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Media Arts Academy Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 15, 2026

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Media Arts Academy, Inc. (also “Media Arts Academy,” “we,” or “us” in this Privacy Policy) cares about the confidentiality and security of your information. Media Arts Academy operates the Media Arts Academy Site, which consists of content and pages located within the MediaArtsAcademy.org web domain.

The Media Arts Academy Site allows you to:

Browse courses and programs offered by Media Arts Academy, interact with other members in the course forums and social community as a part of the course purchase;

Create a Media Arts Academy account;

Enroll in some of the courses on the Media Arts Academy Site; and

Participate in some of the courses on the Media Arts Academy Site, including engaging with course content, taking tests, obtaining your results and any certificates, and providing feedback following a course.

Some courses available on the Media Arts Academy Site may be offered by our Members. This term refers to educational institutions or other leading global entities that create courses and/or programs using tools provided by Media Arts Academy and offer those courses directly to you through the Media Arts Academy Site.

This Privacy Policy describes how Media Arts Academy collects, uses, and shares your Personal Information when you interact with the Media Arts Academy Site or when someone interacts with the site on your behalf. The term “Personal Information” (as used throughout this Privacy Policy) is information that relates to an individual who can be directly or indirectly identified.

This Privacy Policy also describes how Media Arts Academy uses your Personal Information when you interact with Media Arts Academy on certain other sites (e.g., on social media sites).

If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access, browse, or create an account on the Media Arts Academy Site, enroll in any courses, or complete any form requesting additional information about offerings on the Media Arts Academy Site. Any version of this Privacy Policy in a language other than English is provided for convenience, and the English language version is the authoritative version if there is any conflict.

I. CONTENTS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Information that Media Arts Academy collects from and about you (including Personal Information)
How Media Arts Academy uses your Personal Information
How Media Arts Academy shares your Personal Information
How Members collect, use, and share your Personal Information
How to manage your Personal Information
Advertising Tracking Technologies — Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics (New)
Cookies and Your Choices (Updated)
Notice for California Consumers
Storage & Security
Privacy Policy updates
Contact information

II. INFORMATION MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY COLLECTS FROM AND ABOUT YOU (INCLUDING PERSONAL INFORMATION)

A. Browsing the Media Arts Academy Site and courses, creating a Media Arts Academy account, signing up to receive more information about courses, and communicating with Media Arts Academy

Media Arts Academy collects information from you when you create a Media Arts Academy account and/or sign up to receive more information about courses offered on the Media Arts Academy Site. For example, we require your name, username, and email address. (You can voluntarily choose to share additional information in your profile, but this is not required.) We also require your contact details when you sign up to receive more information about courses, otherwise we cannot send you this information, and we collect information from you when you send messages to us (whether on the Media Arts Academy Site or on other platforms, e.g., social media sites). You may unsubscribe from Media Arts Academy promotional emails at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” on the emails you receive from us.

Media Arts Academy also automatically collects information about your visit to the Media Arts Academy Site when you browse courses on the Media Arts Academy Site, as explained in our Cookie Policy.

Some courses or programs are viewable on the Media Arts Academy Site but are offered in partnership with other providers. When you sign up to receive more information about these courses or programs, you supply your Personal Information directly to that provider or otherwise direct Media Arts Academy to share your information with that provider. In those cases, the privacy policies explaining the Personal Information that the provider collects, and how the provider uses it, will be made available to you when you sign up. If you later choose to unsubscribe from receiving promotional messages about these courses or programs, you must do so directly with the course provider by clicking “unsubscribe” on the email you receive from that provider. Providers of other courses or programs for which you have signed up to receive information will continue to send you communications unless and until you unsubscribe directly with that provider.

B. Enrolling in courses

Media Arts Academy collects information from you when you enroll in courses on the Media Arts Academy Site. For example, if you enroll in any course on the Media Arts Academy Site that requires payment to access the course and/or be eligible for a Certificate of Completion, we require Personal Information to enable you to pay for that course, so that our third-party vendor can process payment. A Certificate of Completion (“Certificate”) is a virtual certificate that shows that you have successfully completed your Media Arts Academy course or program or other product or service.

Note that Media Arts Academy does not itself collect or store financial account numbers or identification issued by a governmental entity, employer, or other authority. Instead, if you choose to make a purchase on the Media Arts Academy Site, you will be directed to Media Arts Academy’s third-party payment processor. If you do not wish to submit the required payment information, then you will not be able to move forward with your purchase.

