RTL Food Consulting (the “Company”) takes the privacy of its users seriously, and this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) explains how we collect, maintain, and use personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) in the provision of our services. Any terms used but not defined in this Policy shall have the meaning given to them in the Terms of Use.

Please read this Policy carefully to make an informed decision about using our services. If you do not agree to all the terms of this Policy, please do not use our services. By registering an account to use our services and by using our services, you agree to this Policy and consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Policy.

Personal Information

We obtain Personal Information about you in the following ways:

1. Information provided by you: When you register an account to use our services, you provide us with information about yourself, including your first and last name, address, email, phone number, organization, and job title. As you use our services, there may be other circumstances in which you provide us with additional information about yourself, for example, by completing assignments or participating in discussions in connection with a course. If you apply for a scholarship, we may ask for additional information in your scholarship application.
2. Information obtained from your use of our services: When you use our services, we obtain certain information about your usage, including courses that you purchase or complete, courses you search for or view, IP address or browser types, and device attributes. We collect this information so that we can understand how you use our services, courses that are of interest to you, and other ways that we may improve our services and our business. To the extent that we pair this usage information with your Personal Information, it will be treated as Personal Information under this Policy. We may also collect information with “cookies,” which are small amounts of data that are stored on your computer’s hard drive. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. You can control and/or delete cookies as allowed by your browser. However, please note that prohibiting the use of cookies may inhibit your use of our services.
3. Information obtained from other sources: From time to time, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as providers of other services where you have consented to those providers providing information about you to us, or from third parties that develop information about consumers.

Use of Personal Information

We use your Personal Information to provide our services to you (including providing confirmation of completion of any courses or certificate programs), to understand the usage of our services so we can make improvements to them, to analyze to better understand our services and business in general, and to understand your behavior and preferences so we can offer additional products, services, and other opportunities that we believe will be of value to you.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose your Personal Information:

1. To our partners and affiliates that provide services to us.
2. To our service providers that help us provide our services (e.g., payment processors, instructors, etc.). However, we will share Personal Information with such service providers only if they agree to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information and to use your Personal Information only in connection with providing our services and other services to us. These other entities may use and disclose information as provided in this Policy.
3. If compelled to in connection with a legal or regulatory proceeding or in connection with enforcing our rights