Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 1, 2026

Who we are

Our website address is: https://ganttacademy.com.

We are The Gantt Academy, a provider of training and certification preparation for project managers. We are currently headquartered in Castro Valley, CA.

How we handle your data

Security and privacy are at the core of our business practices and product offerings; we care deeply about protecting the personal information of our customers and website visitors. Our goal is to be as transparent and forthright as possible about the data we collect, with whom we share this data, and how this data is used.

The data we collect includes: user information (name, email, physical address, company name, PMI® member number, phone number, class enrollment information, geographic location, payment information, etc.), digital information (IP address, browser information and history, device information, metadata, certain provided social-media identifiers, etc.), and information from other sources (publicly available information, information you provide at seminars, information you consent to be provided to us by third parties, etc.).

This information is shared with members of our corporate family, business partners, third-party service providers, authorized users within your organization, and legal or regulatory authorities as required. The purpose of this data sharing is wide-ranging, from providing services and content, to account registration, payment processing, technical support, marketing, business communications, and more.

For any questions regarding this notice or any of our privacy practices, you are welcome to contact us any time at The Gantt Academy; 23051 Canyon Terrace, Castro Valley CA 94552, attn: Privacy.

Who do we share data with?

• Business partners, including the Project Management Institute
• Members of the corporate family, including Crosswind Learning
• Third-party service providers and vendors
• Authorized users within your organization
• Legal and regulatory authorities as required

What do we collect?

User Information:

• E-mail
• Name
• Company name
• Address and/or billing address
• Phone number
• PMI membership number
• Class enrollment information
• Geographic location
• Industry
• Payment information

Digital Information:

• IP
• Browser
• Browsing history
• Device information
• Metadata (e.g., e-mail open rates, website clicks)
• Social-media identifiers used for login to EIG products

Other Sources:

• Publicly available information
• Information you provide in seminars or surveys
• Information you consent to be provided to us from third parties

How is data used?

• To provide services and content
• Account registration
• Payment processing
• Customer and technical support
• Marketing
• Customized content
• Business communications
• Analytics and statistical purposes
• Maintaining quality of services
• Security, compliance, and legal reasons
• Class registration
• Confirmation of certification requirements (including the Project Management Institute)
• To provide you access to venues where we host classes

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor's IP address and browser user-agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen-options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me," your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Advertising and analytics cookies

We work with third-party advertising and analytics providers to understand how visitors find and use our site and to measure how well our advertising performs. These partners include major search engines, social media platforms, and analytics services (for example, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Reddit). They place cookies and similar technologies in your browser and may collect information such as your IP address, device and browser details, and the pages you view, and may use it to show you relevant ads on other websites.

You can turn off personalized advertising at any time through your browser's privacy settings and through the industry opt-out tools at the Digital Advertising Alliance (optout.aboutads.info) and the Network Advertising Initiative (optout.networkadvertising.org).

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam-detection service.

Your California Privacy Rights

The sections below apply to California residents. As a California resident, you may be able to exercise the following rights with respect to your personal information that we have collected, subject to certain exceptions:

The Right to Know

You have the right to request any or all of the following information relating to your personal information we have collected and disclosed in the last 12 months, upon our verification of your identity:

• The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you;
• The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
• The categories of sources of your personal information;
• The categories of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for a business purpose, and the categories of recipients to whom this information was disclosed;
• The categories of personal information we have sold about you (if any), and the categories of third parties to whom the information was sold; and
• The business or commercial purposes for collecting or, if applicable, selling the personal information.

The Right to Request Deletion

You have the right to request the deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.

The Right to Opt Out of the Sale of Your Personal Information

Like most websites, we use advertising and analytics cookies (described under "Advertising and analytics cookies" above) that may share limited information with our advertising partners. Under California law, this may be considered a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information. You can opt out at any time using your browser's privacy settings and the industry opt-out tools listed in that section.

The Right to Non-Discrimination

You have the right to non-discrimination for exercising these rights.

"Shine the Light"

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information to a third party for the third party's direct marketing purposes.

How to Exercise Your California Consumer Rights

To exercise your California Consumer Rights, please submit a request to us through our Contact Us page.

We will need to verify your identity before processing your request. In order to verify your identity, we will generally require the matching of sufficient information you provide us to the information we maintain about you in our systems. If you are using an authorized agent, please note that you will be required to verify your identity and provide written confirmation that you have authorized the agent to make a request on your behalf. For requests to access or delete, we may require you to verify your identity directly with us, and directly confirm with us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request.

If you'd prefer a hard copy of this CA Privacy Notice or to access it as a PDF, this site permits you to print it to PDF or to a printer.