Privacy Policy
User privacy is very important at Peerr. Peerr will only use your personal information in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy. By using the platform, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and accepted the terms of our platform’s privacy policy.
Disclaimer / Liability
Peerr will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), under statute or otherwise, as a result of or in connection with the Platform, for any: (i) economic loss (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or (ii) loss of goodwill or reputation; or (iii) special or indirect or consequential loss.
Nothing in these Terms shall be construed as excluding or limiting the liability of Peerr or its group companies for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded by English law.
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
If any provision(s) of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties (as reflected in the provision(s)) and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
Peerr’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Peerr in writing.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in the Terms shall create any rights or any other benefits whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise in favour of any person other than you, Peerr and its group of companies.
If you have any questions about this section or whether any of the following applies to you, please contact us at Hello@peerr.io
Information we collect
We collect Personal Data about you when you provide such information directly to us, when third parties such as our business partners or service providers provide us with Personal Data about you, or when Personal Data about you is automatically collected in connection with your use of our Services.
Information we collect directly from you: We receive Personal Data directly from you when you provide us with such Personal Data, including without limitation the following: First and last name Email address Career Grade Biographical information Any other information you choose to share publicly on the platform, for example, anything you post to a public part of your Profile or a published quiz on the platform
Information we receive from third party sources: Some third parties such as our business partners and service providers provide us with Personal Data about you, such as the following:
Account information for third party services: If you interact with a third party service when using our Services, such as if you use a third party service to log-in to our Services (e.g., Facebook Connect), or if you share content from our Services through a third party social media service, the third party service will send us information about you, such as information from your public profile, if the third party service and your account settings allow such sharing. The information we receive will depend on the policies and your account settings with the third party service.
Information we automatically collect when you use our Services: Some Personal Data is automatically collected when you use our Services, such as the following: IP address Your activity on the Platform. This includes quiz usage information such as quizzes attempted and which questions you’ve attempted. It also includes educator/learner interaction data, such as which educators you’re following, quizzes published and attempted. Device identifiers Web browser information Page view statistics Browsing history Transaction information (e.g. transaction amount, date and time such transaction occurred) Cookies and other tracking technologies (e.g. web beacons, pixel tags, SDKs, etc.). Location information (e.g. IP address) Log data (e.g. access times, hardware and software information)
How Do We Use Your Personal Data?
We process Personal Data to operate, improve, understand and personalize our Platform. For example, we use Personal Data to: Create and manage user accounts and profiles Personalize content on the Platform. This includes showing users their saved quizzes and quiz history, and providing quiz recommendations. Provide learners and educators with community features Provide Educators with learners lists and pay educators appropriately Communicate with you about the Platform Contact you with announcements, updates or offers regarding the Platform Process orders Provide support and assistance for the Platform Analyse and improve the Platform Meet contract or legal obligations Respond and fulfil user inquiries and requests Resolve disputes Protect against or deter fraudulent, illegal or harmful actions Enforce our Terms of Service
We will only process your Personal Data if we have a lawful basis for doing so. Lawful bases for processing include consent, contractual necessity and our “legitimate interests” or the legitimate interest of others, as further described below.
If you do not want us to use your data in this way or change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know by contacting us on Hello@peerr.io
How and With Whom Do We Share Your Data?
We share Personal Data with vendors, third party service providers and agents who work on our behalf and provide us with services related to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Service. These parties include: Payment processors Fraud prevention service providers Third party providers of advertising services Ad networks and marketing tools Analytics service providers Engineering and development tools Hosting service providers We also share Personal Data when necessary to complete a transaction initiated or authorized by you or provide you with a product or service you have requested. In addition to those set forth above, these parties also include: Other users (where you post information publicly or as otherwise necessary to effect a transaction initiated or authorized by you through the Platform), such as when Learners and Educators interact through the Services Social media services (if you interact with them through your use of the Platform) Third party business partners who you access through the Services We also share Personal Data when we believe it is necessary to: Comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies Protect us, our business or our users, for example to enforce our terms of service, prevent spam or other unwanted communications and investigate or protect against fraud Maintain the security of our products and services We also share information with third parties when you give us consent to do so. Furthermore, you acknowledge that we may transfer your Personal Data, and that any acquirer of us or our assets may continue to use your Personal Data.
How Long Do We Retain Your Personal Data?
We retain Personal Data about you for as long as you have an open account with us or as otherwise necessary to provide you Services. In some cases we retain Personal Data for longer, if doing so is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or collect fees owed, or is otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, rule or regulation. Afterwards, we retain some information in a depersonalized or aggregated form but not in a way that would identify you personally.
Personal Data of Children: As noted above, we do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16.
Storing Your Personal Data
In operating our platform it may become necessary to store and transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Union for processing and storing. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing and processing. We do our utmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is stored securely.
Unfortunately the sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, sending such information is entirely at your own risk.
Marketing Communications
Peerr may send you promotional marketing emails with offers, discounts, branded content sharing details or information from our partners and associated companies including pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
These also help support our creators on the platform. If you would like to stop receiving these emails, you can opt out by emailing Hello@peerr.io
Subject Rights
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right to access any information that we hold relating to you.
Use of Cookies
For the platform to operate we use cookies to, for example, save login information, record when you have returned to the site, and during the payment processes.
For analytical purposes to record visits to the site, to see how visitors navigate through the site, and to record which pages have been visited. We may use third party cookies for this purpose. You may block cookies by activating a setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. By doing so, you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Disclaimer
This privacy policy was last updated on 21st August 2021. Our privacy policy may change from time to time. If we make any material changes to our policies, we will place a prominent notice on our website. If the change materially affects registered users, we will notify you of the new term immediately by email.