Privacy Policy

VH Courses Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 01 June 2025
Website: https://vhcourses.com

VH Courses (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your personal information when you use our CPD-certified e-learning courses and services.


1. What Information We Collect

a. Data You Give Us

  • Name, email, phone number, billing info (for registration or purchases)

  • Professional details (job title, company, CPD requirements for certificates)

  • Login/account info

b. Course & Learning Data

  • Records of course activity, progress, completions, assessments

  • CPD certificate details and documents you upload

c. Technical & Usage Data

  • IP address, device, browser type, location data

  • Usage stats (pages visited, interactions, session times)

d. Cookies & Tracking

  • We use cookies and similar tech for site performance and personalisation.
    See our Cookies Policy for details.


2. How We Use Your Info

  • Deliver and manage course access

  • Process payments, provide invoices and certificates

  • Communicate about courses, updates, and (with your consent) offers

  • Improve our courses and site experience

  • Meet legal obligations (like record-keeping for CPD)

  • Prevent fraud and protect our systems


3. Sharing Your Info

We don’t sell your data. We may share it with:

  • Trusted service providers (payments, email, course hosting) under strict controls

  • Accrediting bodies/regulators as needed for compliance or certification

  • Legal authorities, if required


4. Data Retention

We keep your data only as long as needed for:

  • Course and CPD management

  • Legal and compliance reasons

  • Dispute resolution

Records for completed courses/certificates are kept at least 5 years to meet professional standards.


5. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR you can:

  • Ask for a copy of your data

  • Correct incomplete or inaccurate info

  • Ask us to delete your data (unless we’re legally required to keep it)

  • Withdraw consent for marketing

  • Request data portability or object to processing

Contact us anytime: sales@vhcourses.com
You can also complain to the UK ICO if you’re not happy with our response.


6. Security

We use technical and organisational measures to protect your info. Note: internet transmission is not 100% secure.


7. International Transfers

If any processing happens outside the UK/EEA, we ensure safeguards (like approved contracts) are in place.


8. Children’s Privacy

Our services are for adults and professionals only. We never knowingly collect data from under-16s.


9. Changes

We may update this policy and will post changes here with a new effective date. Please check back periodically.


10. Contact

Questions?
Email: sales@vhcourses.com