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Terms of Use
Welcome to the “COLcommons” online platform (“platform”) maintained by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The platform offers short courses for just-in-time learning for anyone interested to develop understanding and skills related to the topics covered.
Access to online “platform” is provided as a service by COL and its usage is expected to be on an “as is” basis. While every effort has been made to provide accurate information, the views and opinions expressed in the courses are those of the authors and neither reflect the views of COL or its partners nor provide an endorsement by COL or its partners. All products and services mentioned in the course are owned by their respective copyright holders. COL accepts no responsibility or liability for your use of the platform or the courses, and your use is entirely at your own risk.
We recommend that you read COL’s “Terms and Conditions of Use”, “Privacy Policy” and “Online Data Protection Policy” which are applicable to the ‘platform”.
Registration and Accounts
Use of your data and content for research
Code of Honour
As a user of the ‘platform”, you are expected to adhere to the Code of Honour. By accessing and/or using the courses (by whatever means or device and whether as a Visitor or as Learner), you confirm that you have read, agree and comply with these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
By accessing and using the platform, you agree to the following conditions where failure to comply with any one of these will be treated as breach of the Code of Honour:
Privacy Policy
As an inter-governmental organisation, COL is committed to the highest standards of privacy and protection of user information online. COL has not made use of any software on this website that is able collect personal information from users without their explicit knowledge or share user data with other applications or entities.
Cookies
Cookies refer to data that is stored on a user's computer or mobile device browser to help speed up the browsing experience. COL.org uses cookies for this purpose. No cookie information is collected or stored by COL that could be used to track users at any time. Users can adjust their cookie settings to their preference in their local computer or mobile device browser.
Analytics
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are referenced for the purpose of establishing the number of unique site visits to monitor site traffic and inform site analytics. No personal information is referenced or stored. Data used for website analytics purposes is in aggregate form only.
Links
The “platform” contains links to external sites, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where users may have accounts. COL does not gather profile data from these or other external sites.