Privacy Statement

1. General information

This privacy statement is to inform you about our processing your personal data when using our website (www.thescholedge.org). In case you are referred to another website other than www.thescholedge.org, this privacy statement will not apply to such other websites. In such a case please review the privacy statement on the other website(s).

2. Purpose of collecting and using data

Scholedge collects your data only to provide you with user-friendly, efficient and secure internet services. We use the collected and processed personal data in order to provide those users who are interested with information. Furthermore, we generally process the data with the goal of improving our service and ensuring its security. No personal data is processed: we process the data anonymously or using pseudonyms. Whenever you complete transactions using our website, e.g. opening a user account and / or purchasing a publication, further data processing processes may take place, of which you will of course be separately informed. 

Information Sharing and Disclosure 

Scholedge does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances- We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Scholedge under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Scholedge communicate with you about offers from Scholedge and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information. We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Scholedge's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. We transfer information about you if Scholedge is acquired by or merged with another company. Scholedge works with vendors, partners, advertisers, and other service providers in different industries and categories of business. 

Cookies etc. 

We use so-called cookies or other instruments to analyze the usage of our website. Cookies are small files which are stored on your hard drive and which provide us with specific information. This information above all includes the IP address, your browser type, the URL click stream (the chronological order of our web pages you visited), the date and the time of your visit on our website as well as the cookie number. Firstly, using cookies and similar instruments makes it possible to recognize you whenever you as a user access our web pages again after the expiration of a session. Cookies also allow us to ideally adapt our products and services to your individual needs. Lastly, we use cookies to statistically record how often our web pages are viewed as well as the general navigation in order to create encoded usage profiles. 

Security 

We employ technical and organizational security measures to guarantee that your data is protected from loss, incorrect modifications and unauthorized third-party access. To the greatest extent possible, we ensure that only authorized persons have access to your personal data and only insofar as it is necessary in the scope of the above-mentioned purposes. 

Disclaimer 

Scholedge Publishing cannot take responsibility for information found on third party websites outside its control. While we attempt to provide links only to third-party websites that comply with all applicable laws and regulations and our standards, please understand that the content on these third-party websites is subject to change without notice to Scholedge. We therefore cannot be responsible for, and accept no liability for, any information or opinion contained in any third-party website. As soon as we get notice of infringements on those websites we will remove the respective link.