Privacy

Effective Date: 1st September 2025.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Global Leadership Institute referred here as (“GLI”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (“you”, “your”, or “user”) of our learning platform, powered by LearnWorlds Ltd..

In this Privacy Policy, the following terms shall have the meanings defined below:

“Account” means a unique account created for you to access our services and courses.

“Platform” refers to the LearnWorlds-based Learning Management System (LMS) operated by Global Leadership Institute.

“Personal Data” means any data relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified.

“Non-Personal Data” means information that cannot be used to personally identify an individual.

“Processing” means any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, storage, use, disclosure, etc.

“Data Protection Laws” refers to all applicable data protection and privacy laws, including the Kenyan Data Protection Act, GDPR (EU), and others..

Without limitation, any of the following Data may be collected:

2.1 name;
2.2 date of birth;
2.3 job title & profession,Education and Certification History
2.4 contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
2.5 demographic information such as post code, timezone, preferences and interests;
2.6 financial information such as credit / debit card numbers;
2.7 IP address (automatically collected);
2.8 web browser type and version, Page interaction and navigation behavior on the platform (automatically collected);
2.9 operating system (automatically collected);
2.10 a list of URLS starting with a referring site, your activity on this Web Site, and the site you exit to (automatically collected); and
2.11 Cookie information (see Clause 10 below).

3.1 Any personal Data you submit will be retained by Global Leadership Institute for as long as you use the Services and Systems provided on the Web Site. Data that you may submit through any communications System that we may provide may be retained for a longer period of up to one year.
3.2 Unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so, and subject to Clause 4, your Data will not be disclosed to third parties. This includes our affiliates and / or other companies within our group.
3.3 All personal Data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. For more details on security, see Clause 9 below.
3.4 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:

Our platform may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., external resource links, partner pages). We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of such third parties. We recommend reviewing their privacy policies independently.

Additionally, we may share data with trusted third-party service providers to enable smooth operation of the LMS, including:-

LearnWorlds Ltd. (LMS provider)
Payment Gateways (e.g., PayPal, Stripe, M-Pesa)
Analytics Tools (e.g., Google Analytics)
Email Services (e.g., Mailchimp, Zoho Mail)

These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the intended purpose.

8.1 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.
8.2 You have the right to ask for a copy of your personal Data on payment of a small fee. You have the right to request:
A copy of the personal data we hold about you
Correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
Deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”)
Restriction or objection to data processing
Portability of your data in a machine-readable format

To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@certifications.ac.

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

We implement strong technical and organizational security measures to protect your data, including:

SSL Encryption for all data transmission
Role-based access controls
Regular backups and audit logging
Secure storage of payment information by PCI-DSS-compliant processors
2FA for administrative users

Despite our efforts, no internet-based system can be 100% secure. You are encouraged to maintain strong passwords and safeguard your login credentials.

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary:

To fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy
To comply with legal and tax obligations
To support historical certification records
Until you request deletion (subject to applicable law)

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Privacy policy

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1. Definitions and Interpretation

2. Data Collected

3. Our Use of Data

4. Third Party Web Sites and Services

5. Changes of Business Ownership and Control

6. Controlling Access to your Data

7. Your Right to Withhold Information

8. Accessing your own Data

9. Security

10. Changes to this Policy

11. Contacting Us