Privacy Policy

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT and the CODINGPRINCES websites care about the confidentiality and security of your information. This Privacy Policy applies to information that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT collects through the Codingprinces websites when you interact with BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT, and generally with the Codingprinces websites.

Your information is received and controlled by BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT according to this Privacy Policy when you sign up for a BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account or otherwise use the Codingprinces websites.

• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT is solely and independently responsible for its own privacy practices.

If you do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, then please do not access, browse, or register for the Codingprinces websites or enroll in any courses. If you choose not to provide certain information required to provide you with various products and services offered on the Codingprinces websites, then you may not be able to establish a user account or obtain those products or services.

Any version of this Privacy Policy in a language other than English is provided for convenience and you understand and agree that the English language version will control if there is any conflict.

This Privacy Policy is organized as follows:

• Information that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT collects from you (including Personal Information)
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies on the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site
• How your information is used
• How your information is shared
• How to manage your Personal Information
• Storage & Security
• Privacy Policy updates
• Contact information
• Glossary

INFORMATION THAT BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT COLLECTS FROM YOU (INCLUDING PERSONAL INFORMATION)

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT directly collects information when you:

• sign up for an BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT user account and create an BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT user profile;
• enroll and participate in online courses;
• purchase a product or service (for example, Downloadable courses);
• send email messages to BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT (including messages to learner support);
• participate in user surveys; and
• participate in public forums, webinars, and other interactive experiences on the CODINGPRINCES.COM

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT also indirectly collects usage information about your visit to the Codingprinces websites, as explained in the section below titled Cookies and Tracking Technologies.

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT does not itself collect or store financial account numbers or identification issued by a governmental entity, employer, or other authority. Instead, if you choose to make a purchase on the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site, for example a Downloadable course, you will be directed to BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT’s third-party payment processor. If you do not wish to submit the required authentication or payment information, then you will not be able to obtain the product via the Codingprinces websites.

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT requires your Personal Information limited circumstances when you:

• sign up for an BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT user account (name, username, admin@codingprinces.com);
• purchase a course or other product or service (so that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT’s third-party vendor can process payment);

To the extent that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT associates the information that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT collects directly or indirectly with an individual (for example, you), the association is based on Personal Information in your account profile.

Cookies And Tracking Technologies on the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site

Like many companies, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT uses Cookies and other common Tracking Technologies on the Codingprinces websites and in email communications to help BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT better understand your use and needs of the Codingprinces websites, current and future BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT-related products and services, and how BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT and Members can improve. For example:

• based on your cookie settings, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT tracks information indicating, among other things, which pages of the Codingprinces websites were visited, the order in which they were visited, when they were visited, and which hyperlinks and other user interface controls were used;
• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may log the IP address, operating system, and browser software (including mobile use and device type when you use BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT native mobile apps) you used when accessing the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site, and BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may be able to determine from an IP address your Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of your point of connectivity; and
• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may track and collect information from emails that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT sends to you, for example whether you opened the email or clicked on any links from the email.

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT also partners with third parties to help us track and understand your activity on the Codingprinces websites, how you interact with BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT’s social media, and how you find or may be referred to the Codingprinces websites. Individual Members may separately use Tracking Technologies within their courses and email communications to understand your activity within a course and how you find or may be referred to a course on the Codingprinces websites

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT use Cookies and other Tracking Technologies for the following purposes:

• when necessary for system administration, security, and integrity to ensure the Codingprinces websites works properly for you. Without these technologies, the Codingprinces websites may not function correctly;
• to enable analytics, performance and functionality, to help BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT gather information about how visitors use the Codingprinces websites sand monitor Codingprinces websites performance, and to enhance your experience by recognizing and remembering whether you have visited the Codingprinces websites before and may have any personal preferences; and
• to support marketing by enabling BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT to deliver content relevant to your interests on the Codingprincesand third-party sites based on how you interact with BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT advertisements or content. BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT use “first-party” cookies, which means cookies served by BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT, and also “third-party” cookies, which means cookies served by third parties that help BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT and Members track this information.

You have some options for managing Cookies and other Tracking Technologies. These include:

• Modifying your browser settings: You should be able to control how and whether your web browser accepts Cookies by adjusting its privacy and security settings. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new Cookies, how to receive notification of new Cookies, and how to disable existing Cookies. If you reject BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT’s Cookies, many functions and conveniences of the Codingprinces websites may not work properly.
• Opting-out of certain third-party tracking and advertising: Some of the third parties used by BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT or a Member for Cookies and Tracking Technologies offer the ability to opt-out from their tracking by following processes described on their websites. A list of some such third parties is maintained and available at the Codingprinces websites and includes, for some, links to applicable opt-out processes. Neither BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT nor any Member is responsible for the effectiveness of any third-party opt-out options.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT use information, including Personal Information, to carry out the following purposes:

