Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy of Mini Course
Welcome to Mini Course!
NYU Shanghai’s experimental Mini Course program makes the special expertise of NYU faculty available online to a very large community of Chinese audiences. We believe in equal access to higher education. With a curated collection of high-quality courses, we aim to cultivate an inclusive learning community through sharing, empowering, and inspiring.
Our online learning components include 1) Studying sessions consisting of videos, discussions, and extra learning materials; 2) bilingual scripts with timestamps to follow.
Mini Course (“we” or “us”) attaches great importance to the confidentiality and security of your privacy, and we want you to understand our privacy practices. Please carefully read this Privacy Policy to learn how it applies to the information we collect through the Mini Course website (hereinafter referred to as “the product”, including all content and pages in the product), how we use and protect information that specifically identifies you or that, when combined with other information, could be used to identify you (your “Personal Information”). We are the data controller for such information.
This Privacy Policy is organized as follows:
- Information we collect about you
- How we use your information
- How we share your information
- How to manage your Personal Information
- Security
- Modification of Privacy Policy
- Contact information
INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
Data you provide about yourself.
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us. Any information about you that may be provided to us when you use this product (such as when you register a user account or participate in discussion forums) may include but is not limited to, your name, contact information, gender, date of birth and occupation. We try our best to control the collection range of personal information to meet the requirements of business, laws and regulations, and the specific behaviors of the product.
It is your decision whether to provide your Personal Information.
- In some cases, the services on the Site will be limited or unavailable if you choose not to provide us with the Personal information necessary for this product. For example, to create user accounts, your name, email address, username, and password may be required.
- You may also choose to share more Personal Information than is needed. For example, you might add Personal Information to your account profile or to content that you provide, such as writing messages in a forum or providing answers in a discussion.
We also collect user information about student performance and learning patterns. In addition, we also record and display the following information: which pages of the product are visited, the order and time of being visited, which hyperlinks and other user interface controls are used, etc.
Data we collect automatically.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) that automatically track and collect information about your online interactions with us. For information about how we use Cookies and your options for managing Cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use information, including your Personal Information, for the following purposes:
To fulfill our contract with you.
We may use your information to provide you with offerings, products, and services that you request. For example, when you sign up to enroll in a course offered on the Site, we use your Personal Information to create and manage your participation, account, and course enrollment.
For our legitimate instructional purposes.
We may use your information to improve our products and services. We may contact you in connection with your engagement with our products and services, any accounts you may have with us, important policy or product updates, and news about updates, events, and offerings that we think you’ll like. We will provide customer service in response to your questions, and employ analytics that track Site usage against goals and mission.
With your consent.
We may seek your consent for additional uses of information, including Personal Information, and will use it only for the purpose described to you. All use of Personal Information is subject to applicable law.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
With service providers.
We may share information, including Personal Information, with third parties like service contractors and suppliers who help us carry out functions on behalf of Mini Course.
In some cases, the Site is integrated with third-party services or contains links to websites published by third parties. These third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices, so you should pay attention anytime you are redirected to a third-party website and be sure to review its privacy policy. For example, if you sign up for a GitHub account in order to participate in code development for the Open edX platform, your GitHub account will be managed and controlled by GitHub and subject to its terms and policies.
With other visitors to the Site.
To create an interactive community environment, we may provide opportunities for you to submit content and information to share with other visitors to the site. This includes providing opportunities for you to join public community discussions by participating in forums.
With your consent.
We may seek your consent for additional disclosures of information, including Personal Information, and will share it only as described to you.
In an aggregated or de-identified format.
We may share with partners, researchers, the public, and other third parties information and Personal Information that is anonymous, de-identified, or aggregated in a manner that does not reasonably identify you for any purpose, as permitted by applicable law. When you cancel your account, we will stop using and delete your personal information or anonymize your personal information.
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Manage Communications.
You may stop receiving promotional communications by following the “unsubscribe” instructions contained in the messages you receive or by contacting us directly at contact.minicourse@gmail.com. We may continue to contact you about non-promotional matters including administrative and transactional updates. You may update the email address we use for communications by contacting us directly at contact.minicourse@gmail.com. If you have an account for one of our products or services, you may update your email address within the account profile.
Manage Updates, Edits, Access, and Deletion.
To update, edit, access, and/or delete your Personal Information, or to request that we restrict our use of your Personal Information for any purpose, please contact us directly at contact.minicourse@gmail.com. If your request is related to an account that we manage, you may be able to update, edit, access, and/or delete your information directly within the account settings and profile. If you choose to restrict our ability to process Personal Information, and the processing is otherwise required to provide you with various services and products offered on the Site, we may not be able to provide you with those services or products.
