Privacy Policy for Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
At Continuing Professional Development (CPD), we are committed to protecting the privacy, security, and confidentiality of institutions, training providers, learners, educators, professionals, and website visitors who interact with our professional development platform, qualification systems, learner verification services, and continuing education framework.
This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, stored, processed, protected, and used through our Continuing Professional Development services and digital platforms.
By accessing our website, submitting institutional applications, registering qualifications, using verification services, or interacting with CPD systems, users acknowledge and agree to the practices outlined within this Privacy Policy.
To support Continuing Professional Development services, workforce learning systems, qualification recognition, candidate verification, and institutional onboarding, CPD may collect various forms of professional, educational, technical, and operational information.
We may collect institutional information including:
This information is used for institutional registration, professional learning recognition, qualification management, verification support, and communication purposes.
For institutions operating under CPD Qualification systems, we may collect learner and certification-related information including:
This information supports candidate verification, certificate authentication, qualification transparency, and professional learning validation.
When users access the CPD website or digital services, certain technical data may automatically be collected including:
This information helps improve security, optimize website functionality, enhance user experience, and maintain technical performance.
Information collected through the Continuing Professional Development platform may be used for:
Information is used strictly for professional, educational, verification, and operational purposes.
Institutions participating in CPD Qualification systems may utilize learner verification services to improve qualification transparency and certification authenticity.
Verification systems may display limited information including:
Verification information is displayed solely for qualification authentication and professional transparency purposes.
CPD implements reasonable administrative, operational, and technical safeguards to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Security practices may include:
While CPD takes reasonable measures to maintain security, no online system can guarantee absolute protection against all cyber or technical risks.
CPD may utilize trusted third-party service providers for:
Third-party providers are expected to maintain professional confidentiality and data security standards.
The Continuing Professional Development website may use cookies and analytics technologies to:
Users may manage cookie settings through browser preferences.
Information may be retained for:
Retention periods may vary depending on institutional participation and qualification management requirements.
Users may request:
Requests may require identity verification and compliance review.
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect:
Updated versions will be published on the CPD website.
