Privacy Policy


Who we are:


We are Sharp Academy


PROVIDER: The Sharp Academy Association


Tax code: 38248454

Head office: 19-21 Mihai Eminescu street, sector 1, Bucharest


PROVIDER: Tudor JavaOOP Tutorials SRL


Tax code: 43248159

Head office: Timpului 35 street, Popești Leordeni, Ilfov


What is Personal Data and how do we get it?


Personal data is information by which a customer or visitor can be directly or indirectly identified. Sharp Academy obtains this data as follows:


Sharp Academy collects personal data directly from the client or visitor, as a rule, that information provided after signing the contract or during its performance:


Sharp Academy may also request other personal data for specific purposes, for example, when the customer or visitor provides a copy of an ID when concluding a study contract, with their consent.


In addition, in order to be able to provide the best products and services, Sharp Academy may sometimes request information regarding the customer's or visitor's experience while using Sharp Academy products and services. This information can be comments or suggestions as well as recommendations.


In certain situations, Sharp Academy may also collect customer or visitor data through automated means. For example, personal data may be collected through cookies or when the visitor interacts with Sharp Academy social media pages.


Sharp Academy may combine various customer or visitor personal data from different sources (a website, an event, etc.) only to serve the interests of the customer or visitor in a personalized and legitimate way.


When you visit a website for the first time, a cookie that identifies your browser is sent to your device.


By using cookies you help us to improve the functionality of the website. These files mainly make it possible to recognize the user's terminal and present content in a relevant way, adapted to the user's preferences.


Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support Sharp Academy's efforts to provide services that are as user-friendly as possible. Cookies collect information about how our users use the website and provide us with useful information about how we can improve the browsing experience.


If you want to block cookies, some functionalities of the site will be stopped, and this may generate malfunctions or errors in using our site.


We also use cookies for marketing purposes. These are used to exchange certain information with third parties with whom we advertise, to know how you arrived at our site. We may also use cookies to identify which parts of the site you are interested in. We then use this information to show you advertisements and pages that we think may be of interest to you, to personalize the way we communicate with you, or to personalize the content of the communications we send you. You can opt out of them if you prefer. Personalization of content means that it will include information that reflects the interest you have shown in the content of our pages or offers and promotions that we think may be of interest to you, all in order to improve how we respond to your needs.


Why do we process personal data?


Sharp Academy will process the client's or visitor's personal data only to ensure the best possible relationship with him in order to recommend the educational and professional certification services offered by Sharp Academy, before concluding a study contract or during the course of the study contract. The processing of personal data may be based on the consent of the customer or visitor, may be related to the contract or may be imposed by a legal obligation.


We want to keep you up to date with the best offers on the products/services you are interested in. In this regard, we may send you any type of message (email/SMS/telephone/mobile push/webpush/etc.) with general and thematic information, information regarding products similar to or complementary to the ones you have purchased, information about offers or promotions, product information, as well as other commercial communications such as market research and opinion polls, and we may display personalized recommendations on the website and smartphone application. In order to provide you with information that is of interest to you, we may use certain data about your purchasing behavior (eg products viewed/purchased) to create a profile for you. We always ensure that this processing respects your rights and freedoms and that the decisions made on the basis of it do not have legal effects on you and do not significantly affect you.


In certain situations, our marketing activities reflect our legitimate interest in promoting and developing our commercial activity. In any situation where we use information about you for our legitimate interest, we take care and take all necessary measures to ensure that your fundamental rights and freedoms are not affected. However, you can ask us at any time, by the means described above, to stop processing your personal data for marketing purposes, and we will comply with your request as soon as possible.


Sharp Academy's legitimate interest may be the basis for the processing of personal data, the customer or visitor being able to object. Along with the legitimate interest, the processing may be based on the consent of the client or visitor, the need to perform the contract or a legal obligation of Sharp Academy.


When Sharp Academy asks the customer or visitor for consent for processing, he has two options: "Yes" or "No".


Only if there is agreement to this effect, Sharp Academy will process personal data for the purpose of informing about Sharp Academy services, offers, promotions or special events.


What are the rights of customers or visitors regarding the processing of personal data?


The customer or visitor has specific rights in terms of data protection, and Sharp Academy provides an environment that facilitates their exercise (the right of access, rectification, objection, deletion, receiving personal data or filing a complaint).