Cancellation of account.
If you no longer want to use the services of Mini Course, You can directly cancel your account in our product, subject to the conditions agreed in the service agreement and relevant national regulations. The specific path is as follows: users select "Account" at the top right of the interface, choose "Delete Account", type in your password to confirm and submit a cancellation request. After you cancel your account, we will stop providing you with products and/or services, and we will delete your personal information or anonymize your personal information, unless otherwise required by law or regulation.
SECURITY
While we work hard to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your Personal information.
MODIFICATION OF PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy will be reviewed and updated from time to time. When changes are made, the updated Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting on this page with an updated effective date. By accessing the Site after any changes have been made, you accept the modified Privacy Policy and any changes contained therein. In case you miss the notification referenced above, be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have privacy concerns, have disclosed data you would prefer to keep private, or would like to access the Personal Information that we maintain about you, please contact us at contact.minicourse@gmail.com.
Valid from December 1, 2022.
Mini Course Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) stored on users’ computer system when they visited the website, and send back users’ information such as the language preference or login information to identify them when they visit. We will never use Cookies for any purpose other than web service.
It is entirely up to you to accept or refuse cookies, and you can change your option by modifying your Web browser control.
If you refuse to use cookies, you can still use our website though some of our functions will be limited. There are tracing disability functions in many Web browsers, which can post requests to disable tracing.
If users enable such functions, our website will support users’ choice. If you do not refuse to accept cookies, you are deemed to agree that we collect cookies to provide you with more convenient and precise service.
上纽课隐私政策
欢迎来到上纽课!
上纽课是上海纽约大学制作的在线公开课程。依托上海纽约大学的优质教育资源，邀请校内老师们在各自专业领域内制作简短易懂的课程内容，通过线上的形式向更多的观众群体提供高等教育与博雅教育的机会，为他们赋能，培养一个充满包容性的学习社区。
我们的在线学习内容包括：1）由视频、讨论和额外的学习材料组成的学习课程；2）带有时间码的双语脚本。
上纽课非常重视您的隐私的保密性和安全性，我们希望您了解我们的隐私做法。本隐私政策中使用的“我们”均指上纽课。
请仔细阅读本隐私政策，以了解它如何适用于我们通过上纽课网站（以下简称 "本产品"，包括本产品中的所有内容和网页）收集的信息，以及我们如何使用和保护能具体识别您的信息或与其他信息结合后可用于识别您的信息（下称 "个人信息"）。我们是此类信息的数据控制者。
