Coddy Privacy Policy
Introduction
Welcome to Coddy, a web-based service that facilitate learning and practicing of code writing (the “Service”).
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how information about you is collected and used by the Service, which is developed and operated by Coddy Inc. (“Coddy” or “we”, “us”, “our”) , when we operate as a data controller. If you use Institutional Coddy as a teacher or a student, we only process your personal data on behalf of your school, school district, school system, tutoring center or educational institution (“Institutional Customer”) behalf, as described in our Data Processing Addendum and our Privacy Notice for Institutional Coddy, available here.
You have the right to review the personal information we collect and use about you and the right to request correction of your personal information. You may always delete your user account and your personal data via the Service dashboard.
The Service is not directed to users under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information or data from children under the age of 13 or knowingly allow minors under the age of 13 to use the Service. Additional age restrictions may apply in your country.
This Policy may be amended from time to time. We will post any change to this Policy on our Service at a reasonable time in advance of the effective date of the change, and we will also make efforts to proactively notify you by email of the changes if we have your email address.
Contact us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this Policy or our processing of your personal information, please contact us at info@coddy.tech.
What we collect and why
| Scenario | Purposes | Categories of information processed |
|---|---|---|
| When you directly register to and use our Service or through a third-party provider. | Providing you with the functionality of the Service, updates (Product updates, Learning tips, Learning reminders, Streak warnings & Activity digest), contacting you regarding administrative issues related to the Services, this Policy, our Terms, support and maintenance. | Email address, password and username. We also collect the following data from third party providers if you choose to register through them (such as Google & Facebook) - email address, full name and your profile photo. You can always control the Service updates you receive via your dashboard. |
| Subscribing to our newsletters | Providing you with the newsletter you requested, such as information about our business and offers. | Email address. |
| When you make a subscription or a one-time purchase on our Service | Providing you with the functionality of the Service you requested, such as Plus, Pro and Lifetime Subscription and facilitating your one-time purchases, such as Tokens, Boosters, Titles, Themes and Avatars. | Full name and certain billing information and data that you have provided the third party payment processors – such as your billing address and an indication of successful billing. |
| Contacting us with an inquiry through our email or online contact form | Responding to your inquiry, our business development | Your email address, full name, username, the subject of your inquiry and the text of your message. |
| Joining our affiliate program | Allowing you to join our affiliate program. | Full name, email address, country of Residence, main platform for promoting Coddy & links, current audience scope, audience description, reason for promoting Coddy, affiliate marketing history, promotion strategy and any other information added. |
| When you provide us with your feedback and reviews | Responding to your feedback and reviews, our business development. | Email address, full name, username and the feedback or review. |
| Use of cookies & analytics tools on the Service | Facilitate a Service feature that the user specifically requested, Analyze the Service usage to evaluate and improve its performance, improve user experience on the Service, inform and serve personalized ads more relevant to user interests. | IP address from which you access the Service, time and date of access, type of device and browser used, language used, links clicked via a mouse or a touch screen, and actions taken while using the Service. |
Registering for the Service is not mandatory. You do not have a legal obligation to provide the information that we request. However, if you choose not to provide this information to us, we may not be able to process your feedback, respond to your inquiry and provide you with our newsletter, and you may not be able to use some of our Service functionalities.
Methods and sources for collecting your personal information
We collect the personal information from several sources:
Directly from you when you register to our Service and through your third party provider, such as Google or Facebook, or when provided to us through our email and our online contact form.
From our service providers helping us to operate the Service.
Through the device you use to access our Service, including through third party cookies and analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, Facebook Ads and our Internal analytics services.
Sharing your personal information
We will not share your information with third parties, except in the events listed below or when you provide us with your explicit and informed consent.
| Scenario | Purposes | Examples of Third parties involved |
|---|---|---|
| We will share your information with our service providers who assist us with the internal operations of the Service. These companies are authorized to use your personal information in this context only as necessary to provide these services to us and not for their own promotional purposes | Operating the Service and our business. | Stripe, LinkedIn, Google, Facebook, subject to the following additional Policies: https://stripe.com/privacy, https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, https://policies.google.com/privacy, https://cloud.google.com/terms/cloud-privacy-notice, https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy. |
| We will share your username on the Service leaderboard | Operating the Service and our business. | Other users of the Service. |
| If you abused your rights to use the Service or violated any applicable law while doing business with us | Responding to, handling, and mitigating suspected violations of law in connection with our business. | Competent authorities, legal counsels, and advisors. |
| If a judicial, governmental, or regulatory authority requires us to disclose your information | Complying with a binding request from a competent authority. | Competent authorities. |
| If the operation of the Service or our business is organized within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity | Enabling a structural change in the operation of the Service and our business. | The target entity of the merger or acquisition, legal counsels, and advisors. |
Data retention and security
We retain your information for as long as needed to operate the Service, and thereafter as needed for record-keeping matters.
