The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform users of Eckerd College’s Executive Education Websites “Eckerd College’s EE Websites” as to what information we collect and how and why we use such information.
EFFECTIVE POLICY DATE: August 3, 2020
This privacy policy covers the use of Eckerd College’s EE Websites, please see our Privacy Policy for Eckerd College Assessments for more information on privacy and data protection related to Eckerd College’s EE Assessments Websites.
All policy information related to Eckerd College’s EE Websites include the following divisions and public websites:
Leadership Development Institute (LDI) – Leadership.eckerd.edu
Mediation Training Institute (MTI) – Mediationworks.com
Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP) – Emindsetprofile.com
Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP) – Conflictdynamics.org
DISCLOSURE REGARDING COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Through Eckerd College’s EE Websites, users may interact and provide personal information about themselves. This policy explains our online information collection and use practices and the choices you can make about the way we use and share such information. Please take the time to read and understand this policy so that you can understand how we use your personal information. Please note that our online information collection and use practices may differ from our practices regarding information obtained offline.
REMEMBER: IF YOU MAKE USE OF THE SITE, REGISTER WITH THE SITE, REQUEST INFORMATION, OR SUBMIT INFORMATION IN ANY WAY TO OR THROUGH THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS. AS WE UPDATE AND EXPAND OUR SERVICES, THIS POLICY MIGHT CHANGE, SO PLEASE REVIEW IT FROM TIME TO TIME.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect information about you through a variety of methods, such as your participation in contests, surveys, quizzes, online chats, documents you may download, or other documents that you submit to us, transactions in which you may engage with any division of Eckerd College Executive Education or Eckerd College’s EE Websites. This policy applies to all personally identifiable information that we collect and maintain about our users, including any contact information (e.g., name, email, address, phone number) and demographic information (e.g…age, sex, occupation, employer) that we may obtain in connection with providing services. You may view or change your information at any time by contacting us.
OTHER COLLECTED INFORMATION
We also may collect certain non-personal information (i.e. generic information that does not identify you personally) when you visit any of our web pages such as the type device you are using (e.g., Desktop, iPad, iPhone, Android device), the type of browser you are using (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Edge), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android), the IP address you are using to connect to Eckerd College’s EE Websites and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Verizon, AT&T, Spectrum, Frontier).
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use your personal information to provide you with products or services that you have requested, to respond to questions or communications and to get in touch with you when necessary. In addition, we may send to you an email offering products or services which we think you may be interested in or to ask you to participate in a survey. We do not consider any division within Eckerd College or our affiliates to be “third parties” for purposes of this policy. Thus, we may also share personal information provided online with our parent organization, Eckerd College (“Eckerd”) and our affiliates. Any division or affiliate may use and further share this information in the same ways we do. However, if we pass on personal information to another division or affiliate, we require that it protect such information in a manner that is consistent with this policy and your expressed preferences. For example, another division may send to you an email regarding special offers and announcements about products or services that it thinks might be of interest to you. Eckerd or affiliates may also contact you offline. If you want to opt-out from Eckerd or affiliates using the personal information you provided in these ways, you may do so by unsubscribing at leadership.eckerd.edu/opt-out or contacting us.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will not share or sell with third parties the personal information you provide except (a) if it is for the purpose(s) you provided it; (b) with your consent; (c) as may be required by law or as we think necessary to protect our company or others from injury (e.g. in response to a court order or subpoena, in response to a law enforcement agency request or when we believe that someone is causing (or about to cause) injury to or interference with the rights or property of another); (d) with other persons, service providers or companies with whom we contract to carry out internal site operations or our business activities (for example, sending out a product or a promotional item that you have requested on Eckerd College’s EE Websites); and/or (e) notifying you when we make material changes to one of our subscriber agreements or this policy. Examples of us sharing your personal information for the purposes submitted are if you participate in a third-party survey or request information from a third-party, we may provide the information provided to such third-party so that they can send to you directly the information you requested. As stated above, we do not consider any division within Eckerd or our affiliates to be “third-parties” for purposes of this policy and may also share personal information provided online with other divisions or affiliates. Any of these divisions or affiliates may use and further share this information in the same ways we do.
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF ANONYMOUS INFORMATION
We sometimes use the non-personal information that we collect to improve the design and content of Eckerd College’s EE Websites and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze how Eckerd College’s EE Websites are used, as well as to offer you products, programs or services. Sometimes we share aggregate information with others, including affiliated companies and non-affiliated companies.
RECEIPT OF COMMUNICATIONS; OPT-OUT
If you would prefer not to receive marketing or promotional emails from us that may relate, for example, to new services or offerings, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking here leadership.eckerd.edu/opt-out to (i) deregister your account; or (ii) change or edit your preferences.
