Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy governs brillingo.com's ("we", "us" or "brillingo") treatment of personally identifiable information that brillingo collects when you use the brillingo.com website (the "Site"), when you share information about yourself on our Site as well as when you provide information to us in any medium. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to brillingo's Terms of Use, which can be found at https://www.brillingo.com/terms. Each time that you use the Site and the services available to you on the Site ("Services"), you signify that you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue using the Site and terminate your registration with us. The Site is owned by Alicia Emily van Zijl.
Information we Collect
USER-PROVIDED INFORMATION:
brillingo collects personal information from you when you register on the Site, update your profile, interact with other users, and use various features of the Site. To register with brillingo, you must provide your first name, last name, a password, your native language, and an email address. Once you are a registered user of brillingo, you may be given the option to add additional personal information. We may also collect information regarding your interaction with other users and your use of the Site, including content you view linked from the Site and self-study workbooks you have received. From time to time we may ask you to respond to surveys or other requests for information, and we collect the information you provide. We may collect information from you when you participate in competitions and promotions offered on the Site. We use this information to continually offer you the most value as a user of the Site and our Services.
TRACKING TECHNOLOGY:
brillingo logs IP addresses (a unique number assigned to every computer on the Internet) in order to improve security, analyze trends and administer the Site. We may track your movement within the Site, the third-party website pages from which you were referred, your use of the media player, access times and browser types. We use this information to gauge the effectiveness of our Site, track information for statistical purposes and to improve the products and services we provide. We store information that we collect through cookies, log files and other tracking technology such as clear gifs. We use cookies on the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our Site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser's "help" file. Persistent cookies are used to differentiate visitors of the Site from registered users, to customize the content of certain sections of the Site and to enable us to track and cater to the interests of users, in order to enhance their experience on the Site. If you reject cookies, you may still use the Site, but your ability to use some areas of the Site may be limited and you may not be able to use certain features of the Site.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
We may supplement the information you provide us by acquiring commercially available demographic and marketing information from third parties, for instance, to update your information and to create a profile of your preferences. We may tie your personally identifiable information to information in the profile, in order to improve the content of the Site for you or to inform you about products or services that we think will be of interest to you.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
We may from time to time use various outside ad-serving companies and affiliates to serve advertisements on the Site. In the process of serving advertisements, the ad serving companies may place a cookie in your browser's cookie file and may use information about your visits to the Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements on the Site about products and services that may be of interest to you. By delivering ads on the Site, the ad-server is able to record what ads a user -- identified by the unique cookie -- has seen, and what pages the user was viewing when the ads were delivered. This web usage information is combined with other ad delivery information the ad-server has collected from your visits to the Site and other websites not affiliated with brillingo. This non-personally identifiable information is used as part of the ad-serving process for reporting and to select and direct the ads you see online at the Site and other websites not affiliated with brillingo.
SURVEYS OR PROMOTIONS:
From time to time we may provide you with the opportunity to participate in competitions, contests or other promotions promoted on the Site, which might be sponsored or conducted by brillingo or by a third party. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these promotions is completely voluntary, and you will have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information. If there is a third party sponsor involved please make sure to review that third party's privacy policy.
Use of Personal Information
WHEN YOU REGISTER:
When you subscribe to our services, your personal information is not displayed to other visitors or users of the Site.
On our Site, you can create a blog profile. If your blog profile is visible, your profile information, as well as your name and picture are displayed to other registered users as well as visitors to the Site.
OUR USE:
We receive and store any personal information you enter on the Site or give to us voluntarily in any other way and may use it to contact you from time to time. This means we may contact you by email, phone or mobile number (including the use of automated dialling equipment), text (SMS) message, or any other means of communication that your wireless or other telecommunications device may be capable of receiving (e.g. video etc.). We may also send you information or offers from time to time to a postal address or email address we have on file. If you provide your name for a promotional offer to enter a competition or contest and win a prize, we will post a winner's list online, and will file your name with government agencies if required by law.
