Privacy and Policy – Simplified Maritime

Last Updated: July 9, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Simplified Maritime and its affiliates collect, use, and share information about you when you use our Services. Your privacy is of paramount importance to us, and this policy is designed to provide transparency about our data practices.

What Data We Get

We collect specific information from you to provide our Services. This includes:

Account Data: When you create or update your account, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, password, and authentication details.
Profile Data: You may choose to provide additional profile information, such as a photograph, professional headline, biography, or country of residence. This information is visible to others.
Payment Data: To process your purchases, we collect necessary transaction details, such as your name and payment card information. For security, we do not store full payment card numbers on our servers.
Course Data: We collect data related to your learning activities, including courses you enroll in, your progress, quiz and assignment submissions, and certificates of completion.

Communications Data: If you contact us for support or participate in user surveys, we will collect and store the information you provide in those communications.

How We Get Data About You

We use various methods to gather information:

Directly from You: Most of the data we have is provided by you directly when you create an account, update your profile, make a purchase, or communicate with us.
Automated Data Collection: When you interact with our Services, we automatically collect technical information about your device and your usage patterns. This includes System Data (IP address, device type, operating system, browser) and Usage Data (content viewed, features used, time spent, click data). We use server log files and tracking technologies like cookies and web beacons to collect this data.

From Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third-party services, such as our payment processors who provide us with transaction confirmations.

What We Use Your Data For

We use your data to operate and improve our Services. This includes:

Providing and administering our Services, including displaying customized content and facilitating communication.
Processing your requests and orders for content, subscriptions, or other services.
Communicating with you about your account, including responding to your questions and sending you administrative messages and updates.
Troubleshooting technical issues and ensuring the security of our platform.
Analyzing trends and traffic to improve our Services and develop new features.
Marketing our Services to you, subject to your communication pre

Who We Share Your Data With

We share your data with certain third parties under specific circumstances:

With Instructors: We share data we have about you with instructors for the content you access, to enable them to manage their courses and engage with their students.
With Service Providers: We work with trusted third parties to perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, cloud hosting, and marketing. These providers only have access to the information necessary to perform their functions and are required to protect your data.
For Security and Legal Compliance: We may disclose your data to third parties if we believe in good faith that the disclosure is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, to protect our rights or property, or to prevent fraud or abuse of our users.
During a Change in Business Control: If we undergo a business transaction like a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction.

Security

We employ a range of physical, technical, and administrative security measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, destruction, or alteration. We use encryption for data in transit and at rest. However, no system can be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your password.

Your Rights

Control your communication preferences and opt out of promotional emails.
Manage cookies and other tracking technologies through your browser settings.
Request the deletion of your account and personal data, subject to certain legal and operational retention needs.

Jurisdiction-Specific Rules

For our users in the Philippines, your rights are governed by the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173). These rights include the right to be informed, the right to object to the processing of your personal data, the right to reasonable access, the right to rectification, the right to erasure or blocking, and the right to be indemnified for damages.

Updates & Contact Info

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make a material change, we will notify you via email or a prominent notice on our Services. For any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected].

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