Media Arts Academy also automatically collects information about your visit to the Media Arts Academy Site when you enroll in courses on the Media Arts Academy Site, as explained in the Cookie Policy.

When you enroll in a course on the Media Arts Academy Site, the Member that offers the course will receive Personal Information from your Media Arts Academy account profile.

As set out above, enrollment for some courses and programs viewable on the Media Arts Academy Site takes place on other sites. In those cases, this Privacy Policy does not apply. The course or program provider’s privacy policy will be made available to you when you begin the enrollment or application process.

C. Participating in courses

Media Arts Academy collects information from you when you participate in courses offered on the Media Arts Academy Site. For example, we collect the information that you submit as part of your participation in the course, that you include in messages to Media Arts Academy, that you provide in user surveys, or that you provide on public forums, webinars and other interactive experiences on the Media Arts Academy Site. We also require Personal Information when you earn a Certificate (the certificate will have your name on it).

Media Arts Academy also collects usage information about your participation in courses, as explained in the Cookie Policy.

When you participate in a course, the Member that offers the course will receive Personal Information about your activity and performance in the course.

As set out above, participation for some courses and programs viewable on the Media Arts Academy Site takes place on other sites. In those cases, this Privacy Policy does not apply. The course or program provider’s privacy policy will be made available to you when you begin your participation in the course or program.

D. Information Collected from Other Sources

Where permitted by law, we collect or receive information about you from Members or third parties to which you indicate that you would like to learn more about a course or program offered on the Media Arts Academy Site, organizations that are our partners, companies to which you’ve provided your information for professional or continuing education opportunities (collectively “Other Sources”) in order to update or supplement the information that you provide or that we collect automatically when you visit the Media Arts Academy Site. We use this information to help us maintain the accuracy of the information we collect, to target our communications so that we can inform you of products, services or other offers that may be of interest to you, and for internal business analysis or other business purposes. We collect Personal Information from Other Sources with your consent where such consent is required or, otherwise, for the purposes of our legitimate interests, as further described below in How Media Arts Academy uses your Personal Information.

E. Children’s Information

We do not direct the Media Arts Academy Site to, nor do we knowingly collect any Personal Information via the Media Arts Academy Site from, children under the age of 9. If you learn that a child has provided us with Personal Information in violation of this Privacy Policy, you may notify us at [email protected].

III. HOW MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY USES YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Media Arts Academy uses information, including Personal Information, to carry out the following purposes:

Operate and improve the Media Arts Academy Site — We use information we collect for this purpose, including creating and improving features that support the Media Arts Academy community and enable Media Arts Academy Site usage at scale. This also includes personalizing the Media Arts Academy Site, so your learning experience is tailored to your interests and needs. We do this to meet our legitimate business interests in offering the most useful and helpful experience for our learners.

Create, administer, provide, and teach courses — We use information we collect for this purpose, including creating and improving the delivery of online courses and programs on the Media Arts Academy Site. This also includes personalizing courses, so your learning experience is tailored to your interests and needs, assessing your performance, and awarding Certificates. We do this to meet our legitimate business interests in offering the most educational courses possible.

Offer and improve products and services — We use information we collect for this purpose, including enabling you to navigate the Media Arts Academy Site, to enroll and participate in courses and programs on the Media Arts Academy Site, to learn effectively in such courses and programs, to purchase or obtain products and services on the Media Arts Academy Site such as Certificates, and to invite you to participate in market research. We offer products and services on the basis that it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you under the Terms of Service and improve our products and services to meet our legitimate interests in offering the highest-quality online courses and programs available.

Develop and maintain the security and performance of the Media Arts Academy Site — We use information we collect for this purpose, including tracking Media Arts Academy Site outages and creating software solutions, detecting violations of the Honor Code and Terms of Service, and monitoring uses, misuses, and potential misuses of the Media Arts Academy Site. We do this to meet our legal obligations to keep Personal Information secure and to meet our legitimate business interests in keeping the Media Arts Academy Site available at all times.

Communicate with you — As permitted by law, we use information we collect for this purpose, including answering your course and platform questions and notifying you of course and Media Arts Academy Site maintenance and updates. We do this on the basis of our legitimate interests in keeping learners informed about our platform and responding to learner questions.