We will retain your information for as long as needed to operate the Service. Thereafter, we will still retain your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, establish, and defend legal claims and enforce our agreements. The overall period of retention is approximately 7 years.
We implement measures to secure your information
We implement measures to reduce the risks of damage, loss of information and unauthorized access or use of information. However, these measures do not provide absolute information security. Therefore, although efforts are made to secure your personal information, there is no guarantee that it will be immune from information security risks.
Additional information for individuals in the EU or UK
Controller, GDPR and UK representatives
Coddy Inc. is the data controller of the personal information collected via the Service. If you use Institutional Coddy as a teacher or a student, Coddy is the data processor for the personal information it processes on the Institutional Customer behalf, as described in our Data Processing Addendum and our Privacy Notice for Institutional Coddy, available here.
| Name | Address |
|---|---|
| Coddy Inc. | 651 N Broad St, Suite 201, Middletown, 19709, Delaware, US |
International data transfers
To facilitate processing your information through the Service and by our service providers, we will transfer your information to countries outside the EU or the UK. We do so to countries or organizations which are recognized by the European commission as having adequate protection for personal data, or under the terms of a data transfer agreement which contains standard data protection contract clauses with adequate safeguards determined by the EU Commission and UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
Legal basis for processing your personal data
| Purpose or Scenario | Legal Basis |
|---|---|
| Registering to and using our Service or through a third-party provider | Our legitimate interests in providing you with the Service you requested, contacting you regarding administrative issues and updates related to the Services, this Policy, our Terms, support and maintenance. You can always control the Service updates you receive via your dashboard. |
| Subscribing to our newsletters | Consent. |
| When you make a subscription or a one-time purchase on our Service | Our legitimate interest in providing you with the subscription or one-time purchase you ordered, and performance of our contract with you. |
| Responding to your inquiry | Our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry and our business development. |
| Joining our affiliate program | Our legitimate interest in considering your affiliate program application and entering to a contract with you. |
| When you provide us with your feedback and reviews | Our legitimate interest in developing and enhancing our business and the Service, responding to your feedback or reviews. |
| Use of essential cookies on the Service | Our legitimate interests in providing you with the Service functionality you requested. |
| Use of non-essential cookies on the Service | Consent. |
| Responding to, handling, and mitigating suspected violations of law in connection with our business | Legitimate interests in defending and enforcing against violations and breaches that are harmful to our business. |
| Complying with a binding request from a competent authority | Legitimate interest in complying with mandatory legal requirements imposed on us. |
| Enabling a structural change in the operation of the Service and our business | Legitimate interests in our business continuity. |
Data subject rights
If you are in the EU or the UK, you have the following rights under the GDPR:
Right to Access and receive a copy of your personal information that we process.
Right to Rectify inaccurate personal information we have concerning you and to have incomplete personal information completed.
Right to easily and at any time withdraw your consent to us processing your personal data to email you with our newsletters. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal
Right to easily and at any time withdraw your consent to the use of non-essential cookies on our Service. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to Data Portability, that is, to receive the personal information that you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another person or entity. Where technically feasible, you have the right to have your personal information transmitted directly from us to the person or entity you designate.
Right to Object to our processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interest. However, we may override the objection if we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds, or if we need to process such personal information for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Right to Restrict us from processing your personal information (except for storing it): (a) if you contest the accuracy of the personal information (in which case the restriction applies only for a period enabling us to determine the accuracy of the personal information); (b) if the processing is unlawful and you prefer to restrict the processing of the personal information rather than requiring the deletion of such data by us; (c) if we no longer need the personal information for the purposes outlined in this Policy, but you require the personal information to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) if you object to our processing based on our legitimate interest (in which case the restriction applies only for the period enabling us to determine whether our legitimate grounds for processing override yours).
Right to be Forgotten. Under certain circumstances, such as when you object to our processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interest and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information. However, notwithstanding such request, we may still process your personal information if it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the channels listed in this Policy.
When you contact us, we reserve the right to ask for reasonable evidence to verify your identity before we provide you with information. Where we are not able to provide you with information that you have asked for, we will explain the reason.
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. If you are in the EU, then according to Article 77 of the GDPR, you can lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority, in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement of the GDPR. For a list of supervisory authorities in the EU, click here.
If you are in the UK, you can lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) pursuant to the instructions provided here.
California and Delaware “do not track” Disclosures.
We do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests. Please ensure to change any settings of your browser and/or our Service, whenever you wish cookies to cease.