Privacy Statement

Introduction

Beyond EdTech Limited and its affiliates (hereinafter referred to as "Protostar" or "we") respect and protect the privacy of all users of Protostar Education. Protostar Education abides by this privacy statement to collect, store, protect and use users’ personal information. We will take this personal information in a serious and prudent manner. Except as otherwise provided in this statement, such information will not be disclosed or made available to third parties under any circumstances without the prior permission from the user.

We hope that this “Privacy Statement” provides an explanation of how we collect, store, protect and use personal information as well as how we access, update, control and protect it. This “Privacy Statement” is closely related to the services provided by Protostar Education. Therefore, please read it carefully. The relevant technical terms involved in this statement are as concise as possible to provide the necessary explanations for your understanding.

By using or continuing to use our services, you understand and agree that we collect, store, protect and use your information in accordance with this Privacy Statement or the revised Privacy Statement.

1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT AND STORE

In order to provide and guarantee the effectiveness of the service, the information that we may collect and store is listed below.

Protostar Education offers high-quality online English courses. One must first become a full member of Protostar Education before using any services.

Information you provide

Relevant personal information that you provide when registering for an account or using or paying for our services, such as name, gender, nationality, language, occupation, education, age, telephone number, email, address, etc.; the shared information that you provide to others through our services and the information that you store when you use our services.

The following list is the information that we may collect through the device and system devices when you use the service.

1. Log information. When you are using our services, the system signifies your country and preferred language through cookies, web beacon or other automatically collected technical information;

2. Device or software information, such as configuration information provided by your mobile device, web browser and other programs used to access our service;

3. Your IP address and the version of your mobile device. It confirms customer usage and website usage to improve the layout and design of Protostar Education. We track the service usage of members and ensure that our online members remain invisible. Above data will not be linked to any traceable identity;

4. Information that is searched or viewed while using our services, such as keywords searched on search engines, URL addresses visited on social media pages and other information and contents that you browse or request when using our services;

5. Information about your use of our mobile app and other software, as well as the information about the mobile apps and software you have used;

6. Information about communication through our services, such as communication account, communication time, data and length;

7. Information contained in contents that share through our services (metadata), such as the date, time or location of the filming or recording;

8. Information recorded through our services such as audio recording of courses;

our cookies do not collect additional information from your browser or hard disk of your computer. Most browsers reserve the option of refusing to store the data on the computer as cookies, but we do not recommend this setting because it loses partial convenience when using our services.

2. HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

Please do not transfer or lend your account or password to others.

We retain your personal information only for the necessary period for purposes stated on this Privacy Statement and the necessary period required by law.

Various security technologies and procedures are adopted to prevent the loss of information, improper use, unauthorized access or disclosure. Before receiving your information, it has been encrypted by our secure server.

If you use password authentication, your personal information and learning records will be protected from unauthorized access.

If we share your information with any above-mentioned third parties, we will endeavor to ensure that the third parties comply with this Privacy Statement and other appropriate security measures required by us.

However, please understand that even if we do our best to strengthen security measures, there is no guarantee for 100% internet security due to technical limitations and various malicious means that may exist. The systems and communication networks that access our services may be problematic due to uncontrollable factors. However, please understand that even if we do our best to strengthen security measures, there is no guarantee for 100% internet security due to technical limitations and various malicious means that may exist. The systems and communication networks that access our services may be problematic due to uncontrollable factors.

3. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION PROBABLY?

We may use the information collected during the process of providing services for the following purposes:

1. Provide services to you.

2. Ensure the security of the products and services such as authentication, customer service, security, fraud monitoring, archiving and backup purposes.

3. Match appropriate foreign academic consultant and learning contents according to your needs, geographical region, age, occupation, language proficiency, background, interest, learning preference etc.

4. Help us design new services and improve our existing services.

5. Analyze the service usage for better understanding of customers’ preference so that we can respond specifically to the individual needs of each customer such as language settings, location settings, personalized help center, or respond to users in different aspects, for example, we may record the IP address of computer and the type of browser by cookies and web beacon for better understanding of the service status or frequently visited web pages.

6. Produce an overall report without an identifiable user group by inviting you to participate in surveys about our products and services. The contents above will not contain any identifiable information.

7. Certify software and manage software update.

8. When you use our services, we may use your information to send emails, news and push notifications to your device. If you refuse to receive this information, you may remove the subscription on your device by following the prompts provided.

9. In order to provide, understand, maintain and improve our services, we may share your personal information with affiliates, partners, third party suppliers, contractor or service vendors (which may be out of your jurisdiction). If you refuse to share your information with the third-party, you are welcomed to notify us by an email to enquiry@protostaredu.com.

We may also retain, store or disclose your information, record or electronic communication for the following needs:

1. Comply with applicable laws and regulations.

2. Comply with court orders or other legal procedures.

3. Comply with the requirements of relevant government organizations.

We may retain, store or disclose your information, record or electronic communication in reasonably necessary means to comply with applicable laws and regulations and secure the public interest; or protect the personal and assets safety or legal rights of our customers, ourselves, our company, other users or employees.

4. HOW DO YOU ACCESS AND MAINTAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Users who wish to access and edit their personal information may log in “Personal Center” for any change and confirmation. Should users have any comments on the collection, storage, use and sharing of personal information, Please send your comment by an email to enquiry@protostaredu.com.

5. ADVICE FOR TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN ON USING OUR SERVICES

Parents and guardians are encouraged to guide teenagers and children under the age of 18 to use our services. We also highly recommend that teenagers and children using our services encourage their parents or guardians to read this Privacy Statement carefully. Teenagers and children are suggested to seek consent and guidance from parents and guardians before submitting personal information.

6. APPLICABILITY OF THE PRIVACY STATEMENT

This Privacy Statement applies to all our services. Also, this statement applies to the information we collect only.

7. HOW TO DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND PERSONAL DATA

Log in to the mobile version of the Member Center, click on the bottom menu "My", and then click the button "System Settings", you can see the button "Delete account and personal data" at the bottom. This function is only available for mobile phone parents. If you have any problems, please send an email to: enquiry@protostaredu.com, we will help you solve it.

Please be noted that this Privacy Statement is not applicable to the situations below:

The information collected by the third-party service providers (including any third-party websites) accessed through our website.

Our services may include or connect to other services provided by third parties (including websites). We are not responsible for the protection of your privacy left during logins on other websites. For example, your information will be retained when you make payment on a third-party payment gateway connecting through our page. Therefore, you are suggested to pay extra attention when you are redirected to other websites and to read their privacy statement carefully on which identifiable information they will collect.

Please be aware that when you use the third-party connection service to log in to our services, they may collect your information including your log in information and may also install cookies on your computer for normal operation of above functions.

Protostar Education’s privacy statement, protection clause and other related agreements will be revised as needed. If we decide to modify the method of data collection, storage, protection and use, we will take appropriate business procedures to notify members and to explain the reasons for the change by email.

Should you have any queries, concerns or questions about this Privacy Statement, please feel free to contact us.