Promote courses and programs — As permitted by law, we use information we collect for this purpose, including developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you. We send marketing and advertising to you about course offerings, programs, news, and related products and services of Media Arts Academy or Media Arts Academy affiliates, as well as communications about products or services of selected business partners that may be of interest to you. Where required by law, we only send you marketing that you have asked for or that you have given your consent to receive. In other cases, we send marketing to meet our legitimate business interests to promote our business.

Deliver and measure advertising campaigns — We use advertising tracking technologies, including the Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics, to understand how visitors interact with our website, to measure the effectiveness of our advertising, and to show relevant advertisements to people who have previously visited our site. This is described in more detail in Section VI-A below.

Support scientific research including, for example, in the areas of cognitive science and education — We use the information about your participation in courses for this purpose, including collaborating to enable and conduct research about how learners access and master course materials online, with the goal of improving course outcomes. We do this to meet our legitimate interests in supporting scientific and educational research.

Track Media Arts Academy Site usage against goals and mission — We use information we collect for this purpose, including performing analytics to evaluate access to and performance in courses and course-related products and services and to report aggregate usage information (not Personal Information) to business partners and external audiences. We do this based on our legitimate interests in completing and furthering our goals and the mission of the Media Arts Academy Site.

Exercise, enforce, and comply with legal rights and obligations — In some circumstances, we use information we collect for this purpose, including responding to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; and investigating, preventing, or taking action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Media Arts Academy, our Members, or others, and as otherwise required by applicable law. We do this to comply with applicable law (including laws requiring us to keep Personal Information secure), or to meet our legitimate interests in preventing illegal activity, and/or protecting our rights and those of others.

Media Arts Academy may also seek your consent for additional uses of information, including Personal Information, and in such cases will use your Personal Information only for the purpose described to you. All use of Personal Information is subject to applicable law.

IV. HOW MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY SHARES YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Media Arts Academy shares the information we collect about you, including Personal Information, with other entities or individuals in the following circumstances:

With Members — Members receive your Personal Information when you enroll or participate in their courses or programs, as described in Section V below.

With service providers, contractors, and other third parties that help carry out the uses described above — We share your information with third parties that provide business, professional, or technical support functions for us. These service providers are only given access to your information to the extent necessary to process your information and/or provide services to Media Arts Academy, and they are prohibited from using or sharing your information for any other purposes. They also are required to handle Personal Information in a confidential manner and maintain reasonable security practices. In some cases, the Media Arts Academy Site and individual courses are integrated with services or content provided by third parties not affiliated with Media Arts Academy (“Third-Party Content”). Third-Party Content linked to or embedded on the Media Arts Academy Site is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. Your use of Third-Party Content is subject to each site’s privacy policy, which may be different from ours. We have no control over the information that is collected, stored, or used by Third-Party Content. For more information about exercising your choices regarding personalized ads offered through our advertising partners, please see Section VI-A below.

With advertising platforms including Meta (Facebook) and Google — When you visit the Media Arts Academy Site, our advertising tracking tools may share certain information about your visit — such as pages viewed and actions taken — with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook) and Google LLC for the purposes of measuring ad effectiveness and displaying relevant advertisements to you on those platforms. This is described in detail in Section VI-A below.

With other learners in courses that you take and with other visitors to the Media Arts Academy Site — This includes sharing comments, coursework, or other information or content that you submit to a portion of the Media Arts Academy Site designed for viewing by other class members or for public communication. This also includes providing opportunities for you to communicate with other users who may have similar interests or educational goals. In such cases, Media Arts Academy may use all information collected about you to determine who might be interested in communicating with you but will only provide others your username (for clarity, no disclosure of your real name or email address).

With employers, government programs, institutions, or other enterprises that sponsor your enrollment in a course — If an entity pays for or otherwise sponsors your course participation, Media Arts Academy will share information with the entity as needed to confirm your enrollment, participation, progress, and completion status in that course.

With affiliates of Media Arts Academy — All Personal Information shared by Media Arts Academy will be used consistent with this Privacy Policy.

For legal or safety reasons — We access or share your information to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety; as permitted by law; or otherwise as required by law.

To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or other technical issues.

Pursuant to a sale or transfer of business or assets — Media Arts Academy may sell or purchase assets during the normal course of our business. If another entity acquires us or any of our assets, information we have collected about you may be transferred to such entity.

Media Arts Academy may also seek your consent for additional disclosures of information, including Personal Information, and will share it only as described to you or as described in this Privacy Policy.

