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I'm uncomfortable with the usage of the word "free" on this site. You are required to provide personal information (name, email address, maybe some other stuff) in order to access the videos. Their privacy policy states that they will sell/share this information with advertising/marketing companies. They will also correlate it with data they get from 3rd party data providers (so they will actually have access to much more about you than just what you explicitly provide).

I can't comment on the content itself since it's locked but I'd rather have the option to pay and not be subject to the same "privacy" policy.

I'm the author of the course, and I had no idea that there was any such information in the signup. It's from Podia, the platform I use for all of my courses, free and paid.

I personally don't give away or sell any of the data I get from people who sign up for my courses. I use it myself, and that's it — mostly for personalized e-mail and the like.

I'm going to check with Podia about this, now that you've informed me. I can understand why you would be reluctant to sign up with such a statement.

But the course is 100% free, and more than 1,500 people have enjoyed it so far.

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