Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 18, 2025

At EDP Institute (“we,” “our,” or “us”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit edpinstitute.com or engage with our services globally.

1. What We Collect

  • Personal Information: Your name, email address, company name, and any details you provide through forms, subscriptions, or purchases.
  • Usage Data: Pages visited, IP address, browser type, time spent on site, and referring URLs.
  • Cookies & Tracking Technologies: See Cookies below.

2. Why We Collect It

  • To deliver, maintain, and improve our content and services
  • To respond to inquiries and support requests
  • To send updates or newsletters (opt-in only)
  • To fulfill legal and regulatory obligations

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your data based on:

  • Your explicit consent
  • The need to perform a contract
  • Compliance with legal obligations
  • Our legitimate interests (e.g., improving user experience)

4. Your Privacy Rights

Under GDPR (European Union)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

  • Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including how and why we use it.
  • Right to Rectification: If your information is inaccurate or incomplete, you can ask us to correct or update it.
  • Right to Erasure (“Right to Be Forgotten”): You can ask us to delete your personal data when it’s no longer needed, or if you withdraw consent.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we temporarily stop using your data while a correction or objection is being reviewed.
  • Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format to transfer it to another service provider.
  • Right to Object: You can object to how we use your data for certain purposes, such as direct marketing or profiling.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent to process your data, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at the email address in the Contact information at the bottom of this page. We’ll respond within 30 days.

Under CCPA (California)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), grants you the following rights:

  • Right to Know: You can request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we’ve collected about you, the sources of that information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties we’ve shared it with.
  • Right to Delete: You may ask us to delete personal information we’ve collected from you, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., legal compliance, security, or transaction completion).
  • Right to Correct: If you believe we hold inaccurate personal information about you, you can request that we correct it.
  • Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: You can direct us not to sell or share your personal information with third parties, including for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell personal data, but we honor opt-out requests as required.
  • Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: If we collect sensitive data (e.g., precise geolocation, financial info), you can limit how we use or disclose it beyond what’s necessary to provide requested services.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not deny you services, charge different prices, or provide a different level of service if you exercise your privacy rights.

To make a request under the CCPA, please email us at the email address in the Contact information at the bottom of this page. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. You may also designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf.

5. International Data Transfers

Your data may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions. Where required, we rely on legal mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure adequate protection.

6. Retention and Security

We retain personal data as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless the law requires otherwise. We implement technical and organizational security measures to protect your information.

7. WordPress-Specific Behavior

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://edpinstitute.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymized hash of your email may be sent to Gravatar. Their privacy policy is available here.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including EXIF GPS data. Visitors can extract location data from images.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
  • A temporary cookie is set when you visit our login page to check cookie support. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • Login/session cookies last for up to two weeks. If you log out, login cookies are removed.
  • If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie stores the post ID. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has accessed the other site directly. These third-party sites may collect data, use cookies, or track your interaction.

Password Resets

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention (Comments & Accounts)

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for moderation purposes. If users register, their profile information is stored and can be viewed or modified by administrators.

8. Where Your Data Is Sent

Comments may be checked via automated spam detection services.

9. Children’s Privacy

This site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect legal, operational, or service-related changes. The most current version will always be published on this page with an updated effective date.

11. Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact:

  • Email:
    support at edpinstitute dot com
  • Mailing Address:
    EDP Institute
    PO Box 1996
    Ocean Shores, WA 98569