Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 12, 2026
1. Overview
At CourseFinder ("we", "our", or "us"), we value your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit our website at CourseFinder.
CourseFinder operates as an open, independent directory of online education websites. We do not sell user personal data to third parties.
2. Information We Collect
a) Information You Voluntarily Provide
- Platform Suggestions: Site name, URL, category, language, and optional submitter email address.
- Broken Link Reports: Reported platform URL, reason for report, and timestamp.
- Contact Form Submissions: Your name, email address, message subject, and inquiry content.
b) Automatically Collected Log Data & Cookies
When you browse CourseFinder, standard web servers and analytics tools automatically log technical parameters, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages viewed, and timestamps.
3. How We Use Information
- To operate, update, and maintain the CourseFinder platform directory.
- To review, verify, and approve platform suggestions and link error reports.
- To respond to user inquiries submitted through our contact form.
- To monitor website traffic, performance, and security.
- To serve relevant advertising via Google AdSense.
4. Google AdSense & Third-Party Cookies
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on CourseFinder to support free access to our directory.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to CourseFinder or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- For further information on how Google manages advertising data, please review Google's Advertising Privacy Policy.
5. Data Protection & Contact Information
CourseFinder does not sell, rent, or trade personal contact information to third parties. Data collected through forms is used strictly for community support and directory administration.
Privacy Inquiries
Email: privacy@coursefinder.app