforcement or regulatory authorities, or as otherwise required by law.
No Professional Advice
Consistent with our Terms of Service, the community is not a place for professional advice of any kind. Do not present personal opinions about financial matters, investments, cryptocurrency, financial products, legal questions, tax matters, or other professional topics as professional guidance. Discussion of the privacy implications of financial tools, legal frameworks, and related topics is welcome, but telling other members what to do with their money, how to handle a legal situation, or how to address a tax matter is not. If you need professional advice, consult a qualified professional in the relevant field.
Respect Intellectual Property
Do not share copyrighted material belonging to others, including copying and pasting articles, books, or paid content from other platforms. Brief quotes with attribution for the purpose of discussion are acceptable. Do not share or redistribute Privacy Academy course materials outside the community.
How We Moderate
We want to maintain a community where everyone feels welcome and where conversations are productive. Our moderation process works as follows.
- First Violation: You will receive a written warning from a moderator explaining which guideline was violated and what is expected going forward.
- Second Violation: Your community access will be suspended for a period determined by the moderators, typically 7 to 30 days depending on the severity of the violation.
- Third Violation: Your community access may be permanently revoked. Before permanent revocation takes effect, you will be notified and given an opportunity to respond in accordance with Section 18 of our Terms of Service, unless the third violation also qualifies as a severe violation as described below.
- Severe Violations: In cases involving illegal activity, threats, harassment, doxxing, or content that poses an immediate risk to the safety of community members, we reserve the right to permanently revoke access without prior warning. Account termination for severe violations is handled in accordance with Section 18 of our Terms of Service.
- All moderation decisions are made in good faith. If you believe a moderation action was taken in error, you may appeal by contacting us at support@privacyacademy.com. If the matter is not resolved through the appeal process, formal disputes are subject to the Dispute Resolution provisions in our Terms of Service.
Reporting Violations
If you see content that violates these guidelines, please report it using the reporting tools within the community platform or by emailing support@privacyacademy.com. Do not engage with the violating content or attempt to moderate it yourself. Reports are treated confidentially. We do not disclose the identity of the reporting user to the reported user, except where disclosure is required by law or necessary to resolve a safety concern.
Changes to These Guidelines
We may update these Community Guidelines from time to time. For non-material changes (such as clarifications, additional examples, or formatting updates), the updated guidelines will be posted within the community and will take effect upon posting. For material changes (such as new categories of prohibited content, changes to the moderation process, or changes to the severe violation provisions), we will post the updated guidelines within the community and provide no less than 15 days advance notice before the changes take effect. We will make reasonable efforts to notify users of material changes through a community announcement.
Questions?
If you have questions about these guidelines, contact us:
NUSAZ, LLC d/b/a Privacy Academy
Email: support@privacyacademy.com
Address: PO Box 82267, Lincoln, NE 68501