5 min read Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on December 21, 2023.

Thank you for joining Correct Hustle. We at Correct Hustle (“Correct Hustle”, “we”, “us”) respect your privacy and want you to understand how we collect, use, and share data about you. This Privacy Policy covers our data collection practices and describes your rights regarding your personal data.

Unless we link to a different policy or state otherwise, this Privacy Policy applies when you visit or use Correct Hustle websites, mobile applications, APIs, or related services (the “Services”). It also applies to prospective customers of our business and enterprise products.

By using the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. You shouldn’t use the Services if you don’t agree with this Privacy Policy or any other agreement that governs your use of the Services.

1. What Data We Get

We collect certain data from you directly, like information you enter yourself, data about your consumption of content, and data from third-party platforms you connect with Correct Hustle. We also collect some data automatically, like information about your device and what parts of our Services you interact with or spend time using. All data listed in this section is subject to the following processing activities: collecting, recording, structuring, storing, altering, retrieving, encrypting, pseudonymizing, erasing, combining, and transmitting.

1.1 Data You Provide to Us

We may collect different data from or about you depending on how you use the Services. Below are some examples to help you better understand the data we collect.

Account Data

Description: In order to use certain features (like accessing content), you need to create a user account, which requires us to collect and store your email address, password, and account settings. To create an instructor account, we collect and store your name, email address, password, and account settings. As you use certain features on the site, you may be prompted to submit additional information including occupation, government ID information, verification photo, date of birth, race/ethnicity, skill interests, and phone number. Upon account creation, we assign you a unique identifying number.

Legal Basis for Processing:

Performance of contract
Legitimate interests (service provisioning, identity verification, fraud prevention and security, communication)

Profile Data

Description: You can also choose to provide profile information like a photo, headline, biography, language, website link, social media profiles, country, or other data. Your Profile Data will be publicly viewable by others.
Legal Basis for Processing:
Performance of contract
Legitimate interests (enhanced platform functionality, convey content source information)

Shared Content

Description: Parts of the Services let you interact with other users or share content publicly, including by uploading courses and other educational content, posting reviews about content, asking or answering questions, sending messages to students or instructors, or posting photos or other work you upload. Such shared content may be publicly viewable by others depending on where it is posted.
Legal Basis for Processing:
Performance of contract
Legitimate interests (service provisioning, enhanced platform functionality)

Learning Data\t

Description: When you access content, we collect certain data including which courses, assignments, labs, workspaces, and quizzes you’ve started and completed; content and subscription purchases and credits; subscriptions; completion certificates; your exchanges with instructors, teaching assistants, and other students; and essays, answers to questions, and other items submitted to satisfy course and related content requirements.
Legal Basis for Processing:
Performance of contract
Legitimate interests (service provisioning, enhanced platform functionality)

Student Payment Data\t

Description: If you make purchases, we collect certain data about your purchase (such as your name, billing address, and ZIP code) as necessary to process your order and which may optionally be saved to process future orders. You must provide certain payment and billing data directly to our payment service providers, including your name, credit card information, billing address, and ZIP code. We may also receive limited information, like the fact that you have a new card and the last four digits of that card, from payment service providers to facilitate payments. For security, Correct Hustle does not collect or store sensitive cardholder data, such as full credit card numbers or card authentication data.
Legal Basis for Processing:
Performance of contract
Legal obligation
Legitimate interests (payment facilitation, fraud prevention and security, compliance)

Instructor Payment Data

Description: If you are an instructor, you can link your PayPal, Payoneer, or other payment account to the Services to receive payments. When you link a payment account, we collect and use certain information, including your payment account email address, account ID, physical address, or other data necessary for us to send payments to your account. In some instances, we may collect ACH or wire information to send payments to your account. In order to comply with applicable laws, we also work with trusted third parties who collect tax information as legally required. This tax information may include residency information, tax identification numbers, biographical information, and other personal information necessary for taxation purposes. For security, Correct Hustle does not collect or store sensitive bank account information. The collection, use, and disclosure of your payment, billing, and taxation data is subject to the privacy policy and other terms of your payment account provider.
Legal Basis for Processing:
Performance of contract
Legal obligation
Legitimate interests (service provisioning, payment facilitation, fraud prevention and security, compliance)

Data About Your Accounts on Other Services

Description: We may obtain certain information through your social media or other online accounts if they are connected to your Correct Hustle account. If you log in to Correct Hustle via Facebook or another third-party platform or service, we ask for your permission to access certain information about that other account. For example, depending on the platform or service we may collect your name, profile picture, account ID number, login email address, location, physical location of your access devices, gender, birthday, and list of friends or contacts. Those platforms and services make information available to us through their APIs. The information we receive depends on what information you (via your privacy settings) or the platform or service decide to give us. If you access or use our Services through a third-party platform or service, or click on any third-party links, the collection, use, and sharing of your data will also be subject to the privacy policies and other agreements of that third party.
Legal Basis for Processing:
Legitimate interests (identity verification, user experience improvement)

