Introduction:
The Academy of Professional Specialties is a Saudi academy that provides training services in qualitative tracks to support the labor market’s need for professionally and technically qualified cadres. In order for the academy to protect user data and information and enhance privacy and compliance, the academy is committed to maintaining the confidentiality and privacy of this data and using it in accordance with the terms and conditions in force in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Personal Data Protection System). Using the academy’s electronic platforms constitutes approval of the user’s privacy policy.
Data to be collected:
- Personal data: includes username, full name, national ID or residency number, email, phone number, academic qualification.
- Payment data: includes payment information, credit card data, expiration date, and parts thereof such as the first six digits and the last four digits.
- Cookie data.
Data collection methods:
- Data provided by the personal data owner to the site is collected by registering or when you register interest in courses in the registration forms on the academy’s social media sites.
- Your personal data is collected indirectly through cookies that are collected when you visit the website.
The Academy also obtains personal information indirectly from various sources such as the Academy’s international partners, government agencies, and some external sources such as marketing platforms dedicated in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Protection System issued by Royal Decree No. (M / 19) dated 02/09/1443 AH and its implementing regulations “the System”.
Use of personal data and purpose:
It is necessary for us to know some personal customer data. If you have registered for the Academy’s courses on behalf of another person, you guarantee the other person’s consent to use his personal information. Accordingly, the Academy collects the user’s personal data in order to:
- As a trainee: Conduct and complete course registration processes, and payment information in the basic services available on the platform. (Legal basis for processing: To implement the contract or service).
- As a trainer: Conduct and complete the processes of adding a trainer’s account and linking it to the courses he offers on the Academy’s platforms, and providing his information in the course details and advertising them available on the platform. (Legal basis for processing: To implement the contract or service).
- Improving the user experience: by extracting visuals and providing services that suit the individual needs of users. (Legal basis for processing: Legitimate interests / consent).
- Developing and improving customer service: by answering their inquiries regarding the use of the site, the available services, and the career paths and courses that suit them. (Legal basis for processing: Legitimate interests).
- Managing promotional campaigns and competitions: such as managing offers and promotional campaigns for the courses offered by the Academy and the special features of the site. (Legal basis for processing: Legitimate interests / consent).
- Sending emails or SMS: to provide all the services offered by the Academy. (Legal basis for processing: Legitimate interests / consent).
- Informing users about new courses and offers: for specific users. (Legal basis for processing: Legitimate interests / consent).
Storage and destruction of personal data:
We use data processors based on functional or operational contracts to process operational and analytical data, and personal data is processed in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory authorities of the system and restricting the purpose of processing and the requirements of the Academy and they do not have any claims of any kind regarding this data, and some of our service providers are outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so we regularly check our data processors and service providers and ensure that they have regulatory and legal tools to ensure compliance with the Personal Data Protection System.
The legal basis for collecting and processing personal data:
Personal data is collected and processed based on the consent of the personal data owner, and he can withdraw his consent to the collection and processing of his personal data and destroy his data at any time unless there is another legal basis for doing so, and the data protection officer at the Academy can be contacted via email pdo@psacademy.sa
Rights of the personal data owner:
- The right to know: The personal data owner has the right to know the methods we collect his data and the legal basis for collecting and processing it, how it is processed, saved and destroyed and with whom it will be shared in accordance with the provisions of the system.
- Right to access personal data: The personal data owner has the right to request a copy of his personal data, via the email specified in Clause 10. It will be provided to him – free of charge – within [14 business days].
- Right to correct personal data: The personal data owner has the right to request the correction of his personal data that he believes is inaccurate, incorrect or incomplete, via the email specified in Clause 10.
- Right to destroy personal data: The personal data owner has the right to request the destruction of his personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to withdraw consent: The personal data owner can withdraw consent to the processing of his personal data – at any time.
Sharing/transferring personal data:
- Cookie policies: To improve the website services, we use cookies that enable the use of certain functions.
- Data sharing: We share data after ensuring that service providers and partners comply with data protection policies.
Handling sensitive personal data:
The Academy is committed to taking technical and systemic measures to protect the sensitive data of its customers, including financial data.
Exercising the rights of the personal data owner:
The data owner has the right to request access/correction/destruction of his data by contacting the following email: Data Protection Officer at the Academy
Email: pdo@psacademy.sa
Personal Data Protection Officer:
Name: Data Protection Officer at the Academy:
Email: pdo@psacademy.sa
Complaints and Inquiries:
In the event of some complaints or inquiries related to the privacy policy or handling of personal data, the site administration is contacted via the following email: info@psacademy.sa
In the event that there is no response within seven working days, the complaint or inquiry is submitted to the Academy administration via email a.judia@psacademy.sa
Responding to data leakage:
In the event of a breach or data leakage in the Academy’s systems, God forbid, the Academy is obligated to notify the competent authority within a period not exceeding 72 hours and notify the affected data owners and take precautionary measures and procedures in this regard.
Privacy Policy Updates:
The last update to the Privacy Policy was made on 12/17/2024. The Academy reserves the right to add or change any of the provisions of the Privacy Policy without prior notice.
General Provisions:
- If you use another person’s data without their knowledge or consent in accordance with the provisions of the system, you shall bear all damages resulting from your use of the data.
- If a clause in this policy conflicts with any of the Kingdom’s regulations, that clause alone shall be void and the remaining provisions of this policy shall be effective.
- If any other agreement conflicts with this policy, the provisions of this policy shall prevail and be binding.
- When agreeing to the Privacy Policy or its updates, you must review the policy and click the “I agree” box.