V. HOW MEMBERS COLLECT, USE AND SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Members receive your Personal Information after you enroll in a course or program offered by that Member or otherwise with your express consent. If you enroll in a course, the Member that offers that course will receive Personal Information from your Media Arts Academy account profile. During your participation in a course, the Member that offers that course will receive the information that Media Arts Academy collects about your activity and performance in that course.

Members use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

Create, administer, provide, and teach courses
Offer and improve products and services
Communicate with you
Promote courses and programs
Support scientific research including, for example, in the areas of cognitive science and education
Exercise, enforce, and comply with legal rights and obligations

Members share your Personal Information in the following ways:

With service providers, contractors, and other third parties
With other learners in courses that you take and with other visitors to the Media Arts Academy Site
With their affiliates
For legal or safety reasons
To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or other technical issues
Pursuant to a sale or transfer of business or assets

VI-A. ADVERTISING TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES — FACEBOOK PIXEL AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS (New Section)

We want to be transparent about the advertising tracking tools we use on the Media Arts Academy Site and what they mean for you. This section explains what these tools are, what data they collect, and how you can opt out.

What Is the Facebook Pixel?

The Facebook Pixel is a small piece of code placed on our website by Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook). When you visit pages on the Media Arts Academy Site — including our course landing pages, free lesson opt-in pages, and checkout pages — the Facebook Pixel records that visit and certain actions you take, such as viewing a page or completing a purchase.

This information is sent to Facebook and is used for two purposes. First, it helps us understand whether our Facebook advertising is working — for example, whether someone who saw one of our ads later visited our website or enrolled in a course. Second, it allows us to show advertisements on Facebook and Instagram to people who have previously visited our website but did not enroll, a practice known as retargeting.

What data does the Facebook Pixel collect? The Facebook Pixel collects information such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you visited on our site, actions you took (such as submitting a form or completing a purchase), and the time and date of your visit. This information is associated with your Facebook account if you are logged into Facebook when you visit our site.

Facebook’s use of this data is governed by Facebook’s own Data Policy, which you can review at facebook.com/policy.php.

What Is Google Analytics?

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC that helps us understand how visitors use the Media Arts Academy Site. When you visit our site, Google Analytics collects information such as which pages you visited, how long you spent on each page, where you came from (for example, a search engine or a social media platform), and what device and browser you used.

This information is used in aggregate to help us improve our website and understand which content and courses are most useful to our visitors. Google Analytics does not collect your name or email address unless you have voluntarily provided that information elsewhere on our site.

Google’s use of this data is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy, which you can review at policies.google.com/privacy.

What Is Retargeting?

Retargeting is a form of online advertising that allows us to show advertisements to people who have previously visited the Media Arts Academy Site. For example, if you visited our free lesson page but did not sign up, you may later see a Media Arts Academy advertisement on Facebook or Instagram reminding you about the free lesson.

Retargeting works through cookies — small text files stored in your browser — that allow advertising platforms to recognize your browser when you visit other websites. We only use retargeting to show advertisements for Media Arts Academy’s own courses and programs. We do not sell your data to third-party advertisers.

How to Opt Out of Advertising Tracking

You have several options to limit or opt out of advertising tracking:

Facebook: You can opt out of interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting your Facebook Ad Preferences at facebook.com/ads/preferences or through the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out tool at optout.aboutads.info.

Google Analytics: You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Browser settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through your browser settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some features on the Media Arts Academy Site.

Do Not Track: Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activity tracked. The Media Arts Academy Site does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals, but you may use the opt-out methods described above to limit tracking.

Your Privacy Choices: California residents may also opt out of the sale or sharing of their Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising as described in Section VII below.

A Note for Parents of Minor Students

Media Arts Academy serves homeschool students ages 9 to 18. Parents and guardians who enroll their children in our courses should be aware that our advertising tracking tools — the Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics — collect data based on the device and browser used to visit our site. If a parent visits our site on a shared family device, advertising tracking from that visit may be associated with that device’s browser. We encourage parents to review the opt-out options above if they have concerns about tracking on shared devices. We do not knowingly use advertising tracking tools to collect Personal Information directly from children under the age of 13.

VI-B. HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You can manage your Personal Information through learner features on the Media Arts Academy Site and requests to the Media Arts Academy learner support team. If your request involves information controlled by a Member, Media Arts Academy will, as applicable, notify the appropriate Member to address your request.