You may also let us know in writing via letter addressed to: Attn: Privacy – Eckerd Executive Education, 4200 54th Ave S., St. Petersburg, FL 33711. For all postal mail opt-out requests, please include your name, street address, city, state, and zip code. We cannot accept postal mail opt-out requests via telephone or facsimile, nor will we be responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly or lack complete information. Please note that we may require up to sixty (60) days to fully remove your postal mail information from our mailings.
Following your opt-out, please be aware that we, our divisions, or affiliates, may continue to contact you via email or postal mail for administrative or informational purposes, including, but not limited to, follow-up messages regarding the administration of your account, any services, features or functions you have affirmatively enrolled in or registered to use, any promotions or sweepstakes you have participated in or have entered, goods, services or products you have ordered or other transactions you have undertaken on Eckerd College’s EE Websites.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION BY OTHERS
Eckerd College’s EE Websites may contain links to other websites, including links that are placed there by us, such as third-party advertisements or text hyperlinks. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of any other website. We encourage all users of Eckerd College’s EE Websites to be aware of when they leave Eckerd College’s EE Websites, and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personal information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by Eckerd College’s EE Websites, through Eckerd College’s EE Websites.
COOKIES
We use cookies as a convenience feature to save you time, to understand how Eckerd College’s EE Websites are used, and to improve the content and offerings on Eckerd College’s EE Websites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages or recall your specific information on subsequent visits (e.g. to recognize you by name when you return to Eckerd College’s EE Websites). We also may use cookies to offer you products, programs or services. You can opt to have your browser reject cookies. If you do that, you may need to re-register with us every time you visit the Site in order to participate in certain functions of Eckerd College’s EE Websites.
CLICKSTREAM DATA
As you use the Internet, a trail of electronic information is left at each web site you visit. This information, which is sometimes referred to as “Clickstream Data,” can be collected and stored by a web site’s server. Clickstream Data can tell us the type of computer and browsing software you use and the address of the web site from which you linked to Eckerd College’s EE Websites. We may use Clickstream Data as a form of non-personal information to anonymously determine how much time visitors spend on each page of Eckerd College’s EE Websites, how visitors navigate throughout Eckerd College’s EE Websites and how we may tailor our web pages to better meet the needs of visitors. This information will only be used to improve Eckerd College’s EE Websites. Any collection or use of Clickstream Data will be anonymous and aggregate.
SUPPLEMENTING INFORMATION
From time to time we may supplement information you give us with information from other sources, such as information validating your address. Thus, information we obtain through Eckerd College’s EE Websites may be intermingled with and used in conjunction with information obtained through sources other than Eckerd College’s EE Websites, including both offline and online sources.
DISCUSSIONS AND COMMUNITY TOOLS
We may, from time to time, make review lists, chat rooms, forums, message boards, blogs, newsgroups and other community tools available to you. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information for other users to view and for us to use. For example, from time to time, we may use the content you write (including your name or screen name if you post it) for promotional purposes, in email newsletters or elsewhere, and by using Eckerd College’s EE Website and/or these chat rooms, forums, message boards, newsgroups, and other community tools, you agree that we may do so. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas, since anyone – not just us – may access your publicly posted information.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY
We believe we have in place the appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security and correctly use the information we collect online.
INTERNATIONAL USERS
If you are visiting the Site from a location outside of the United States, your connection will be through and to servers located in the United States and all information you provide will be processed and securely maintained in our web servers and internal systems located within the United States. Eckerd is committed to GDPR compliance and has reviewed and updated its privacy policies, consents for the collection of personal data, and internal data handling procedures.
HOW YOU CAN ACCESS OR CORRECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
For instructions on how you can access the personal information that we have collected about you online, or how to correct any errors in such information, please contact us.
To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS
We will not knowingly accept personal information from anyone under 13 years old in violation of applicable laws. If you believe that your child under 13 has gained access to Eckerd College’s EE Websites without your permission, please contact us. We do not market products or services for purchase by children and all children’s products or services we market are for purchase by adults only, or with adult permission.
TRANSFER OF BUSINESS ASSETS
The personal information you provide is considered a company asset and may be included among transferred assets if Eckerd College’s EE Websites or any or all of our divisions or affiliates or any of our assets are ever acquired by a third party.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Because our business needs may change over time, we reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this policy at any time. If we make material changes, we will place a prominent notice on the Site or will send you a notice to the email address associated with your account. Your continued use of Eckerd College’s EE Websites following the posting of any changes to this policy means you accept such changes.
UPDATING OR REMOVING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Please contact us at any time to update or change your personal information.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy you may contact us or write to the following address:
Eckerd College Executive Education
4200 54th Ave S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Attn: Privacy
Telephone: (800) 753-0444
Email: ldi@eckerd.edu
