Coursera expanded its privacy notice to explicitly cover business contacts and added new data collection categories. The updated policy now discloses collection of business contact data (name, job title, company, business email, business phone) from third-party sources, employers, and public sources, and clarifies that voice-enabled features in messaging may record and transcribe audio. The policy also expanded marketing use cases to include marketing Coursera affiliate products (including Udemy) and added opt-out mechanisms for marketing communications.
Consumers: Coursera can collect your business contact information from outside sources without you directly providing it.
Consumers: When you use voice messaging, Coursera records and converts your audio to text.
Consumers: Coursera can now market its affiliate companies' products to you in addition to its own products.
Consumers: You can now opt out of marketing emails by clicking unsubscribe or changing your account settings.
The updated policy discloses that Coursera collects business contact data (name, job title, company, business email, business phone) from third-party commercial sources, employers, and public sources for marketing purposes. The policy also clarifies that voice-enabled messaging features may record and transcribe audio inputs into text. Additionally, the policy now authorizes marketing of Coursera affiliate products (including Udemy) to existing and prospective customers, content providers, partners, and instructors. You can opt out of marketing communications by using the unsubscribe mechanism in any marketing email or by changing your email preferences in your account settings.
→ Review your email preferences in your Coursera account to manage marketing communications.
→ Use the unsubscribe mechanism in any marketing email from Coursera to opt out of marketing communications.
→ Be aware that voice-enabled messaging features may record and transcribe your audio inputs.
This is the 2nd significant Data Collection Expansion change Coursera has made since ConductAtlas began monitoring.
ConductAtlas has recorded 2 material changes to this document over 155 days of monitoring (since May 2026).
Across all monitored documents, Coursera has made 5 significant changes.
4 of Coursera's significant changes have been classified as negative for consumers.
Policy now authorizes collection of business contact data (name, job title, company, business email, business phone) from third-party commercial sources, employers, and public sources.
Policy clarifies that voice-enabled messaging features may record and transcribe audio inputs into text.
Policy now authorizes marketing of Coursera affiliate products (including Udemy) to existing and prospective customers, content providers, partners, and instructors.
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Coursera expanded its privacy notice to explicitly disclose collection of business contact data from third-party sources and clarified voice transcription in messaging features. The policy now authorizes marketing of affiliate products to business contacts. These …
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