• Operate and improve the Codingprinces websites – This includes creating and improving features that support the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT community and enable Codingprinces websites usage at scale. This also includes personalizing the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site, so your learning experience is tailored to your interests and needs.
• Create, administer, provide, and teach courses – This includes creating and improving the delivery of online courses and programs on BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT. This also includes personalizing courses, so your learning experience is tailored to your interests and needs, and assessing your performance and awarding certificates.
• Offer and improve products and services – This includes enabling you to navigate the Codingprinces websites, to enroll and participate in courses and programs on the Codingprinces websites, to learn effectively in such courses and programs, and to purchase or obtain products and services on the Codingprinces websites.
• Develop and maintain the security and performance of the Codingprinces websites– This includes tracking Codingprinces websites outages and creating software solutions, detecting violations of the Honor Code and Terms of Service, and monitoring uses, misuses, and potential misuses of the Codingprinces websites.
• Communicate with you – This includes answering your course and platform questions, notifying you of course and Codingprinces websites maintenance and updates, marketing to you about course offerings, programs, news, and related products and services of BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT or BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT affiliates, and as permitted under applicable law, sending you communications about products or services of selected business partners that may be of interest to you.
• Support scientific research including, for example, in the areas of cognitive science and education – This includes collaborating to enable and conduct research about how learners access and master course materials online, with the goal of improving course outcomes.
• Track Codingprinces websites usage against goals and mission – This includes performing analytics to evaluate access to and performance in courses and course-related products and services and to report aggregate usage information (not Personal Information) to business partners and external audiences.
• Exercise, enforce, and comply with legal rights and obligations – This includes responding to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; and investigating, preventing, or taking action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT, Members, or others, and as otherwise required by applicable law.

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may also seek your consent for additional uses of information, including Personal Information, and will use it only for the purpose described to you. All use of Personal Information is subject to applicable law.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS SHARED

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT share information, including Personal Information, with third parties for the following purposes:

• With service providers, contractors, and other third parties that help carry out the uses described above – BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT requires third parties to: (1) abide by this Privacy Policy and applicable law; (2) handle Personal Information in a confidential manner and maintain adequate security; and (3) use Personal Information only as needed to fulfill the relevant purpose(s). In some cases, the Codingprinces websites and individual courses are integrated with third-party services or contain links to websites published by third parties, including other content providers as well as service providers. These third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices, so you should pay attention anytime you are redirected to a third-party website and be sure to review its privacy policy.
• With other learners in courses that you take and with other visitors to the Codingprinces websites, to create an interactive learning environment, support class participation, and share course information – This includes sharing comments, coursework, or other information or content that you submit to a portion of the CODINGPRINCES.COM designed for viewing by other class members or for public communication. This also includes providing opportunities for you to communicate with other users who may have similar interests or educational goals, for instance, recommending specific study partners or connecting potential student mentees and mentors. In such cases, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT and each Member that offers a course in which you enrolled may use all information collected about you to determine who might be interested in communicating with you, but will only provide others your username (for clarity, no disclosure of your real name or admin@codingprinces.com).
• With affiliates of BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT, or with successors in the event of a merger, acquisition, or reorganization, for their use consistent with this Privacy Policy.

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT or a Member may also seek your consent for additional disclosures of information, including Personal Information, and will share it only as described to you. In addition, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may share with the public and with third parties, including but not limited to researchers and business partners, information and Personal Information that is de-identified or aggregated in a manner that does not personally identify you.

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You can manage your Personal Information through learner features on the CODINGPRINCES.COM and requests to the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT learner support team. BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will provide support to the extent required by applicable law (for example, learners in the European Union) and more broadly when possible, as a courtesy in our sole discretion. BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will notify you in the event that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT is unable to meet a request that is not legally required. Similarly, Members will only be obligated to comply with requests to the extent legally required, but may choose to comply with other requests in their sole discretion.

Access and correct your Personal Information

Much of your Personal Information is available in your Codingprinces websites account. Your name, admin@codingprinces.com, and other identifiable profile information is editable through the profile settings in your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account except as noted below. Your account dashboard lists all current and archived courses in which you have enrolled and includes links to any Course Completion Certificates you may have earned. The dashboard also contains copies of your answers and other participation and performance in courses. Please contact BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT learner support to access and update this or other information. If your request involves information controlled by a Member, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT learner support will notify the appropriate Member of your request.

Exceptions:

• Usernames cannot ever be changed. This is an BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT system restriction. Because usernames identify you in courses and elsewhere on the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT encourages you to use discretion in choosing your username. If you want to protect your identity, do not use your real name or a name identifiable to you as your username.
• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT does not track or index every time or every place on the Codingprinces websites when or where a learner may volunteer Personal Information, so neither BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT nor Members will be able to help you locate or manage all such instances. BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT encourages you to use discretion before volunteering Personal Information on the Codingprinces websites.

Restrict or object to the processing of Personal Information

If you want to manage emails and other communications to you, you may update your preferences in your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account dashboard, follow the steps described in links at the bottom of email messages, or contact BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT learner support. You may object to, or request that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT stop, its use of your Personal Information for other purposes by contacting the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT learner support team. Please note that if you choose to restrict BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT’s ability to process Personal Information, and the processing is otherwise required to provide you with various services and products offered on the Codingprinces websites, you may not be able to establish a BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT user account or enroll for a course, and BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may not be able to provide you with those services or products.

