Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 8th, 2026
Last Updated: March 8th, 2026

TL;DR

NUSAZ, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company doing business as Privacy Academy (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is committed to your privacy. We collect only what is necessary to run our educational platform and community, provide our services, and improve our offerings. We do not sell your personal information. We use commercially reasonable security measures to protect your data and use privacy-respecting analytics that are intended to avoid tracking you individually. If you have questions or concerns about your personal information, you may contact us at any time and we will work with you to address them.

Section 1: Information We Collect

We collect several types of information to provide and improve our services to you.

  • Account Data: Username, email address, password (hashed), profile information you choose to provide. Collected to create and manage your account, enable community participation, and communicate with you.
  • Payment Data: Transaction ID, billing country, and other information provided by our payment processor. We do not store full credit card numbers. Collected to process payments for courses or subscriptions and for tax compliance.
  • Community and Content Data: Posts, comments, and messages you create within our community forums or course discussions. This is your User-Generated Content. Collected to operate our community, facilitate learning, and provide a collaborative environment.
  • Affiliate Data: Payout information (e.g., PayPal email) and marketing data provided by our affiliates. Collected to manage our affiliate program and issue commission payments.
  • Survey and Feedback Data: Responses to course feedback forms, surveys, or direct communications. Collected to understand your needs, improve our content, and develop new services.
  • Webinar Registration Data: Name, email address, and other information you provide when signing up for a webinar. Collected to register you for the event, send reminders, and communicate with you about the webinar.
  • Technical and Usage Data: IP address (anonymized where possible), browser type, operating system, and pages visited. Collected to ensure site security, diagnose technical problems, and analyze aggregate usage to improve our platform. This data is never used to track you across the web.
  • DMCA and Copyright Data: Name, address, telephone number, email address, and physical or electronic signature provided in connection with a DMCA takedown notice or counter-notification. Collected to process copyright infringement claims as required by law. Counter-notification data, including your personal information, may be forwarded to the party that filed the original takedown notice as required by the DMCA.
  • Moderation Data: Records related to community moderation, including moderator notes, violation history, warning notices, suspension records, and appeal correspondence. Collected to enforce our Community Guidelines, maintain the safety and quality of our community, and process moderation appeals.

Section 2: How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our educational platform and community features.
  • Process your payments and manage your subscriptions.
  • Communicate with you about your account, course updates, and support inquiries.
  • Send newsletters and marketing communications (with your consent).
  • Manage our affiliate program and pay commissions to our partners.
  • Register you for webinars and communicate related event details.
  • Respond to your questions, comments, and feedback.
  • Analyze site traffic and usage patterns in an aggregated, anonymized manner to improve our services and user experience.
  • Detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security threats, and fraudulent or abusive activity.
  • Comply with our legal obligations, such as tax reporting and responding to lawful legal requests.

Section 3: Sharing and Third-Party Services

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We only share data with trusted third-party service providers to operate our platform, and only for the purposes outlined below.

  • Payment Processors: We use third-party payment processors to handle all credit card and payment transactions. Your payment information is shared directly with them under their own privacy policies. Services: Stripe, PayPal.
  • Email and Communication Services: We use services to send transactional emails (like receipts and password resets), newsletters, and webinar-related communications. Services: Kit.com, Postmarkapp.com, ProtonMail.
  • Web Hosting and Infrastructure: Our website is hosted on a secure platform and protected by a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to ensure fast and reliable access globally. These providers may have access to technical data necessary to provide their services. Services: Kinsta.com, Cloudflare.
  • Community and Course Platform: Our community and course content are powered by platforms that store your posts, profile data, and course progress. Services: Circle.so, Memberpress, LearnDash.
  • Webinar Platform: We use a third-party service to host live webinars. When you register for a webinar, your data is shared with this platform. Service: Webinarjam.com.
  • Affiliate Management: We use affiliate software to track referrals and manage commission payments for our affiliates. Service: EasyAffiliate.
  • Forms and Analytics: We use a form builder for user submissions. For analytics, we have selected a provider that we believe offers a privacy-respecting approach to understanding site usage. For specific details about how our analytics provider processes data, please refer to their privacy policy. Services: GravityForms, Fathom.
  • Scheduling: We use a service to schedule appointments and consultations. Service: Calendly.com.
  • Affiliate Partnerships: We do not share your personal data with our affiliate partners. When you click an affiliate link on our site, you leave our platform and interact directly with the third-party vendor. Any information you provide to that vendor is your choice and is governed by that vendor’s own privacy policy, not ours.

The service providers listed above represent our complete list of third-party services as of the effective date of this policy. We will update this section as our vendor and affiliate relationships change. We enter into data protection agreements with our service providers who process personal data on our behalf where feasible and appropriate. For third-party products and services we recommend through our affiliate partnerships, your data is provided by you directly to those vendors and is governed by their own privacy policies, not ours. We encourage you to review the privacy practices of any third-party vendor before providing them with your personal information.

Section 4: Data Security and Retention

We take the security of your personal information seriously. We implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We regularly review our security practices and update them as necessary to maintain appropriate protections.

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as required by law (e.g., for tax recordkeeping), or as is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims. When you delete your account, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete or anonymize your personal information from our active systems within a reasonable timeframe, except where we are required to retain it by law.

