PRIVACY POLICY

What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, get in contact with us, apply to our programs, respond to a survey or fill out a form. Your information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of applying to our programs. Your information will not be disclosed without your consent, unless we have a valid reason as stated in this Privacy Policy.

When registering on our site, as appropriate, you are asked to enter your: name, last-name, e-mail address and a brief introduction of yourself.

When registering in our database, you are asked for more extensive information, as we need to be able to accommodate you in our programs.

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​What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To better accommodate to your needs (group rooming when accommodation is provided, food restrictions, etc);

• To improve our website (we continually look to improve our website based on the information and feedback we receive from you);

• To process recruitments, selection and your participation in our programs;

• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature, etc.
   

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you register in our website and our database, enter, submit, or access your personal information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

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Do we use cookies?
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits.

 

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

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California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site may make any changes to their information at anytime by logging into their Account page.

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Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age.

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Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected outside of this platform or offline.

 

Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our website's privacy policy.

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Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on April 24th, 2020.