Coursera is a publicly traded (NYSE: COUR) online learning platform, Coursera, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, California, with named international entities (Coursera Europe B.V. as EU Representative, Coursera UK Limited as UK Representative) disclosed in its own privacy notice. Coursera's privacy notice describes broad first-party collection (identity/contact data, account data, purchase information, and free-text or voice-enabled communications) and states it shares Personal Data, including Analytics Data, with contractors for targeted advertising, with Enterprise program customers, and with university/industry/content-provider partners. Its cookie policy discloses "Marketing cookies" that share visit and interest data with third parties for customized social-media ads and treats the Global Privacy Control signal as an opt-out of the "sale and sharing" of Personal Data — a self-declared CCPA sale/share designation. The Apple App Store privacy label independently confirms Usage Data is used to track users across other companies' apps and lists a wide range of data (contact info, purchases, search history, identifiers) linked to identity for Third-Party Advertising and Analytics. No FTC or state-AG order was found, but Coursera's own FY2025 Form 10-K discloses it was party to a 2023 class-action lawsuit alleging Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) violations and faced related arbitration demands; the class action itself was dismissed with prejudice via a mutual release without monetary settlement in January 2025.
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Coursera's privacy notice states it collects Identity and Contact Data, Account Registration Data, Product/Service Purchase Information, information about interests and preferences, and the content of communications including free-text messaging/chat and voice-enabled features where audio inputs are transcribed into text.
Coursera's Apple App Store privacy label lists data linked to the user's identity — including Purchases, Contact Info, Search History, and Identifiers — used for purposes including Third-Party Advertising, Developer's Advertising or Marketing, and Analytics.
Coursera's privacy notice names its international representative entities directly: Coursera Europe B.V. as the EU Representative for Coursera, Inc., and Coursera UK Limited as the UK Representative.
Coursera, Inc.'s Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (filed with the SEC) confirms its common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, is registered and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol COUR.
Coursera's cookie policy states that when it detects the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, it treats that signal as a request to opt out of the "sale and sharing" of Personal Data associated with that browser — a self-declared CCPA/state-law sale/share designation.
Coursera's privacy notice states it uses third-party Contractors for purposes that "may include for targeted advertising and custom audience activities," and separately shares Personal Data, including Analytics Data, with Coursera Enterprise program customers, university/industry/commercial Partners, and Content Providers.
Coursera's FY2025 Form 10-K discloses that in 2023 a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was filed against it, which was dismissed with prejudice after the parties agreed to a mutual release of claims without monetary settlement in January 2025, and that Coursera has separately faced arbitration demands for alleged breach of the VPPA and other privacy laws.
Coursera's Apple App Store privacy label states that Usage Data may be used to track the user across apps and websites owned by other companies — Apple's ATT-framework disclosure for cross-app/cross-site tracking.
Coursera's cookie policy discloses "Marketing cookies" that record a visitor's site visits, pages viewed, and links followed, sharing that information with third parties to provide customized social-media ads and analyze ad-campaign effectiveness, alongside "Approved third parties" including measurement/analytics providers, social media networks, and advertising partners.