A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE SIGNING UP TO COURSERA'S SIGNATURE TRACK

https://www.coursera.org/about/terms/privacypolicy

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WHAT YOU CONSENT TO BY USING OUR SITE

Please understand that by submitting any Personally Identifiable Information to us, you consent and agree that we may collect, use and disclose such Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, and as permitted or required by law. If you do not agree with these terms, then please do not provide any Personally Identifiable Information to us. If you refuse or withdraw your consent, or if you choose not to provide us with any required Personally Identifiable Information, we may not be able to provide you with the services that can be offered on our Site.

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You and your PII become subject to the laws and conditions, present or future, of the USA. Coursera doesn't offer any extra guarantees and they do not provide nor even intent to provide of a way to recall one's PII.

They also do not provide of a way to delete* one's PII from their servers.

* even if they claimed to do it wouldn't be verifiable.

Notice also this part:

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Communications with Coursera Business Partners. We may share your Personally Identifiable Information with business

partners of Coursera to receive communications from such parties that you have opted in to.

Disclosure to Coursera Operations and Maintenance Contractors. Our operations and maintenance contractors may have limited access to your Personally Identifiable Information in the course of providing products or services to us. These contractors may include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, and/or content related to the operation and maintenance of the Site or the Online Course. Access to your Personally Identifiable Information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform its limited function for us.

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It's probably a good thing that you take time to read the whole text of the ToS, since there are many provisions there that become significantly more serious when you hand Coursera the kind of detailed information required for the Signature Track program.

I recommend this essay by Bruce Schneier: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/04/privacy_and_con.html

Regards,