KC360 WEBSITE TERMS AND PRIVACY POLICY

WHO ARE WE

We are KC360, a privately owned entity which specialises in educational consulting services for niche communities around the world.
Our contact address is: 900 Foulk Road, Suite 201, Wilmington, DE 19803 USA.
Our website address is: http://www.kc360.co.
A “KC360 WEBSITE” denotes both www.kc360.co and CONNECTION POINT community sites.
A USER is anyone or any type of bot which visits www.kc360.co and CONNECTION POINT community site, whether as a visitor, a member, a client of KC360, a service provider or affiliate or otherwise.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY

With respect to GDPR compliance concerning transparency in how your data is used:

Your data belongs to you. KC360 WEBSITE and the OWNER of KC360 do not transfer or share your data without your permission.
If a USER is required to complete a signup form via a KC360 WEBSITE, the collecting of personal information gathering is for the purpose of ensuring the best experience possible for the user.
If the option for USERS to leave comments on a KC360 WEBSITE is available – via activity feeds, forums, discussions threads, direct messages, blog posts, learning management systems or community engagement or the like – then we may collect the data and USERS IP address and the browser user agent string to help manage spam detection.
If Gravatar services are engaged, an anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

MEDIA

If the option is available for a USER to upload images or files, and the USER uploads images to a KC360 WEBSITE, USERS are required to ensure images are not embedded with location data (EXIF GPS).

For KC360 educational services, information crucial to KC360’s ability to provide you with the very best service possible is collected when you signup for KC360’s consulting services and online courses, and occasionally via other permission-based marketing, either through email contact with you or via www.kc360.co. This information is kept confidential and is only shared with selected parties with your permission in relation to specific events or permissions granted: i.e. KC360 partner universities.

Universities who regularly participate in KC360 Virtual College Fairs (VCF), require a minimum amount of USER contact information to help facilitate a successful VCF for all involved. KC360 and its OWNER reminds you that you have the option to allow or not allow this to happen.

COOKIES

If the option was available for you to leave a comment on a KC360 WEBSITE, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit a KC360 WEBSITE login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies will be set up to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. Depending on your browser and your browser settings, these cookie settings may be overridden.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Articles on a KC360 WEBSITE may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from another website behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited that website.
Such a website may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. KC360 has no control over this information.

ANALYTICS

Who do we share your data with:

Unless you have provided permission to do so, KC360 and its OWNER does not share your data. We may share system analytics with our service providers which carry no individual identities, for the purposes of maintaining system integrity.

PERSONAL DATA

How long do we retain your data:

If the option is made available to leave a comment – via activity feeds, forums, discussions threads, direct messages, blog posts, learning management systems or community engagement and the like – the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For USERS registered on a KC360 WEBSITE, the personal information provided by the USER is stored in their user profile. Users can edit their basic information and change their email address and password. A USER’s username cannot be changed.
A USER’s display name/nickname/pseudonym can usually be changed depending on predetermined website settings. Website administrators can also see and edit that information when a user requests for this to occur.
A USER can update their own information on the provided profile and account pages.

What rights you have over your data:

If you have an account on a KC360 WEBSITE, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. This is provided in a single lined CSV file.
You can also request that KC360 erase any personal data held about you. In some cases, you can delete the data yourself. This will result in a full deletion of Membership and User information. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data:

If an option for open-door visitors were to be available on a KC360 WEBSITE, visitor comments on posts would be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information:

The only contact information kept KC360 WEBSITE is the information you provided at the time of registration. Any other information collected from the USER for KC360 marketing is kept for KC360’s specific purposes and is not shared or sold.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

How we protect your data:

KC360 WEBSITES are hosted on world class hosting platforms. To help protect your data, KC360 WEBSITES maintain a specialised password enforcement policy requiring very strong password configurations from its users. KC360 WEBSITES employ other state of the art protection techniques and technology not mentioned here.

What data breach procedures we have in place:

KC360 WEBSITES data breach procedures are limited to reinstallation of the site data from the most recently available backup. All other data breach procedures are limited to the terms and conditions provided by the hosting company where KC360 WEBSITES are located. KC360 and its OWNER will not be liable for any loss of your information, or content on activity feeds, forums, discussions threads, direct messages, blog posts, progress on our learning management systems or content which has been uploaded to a KC360 WEBSITE.

What third parties we receive data from:

For the purposes of anonymity and personal data protection, if applicable, the only information KC360 receives is the confirmation from a user’s affiliate organization which warrants a user’s registration request as legitimate. If USER data is required so as to facilitate membership, that data is deleted from all other sources the USER has not given permission for.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data:

There is no automated decision making or profiling.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements:

This Website Use, Terms and Privacy Policy covers this website’s disclosure requirements and how we use and process personal data, what rights users have and the rules governing a user’s activities within a KC360 WEBSITE.

