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What Coursera's terms say

D privacy grade · coursera.org · Learning

Coursera's terms of service and privacy policy have 19 rated points: 0 serious, 5 bad, 12 worth knowing and 2 good. 14 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 5 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Coursera

Bad 5

  • You waive your right to a class action

  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

  • You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service

    You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service (1 year)

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

  • The service is only available in some countries approved by its government

Worth knowing 9

  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

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    Where it says this ↗

  • This service is only available for use individually and non-commercially

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

  • You should revisit the terms periodically, although in case of material changes, the service will notify

  • This service assumes no responsibility and liability for the contents of links to other websites

With an account

If you have a Coursera account

Worth knowing 3

  • Your content can be used by the service provider for all their existing and future services

    This service can use your content for all their existing and future services

    The Terms of Use states "To the extent that you provide User Content, you grant Coursera a fully-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to copy, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise use the User Content."

    Where it says this ↗

  • Alternative accounts are not allowed

  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

Good 2

  • Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

  • You maintain ownership of your content

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