PRIVACY POLICY AND AGREEMENT
Skilled Trade CE, LLC is concerned about your privacy on the web, it is important to us and we value your patronage. As such, we have created this Privacy Policy to let you know how Skilled Trade CE, LLC assembles and safeguards your information related to the SkilledTradeCE.com site. The following outlines our Privacy Policy Agreement.
This Privacy Policy and Agreement (“Privacy Policy”) constitutes the agreement between you and Skilled Trade CE, LLC regarding your provision, and our collection and use of, contact and other information you may provide while using our Site. In this Privacy Policy, the words “you” and “your” refer to any person accessing the Site, and the words “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Skilled Trade CE, LLC.
By using our Site, you consent to this Privacy Policy.
If after reading through the Privacy Policy you still have questions, please feel free to contact us as provided below in the “Contact Us” Section.
In addition to this Privacy Policy, your use of our Site is also subject to our Terms and Conditions of Use (our “Terms and Conditions”). Our Terms and Conditions of Use together with this Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Skilled Trade CE, LLC with respect to your use of the SkilledTradeCE.com website.
Your Consent
By using our Web Site, you consent to our collection and use of information, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please refrain from becoming a registered user and/or from visiting our Site if you do not agree with some or all of the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Modifications
We reserve the right to modify, alter, or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post any such change here, so you are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will apply prospectively only. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of any and all posted changes.
Scope
This Privacy Policy applies only to information you provide to us online while visiting or using our Web site. It does not apply to information we have obtained offline or through other traditional means.
Types Of Information You May Potentially Provide
Information you may provide in visiting our Site falls into two broad categories: personally identifiable information, and aggregate information. “Personally Identifiable Information” is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, email address, or mailing address. “Aggregate Information” is information that does not identify you, and may include, for example, statistical information concerning the Web pages on our Site that users most frequent. We use google analytics for tracking marketing information. Google does not receive any of your Identifiable Information.This Privacy Policy governs both categories of information, as detailed below.
Personally Identifiable Information
It is your choice to decide whether you wish to provide us with Personally Identifiable Information. Accordingly, we have structured our Web Site so that you may visit us, and review a range of information regarding our online training, hands-on classes, and related information, goods, and services without revealing your identity or providing any Personally Identifiable Information.
One of our goals in creating this Web site, however, is to identify and establish contact with individuals interested in information regarding our online training, fufilling continuing education requirements and related information, goods, and services. Therefore, as you become more involved in our Site, you may wish to register and provide us with Personally Identifiable Information.
We will use Personally Identifiable Information you give us to provide you with information regarding our courses, goods and services. We may also use Personally identifiable Information you give us to respond to questions and comments from you. You are free to decline such contact. You are also free at any time to opt-out of receiving email and other information we may send to you by following the directions set out below in the “How To Obtain Access to Information You Have Provided, And How To Remove Your Information From Our Database” Section.
We will not sell or disclose any Personally Identifiable Information you provide at our Site to any unrelated third parties without your express permission. By “unrelated third parties” we mean anyone who is not involved in running the Skilled Trade CE website, or not involved in fulfilling requests you make at our Site.
We may have relationships with certain providers to assist us in, or be responsible for, responsibilities such as designing and maintaining the Site, responding to email and user inquiries, disseminating information, and/or structuring promotions and newsletters. In order to carry out such responsibilities, these providers on occasion may require access to our users’ Personally Identifiable Information. To ensure that our Privacy Policy continues to protect Personally Identifiable Information accessed by any such providers, we require that all such providers abide by our Privacy Policy, and we prohibit our providers’ use of any information, including Personally Identifiable Information, for any purpose other than carrying out their stated responsibilities.
Registration Information
When you become a registered user on our site, you have access to obtain certain materials from our Site. Our registration forms will specify the information you must provide in order to use this particular feature, and the information you may, at your option, choose to provide or withhold. Generally, we may collect the demographic and profile data for internal use only to tailor your experience at our Site, showing you material that we think you might be interested in, and displaying the material according to your preferences.