Delete account and Personal Information

To request deletion of your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account and Personal Information, you should click the button labeled “Delete my account” in your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account settings. Because deletion on the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT system is a permanent action and cannot be reversed, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may ask you to complete a process that aims to confirm your authority to manage the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account affected by your request.

With respect to your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will permanently:

• deactivate your Codingprinces websites account,
• remove the active profile,
• retire your username, and
• remove you from BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT email lists.

With respect to your Personal Information, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will permanently delete your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account profile Personal Information from the Codingprinces websites.

As noted above, to the extent that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT associates the information that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT collects directly or indirectly with an individual (for example, you), the association is based on Personal Information in your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account profile. By erasing the Personal Information in your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account profile, the remaining information about your activity on the Codingprinces websites will no longer be associated with you, except as noted below.

These changes will be applied to data stores that are used for operation of the Codingprinces websitess including course administration. If you enrolled in any “ONLINE” courses on the Codingprinces websites, these courses will no longer be available to you.  Any purchased “downloads” will also no longer be viewable or available to download again in your account area.

Exceptions:

• Deletion will not apply to historical activity logs or archives unless and until these logs and data naturally “age-off” the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT system.
• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT does not track or index every time or every place on the Codingprinces websitess when or where a learner may volunteer Personal Information, so neither BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT nor Members will be able to help you locate or manage all such instances. BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT encourages you to use discretion before voluntarily sharing your Personal Information on the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site.
• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will archive course data (in a manner and to the extent permitted under applicable law) to serve its mission to enable scientific research on cognitive science and education. These archives are used to produce encrypted research data.
• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT cannot always delete records of past interactions and transactions. For example, records relating to previous purchases on the Codingprinces websites must be retained for financial reporting, audit, and compliance reasons.
• BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will retain and use Personal Information as necessary to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Data retention

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with services; to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting, audit, and compliance purposes; and to comply with BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT’s legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Upon your request that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT deactivate your account and delete your information, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT will follow the process described above, including without limitation archiving your course data (in a manner and to the extent permitted under applicable law) to serve its mission to enable scientific research on cognitive science and education. These archives will be used to produce encrypted research data packages and course data for scientific research.

STORAGE & SECURITY

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT stores information, including Personal Information, on its own servers and also on servers of companies that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT hires to provide services.  Information may be stored in EU and in other countries where BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT operates, and in countries where BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT respective service providers operate. If you are in the European Union, Switzerland, or other regions with laws governing data collection and use, you acknowledge that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may transfer, process and store your personal information in the United States and other countries, the privacy laws of which may be considered less strict than those of your region.

BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT controls its own copy of information collected through all Codingprinces websitess and has a information security program designed to protect information in its possession or control. This is done through a variety of privacy and security policies, processes, and procedures. BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT uses administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that reasonably and appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information that it collects, receives, stores, or transmits. Nonetheless, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure; and therefore, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT cannot guarantee its absolute security. While BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT works hard to ensure the integrity and security of its network and systems, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent “hackers” or other unauthorized persons from illegally accessing or obtaining information.

If BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT learns of a security breach involving its copy of your Personal Information, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may attempt to notify you electronically so that you may take appropriate protective steps. By using the Codingprinces websites or providing Personal Information to BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT, you agree that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT Site. If a security systems breach occurs, BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT may post a notice on the BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT homepage (www.CODINGPRINCES.COM.com) or elsewhere on the Codingprinces domain and may send an email to you at the admin@codingprinces.com associated with your BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT account. Depending on where you are located, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach, involving your Personal Information, in writing.

Privacy Policy Updates

This Privacy Policy will be reviewed and updated from time to time. When changes are made, the Privacy Policy will be labelled as “Revised (date),” indicating that you should review the new terms, which will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, with an updated effective date. By accessing the CODINGPRINCES.COM after any changes have been made, you accept the modified Privacy Policy and any changes contained therein. In case you miss the notification referenced above, be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

If you have privacy concerns, have disclosed data you would prefer to keep private, or would like to access the Personal Information that BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT maintains about you, please contact us at ADMIN@CODINGPRINCES.COM.  You may also write to us at: ATTN: 1145 BUDAPEST, MEXIKÓI ÚT 65/B. FSZT. 2..

Glossary

Cookies are unique identifiers usually in the form of small data files placed on your device that send certain information about your activity on the Codingprincesor in an email communication back to BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT or the authorized third party that served the cookie. BLACK HORIZON SOFTWARE KFT or third parties may also use Flash cookies.

Codingprincesconsists of all content and pages located within the CODINGPRINCES web domains and all CODINGPRINCES mobile applications.

Personal Information is information that specifically identifies you or that, when combined with other information, could be used to identify you.

Tracking Technologies are web beacons, clear gifs, pixels, and similar technologies that are also unique identifiers used to track your online activity but are not stored on your device.