Sweepstakes, Promotions, and Surveys

.Description: We may invite you to complete a survey or participate in a promotion (like a contest, sweepstakes, or challenge), either through the Services or a third-party platform. If you participate, we will collect and store the data you provide as part of participating, such as your name, email address, postal address, date of birth, or phone number. That data is subject to this Privacy Policy unless otherwise stated in the official rules of the promotion or in another privacy policy. The data collected will be used to administer the promotion or survey, including for notifying winners and distributing rewards. To receive a reward, you may be required to allow us to post some of your information publicly (like on a winner’s page). Where we use a third-party platform to administer a survey or promotion, the third party’s privacy policy will apply.

Legal Basis for Processing:
Performance of contract
Legal obligation
Legitimate interests (service provisioning, payment facilitation, fraud prevention and security, compliance)

Communications and Support

.Description: If you contact us for support or to report a problem or concern (regardless of whether you have created an account), we collect and store your contact information, messages, and other data about you like your name, email address, messages, location, Udemy user ID, refund transaction IDs, and any other data you provide or that we collect through automated means (which we cover below). We use this data to respond to you and research your question or concern, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Legal Basis for Processing:
Performance of contract
Legal obligation
Legitimate interests (service provisioning, payment facilitation, fraud prevention and security, compliance)

1.2 Data We Collect through Automated Means

When you access the Services (including browsing content), we collect certain data by automated means, including:

System Data

Description: Technical data about your computer or device, such as your IP address, device type, operating system type and version, unique device identifiers, browser, browser language, domain, and other systems data, and platform types.
Legal Basis for Processing:Performance of contract
Legitimate interests (service provisioning, customer and technical support, fraud prevention and security, communication, product improvement)

Usage Data

Description: Usage statistics about your interactions with the Services, including content accessed, time spent on pages or the Service, pages visited, features used, your search queries, click data, date and time, referrer, and other data regarding your use of the Services.
Legal Basis for Processing:Legitimate interests (service provisioning, user experience improvement, product improvement)

Approximate Geographic Data

Description: An approximate geographic location, including information like country, city, and geographic coordinates, calculated based on your IP address.
Legal Basis for Processing:Legitimate interests (user experience improvement, fraud prevention and security, compliance)

The data listed above is collected through the use of server log files and tracking technologies, as detailed in the “Cookies and Data Collection Tools” section below. It is stored by us and associated with your account.

1.3 Data From Third Parties

If you are a Correct Hustle Business enterprise or corporate prospect, in addition to information you submit to us, we may collect certain business contact information from third-party commercial sources.

2. How We Get Data About You

We utilize tools such as cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect the data listed above. Some of these tools offer you the ability to opt out of data collection.

2.1 Cookies and Data Collection Tools

We use cookies, small text files stored by your browser, to collect, store, and share data about your activities across websites, including on CorrectHustle. They enable us to remember details about your visits, like your preferred language, making the site more user-friendly. For more information on cookies, visit Cookiepedia. Clear pixels in emails may also be used to track deliverability and open rates.

CorrectHustle and service providers acting on our behalf, such as Google Analytics and third-party advertisers, use server log files and automated data collection tools like cookies, tags, scripts, customized links, device or browser fingerprints, and web beacons (collectively, \"Data Collection Tools\"). These tools automatically track and collect certain System Data and Usage Data (as detailed in Section 1) during your use of the Services. In some cases, data gathered through these tools is linked to other collected data as described in this Privacy Policy.

2.2 Why We Use Data Collection Tools

CorrectHustle employs various types of Data Collection Tools for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary: Ensure site access, basic functionality, site security, protect against fraudulent logins, and detect/prevent abuse or unauthorized use.
Functional: Remember browser data and preferences, provide additional site functionality, customize content, and remember settings affecting the appearance and behavior of the Services.
Performance: Measure and improve Services by providing usage and performance data, visit counts, traffic sources, and application downloads.
Advertising: Deliver relevant ads based on user data, preferences, and tracking information. Tailor advertising across devices.
Social Media: Enable social media functionality, track user/device across sites, and build a user interest profile for targeted advertising.

You can configure your web browser settings to manage Data Collection Tools. Refer to Section 6.1 (Your Choices About the Use of Your Data) for more information on managing these tools.

3. What We Use Your Data For

We use your data for various purposes, including providing Services, communication, issue resolution, fraud prevention, service improvement, usage analysis, personalized advertising, and legal compliance. We retain your data as long as necessary for the purposes collected.

