Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 2026
Welcome to OnlineJobs University (OLJU). We respect your privacy and are deeply committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (olju.ph) and use our educational platform. This policy is designed to comply strictly with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173) of the Philippines and the issuances of the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
The Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering for an account, enrolling in a course, applying to become an instructor, or participating in surveys and live classes.
For Students:
- Identity and Contact Data: Your full name, email address, and OnlineJobs.ph profile link.
- Educational Data: Your course progress, quiz scores, final project outputs, and communications during live hybrid sessions.
- Transaction Data: Billing information and payment history for premium courses.
For Instructors:
- Identity and Professional Data: Your name, email address, professional background, and course application materials.
- Financial Data: Bank account or payment gateway details necessary to disburse your revenue share.
How We Use Your Information
We process your personal information only for legitimate business purposes, which include:
- Delivering Education: To grant you access to courses, track your progress, and allow instructors to grade your practical testing and final outputs.
- Platform Integration: To verify your course completion and automatically award the official OnlineJobs Certified Badge to your linked OnlineJobs.ph profile.
- Platform Operations: To process payments, disburse instructor earnings based on our sliding scale tiers, and provide customer support.
- Communication: To send you administrative messages, course updates, and respond to your inquiries ASAP.
- Quality Improvement: To analyze survey data and feedback to ensure our courses teach practical skills and maintain a university level standard.
How We Share Your Information
We are highly protective of our user base. We do not, and will never, sell your personal information and data to third party sellers or data brokers.
We only share your information in the following specific scenarios:
- With Your Instructors: When you enroll in a course, your instructor receives necessary details (such as your name, quiz scores, and submitted projects) to provide feedback, grade your work, and facilitate live interactions.
- Within the OnlineJobs Ecosystem: We share completion records with OnlineJobs.ph solely to attach your earned badges to your professional profile, increasing your visibility to potential employers.
- With Service Providers: We may share data with trusted third party vendors who assist us in operating our platform, processing secure payments, or sending emails. These vendors are legally bound to protect your data.
Data Security and Retention
We implement strict organizational, physical, and technical security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
We retain your personal information only for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, to maintain your educational records and badges, or as required by Philippine law.
Your Rights Under the Data Privacy Act
Under the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to be Informed: To know how your data is being collected and processed.
- Right to Access: To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectify: To correct any inaccuracies or errors in your data.
- Right to Erasure or Blocking: To request the deletion or blocking of your data if it is incomplete, outdated, or unlawfully obtained.
- Right to Object: To object to the processing of your data for direct marketing or other specific purposes.
- Right to Data Portability: To obtain a copy of your data in a secure, structured, and commonly used format.
- Right to File a Complaint: To file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission (NPC) if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
- Right to Damages: To claim compensation if you suffer damages due to inaccurate, incomplete, or unauthorized use of your personal data.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our platform or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or if you wish to exercise your rights under the Data Privacy Act, please contact our team:
- support@olju.ph
Subject Line: Data Privacy Inquiry
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.