Sharp Academy has taken the necessary precautions to ensure the customer or visitor that their data protection rights are properly respected.


The customer or visitor has the right:


The customer or visitor can exercise any of the previously mentioned rights by sending a request to the email address [email protected].


These rights may be limited, in certain circumstances defined by law (for example, the customer or visitor will be able to opt out of receiving marketing communications, but will not be able to ask Sharp Academy to delete their personal data necessary for the performance of the contract). Such restrictions will be checked individually and communicated to the customer or visitor accordingly.


How does the GDPR apply to children?


Sharp Academy does not knowingly solicit or collect personal data from children under the age of 16 when providing specific services, unless the express consent of the parent or guardian has been obtained in advance) or children under the age of 16 of 14 in the remaining situations. If children's personal data is collected, it is processed carefully and only under specific safety conditions.


Can your personal data be processed by third parties for other purposes?


If the customer or visitor expresses their consent to this or there is a legitimate interest in the use of their personal data, Sharp Academy may communicate this data to third parties.


As a general rule, Sharp Academy will not disclose the customer's or visitor's personal data to a third party that intends to use it for direct marketing purposes, unless it has the customer's or visitor's consent.


However, Sharp Academy may communicate the personal data of the client or the visitor to third parties, without their consent, in the following situations and to the following entities:


We currently store and process your personal data in Romania.


How do we protect your personal data?


Sharp Academy applies appropriate security measures to guarantee the safety of the client's or visitor's personal data and has specific durations implemented so that personal data is kept for as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purpose.


Sharp Academy will retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purpose, taking into account the need to respond to questions or solve problems, to provide new or improved services and to comply with applicable legal requirements. Therefore, Sharp Academy may retain personal data for a reasonable period of time after the customer's or visitor's last interaction with Sharp Academy, in accordance with applicable law.


When the customer's or visitor's personal data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and there is no legal obligation to retain it, Sharp Academy will securely destroy or delete it.


How do these regulations apply to legal entities?


In the case of clients who are legal entities, according to the above, Sharp Academy will obtain the express consent of the account holder for any type of processing of personal data or personal data for which the law imposes such a condition. In this regard, the legal entity client undertakes that before transferring the personal data of the users and the contact person to Sharp Academy, to obtain their consent to be processed by Sharp Academy according to the needs of the execution of the contract and other needs mentioned in the articles previous. By transferring the personal data of the users and the contact person to Sharp Academy, the legal entity customer certifies that the consent of the users and the contact person has been obtained for the processing of their personal data by Sharp Academy in accordance with the above provisions and assumes full responsibility.


 


The use of cookies on the Sharp Academy site


What are cookies?


This website, like most professional websites, contains cookies - small files that your computer downloads to help create a better online experience. On this page we will explain what kind of information cookies collect, how we can use this information and why sometimes cookies should be saved. We will also show you how to prevent the saving of cookies, but also what can damage or "spoil" the functionality of the website.


For general information on cookies, read the HTTP cookies article on Wikipedia.


How are cookies used?


Cookies are used for several reasons that we will explain in detail below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no standard options by which cookies can be deactivated, without completely disabling all the functionalities and characteristic signs that they place on a site. If you are not sure whether you need them or not, it is recommended to leave all cookies enabled in case they provide you with the service you are using.


Disable cookies


The use of cookies can be set in the browser settings (see the Help option offered by any browser). Keep in mind that disabling cookies will influence the functionality of this site, but also of other sites. Disabling cookies often negatively affects the appearance and operation of the site. Therefore, we recommend that you do not disable cookies.


Cookies that we place ourselves


This site offers the newsletter subscription service, and cookies can "memorize" if you are registered or if it is necessary to display certain notifications, which may be useful only to users who have subscribed or only to users who have not subscribed.


After you submit the data through forms similar to those found on the contact or login page, cookies can record user data for future written communication needs.


Third-party cookies


In special cases, we use the cookies of a reliable third party. Here, we will explain what type of third party cookies you can find on our website.


This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most widespread and reliable analytical solutions on the Internet, which helps us understand how you use our site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies monitor, for example, the time spent on the site and the pages visited, which helps us to produce appropriate content that will capture your attention.