3.1 Data Usage Categories:

Provide and Administer Services: Facilitate participation in educational content, issue completion certificates, display customized content, and facilitate communication.
Process Payments: Process payments to instructors and third parties.
Requests and Orders: Process requests and orders for educational content, products, services, information, or features.
Communication: Communicate about your account, respond to questions, send administrative messages, updates, and information about your progress in courses.
Account Management: Manage account preferences and personalize experiences.
Technical Functioning: Facilitate technical functioning, troubleshoot and resolve issues, secure Services, and prevent fraud and abuse.
Identity Verification: Verify the identity of instructors.
Feedback Solicitation: Solicit feedback from users.
Marketing: Market products, services, surveys, promotions, and Subscription Plans.
Data Linking and Analysis: Link your data with third-party data providers and/or analyze data for service improvement.
User Identification: Identify unique users across devices.
Advertisement Tailoring: Tailor advertisements and improve Services.
Trends and Traffic Analysis: Analyze trends, track purchases, and analyze traffic and usage data.
Advertising on Third-party Platforms: Advertise Services on third-party websites and applications.
Legal Compliance: Comply with legal obligations.

4. Who We Share Your Data With

We share certain data with instructors, students, service providers, affiliates, business partners, analytics providers, social media providers, and others for various purposes. Data may also be shared for security, legal compliance, or corporate restructuring.

4.1 Data Sharing Circumstances:

With Instructors: Share data (excluding email address) with instructors or teaching assistants for educational content improvement.
With Students and Instructors: Shared content and profile data may be publicly viewable.
With Service Providers: Share data with third-party companies for services like payment processing, fraud prevention, data analysis, marketing, hosting, and customer support.
With Correct Hustle Affiliates: Share data within our corporate family of related companies.
With Business Partners: Share data with trusted partners to distribute Services and drive traffic.
For Continuing Education: Share course information with credit-granting organizations.
Analytics and Data Enrichment Services: Share contact information or de-identified data for analytics purposes.
Powering Social Media Features: Allow social media providers to collect data for social media features.
Administering Promotions and Surveys: Share data for promotion and survey administration.
For Advertising: Use and share System Data and Usage Data with third-party advertisers and networks.
For Security and Legal Compliance: Disclose data to third parties for legal inquiries, orders, fraud prevention, and security issues.
During a Change in Control: Share data during business transactions like mergers, acquisitions, or corporate divestiture.
After Aggregation/De-identification: Disclose or use aggregated or de-identified data for any purpose.
With Your Permission: Share data to third parties outside the scope of this Privacy Policy.

5. Security

Appropriate security measures are employed based on data type and sensitivity. While efforts are made to safeguard data, no system is entirely foolproof. Users are encouraged to protect their passwords, and any suspected unauthorized access should be reported promptly.

6. Your Rights

Users have specific rights concerning their data, such as opting out of promotional emails, cookies, and third-party data collection. Account updates and terminations can be managed within the app. Parents concerned about unintentional data collection on underage children should contact us.

6.1 Your Choices About Data Use

Users can opt out of promotional communications and manage cookies through browser settings. Location and data collection on wireless devices can also be controlled. Detailed instructions are available in Section 6.1.

6.2 Accessing, Updating, and Deleting Personal Data

Users can access and update their data through the app. Account termination procedures are outlined for students and instructors. Requests for data access, correction, or deletion can be submitted online or via email, and certain data may be retained for lawful purposes even after account termination.

6.3 Our Policy Concerning Children

We respect the privacy of children and advise parents to monitor their online activities. Individuals under the required age for online service consent may not use the app. Parents can request the removal of unintentionally collected data.

7. Jurisdiction-Specific Rules

7.1 Users in California

California residents have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know, correct, delete, opt-out, and non-discrimination. Detailed instructions are provided for exercising these rights.

7.2 Users in Nevada

Nevada residents can submit requests to opt out of the sale of covered personal information. Instructions are available through email or postal mail.

7.3 Users in Australia

Australian residents can file complaints with the Australian Information Commissioner. Privacy-related complaints can be directed to Correct Hustle privacy team.

7.4 Users in the EEA and UK

Residents in the EEA or UK have rights regarding data access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and objection. Complaints can be lodged with the supervisory authority.

7.5 Data Privacy Framework

Correct Hustle, Inc. complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension, and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Details on the framework, certification, and complaint resolution are provided.

7.6 Users Outside of the U.S.

Data transfer to the U.S. is necessary for app services, and users outside the U.S. consent to data processing in the U.S. or other countries.

8. Updates & Contact Info

Users will be notified of material changes to the policy. Questions, concerns, or disputes can be directed to Correct Hustle privacy team through email or postal mail.

8.1 Modifications to This Privacy Policy

The Privacy Policy may be updated, with material changes communicated to users. Continued app usage implies acceptance of revised terms.

8.2 Interpretation

Terms not defined in this policy follow Correct Hustle Terms of Use. English language version prevails in case of conflicts with non-English versions.

8.3 Questions

For inquiries or disputes regarding the Privacy Policy, contact Correct Hustle privacy team via email or postal mail.