Privacy Policy
This page explains how Uedu collects, processes, and protects your personal data, ensuring that your privacy is fully safeguarded when you use the platform's services.
Scope of This Privacy Policy
What This Policy Covers
Uedu values the privacy of every user. This Policy explains how we collect, process, and protect your personal data, ensuring that your privacy is fully safeguarded when you use the platform's services.
Scope of Application
This Policy applies to personal data provided or generated when you use the services offered by the Uedu website (uedu.tw), its university subdomain sites, and its mobile applications
Outside the Scope
This Policy does not apply to third-party websites linked from this website, nor to persons not commissioned by or involved in the management of this website
Privacy Protection
Your personal data is fully protected
Collection, Processing, and Use of Personal Data
What Data We Collect
| Data Type | Details | Purpose of Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Account Information | Name, email address, and contact information | Identity Verification Service Delivery |
| Browsing Records | IP address, browsing time, browser type, and click records | Internal Analysis System optimization |
| Interactive Feature Data | Name, email address, contact information, and usage time provided through the service mailbox and survey responses | Service Response Statistical Analysis |
| Survey Statistics | Anonymized results derived from statistical analysis | Academic Research Publication |
| AI Conversation Records | Text, voice, and file interactions with the virtual teaching assistant | Educational Research AI Optimization |
| Learning Profiling | Psychological scale responses and results (voluntary participation) | Personal Reference Academic Research |
| Health and Physiological Data | Health data uploaded from wearable or mobile devices (sleep, HRV, step count, etc.) | Personalized Feedback Academic Research |
| Women's Health Data | Garmin Women's Health (menstrual cycle tracking) data, including cycle phase, period, and pregnancy records (requires separate authorization in Garmin Connect; not used for academic research) | Personal Reference |
| Gender and Demographics | Research-related information such as gender identity and sexual orientation (provided voluntarily) | Academic Research Encrypted Storage |
| Classroom Recordings | Classroom screen captures and camera footage | After-class review Digital Classroom Observation |
Anonymization
After statistical analysis, survey data may be released publicly in a form that does not identify any individual. You may request the correction or deletion of your personal data at any time; please refer to the contact information at the bottom of this page.
AI Conversation System and Virtual Teaching Assistant
The platform provides a virtual teaching assistant powered by generative artificial intelligence to support course instruction and adaptive learning. Your conversations with the virtual teaching assistant (including text, uploaded files, and voice messages) are recorded and stored on the platform.
Instructor Access
Course instructors may review students' conversations with the virtual teaching assistant in their courses to improve instructional design and conduct educational research
Teaching Assistant Restrictions
Course teaching assistants may only use instructional management functions and may not view the plaintext content of students' conversations
User Notice
Please do not enter highly sensitive personal information in conversations, such as credit card numbers, account passwords, or national ID numbers. After de-identification, conversation data may be used for academic research on AI-assisted teaching.
Learner Trait Exploration (Psychological Scales)
The platform offers learner trait exploration features, including open-source psychological assessment tools such as the Holland occupational interest inventory, the Big Five personality inventory, and a psychological type indicator.
Entirely Voluntary Participation
Completing the scales is entirely voluntary and does not affect other platform features or course grades
For Personal Reference Only
Scale results are for your personal reference only and are not shared with instructors or other students
Gender, Identity, and Demographic Data
For academic research purposes, the platform may invite you to provide information such as biological sex, gender identity, preferred pronouns, sexual orientation, and date of birth. The purpose of collection is to explore, through data science methods, potential associations between these factors and learning cognition, in order to provide more appropriate virtual teaching assistant responses.
Entirely Voluntary to Provide
Every item includes a "prefer not to disclose" option, and leaving items blank does not affect your use of the platform
Strict Privacy Protection
Not disclosed to instructors or teaching assistants; stored only in encrypted form and used solely for de-identified statistical analysis
Research Purpose
To examine differences in learning outcomes among learners of different gender backgrounds in generative AI-assisted teaching environments, in order to design virtual teaching assistants that benefit learners of all genders.
Classroom Recording Features
Screen and Camera Recording
Course instructors may record the screen and/or camera footage during class to support digital classroom observation and post-class review
Speech-to-Text
Classroom audio may be converted to text using speech recognition technology for live captions or post-class reference
Recorded audio and video files are stored on the platform's servers and managed by the course instructor. Instructors may decide whether to make recordings available to enrolled students.
Instructor Data Export
Course instructors may export student interaction data from their courses through the platform, including conversation records, uploaded files, voice messages, forum discussions, and survey responses.
Encrypted Archive
Exported data is provided as an encrypted archive with a randomly generated password
Completion Notification
Instructors are notified upon export completion and reminded of the data's sensitivity
Confidentiality Recommendation
If analysis is delegated to others, signing a non-disclosure agreement is recommended
Data Protection
Technical Safeguards
Firewall and Antivirus Systems
This website employs security mechanisms such as firewalls and antivirus systems to safeguard data storage and transmission
Access Control
Strict access controls ensure that data is accessible only to authorized personnel
Sensitive Data Encryption
Data in sensitive categories, such as health, physiological, and gender identity data, is stored in encrypted form
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Accounts with instructor, teaching assistant, or administrator privileges are required to enable TOTP two-factor authentication to prevent leakage of students' personal data due to account compromise. See the Two-Factor Authentication Policy for details.
Administrative Safeguards
Personnel Confidentiality Agreements
All personnel authorized to access data have signed confidentiality agreements to prevent data leakage
Contracted Vendor Oversight
Contracted vendors must also sign confidentiality agreements and are subject to this website's supervision
External Links from This Website
This website may contain links to other websites to provide additional reference information. Once you click these links and leave this website, your privacy is governed by the policies of those websites.
