Student registration agreement

1. On the one hand, the company under the name "Big Blue Data Academy GmbH" with its registered office at Gerliswilstrasse 43, Emmenbrücke, 6020, Switzerland and hereinafter referred to as "The Academy" and
2. Οn the other hand, the contracting party hereinafter referred to in short as "the Student".
    

They have agreed, covenanted, and mutually agreed as follows:

Terms & Conditions

Registration and attendance

The following requirements apply to successful completion of the course and receipt of the certificate: 

1. consistent attendance at class and labs, during which the student must keep his/her camera on throughout the course or it will be considered an absence,
2. no more than one day of absence in total during the program,
3. successful completion of individual examinations during the program (60% pass rate).
    

Terms of Use

The student agrees to act in an orderly manner throughout the course and to be respectful of other students, faculty, and administrative staff.
The Academy is not responsible for any malfunctions or damage that may be caused by the software used during the course installed on the student's computer or any other accidents during the course.

Use of the bigblue.academy website (and additional associated subdomains such as class.bigblue.academy) and participation in the course constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
Breach of any of these Terms and Conditions by any participant shall constitute grounds for permanent termination of participation in the program.
 

Intellectual Property Rights - Prohibitions

All information provided as well as that contained in the training materials (including but not limited to: documents, images, videos, photographs, logos, trademarks) provided to you and distributed as part of the program are the property of the Academy.

It is absolutely forbidden for the student to sell, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, redistribute, or otherwise use in any way anything belonging to the Intellectual Property of the Academy, or data of its business partners and associates, or even to create derivative works based on the aforementioned in any way.

The student is prohibited from disclosing or sharing any information and password relating to the bigblue.academy website (and additional related websites).
Any infringement of these rights will be punished in accordance with the provisions of national and European legislation on the protection of intellectual and industrial property and fair competition.

Failure by the student to comply with the above confidentiality obligations shall entitle the Academy to claim compensation for any proven damage suffered by it, regardless of whether the leakage of Confidential Information and the breach of the terms of the Agreement was caused by malice, gross or slight negligence.

The Course may be recorded by the Academy for educational or promotional purposes.
This Data Protection Agreement is effective as of the date of registration by the student and it is of indefinite duration.
 

Financial Obligations, Payments, and Cancellation Policy

In the event that any payment is made and the course is canceled for reasons of force majeure, the entire amount paid will be refunded to any account indicated by the student(s) within thirty (30) working days of the occurrence of the event that precludes his/her participation.

Registration

If for any reason the student declares that he/she wishes to cancel his/her participation in the program up to ten (10) working days before the start of the course, then any amount paid will be refunded in full to any bank account indicated by the student within thirty (30) working days of the withdrawal.  Academy has the right to announce the exact start dates up to three (3) working days in advance of the start of the course and to notify the party.

If the student makes the above cancellation declaration less than ten (3) working days before the start of the course, the tuition fees will not be refunded. 

Withdrawal procedure:
In order for any refund to be issued, a signed withdrawal request must be sent via email to administration@bigblue.academy.
 

Modification of the Programme and Terms and Conditions of Participation

The Academy reserves the right, at any time, to modify the structure, content and format of the programme, the start time of the programme's course deliveries or the Conditions of Participation in the programme. In such a case, the Academy will inform the trainees through the programme's website. Such changes may refer indicatively (and not restrictively) to the content and requirements of the syllabus and course content, the time of commencement of course deliveries, examination formats and duration, examination rules and methods.

The Academy shall have the right to announce the exact start dates up to eleven (11) business days in advance of the start of classes.
 

Applicable law - Right to compensation

For any issue arising and related to the course, Greek law will be applicable and for any dispute or claim arising in relation to the above, the courts of Athens will have exclusive jurisdiction.
The Academy reserves the right to assert (and litigate) any claims arising from the contract between you or from any damages that may arise from non-compliance with these Terms and Conditions.

Privacy Policy for Big Blue Data Academy

At Big Blue Data Academy, accessible from bigblue.academy, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by bigblue.academy and how we use it. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us. This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in bigblue.academy. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms & Conditions.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide. When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our webste
• Improve, personalize, and expand our webste
• Understand and analyze how you use our webste
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the webste, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails
• Find and prevent fraud
   

Log Files

Big Blue Data Academy follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, bigblue.academy uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information. For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Big Blue Data Academy. Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on bigblue.academy, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit. Note that bigblue.academy has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

bigblue.academy's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Users have the right to:

• Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
• Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.
   

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. bigblue.academy does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.