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PRIVACY POLICY OF THE ART INSTITUTES

The Art Institutes is committed to protecting any personal information that you may provide to us. We want you to understand what kinds of information we gather from you, how this information is used and protected, and how you can control its use. This statement discloses the privacy practices of The Art Institutes Website. By using The Art Institutes Website, the user agrees, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Any changes in our privacy policy will be communicated in this page so please check back from time to time.

Who May Use this Website

The Art Institutes Website is not intended or designed to attract users under the age of 13. We do not collect personally identifiable data from any person we know to be under the age of 13 and instruct users under 13 not to send us any information for collection on The Art Institutes Website.

Information Collected

In general, you can visit this Website without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Our Website tracking software collects the domain names but not the email addresses of visitors. Domain name information that we collect is not used to personally identify you but is used to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site and the pages viewed. We use this information to measure the use of the site and improve the content delivered on the site.

When you make a request for further information from The Art Institutes, you will be asked to provide certain contact information that will be collected and used for the purpose of responding to your request. The information collected from you may include your name, address, telephone number or email address.

When you make a request for further information and provide The Art Institutes with your personal contact information, it will be collected and used for the purpose of responding to your specific requests. We do not share, sell, or lease personal information about you except as set forth in this Website.

How Your Information is Used

We utilize "cookies" on The Art Institutes Website. These are small files that we send to and store on your computer so that we may recognize it as a unique machine the next time you visit The Art Institutes Website.

Unless you specify that you would prefer not to hear from us, we may also use the information you provide to The Art Institutes Website to contact you. You may have these communications terminated if you give us notice. This likely will take 4-6 weeks from the time you give us notice.

Your Choices Regarding Use of Your Personal Information

  • You can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to take advantage of The Art Institutes Website features.
  • If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us or if you wish to check your information, please e-mail us at vancouverinfo@wherecreativitygoestoschool.com

Access to Your Information

In the event that The Art Institutes and some of our assets are sold or transferred or used as security, the information collected on our websites including The Art Institutes Website may be transferred to third parties as part of that transaction. The Art Institutes may also provide information or provide access to information to any of our affiliated businesses or to our business partners.

The Art Institutes may use your contact information to reply to you and send information to you. The Art Institutes does not intend to reveal individually identifiable information to third parties except in the manner stated in the Privacy Policy. The Art Institutes will provide aggregated information received from you to third parties. The Art Institutes takes commercially reasonable precautions to prevent the aggregated information provided to third parties from including significant individually identifiable information.

If The Art Institutes is requested by law enforcement officials or judicial authorities to provide information on individuals, The Art Institutes may, without your consent, provide such information. In matters involving claims of personal or public safety or in litigation where the data is pertinent, The Art Institutes may use or disclose your personal information without your consent or court process.

Will Your Information Be Secure?

The Art Institutes recognizes you may be concerned about the security of your personal information, and we are committed to employing reasonable technology in order to protect the security of our website. Even with such technology, no website is 100% secure. We will take reasonable measures which we believe are appropriate to protect your information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction, and, where possible, will ask that any third parties to whom we may transfer your information take comparable steps to protect that security.

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your access information and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your password.

We are the owner of data you supply to us.

Our Privacy Policy and Outside Links

Our Privacy Policy only applies to the various The Art Institutes.edu websites including The Art Institutes Website. Our websites contain links to sites outside our control. Please be aware that these sites may collect information about you, and operate according to their own privacy practices which may differ from our Privacy Policy. Remember to consult that website's own privacy policy, as once you're outside any of The Art Institutes.edu websites, any information you submit is no longer in our control.

Questions Regarding Our Privacy Policy

If you have questions concerning our privacy practices, contact us at:

Privacy Administrator
The Art Institute Building
655 Bay Street
2nd & 3rd Floors
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2K4

Toll-free: 1.888.718.9073
Email: vancouverinfo@wherecreativitygoestoschool.com

This policy was last updated on may 09, 2005.

Trademark and Copyright Notice

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