本隐私政策内容如下。
- 我们收集的关于您的信息
- 我们如何使用您的信息
- 我们如何分享您的信息
- 如何管理您的个人信息
- 安全性
- 隐私政策的修改
- 联系信息
我们收集的关于您的信息
您提供的关于自己的数据。
我们收集您自愿提供给我们的信息。您在使用本产品时（如注册用户账户或参与讨论区）可能向我们提供的任何有关您的信息，可能包括但不限于您的姓名、联系信息、性别、出生日期和职业。我们尽力控制个人信息的收集范围，以满足商业、法律和法规的要求，以及产品的具体行为。
您的决定是否提供您的个人信息。
在某些情况下，如果您选择不向我们提供本产品所需的个人信息，网站上的服务将受到限制或无法使用。例如，要创建用户账户，可能需要您的姓名、电子邮件地址、用户名和密码。
您也可以选择分享比需要的更多的个人信息。例如，您可能会在您的账户资料或您提供的内容中添加个人信息，如在论坛中写信息或在讨论中提供答案时。
我们还收集有关学生表现和学习模式的用户信息。此外，我们还记录并显示以下信息：产品的哪些页面被访问，被访问的顺序和时间，哪些超链接和其他用户界面控件被使用，等等。
我们自动收集的数据。
我们使用Cookies和其他跟踪技术（统称为 "Cookies"），自动跟踪和收集有关您与我们的在线互动的信息。有关我们如何使用Cookies以及您管理Cookies的选择，请参见我们的Cookie政策。
我们如何使用您的信息
我们将信息，包括您的个人信息，用于以下目的。
为了履行我们与您的合同。
我们可能使用您的信息为您提供您所要求的产品、产品和服务。例如，当您注册报名参加本网站提供的课程时，我们使用您的个人信息来创建和管理您的参与、账户和课程报名。
为了我们合法的教学目的。
我们可能使用您的信息来改进我们的产品和服务。我们可能会就您参与我们的产品和服务、您在我们这里的任何账户、重要的政策或产品更新、以及我们认为您会喜欢的更新、活动和产品的消息与您联系。我们将提供客户服务以回应你的问题，并采用分析方法，根据目标和任务跟踪网站的使用情况。
我们会征得您的同意。
在对信息（包括个人信息）进行额外的使用前，我们会征得您的同意，并仅将其用于向您描述的目的。所有个人信息的使用都会遵守适用法律。
我们如何分享您的信息
向服务提供者。
我们可能会与第三方分享信息，包括个人信息，如服务承包商和供应商，他们代表上纽课帮助我们履行职能。
在某些情况下，本网站与第三方服务整合，或包含由第三方发布的网站链接。这些第三方对他们自己的隐私惯例负责，所以你应该注意任何时候你被重新定向到一个第三方网站，并确保审查其隐私政策。例如，如果您注册了一个GitHub账户，以便参与Open edX平台的代码开发，您的GitHub账户将由GitHub管理和控制，并受其条款和政策的约束。
与本网站的其他访问者。
为了创造一个互动的社区环境，我们可能会提供机会让您提交内容和信息，与网站的其他访问者分享。这包括提供机会让您通过参与论坛加入公共社区讨论。
我们会征得您的同意。
在对信息（包括个人信息）进行额外的披露前，我们会征得您的同意，并将仅按照向您描述的方式进行分享。
以汇总或去标识化的形式。
在适用法律允许的情况下，我们可能会与合作伙伴、研究人员、公众和其他第三方分享匿名、去标识化的方式汇总的信息和个人信息。在您注销账号时，我们将停止使用并删除您的个人信息或对您的个人信息进行匿名化处理。
如何管理您的个人信息
管理通信。
您可以按照您收到的信息中包含的 "退订 "说明，或通过直接联系我们（contact.minicourse@gmail.com）来停止接收推广通信。我们可能会继续就非推广事项与您联系，包括行政和交易方面的更新。您可以通过直接联系我们（contact.minicourse@gmail.com）来更新我们用于通信的电子邮件地址。如果您有一个我们产品或服务的账户，你可以在账户资料中更新你的电子邮件地址。
管理更新、编辑、访问和删除。
要更新、编辑、访问或删除您的个人信息，或要求我们限制我们出于任何目的使用您的个人信息，请直接通过邮箱（contact.minicourse@gmail.com）联系我们。如果您的请求与我们管理的账户有关，您可以直接在账户设置和个人资料中更新、编辑、访问或删除您的信息。如果您选择限制我们处理个人信息的能力，而处理是为您提供网站上提供的各种服务和产品所必需的，我们可能无法向您提供这些服务或产品。
注销账户。
如果您不再使用上纽课的服务，在符合服务协议约定条件及国家相关法规规定的情况下，您可以在我们的产品中直接申请注销账户，具体路径如下：选择界面右上方进入“账号”，点击“删除账户”，填写密码后提交注销申请， 或通过本《隐私政策》中【联系信息】约定的联系方式提出注销申请。当您的账号注销或被删除后，我们将停止为您提供产品与/或服务，除法律法规另有规定外，我们将删除您的个人信息或对您的个人信息进行匿名化处理。
安全性
虽然我们努力确保我们的网络和系统的完整性和安全性，但在互联网上没有任何传输方法是100%安全的，我们不能保证您的个人信息的绝对安全。
隐私政策的修改
我们将随时审查和更新本隐私政策。当发生修改时，更新后的隐私政策将在本页面上公布，并附更新后的生效日期。在作出修改后访问本网站，即表示您接受修改后的隐私政策及其中的任何变化。如果您错过了上面提到的通知，请务必定期返回本页面，以确保熟悉本隐私政策的最新版本。
联系信息
如果您有隐私方面的顾虑，披露了您希望保密的数据，或希望访问我们保存的关于您的个人信息，请通过以下方式联系我们：contact.minicourse@gmail.com。
本隐私政策从在2022年12月1日开始生效。
上纽课Cookie政策
Cookie是在用户访问网站时存储在用户计算机系统中的一小段数据（文本文件），并在用户访问时发回用户的信息，如语言偏好或登录信息以识别他们。我们绝不会将Cookies用于网络服务以外的任何目的。
接受或拒绝cookies完全由您决定，您可以通过修改您的网络浏览器控制来改变您的选择。
如果您拒绝使用Cookies，尽管我们的一些功能会受到限制，您仍然可以使用我们的网站。许多网络浏览器中都有追踪功能，您可以发布禁用追踪的请求。
如果用户启用此类功能，我们的网站将支持用户的选择。如果您不拒绝接受Cookies，则视为您同意我们收集Cookies为您提供更方便、更精确的服务。