External Website Privacy Notice
The privacy policies of externally linked websites are not covered by this website's protections. Please refer to the privacy policies of those websites.
Policy on Sharing Personal Data with Third Parties
This website will never arbitrarily provide, exchange, rent, or sell your personal data to any external party.
Third-Party Sign-In Services
OAuth services from Google, Apple ID, and GitHub are used, and only basic profile information is received
AI Conversation Services
The OpenAI API is used to provide AI conversation features; conversation content is transmitted to OpenAI for processing
Data is disclosed only in the following circumstances, as required by law or in the public interest:
Exceptions
With your written consent
As expressly required by law
To protect your life, body, liberty, or property
For public-interest or academic research after anonymization
Necessary disclosure in cases of Terms of Service violations or harm to the rights of third parties
When it is in your interest
When processing is outsourced, this website will exercise due supervisory responsibility
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed in your browser by the web server to identify your browser and provide personalized services.
Providing the Best Service Experience
This website uses cookies to provide optimized service content and user experience
You Can Manage Cookies Yourself
You may refuse cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect the normal operation of some features
How to Manage Cookies
Most browsers accept cookies by default. You can adjust the cookie acceptance level in your browser's Settings or Preferences, including refusing all cookies or being notified whenever a cookie is received.
Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Health and Physiological Data
Wearable Device Data (Garmin)
After you authorize the platform to link your Garmin account, we may access the following activity information:
Women's Health Data (Garmin Women's Health)
If you separately enable Women's Health data sharing in your Garmin Connect permission settings, the platform may receive menstrual cycle tracking data:
This category of data is treated at the platform's highest sensitivity level: it is available only to you for personal reference, and is not used for academic research, not included in the authorizable scope of research projects, and not provided to instructors or any third party. The platform receives this data only when two conditions are both met: you check the box consenting to share Women's Health data on the Garmin authorization page, and you actually use the menstrual cycle tracking feature in Garmin Connect — if either condition is absent, the platform receives no Women's Health data at all. Users who linked Garmin before this service launched are unaffected: existing authorizations do not automatically enable this sharing, which takes effect only after re-authorization with the box checked. You may cancel this sharing at any time in Garmin Connect's third-party app permission settings, or revoke the Garmin authorization entirely.
Mobile Device Health Data
When you upload health data through the Uedu mobile application, the platform may receive the following information:
Data sources include Apple HealthKit and Android Health Connect.
How the Data Is Used
Personalized Recommendations
Providing personalized health and learning feedback
De-identified Research
Conducting de-identified analysis and academic research
Service Optimization
Improving the learning platform and service design
Internal Use Only
Data is used internally only, and disclosed solely with your explicit consent or as required by law
Revoke Authorization at Any Time
You may revoke authorization at any time and request the deletion of related health and physiological data
This Policy was last updated on July 14, 2026
This website reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time; revisions will be announced on this page. In the event of material changes, the platform may notify users through website announcements or email.
If you have any questions about this Policy, or wish to access, correct, or delete your data, please contact
Assistant Professor Chia-Kai Chang, Center for General Education, National Central University
Uedu Privacy Policy
1. Scope of the Privacy Policy
- This policy applies to personally identifiable information you provide or generate when using the Uedu website.
- It does not apply to linked external websites or individuals not managed or authorized by this site.
2. Collection, Processing, and Use of Personal Data
- We may request necessary personal data depending on the service function, which will be used only within the specific scope of purpose.
- When using features like contact forms or surveys, we may collect your name, email, contact info, and usage time.
- During general browsing, the server automatically records your IP address, access time, browser type, and browsing behavior, used for internal analysis only.
- Survey results may be statistically analyzed and published in a way that does not identify individuals.
- You may request correction or deletion of your data at any time. Contact details are provided below.
3. Data Protection
- We implement firewall protection, antivirus systems, and access control to ensure data security.
- Only authorized personnel can access your personal data, and all staff are bound by confidentiality agreements.
- Third-party service providers are also required to comply with our privacy policies and are subject to supervision.
4. External Links
- Our website may contain links to other websites. Their privacy policies are not covered by this policy.
- You should review the privacy policies of those external websites separately.
5. Policy on Sharing Personal Data with Third Parties
- We do not sell, rent, exchange, or share your personal data with any third parties unless legally required or contractually obligated.
- Exceptions include the following situations:
- With your written consent,
- When legally required,
- To protect your life, body, freedom, or property,
- For statistical or academic research in anonymized form,
- When your actions violate terms of service or harm others, requiring identification or legal action,
- When it is in your best interest,
- When entrusted to contractors under strict supervision.
6. Use of Cookies
- We use cookies to offer the best user experience.
- You may refuse cookies via browser settings, but this may affect certain website functions.
7. Garmin Activity Data Collection, Use, and Disclosure
- If you connect your Garmin account and grant permission, we may access the following data:
- Steps, distance, calories, heart rate, GPS data, activity duration, and device information.
- We use this data for the following purposes:
- To provide personalized learning feedback and activity insights,
- To perform anonymized analysis and academic research,
- To enhance platform functionality and user experience.
- Data will only be disclosed with your consent or as required by law.
- You may revoke authorization and request deletion of your data at any time.
8. Amendments to the Privacy Policy
- This policy may be updated at any time. Changes will be announced on this page and take effect immediately.
9. Contact Information
- If you have questions about this policy or wish to access, correct, or delete your data, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://uedu.tw