Privacy Policy

This Policy applies between you, the User of the Web Site health.edhec.edu and the EDHEC Management in Innovative Health Chair (“EDHEC MIH Chair”) / EDHEC Business School, Association Loi 1901, whose head office is located at 24 Avenue Gustave Delory, 59100 ROUBAIX – FRANCE, the owner and provider of this Web Site. This Policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us in relation to your use of the Web Site and any Services or Systems therein.

1. Preamble

Our platform is built with the Services offered by LearnWorlds (CY) Ltd, a limited company registered in Cyprus under company number HE380294, acting as Data Processor. As End User of an Online School, the LearnWorlds Privacy Policy provides the following: 

If you are an End User of an Online School, please see the terms and conditions and privacy policy of that third party, and direct your privacy inquiries, including any requests to exercise your data protection rights, to the Online School’s Administrator. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of our Online School Administrators, which may differ from those set forth in this privacy policy. However, we process your Personal Data and act as data processors to the Online School Administrator that is the data controller, with whom you have entered into an agreement with.

The Personal Data provided by the End User may include:

·         Name.
·         Email Address.
·         Other custom form fields and profile information (occupation or other demographic information, address, job title) subject to the Online School Administrator set-up. ·         End-user’s personal interests or preferences (including purchase history, marketing preferences and publicly available social media profile information subject to the Online School Administrator set-up.

The Personal Data we collect while they use our Product and Services may include:

·         Identifiable IT information (IP addresses, usage data, cookies data, online navigation data, browser data). ·         Number of log-ins. ·         Webpages visited. ·         Activity on the said Online School.

If you use an Online School Account you can:

·         Control and administer your Account, including controlling privacy-related settings.

·         Access and process your Personal Data, including the interaction data and the contents of your communications and files associated with your account in the Online School.

·         Access and process your End User’s Personal Data as provided by them to offer the agreed services.


When you use an Online School, LearnWorlds processing of your Personal Data in connection with that Online School is governed by an agreement between LearnWorlds and the respective User, who administrates the Online School. LearnWorlds processes your Personal Data to provide its Services to your Online School Administrator and you.



2. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Account": means collectively the personal information, Payment Information and credentials used by Users to access Material and / or any communications System on the Web Site; "Content": means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Web Site; "Cookie": means a small text file placed on your computer by Ltd when you visit certain parts of this Web Site. This allows us to identify recurring visitors and to analyse their browsing habits within the Web Site. "Data": means collectively all information that you submit to the Web Site. This includes, but is not limited to, Account details and information submitted using any of our Services or Systems; "Service": means collectively any online facilities, tools, services or information that makes available through the Web Site either now or in the future; "System": means any online communications infrastructure that makes available through the Web Site either now or in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, web-based email, message boards, live chat facilities and email links; "User" / "Users": means any third party that accesses the Web Site and is not employed by and acting in the course of their employment; and "Website": means the website that you are currently using (health.edhec.edu)

3. Data Collected

Without limitation, any of the following Data may be collected:
3.1 name;
3.2 date of birth;
3.3 job title & profession;
3.4 contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
3.5 demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests;
3.6 financial information such as credit / debit card numbers;
3.7 IP address (automatically collected);
3.8 web browser type and version (automatically collected);
3.9 operating system (automatically collected);
 3.10 a list of URLS starting with a referring site, your activity on this Web Site, and the site you exit to (automatically collected); and 3.11 Cookie information (see: Privacy | EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL)

4. Our Use of Data

4.1 Any personal Data you submit will be retained:
 -        Technical data: for up to one year as long as you use the Services and Systems provided on the Web Site.
 -         Account data: during 5 years after your last access to your personal account
 -         Financial information: during 10 years for accounting purposes
4.2 Unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so, and subject to Clause 5, your Data will not be disclosed to third parties.
4.3 Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Web Site. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:
4.3.1 internal record keeping; 4.3.2 improvement of our products / services;
4.3.3 transmission by email of promotional materials that may be of interest to you;
4.3.4 contact for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, fax or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the Web Site.

5. Third Party Web Sites and Services

The EDHEC MIH Chair may, from time to time, employ the services of other parties for dealing with matters that may include, but are not limited to, payment handling, delivery of purchased items, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. The providers of such services do not have access to certain personal Data provided by Users of this Web Site. Any Data used by such parties is used only to the extent required by them to perform the services that they request. Any use for other purposes is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, any Data that is processed by third parties must be processed within the terms of this Policy and in accordance with the GDPR (EU) 216/679 of April 27th, 2016.

6. Changes of Business Ownership and Control

6.1 The EDHEC MIH Chair may, from time to time, expand or reduce its business and this may involve the sale of certain divisions or the transfer of control of certain divisions to other parties. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any division so transferred, be transferred along with that division and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was supplied by you.
6.2 In the event that any Data submitted by Users will be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your Data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.

7. Controlling Access to your Data

7.1 Wherever you are required to submit Data, you will be given options to restrict our use of that Data. This may include the following: 7.1.1 use of Data for direct marketing purposes; and
7.1.2 sharing Data with third parties.

8. Your Right to Withhold Information

8.1 You may access certain areas of the Web Site without providing any Data at all. However, to use all Services and Systems available on the Web Site you may be required to submit Account information or other Data.
8.2 You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies. For more information see Privacy | EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL

9. Accessing your own Data

9.1 You may access your Account at any time to view or amend the Data. You may need to modify or update your Data if your circumstances change. Additional Data as to your marketing preferences may also be stored and you may change this at any time.
9.2 You have the right to ask for a copy of your personal Data.

10. Security

Data security is of great importance to and to protect your Data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure Data collected online.

11. Changes to this Policy

The EDHEC MIH chair reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Web Site and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Policy on your first use of the Web Site following the alterations.

12. What are your Rights?

Your personal data belongs to you and, as such, you possess certain rights. In accordance with prevailing personal data protection laws and regulations, you possess a right of:
Access: you have the right to know what personal data we hold on you, to consult it and to obtain a copy.
Rectification: if you notice an error, you can ask for the incorrect data to be rectified at any moment.
Erasure: under certain conditions, you can ask us to erase your personal data. Please note that we are liable to retain certain data that concerns you when prevailing laws and regulations require us to do so or when we have a legitimate reason to do so (e.g. execution of a contract or to establish, execute or defend legal claims).
Restriction: under certain conditions, you can ask us to restrict the use we make of your personal data, for example, during the period of time needed to examine a data rectification request.
Portability: you have the right to ask for the personal data you have provided to be sent to you or to another data processor in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Objection: in certain cases, you can object to the use of your personal data for certain types of processing (e.g. for direct marketing operations).
To respond to your requests, we may require you to prove your identity.
At any moment, you may also withdraw the consent you have given us to process your data for a specific purpose.  
For all questions concerning this policy or to exercise your rights, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at the following address: EDHEC Business School Data Protection Officer 24, avenue Gustave Delory CS 50411 59057 ROUBAIX Cedex 1  
Or: DPO@edhec.edu
f you consider that your rights have not been respected, you may make a complaint to the competent supervisory authority:
Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés 3 Place de Fontenoy - TSA 80715 - 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07 Or https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us at innovative-health@edhec.edu or dpo@edhec.edu. 

13. Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us at innovative-health@edhec.edu or dpo@edhec.edu.