PRIVACY STATEMENT
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In order to provide you with the best possible learning experience, we collect and process quite a bit of information. The purpose of this privacy policy is to help you better understand how we store, collect, and process your personal data. This policy is meant to help you understand more about why we collect and use your data whether you’re a customer or a student/subscriber (together known as, “The Services”), or even if you’re just visiting the website. By using any of The Services or by interacting with the website, you are agreeing to the terms of the Privacy Policy and, as applicable, the Terms of Service. In particular, by visiting this website you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this privacy policy, including any updates or revisions to this privacy policy. This policy does not apply to information collected by any third party, including through any application or content that may be accessible from this website.
We’ve broken this policy down into different sections so you can better understand what areas are applicable to you.
THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS PART OF OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Our privacy policy is part of, and subject to, our website’s terms and conditions of use. You may view these terms and conditions on our website allaboutthem.thinkific.com/pages/terms.
1. What information do we collect and what do we do with it?
Privacy is important! When you enroll as a student or subscriber (“learner”) on our site or related courses, as part of the enrolling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name and email address.
Email marketing: we may send you emails about our site and related course(s), registration, course content, your course progress or other updates. We may also use your email to inform you about changes to the course, survey you about your usage, or collect your opinion. We may also email your supervisor at the provided email address in your user profile. By entering your supervisor's email address, you are certifying that they have approved your participation in the courses and learning of this site. Your supervisor will verify their approval to receive these email communications and will have the opportunity to opt-out should they desire to not receive communication.
2. How do we get your consent?
When you provide us with personal information to become a learner on our site, make a purchase, participate in the course, or visit the site for your learner, you imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
3. How do you withdraw your consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at [email protected].
4. What information may we disclose?
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
5. What is Thinkific?
Our course and site is hosted by Thinkific Labs Inc. (“Thinkific”). They provide us with an online course creation platform that allows us to sell and deliver our product/services to you. Thinkific collects data from students regarding progress through courses, quiz scores, survey results, discussion or forum contributions and other student activities which are related to the learning and course participation on this site.
Your data is stored through Thinkific’s data storage, databases and the general Thinkific application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
Your information can to removed from Thinkific and this site at any point by emailing [email protected].
6. How does payment work on the site?
If you make a purchase on our site, we use a third-party payment processor such as Stripe or Paypal. Payments are encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our site and related courses and its service providers.
For more insight, you may also want to read Thinkific’s Terms of Service here https://www.thinkific.com/resources/privacy-policy/ or Privacy Statement here https://www.thinkific.com/resources/terms-of-service/ .
Many students and users will have services and courses pre-paid for by their organization with payment processing in different methods other than what is listed for this site which may result in the use of coupons or pre-paid links. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that their organization is up-to-date on payment in order to access the content on the course. Please direct questions to [email protected].
7. What information do Third-Party Services collect?
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. If you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located (for example, if in another State or outside the US).
Once you leave our course website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
8. What is the Privacy Policies of the other sites that are linked to this site?
When you click on links on our course site, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
9. How is your personal information protected?
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
10. How are Cookies used?
We collect cookies or similar tracking technologies. This means information that our website’s server transfers to your computer. This information can be used to track your session on our website. Cookies may also be used to customize our website content for you as an individual. If you are using one of the common Internet web browsers, you can set up your browser to either let you know when you receive a cookie or to deny cookie access to your computer.
11. How are Web Analysis Tools used?
We may use web analysis tools that are built into the ARCHway Learning Solution, LLC website and affiliated or course websites to measure and collect anonymous session information.
12. What is the Age of Consent?
We do not knowingly provide services or sell products to children. If you are a minor, please do not provide us or other website visitors with any personal information and do not use this website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at [email protected].
13. How do Changes to this Privacy Policy work?
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our site or course is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you and continue with email marketing campaigns.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact us at [email protected].