Employees of KC360, site managers of a KC360 WEBSITE and IT specialist service providers responsible for system software integrity, are the only personnel granted permission to access the administrative levels of a KC360 WEBSITE.

INDEMNIFICATION

When you use a KC360 WEBSITE you indemnity KC360 and its OWNER of any liability if a data breach were to occur. KC360 and its OWNER will not be liable for any damages whatsoever associated with a USER’s information being disseminated into the public space due to a data breach. All reasonable attempts to ensure a private and secure environment are deployed and rigorously enforced. Use of a KC360 WEBSITE is at the USER’s own risk. This indemnification provision shall survive the termination of any agreement between the USER and KC360 and its OWNER.

TERMS OF SERVICE LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER

For KC360 educational consultancy services, the USER agrees KC360 and its OWNER do not warrant or guarantee successful advancement of your college admissions or financial progress based on any written or verbal advice, webinar content (whether recorded or live), online or offline course material or website content, accessed through a KC360 WEBSITE or directly from the owner of KC360, or via direct consultation. This includes any affiliate provider of products, informational or instructional services, or planning solutions, that may be affiliated with KC360. The owner of KC360 and its affiliates are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, loss of revenue or loss of profits which result from any use of or access to the services KC360 provides. The owner of KC360 operates from the state of Delaware, United States of America. The laws of Delaware and the United States of America are the jurisdiction under which these Terms of Service operate.

MEMBERSHIPS & Course registration

If you are under the age of 18, you need parental permission before you become a site user of a KC360 WEBSITE. KC360 assumes in registering, you have sought this permission.
Your membership or course registration is non-transferable and sharing your username and password will result in your membership or course access being terminated without refund or further notice.
Each member is charged with taking all reasonable efforts to keep their username and password confidential. If you believe these security details have been compromised, you must contact site administration as soon as you become aware at admin@kc360.co.
For KC360 educational services, where payment is required for a course, access to the site and its content will be cancelled if the subscription fees are not received.
There is no refund policy in place.

PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, CONTESTS, COMPETITIONS AND SWEEPSTAKES

From time to time, KC360 and its OWNER may run promotional events, contests, raffles, or sweepstakes for its KC360 educational service clients only and may include prizes. The eligibility and terms of entering the contest or sweepstake are stated at the time of the event, in accordance with the definitions found in the law of the United States of America.
If advertising or operating the competition requires the use of social media, then liability concerning this will be limited to KC360, where the social network cannot be held liable for any aspect of the promotion.
Competition winners are usually informed directly by email, unless otherwise stated.
All personal information collected for the purposes of entering the competition is treated according to this KC360 WEBSITE TERMS AND PRIVACY POLICY.

SITE AVAILABILITY

KC360 WEBSITES are usually available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. KC360 and its OWNER do not guarantee 100% SITE uptime due to the usual unforeseen technical challenges which are at times common to all websites.

KC360 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONTENT

From time to time, content on www.kc360.co may be added, removed or rearranged at the discretion of the OWNER, and may affect the content each course contains.
All content on www.kc360.co is solely owned by the OWNER and no content may be redistributed or copied.
All affiliate networks’ content is solely owned by the affiliate and may not be redistributed or copied without their permission.
KC360 trademarks and logos belong to KC360 and its OWNER and may not be used without approval of the OWNER.
All affiliate networks’ trademarks and logos are owned by the affiliate and may not be used without their permission.
The OWNER states, that all SITE content has been added with the understanding there are no copyright or intellectual violations.
Your membership on www.kc360.co gives you rights to only using the content for personal development efforts to advance your collegiate admissions progress.
Violating these terms could result in legal action.

SITE USE RULES FOR ALL KC360 WEBSITES

YOU MAY NOT:

Use scripts to automatically download content.
Use false email addresses, impersonate others, or misrepresent your affiliation with others.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to computer systems or site content through a KC360 WEBSITE.
Engage in automatic information gathering, including screen scraping or database scraping or the like.
Cause any interruption of the SITE’s operation, including but not limited to, by DoS attacks, introduction of a virus or any other electronic routine.
Upload content of any sort whether video, sound files, gifs, images or the like which could be deemed inappropriate for younger audiences: ie. pornography.
Use abuse, personal attacks and bullying: ie, any act deemed as predatory – on activity feeds, forums, discussions threads, direct messages, blog posts, learning management systems or community engagement or the like.

Where possible, such actions as outlined in this list will result in legal action against the perpetrator, and at the very least their membership will be removed immediately and permanently without further notice.

KC360 and its OWNER respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe your intellectual property has been affected by this SITE, please contact the OWNER at admin@kc360.co.