Privacy Policy
We respect the privacy of our customers, students, and those visiting its website and have adopted this privacy policy in order to highlight the importance of privacy. This policy, which discloses ways in which acadami gathers and distributes information, may change at any time. Any changes will be posted on this website within this policy.
Collected Information
It is our general policy to collect only such personal data as our students, registrants and other visitors knowingly provide. acadami does not collect personal information from those merely browsing this website. Most information collected on the website is used to better enable acadami to serve its students and customers. We may also contact you regarding a Web site problem or other customer or service-related issues.
Those registering for acadami courses and other activities on this website provide personal information as requested for those actions. The categories of personally identifiable information collected may include names, titles, companies and their addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses. Individuals are requested to provide similar information when they sign up by offline methods. acadami does not market to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children on acadami Web sites.
Access
In order to use many features of acadami Web sites, you may be asked to create or provide a user name and pass code, which is used to manage your previously provided registration information.
Use of Information
acadami uses the data collected to improve its services to its students and customers and for marketing purposes which also relate to the provision of goods and services to students, customers, and registrants. Student and registrant contact information may be made available to other students and registrants. This includes the compilation of such information in directories which may be made available to participants and, in limited circumstances, to others.
acadami may also provide limited information to third parties with which acadami does business. While this information may include names, titles, companies and their addresses, it does not include telephone numbers, fax numbers or e-mail addresses. Note that while acadami may use 3rd party services for registration and promotion of acadami courses and events, that any data collected by these 3rd parties belongs to acadami and is subject to acadami privacy policy.
Usage Tracking
We may monitor how you use our Web sites including search terms you enter, pages visited, and documents viewed. If you are a registered user, this information is stored with your registration information. It is unique-number identifiable, and is used solely for purposes of enabling us to provide you with a personalized Web site experience. Aggregated (not personally identifiable) forms of this data may also be used in order to help us understand areas for future research and to identify future features and functions to develop for the Web sites.
This data may also be used by acadami in the aggregate, to identify appropriate offerings.
Purchases and Fulfillment
When you place an order or register for an acadami event, we may request additional information such as credit card number and expiration date. This information is used for confirmation and billing purposes. The contact information you provide is used to service the order. Also, when you register for an event, we may request additional information about your hotel, meal and other travel preferences. This information is used only for the specific event.
acadami uses third-party service providers such as credit card processing companies, shipping companies, mailing houses and event coordinators together with other service providers as required to satisfy customer requests. When you register for an acadami event, we provide necessary information to hotels and to facilities hosting events. These parties are allowed to use that personal information only to provide services relevant to the event.
Updating Personal Information
If you are a registrant of acadami, and your personal information changes, you may update it at any time. To correct or update personal information, email Registrar@acadami.org.
Use of “Cookies”
“Cookies” are pieces of data that a website may send for storage by your web browser on your computer’s hard drive. When a user registers on the website, the user is asked whether a cookie may be attached. If the user declines, the user may not have full access to the website. Registration, and attachment of a cookie, allows the website to provide more relevant information to the user. acadami does not use cookies to distribute or analyze information about the user.
Security
acadami provides its users with a secure online experience. To do this, we use a variety of security measures to maintain the safety and confidentiality of personal information about you. All registration information is contained behind a firewall and is accessible only by acadami principals and contractors who have signed nondisclosure agreements with acadami. The database is protected behind a firewall. If you have any questions about the security at our Web sites, please send an e-mail to Registrar@acadami.org
Links
The acadami website contains links to websites not within the acadami domain. acadami is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such sites. We encourage our users to be aware of when they leave our sites and to read the privacy policies of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by acadami web-sites.
Notification of Policy Changes and Effective Date
We will notify students, customers, and other users about material changes to our privacy policy by posting the privacy policy as changed on our website. Thus, users of the website may want to periodically review the policy for changes. The effective date of the current privacy policy is January 15, 2009.