A. Access and correct your Personal Information

Much of your Personal Information is available in your Media Arts Academy account. Your name, email address, and other identifiable profile information is editable through your Media Arts Academy Account Settings except as noted below. Your account dashboard lists all current and archived courses in which you have enrolled and includes links to any Certificates you may have earned. Please contact Media Arts Academy learner support to request any corrections to your Personal Information.

Please note that usernames cannot be changed. Because usernames identify you in courses and elsewhere on the Media Arts Academy Site, Media Arts Academy encourages you to use discretion in choosing your username.

B. Restrict or object to the processing of Personal Information

If you want to manage emails and other communications Media Arts Academy sends to you, you may update your preferences in your Media Arts Academy account dashboard, follow the steps described in links at the bottom of email messages, or contact Media Arts Academy learner support.

C. Delete account and Personal Information

To request deletion of your Media Arts Academy account and Personal Information, you should click the button labeled “Delete my account” in your Media Arts Academy account settings. Media Arts Academy will permanently deactivate your account, remove the active profile, retire your username, and remove you from Media Arts Academy email lists within 30 days of your request.

D. Data retention

Media Arts Academy will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with services you have requested, maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting and compliance purposes, or comply with Media Arts Academy’s legal obligations.

VII. NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS

As required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), below are the categories of Personal Information about California consumers that we collect and disclose for a business purpose.

We collect and disclose for a business purpose the following categories of Personal Information:

Contact Information and Identifiers, including real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, phone number, account name, or other similar identifiers.
Commercial Information, including records of products and services purchased and purchasing history.
Customer Records, including paper and electronic customer records containing Personal Information.
Usage Data, including internet or other electronic network activity information, such as information about how you interact with our services or advertisements.
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory or similar information, including audio/video recordings of class sessions.
Education Information, including information about education history or background.
Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above reflecting your preferences and characteristics.

Advertising Data Disclosure: In connection with our use of the Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics, we may disclose Identifiers and Usage Data to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook) and Google LLC for advertising measurement and retargeting purposes. Under the CCPA, some of these data disclosures may be broadly considered a “sale” of information or “sharing” of information for cross-context behavioral advertising. To opt out of the sale of your Personal Information or the sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising, please contact us at [email protected] or use the opt-out methods described in Section VI-A above.

California Consumer Rights:

The right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information
The right to request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you in the prior 12 months
The right to request deletion of the Personal Information that we have collected from you
The right to correct inaccurate Personal Information that we maintain about you
The right to request more details about the Personal Information we collect and how and why we use and share it

You can submit a copy, deletion, correction or right-to-know request by emailing [email protected].

California’s Shine the Light Law. If you are a California resident and do not want Media Arts Academy to disclose your information to third parties (or Members) for their direct marketing purposes, you may opt out by contacting Media Arts Academy learner support.

VIII. STORAGE & SECURITY

Media Arts Academy stores information, including Personal Information, on its own servers and on servers of companies that Media Arts Academy hires to provide services. Information may be stored in the United States and in other countries where Media Arts Academy or its service providers operate.

Media Arts Academy has an information security program designed to protect information in its possession or control through administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. Nonetheless, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and therefore Media Arts Academy cannot guarantee absolute security.

If Media Arts Academy learns of a security breach involving your Personal Information, Media Arts Academy may attempt to notify you electronically so that you may take appropriate protective steps.

IX. PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

This Privacy Policy will be reviewed and updated from time to time. When we make material changes, we will give notice via the Media Arts Academy Site or by otherwise notifying you. The Privacy Policy will include a “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. By accessing the Media Arts Academy Site after any changes have been made, you accept the modified Privacy Policy.

Summary of changes in this update (May 15, 2026):

Added Section VI-A: Advertising Tracking Technologies — Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics
Added disclosure of retargeting practices and how visitors can opt out
Added note for parents of minor students regarding advertising tracking on shared devices
Updated Section IV to include disclosure of data sharing with Meta (Facebook) and Google for advertising purposes
Updated Section VII California Consumer Notice to include advertising data disclosure
Updated Table of Contents to reflect new sections

X. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have privacy concerns, have disclosed data you would prefer to keep private, or would like to access, delete or correct the Personal Information that Media Arts Academy maintains about you, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]

Mail: ATTN: PRIVACY Media Arts Academy, Inc. 10342 SW Ligustrum Drive, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987 USA

Depending on your location, you also may have the right to file a complaint with the data protection regulatory authority in the country where you reside.