For more information about Google Analytics cookies, visit the official Google Analytics page.


Third-party cookies monitor and measure visits to this site and help us create content that will interest you. These cookies monitor, for example, the time spent on the site and on the pages you visit, which contributes to optimizing the site and adapting it to your needs.


We periodically test new features, but we also make some subtle changes to the way the site works. During the testing phase of the new features, these cookies can be used to ensure your safety and continuity of use of the site, but also to communicate to us, at the same time, which type of optimizations our site visitors prefer the most.


Given the fact that we sell services, it is very important to have a broader view of the statistics of the number of visitors to our site who have decided to enroll in our schools, which these cookies record. This is important to you too, as it means we can make accurate forecasts that will allow us to monitor advertising costs to give you the best possible price.


The behavioral advertising cookies that this site uses allow us to provide you with the most relevant advertising whenever possible by tracking your interests and showing you only things that might interest you.


We also use buttons and/or plugins for social networks on this site, which allow you to connect to your accounts in different ways. For this to work, social networks, including Facebook and Instagram, place cookies through our site, which can optimize your profile on their sites/pages or contribute to the data that is saved from numerous reasons, specified in the privacy policies of these networks.


Email tracking


With your consent, we may use email tracking technology to collect information about whether you have opened an email or clicked on a link within the email . We can also use Facebook pixel tracking within the e-mail, which helps us personalize future marketing messages on the Facebook and Instagram platforms.


Google Marketing Platform / Analytics


Our website uses Google Analytics: a web analysis service provided by Google inc. which uses cookies. These are text files stored on your computer that allow an analysis of how you use the website.

If you visit certain pages on the website, the following data is stored:


The information generated by these text files about how the website was used is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate the way the website is used, to compile reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. If this information is required by law to be processed by third parties on Google's behalf, Google will provide this information to the third parties. Their use is anonymous and is done under a pseudonym. Find more information directly on Google.


If you do not want Google Analytics to have access to how you use the sites, as we said above, install a deactivation add-on in your browser.


For more information about the add-on, visit this site.


Google Optimize


With Google Optimize we test different variations of the website through A / B tests to see which one is the best.


Google Ads


As a Google Ads customer, we use Google Conversion Tracking, an analysis service provided by Google Inc. If you reach our website via a Google ad, Google Ads will install a cookie on your computer. These cookies are not used for personal identification and expire after 30 days. If you visit our site within 30 days and the cookie has not expired, we and Google can see that someone clicked on the ad and was redirected to our site. Each Google Ads advertiser has a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be traced to advertisers' websites. The information collected from conversion cookies is used to generate conversion rate statistics for advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Thus, advertisers know the number of users who clicked on the ad and were redirected to a conversion-tag-tagged page. However, they do not receive any information by which users can be personally identified. If you do not want to participate in the tracking process, you can disable the automatic setting of cookies in the browser settings. You can also disable conversion tracking cookies by setting your browser to block cookies from the "googleadservices.com" domain. But remember that they do not receive any information that can personally identify users. You can disable the automatic setting of cookies in the browser settings if you do not want to participate in the tracking process. You can also disable conversion tracking cookies by setting your browser to block cookies from the "googleadservices.com" domain.


Facebook Custom Audiences


In the context created by behaviorally targeted online advertising, we also use the communication tools offered by the Facebook social network, namely Website Custom Audiences. Essentially, how you use the data generates an irreversible and impersonal checksum (hash value) that can be transmitted to Facebook for analysis and marketing purposes. To use the Website Custom Audiences product, Facebook cookies are used. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use by Facebook, as well as setting options to protect your privacy, see Facebook's privacy policy www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you don't want to opt out of Facebook Website Custom Audiences, go to www.facebook.com.


Additional Information


We hope that this topic is now clearer to you. As we have already said, if you are not sure that you need any information, it is usually safer to leave cookies enabled, this is in case there is an interaction of cookies with one of the functions that you need on our website.


If you still need additional information about this topic, do not hesitate to contact us.


Email address: [email protected]


User protection


For the protection of the users of the www.academiaprogramatorilor.ro website, we reserve the right to investigate, report and initiate legal actions to the maximum extent permitted by law in case of abusive use of the www.academiaprogramatorilor.ro website.


For more legal information, also visit our Terms and Conditions page.