Student registration agreement

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

General Terms and Conditions

The Academy provides the Practical AI for Professionals training program for the duration announced on the website.

Consistent attendance in class: the student must keep his/her camera on throughout the lectures - otherwise he/she will receive an absence.

The student must have no more than two days of absence in total during the programme to complete it and receive the certificate. 

The student undertakes to conduct himself/herself with respect for other students and to respect other students, teachers and administrative and support staff and not to interfere with the smooth running of the course.

The Academy accepts no responsibility for any malfunctions or damage that may be caused by software used during the course installed on the student's computer.

The student against the above described educational work provided by the Academy will pay the total amount of tuition fees.

Advance payment:

Each course consists of a specific maximum number of students in order to ensure the quality of the training provided. Priority will be given to fill the seats, and occupancy among those who have already applied will be ensured by the timely payment of the following deposit amount.

The student must pay the full amount of program fees to secure his/her place on the programme.

In the event that for reasons of force majeure - which are not due to the fault of any of the parties herein - the courses of the program are cancelled, then the entire amount paid - up to the point of cancellation - will be refunded to any account indicated by the student, within thirty (30) working days of the occurrence of the event, as a result of which the courses of the program were cancelled.

Retreat

Before the start of the course

If for any reason the student declares that he/she wishes to cancel his/her participation in the program up to fifteen (15) 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 declaration of withdrawal. The Academy has the right to announce the exact start dates up to sixteen (16) working days in advance of the start of the course.

If the student makes the above cancellation declaration less than fifteen (15) working days before the start of the course, the above payment will not be refunded. 

After the start of the course

Once the programme has commenced, no refund of the one-off payment made by the student will be provided in the event of withdrawal or departure from the program.  

Withdrawal Procedure:

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

Failure on the part of the student to submit written complaints about the training services provided constitutes unconditional acceptance of the training services.

The Academy reserves the right to terminate the student’s participation in the programme if the student fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions, including, but not limited to, displaying disrespectful, inappropriate, or disruptive behaviour towards the Academy’s team members, instructors, or fellow students. The Academy also reserves the right to pursue any claims arising from this contract, including through legal proceedings, and to seek compensation for any damages incurred. 

Special confidentiality clause

All information provided as well as that contained in the training material (indicatively: documents, electronic files, images, videos, photographs, logos, trademarks) provided and distributed or with which the student comes into contact in the context of the program- and regardless of how the information came to the student's knowledge - are the property of the Academy, its business partners and associates, who retain all intellectual property rights in relation to them, and the student acknowledges the above.

The information covered by the obligation of confidentiality is referred to as 'know-how' (scientific methods - technical knowledge - technical information). It concerns methodology, procedures, design, provision of an educational service. They also relate to procedures, policies, documents of supervisory authorities linked to the Academy and concern anything of importance to the Academy.

The student undertakes the obligations:

1. To treat as confidential all the above information, data, to preserve and protect their security, confidentiality and privacy and not to disclose, transmit or in any other way disclose such information and data to any third party natural and/or legal person and especially to natural or legal persons competing with the Academy, without the prior written consent of the Academy. "Third party" means any natural or legal person, including - indicatively and not restrictively - the Academy's external partners (provided that in the context of the educational process the disclosure and knowledge of the aforementioned data is not presupposed and/or required). 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 above mentioned in any way. The student is prohibited from disclosing or sharing any data and password relating to the bigblue.academy website (and additional related websites such as class.bigblue.academy, gitlab.bigblue.academy and other subdomains) and data provided by partner companies for the final projects.
2. Take all necessary measures to ensure the preservation and security of the above information and data and to prevent unauthorised persons from accessing them.
3. Not to use all of the above information and data for its own benefit and beyond the scope of this training services contract.
4. To return at any time, upon request by the Academy, all or part of the confidential information in his/her possession.
    

Any violation of these rights shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of national and European legislation (Law 2121/1993, as amended and in force since Law 4672/2020) 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 leak of Confidential Information and the breach of the terms of the Agreement was caused by fraudulent intent, gross negligence or slight negligence. In the event of a breach by the student of the confidentiality clause with regard to the data and intellectual property of the Academy's business partners and associates, the student shall assume full liability towards the Academy's business partners and associates.

The Academy, in the context of the exercise of the educational activity in accordance with the provisions of the legislation on personal data protection, keeps records and processes personal data, defining the purpose and defining the means of processing (indicatively the staff employed, the customers served, external partners, etc.).

This data protection agreement shall enter into force on the date of the student's application and shall have an indefinite duration.

The course may be recorded by the Academy for educational or promotional purposes.

During the term of this Agreement and for an indefinite period from the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason, the student(s) shall not breach the duty of confidentiality and secrecy as described above. It is agreed that the confidentiality clause agreed between the parties herein is in fact for the purpose of safeguarding and protecting the legitimate interests of the Academy and is not intended merely to restrict the student's freedom.

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 program, the start time of the program course deliveries and/or the Terms and Conditions of Participation in the program. In such a case, the Academy will inform the trainees through the Program website. Such changes may refer indicatively (but not limited to) to the content and requirements of the syllabus and course content, the timing of the start of course deliveries, the forms and duration of the examination, and the examination rules and methods.

The Academy shall have the right to announce the exact start dates up to sixteen (16) business days in advance of the start of classes.

Use of the bigblue.academy website (and additional associated websites such as class.bigblue.academy, gitlab.bigblue.academy and as well as other subdomains) and participation in the program constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Breach of any of these Terms and Conditions by any participant is grounds for permanent termination of their participation in the program.

Applicable Law - Right to compensation

For any issue arising and related to the program, Greek law will be applicable and for any dispute or claim arising in relation to the above, the courts of Athens will be exclusively competent, regardless of the residence of the student.

The Academy reserves the right to assert (including in court) any claims arising from this contract or from damages that may arise from non-compliance with these Terms and Conditions.

The effective date of this Agreement will be taken as the date of signing of this Agreement.

This Agreement has been executed in two identical originals and, having read and confirmed the contents thereof, each party has received one original.

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.

When you use our educational Large Language Model (LLM) tools, we collect the contents of your interactions, including but not limited to your text prompts, questions, uploaded learning materials, chat histories, and any feedback you choose to provide. We use this information to operate and deliver AI-assisted tutoring and interactive program features, specifically utilizing these insights to provide you with personalized training and adaptive educational experiences tailored to your learning path. This data is also processed to ensure academic integrity, maintain technical security, and analyze aggregated, non-personally identifiable trends to improve our overall curriculum; we do not use your personally identifiable prompts or chat histories to train public AI models. We strongly advise that you do not provide any sensitive personal information (such as financial details, passwords, or government-issued identification) when interacting with these LLM tools.

I give my consent to Big Blue Data Academy GmbH to use in advertising or educational material and to publish (including but not limited to posters, electronic videos, newsletters, publications in the daily or periodical press, the Academy's website or social media websites) my name, image, voice and/or appearance as they may be captured in any images, photos, videos, recordings and digital images taken in the context of the Academy's activities.

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.

Every user is entitled to exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, and data portability regarding personal information shared during AI/LLM chat sessions. If you wish to initiate a request for the export or removal of your LLM interaction history, please reach out to us.

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.