VENDORS:
We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples might include sending email, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links and providing customer service. They have access to your personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
OTHER USES:
We may use your personal information to contact you about brillingo's products or services, or for other purposes in which you have expressed an interest, for example, if you have contacted our customer service or made an enquiry.
SERVICE-RELATED ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We will provide you with service and account related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, or the delivery of a service or product is delayed we might send you an email, or other messages, or if there is some service issue with something you might have ordered. You may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature, as they are vital to the functionality of our service. If you cancel your subscription to our services, you will automatically cease to receive these updates.
EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
If brillingo, or any of its lines of businesses or affiliated companies, is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, the relevant databases of brillingo could, in whole or in part, be sold as part of that transaction. Therefore, information about registered users of and visitors to the Site, including recordings and personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger or acquisition, creation of a separate business or sale or pledge of our company assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. Information about our users, including personal information and user recordings, may also need to be disclosed in connection with a commercial transaction where brillingo, or an affiliate, seeks financing, investment, support or funding. We also may have to release personally identifying information when it is necessary to comply with judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, orders, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of brillingo, its users or others.
Important Disclosures and Practices
A NOTE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL USERS:
You should be aware that your information collected on this Site may be stored and processed in Sweden or any other country in which brillingo, or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, including hosting services or servers, and by providing your information to this Site, you are consenting to the transfer of your information outside of your country in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. You are also consenting to the application of European Union law in all matters concerning this Site.
USE OF THIRD-PARTY SERVICES:
We use third-party services to process and manage your subscription: Chargebee, Inc., TypeForm, Sl., and Stripe. These third-party services have access to your personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. They will use your information in accordance with their privacy policies.
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
When you initially provide or update your payment information, we transmit it via an encrypted connection to our Payment Processors: Chargebee, Inc. and Stripe. These companies use and process your payment information in accordance with their Privacy Policies. We don’t store your payment information, other than your zip code and country, which we require for billing and to comply with tax and other government regulations.
BRILLINGO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO ANY THEFT, LOSS, ALTERATION OR MISUSE OF PERSONAL OR OTHER INFORMATION LAWFULLY PROVIDED BY BRILLINGO TO THIRD PARTIES, OR WITH REGARD TO THE FAILURE OF ANY THIRD PARTY TO ABIDE BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THAT THIRD PARTY AND BRILLINGO.
Choice and Opt-Out
You may opt-out of use of your information as set forth above by emailing us at brillingoschool@gmail.com. For instance, if you do not want us to use your email address or other contact information to provide you with offers, or no longer wish to receive our email newsletter, you may opt-out of receiving it by emailing us at brillingoschool@gmail.com.
Access to your Information
If you are a registered user, you can update your personally identifiable information at any time. However, we are unable to update or delete any of your personally identifiable information that has been shared with a third party as permitted in this Privacy Policy. If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information brillingo has on file is not correct, or should you wish to have your email address removed from our mailing list or registration/contact information changed or updated, please contact us at brillingoschool@gmail.com. We will be happy to review, update or remove information as appropriate. We may still retain your information in our files, however, to resolve disputes, enforce our Terms of Use, or due to technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity and operation of the Site.
How brillingo Protects your Information
We have security procedures for the storage and disclosure of personal information, which you have given us in order to prevent unauthorised access. Keep in mind, however, that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100%% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign out when finished if you are using a shared computer. The Site and Services also contain links to other websites. Keep in mind that brillingo does not control, and is not responsible for, the privacy or security practices or the content of these other websites.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy contact us at brillingoschool@gmail.com with a thorough description of your concerns or questions.
Disputes
If you choose to visit the Site, your visit and any dispute over privacy are subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the laws of the European Union and specifically the laws of Sweden.
Modification of Privacy Policy
The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is set forth below. Please note the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information or how we keep your purchases anonymous, you will know because the Effective Date of the Privacy Policy will change. Your continued use of the Site constitutes an affirmative acknowledgement by you of the Privacy Policy's modifications and your agreement to abide and be bound by the Privacy Policy as modified.