Overview
Udacity provides various online education courses alongside its partners with nanodegrees. The terms state that Udacity can share a user’s profile and all the included information, materials, documents and pictures with employers, recruiters or career related third parties. Udacity's terms do not say whether they sell users' personal information to third-parties. However, Udacity's terms do say they may send third-party marketing communications or promotions to users and may display targeted ads and use third-party cookies to track a user's activity. Udacity's terms state their security policies are consistent with industry practices and the level of data that is provided and hosted by Udacity. Lastly, Udacity's terms state its services are not intended for, nor directed at, individuals under the age of 13.

Udacity can be accessed through its website. The Privacy Policy and Terms of Use used for this evaluation can be found on Udacity's website. Additionally, other policies used for this evaluation include: Cookie Policy, GDPR Compliance, and Important Notice for California Residents. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.

Safety
The terms state Udacity can share a user’s profile and all the included information, materials, documents and pictures with employers, recruiters or career related third parties. In addition, users may be able to post messages and interact with other trusted or non-trusted users on the service. Udacity’s terms state they may offer social sharing features which allow users to make their career profile public as well as sharing their class details and information. Users can also choose to share additional information, such as their work experience, resume and transcript, their picture, and answers to questions about their experience, studies and work preferences, when they create a professional profile through Udacity's career services. Lastly, the terms state all user communications are not pre-reviewed, post- reviewed, screened, archived or otherwise monitored by Udacity in any way.

Privacy
The terms state that Udacity may collect personal information from users that may include their name, address, telephone number, email address and other information they provide in connection with career services; for example, salary information, job placement information, career goals, work experience, and other profile information. Udacity's terms state they may also collect information about a user's performance or accomplishments related to the course, such as quiz or exam scores, grades, project evaluations, teacher evaluations and other evaluations of their performance or accomplishments.

Udacity's terms do not say whether they sell users' personal information to third-parties. However, Udacity's terms do say they may send third-party marketing communications or promotions to users and may display targeted ads and use third-party cookies to track a user's activity. The terms also say Udacity may track users across various sites where they may display ads and record users' activities so they can show more targeted ads as users browse the Internet.

Security
Udacity's terms state their security policies are consistent with industry practices and the level of data that is provided and hosted by Udacity. Also, the terms state Udacity implements physical, personnel, IT and vendor security practices to protect personal data and ensure all their vendors are in compliance with their security obligations when data is processed by them. The policies explain that personal data is encrypted while in transit and at rest, but the terms are unclear whether notice is provided to users in the event of a data breach.

Compliance
Udacity's terms state its services are not intended for, nor directed at, individuals under the age of 13. If Udacity becomes aware that they inadvertently collected personal information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent, they will take reasonable steps to delete it as soon as possible. In addition, the terms state that Udacity will retain users' personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. Lastly, the terms state users can access their personal information, and the terms provide for a user's ability to export their data.

This product received a Warning rating based on the following details:
Unclear whether personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
Personal information is shared for third-party marketing.
Personalised advertising is displayed.
Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
User's information is used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
Data profiles are created and used for personalised advertisements.