Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 29, 2025

Agora Processing, Inc. ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website agora.university, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Site").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site.

1. Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Site includes:

1.1 Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, college/university affiliation, major, year of study, and other information that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as:

1.2 Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. If you are using our mobile application, this information may also include your device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, the mobile network system, and other similar information.

1.3 Session and Usage Data

We collect detailed information about your browsing sessions, including:

1.4 Financial Data

If applicable, we may collect financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor.

1.5 Social Network Data

Information regarding your social networking profiles or accounts if you choose to link them to our Site (such as your Facebook, Google, or Apple accounts), or if you share Site information on your social profiles.

1.6 Mobile Device Data

Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, if you access the Site from a mobile device.

1.7 Third-Party Data

Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.

2. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

3.1 By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

3.2 Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

3.3 Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

3.4 Interactions with Other Users

If you interact with other users of the Site, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.

3.5 Online Postings

When you post content to the Site, the content may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.

3.6 Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

3.7 Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

3.8 Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

3.9 Other Third Parties

We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis or for other business purposes.

3.10 Sale or Bankruptcy

If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.

4. Cookie Policy

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

4.1 Types of Cookies We Use

We use cookies to:

4.2 Authentication and Session Cookies

We use cookies to manage user sessions, track authenticated users, and remember important information necessary for the functionality of our Service. These cookies are essential for using our platform.

4.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

We use analytics cookies to collect information about how users interact with our Site, which pages they visit, how long they stay, and other details that help us improve our platform. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site.

4.4 Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We use third-party cookies from services such as Google Analytics and authentication providers to help analyze how users use the site and to provide authentication services.

4.5 Managing Cookies

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. It may affect the user experience and some of our services will not function properly.

5. Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Site.

6. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

7. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

8. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.

9. Options Regarding Your Information

9.1 Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account:

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Service, and/or comply with legal requirements.

9.2 Emails and Communications

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:

10. Your Rights Under Data Protection Laws

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at agoraprocessing@gmail.com.

11. California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Site, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Site, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Agora Processing, Inc.
Email: agoraprocessing@gmail.com
Website: agora.university