We collect information directly from you when you register on our platform, participate in courses, subscribe to updates, or interact with other members.

• Account and profile information: When you create an account, you provide personal details such as your full name, email address, country, organization, professional title, area of expertise, preferred language, and optional profile picture or social media links.
• Course participation and progress: We collect data related to your learning activities, including course enrollments, completion rates, quiz/assignment submissions, certificates issued, and course feedback.
• Community interactions: Information and content you post in public forums, discussion boards, peer-review exercises, and live sessions.
• Technical and usage data: IP addresses, browser types, device information, operating systems, and page navigation patterns collected automatically via log files and analytics tools.

We process your personal data exclusively for educational, capacity-building, and platform administration purposes:

• Course delivery & certification: To administer your account, track course progress, assess learning milestones, and issue verified Certificates of Completion.
• Platform improvement: To analyze usage trends, evaluate course efficacy, troubleshoot technical issues, and improve platform features.
• Communications: To send essential course announcements, logistical notifications, platform updates, and newsletters or learning opportunities aligned with your interests. You may adjust your communication preferences or unsubscribe from non-essential emails at any time.
• Community building: To enable peer-to-peer networking, forum discussions, and collaborative learning within the platform.

Learning for Nature fosters collaborative global learning communities.

• Public & member visibility: Your profile information (such as your name, organization, job title, area of expertise, country, and profile picture) may be visible to other registered participants on the platform to encourage networking and knowledge exchange.
• Search engine indexing: Basic public profile information and contributions in open community forums may be indexed by external search engines. Full course progress and account administration data remain private.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We only share data with third-party service providers and partners under the following conditions:

• Service providers: We engage trusted technical service providers who support our platform operations, hosting, video streaming, and email communications (e.g., email delivery and survey tools). These providers process data only on our instructions and subject to strict confidentiality agreements.
• Partner initiatives: Aggregated, anonymized course participation data and analytics may be shared with project partners and donors to report on capacity-building impact and reach.

Cookies are small files stored on your browser that help us ensure platform functionality and improve your user experience.

• Essential cookies: Necessary for core site functionality, including user authentication, session security, and account access.
• Performance and analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the site (e.g., via Google Analytics) by collecting aggregated, non-personally identifiable traffic metrics.
• Managing cookies: You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling functional cookies may impact your ability to log in or navigate certain course features.

• Security measures: We implement appropriate technical, organizational, and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. All sensitive communications and data transmissions are encrypted using standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL/TLS) technology.
• Data retention: We retain your account data and course completion records for as long as your account remains active to provide continuous access to your certificates and course archives.
• Account deletion: You may request the deletion of your account and associated personal data at any time by contacting us at info@learningfornature.org.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect platform enhancements or changes in data management practices. Any revisions will be published on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. Continued use of the platform following modifications signifies your acceptance of the updated terms.