Section 5: Your Data and How We Handle Requests

We are committed to transparency and respect for your personal information. While specific legal rights regarding personal data vary by jurisdiction and may not all apply to you, we believe in treating your data with care. As a matter of our company’s practices and values:

  • Access and Correction: If you would like to know what personal information we hold about you, or if you believe any information is inaccurate, you may contact us and we will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide or correct that information.
  • Deletion: If you would like us to delete your personal information, you may contact us and we will make commercially reasonable efforts to do so, subject to any legal obligations that require us to retain certain data (e.g., tax records, legal claims).
  • Marketing Opt-Out: You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our emails or by contacting us directly.

If a privacy law in your jurisdiction grants you specific rights regarding your personal data, we will comply with that law as it applies to us. To make any request regarding your data, please contact us at support@privacyacademy.com. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

Section 6: Our Commitment to Privacy and Analytics

We are committed to respecting your privacy when analyzing how our platform is used. We do not use invasive tracking technologies designed to monitor your individual activity across the web or create a persistent profile of your browsing behavior.

We have selected Fathom as our analytics provider because we believe it offers a privacy-respecting approach to website analytics. Our intent in using Fathom is to understand aggregate site usage patterns, such as total visitors and popular pages, to help us improve our services, without individually tracking our users. We do not control Fathom’s internal data processing methods. For specific details about how Fathom collects, processes, and handles data, please refer to Fathom’s own privacy policy at [Link to Fathom Privacy Policy].

Section 7: Cookies and Similar Technologies

A cookie is a small file placed on your device by a website you visit. We use cookies and similar technologies only where necessary to operate the Service. Our use of cookies falls into the following categories.

  • Essential Cookies: These are required for the Service to function properly. They include session cookies that keep you logged into your account, security cookies used by our CDN provider (Cloudflare) to protect against threats, and cookies necessary to process payments through our checkout system. These cookies cannot be disabled without breaking core functionality of the Service.
  • Analytics: As described in Section 6, we use Fathom for analytics. We selected Fathom with the intent of minimizing or eliminating the use of tracking cookies. We do not control Fathom’s technical implementation. For specific details about how Fathom handles cookies and tracking, please refer to Fathom’s own privacy policy at [Link to Fathom Privacy Policy].
  • Third-Party Platform Cookies: When you use features of our Service powered by third-party platforms (such as our community on Circle.so or webinars on WebinarJam), those platforms may set their own cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies. We do not control these cookies.

We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting cookies, or any cookies designed to track your behavior across other websites.

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Please be aware that disabling essential cookies may prevent you from accessing certain features of the Service, such as logging into your account.

Section 8: Children’s Privacy

Our Service is intended for users who are at least 18 years of age, as set forth in our Terms of Service. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If you are under 18, you should not use the Service or provide any personal information to us.

In addition, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at support@privacyacademy.com so we can take steps to delete such information promptly.

Section 9: International Data Transfers

Our Service is operated from the United States. If you access the Service from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. By using the Service, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States. Our third-party service providers, listed in Section 3, may also process data in various countries. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand their data handling practices. Where required by applicable law, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for cross-border data transfers, including entering into Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms with our service providers.

Section 10: Additional Disclosures for Specific Jurisdictions

For Users in Canada

If you are located in Canada, your personal information is protected under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and any applicable provincial privacy legislation.

  • Consent: By using our Service and providing your personal information, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at support@privacyacademy.com, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. We will inform you of the implications of withdrawing your consent.
  • Access and Correction: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to request that we correct any inaccuracies. To make such a request, please contact us at support@privacyacademy.com.
  • Accountability: Our privacy contact person, responsible for our compliance with PIPEDA, can be reached at support@privacyacademy.com.
  • Complaints: If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

For Users in Australia

If you are located in Australia, your personal information is protected under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

  • Collection and Use: We collect your personal information for the purposes described in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Privacy Policy. We will not use or disclose your personal information for a purpose other than the purpose of collection, a related purpose you would reasonably expect, or a purpose to which you have consented.
  • Access and Correction: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to request that we correct any information that is inaccurate, out-of-date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading. To make such a request, please contact us at support@privacyacademy.com.
  • Cross-Border Disclosure: As described in Section 9 of this Privacy Policy, your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of Australia, including the United States. Before disclosing your personal information to an overseas recipient, we take reasonable steps to ensure that the recipient handles your information in a manner consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles.
  • Complaints: If you believe we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles, you may lodge a complaint with us at support@privacyacademy.com. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

Section 11: Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. For non-material updates (e.g., correcting typographical errors, adding a new subprocessor providing equivalent services), we will post the updated policy and update the “Effective Date” at the top. For material changes to how we collect, use, or share your personal data, we will post a prominent notice on our website and obtain your affirmative consent before applying the new practices to data previously collected under this policy. If you do not consent to a material change, you may request deletion of your account and data.

Section 12: Governing Law and Contact

This Privacy Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nebraska, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us:

NUSAZ, LLC d/b/a Privacy Academy

Email: support@privacyacademy.com

Address: PO Box 82267, Lincoln, NE 68501

Section 13: Disputes and Liability

Any disputes arising from this Privacy Policy or our data practices, and any limitations on the Company’s liability, are subject to the Dispute Resolution and Limitation of Liability provisions set forth in our Terms of Service.