Surveys and Questionnaires
If you choose to participate in surveys or questionnaires which from time to time we may post at our Site, we may ask that, in addition to providing your responses, you also provide Personally Identifiable Information. If we link or combine in any way your responses with your Personally Identifiable Information, we will treat the combined information as Personally Identifiable Information. If we separate your responses from any Personally Identifiable Information, such that a third party reviewing your responses would be unable to link the responses to you, the responses will be treated as Aggregate Information. Our obligations concerning and permitted uses of Aggregate Information are set out below in the “Information That Does Not Identify You: Aggregate Information” Section.
Email And Other Direct Communications
You may have the ability at our site to pose certain questions to staff in order to learn more regarding our online training, hands-on classes, related information, goods, and services. In addition, you may wish to provide us with comments and feedback concerning our Site generally. By communicating with us in these ways, you may provide us with Personally Identifiable Information. We will handle such Information in accordance with our policies for Personally Identifiable Information as stated in this Privacy Policy.
Combining Aggregate Information and Personally Identifiable Information
We may link (a) the Personally Identifiable Information you have provided; with (b) Aggregate Information concerning (for example) your interests and preferences, as collected through our “cookies” (as defined below in the “Cookies” section). We may, for instance, do this to advance our educational and other goals. Linking this information will allow us to create information packages and services that are better tailored to your interests and preferences. Among other effects, linking this information may allow us generally to improve and focus our Site and analyses. If we combine or link any information with your Personally Identifiable Information, the resulting combination will be treated and protected as Personally Identifiable Information under this Privacy Policy. Accordingly, no unrelated third parties will have access to this Information, and any of our providers who are granted access to this information will be bound to protect it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Cookies
We collect Aggregate Information about your use of our Site through cookies and similar Internet technologies. “Cookies” are pieces of data (small text files) sent from a Web server to a Web browser that enable the Web server to identify users that visit a site hosted by that server. Cookies are used to recognize repeat users, to facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and to compile Aggregate Information to improve the site. Your computer is uniquely associated with information stored on the site, so when you next access that site on your computer, the site recognizes the cookie, makes the stored information available, and adds new information based on the present visit.
Our cookies do not collect or retain your name or other Personally Identifiable Information, therefore we treat all such information as Aggregate Information. In addition, we do not give any third parties permission to use cookies we create at our Site.
You may choose not to allow us to collect information through cookies. If you wish, you can set your browser software to reject cookies, and most browsers provide instructions for disabling the cookies feature in their “Help” section. Because cookies can be used to provide certain functionality, if you disable your browser’s cookies feature, certain elements of our Site may be unavailable to you.
IP Addresses
An address known as an “Internet Protocol” (IP) address is associated with your computer’s connection to the Internet. We use your computer’s IP address to maintain contact with you as you navigate through our site. We may also use your computer’s IP address to provide you with personalized content. Similar to cookies, your computer’s IP address by itself does not identify you personally. We treat IP addresses, therefore, as Aggregate Information. If your IP address is combined with any Personally Identifiable Information, the combined information will be treated as Personally Identifiable Information.
How To Obtain Access to Information You Have Provided, And How To Remove Your Information From Our Database
You may choose whether to receive direct marketing communications from us. We allow you at any time to update, correct, or delete Personally Identifiable Information you have provided us and if you do not want to receive such information, you should contact us and request to “opt out.” Upon receipt and processing of an opt out request, we will not include you in any future marketing communications. Accordingly, upon your request, and to the extent your request does not compromise our privacy policies, we will provide you with access to Personally Identifiable Information you have previously provided to us, and allow you to update and correct this Information. If you wish to update or revise this Information, please click on the “My Profile” button on our Web Site, and follow the directions provided. We will update or revise your Personally Identifiable Information in the manner you request.
In addition, we provide you with the ability to decline (“opt-out of”) certain mailings and other materials we may offer. For these materials, you will be able to specify whether you wish to opt-out by clicking on the “My Profile” button, and following directions provided.
Aggregate Data
Skilled Trade CE, LLC may extract Aggregate Information that does not identify you specifically, from the personal information, Cookies or other information collected on this Site. We may use such Aggregate Data for internal and/or commercial purposes. You hereby grant Skilled Trade CE, LLC and its agents and third party licensors an unrestricted, exclusive, perpetual and no cost right to develop, relicense, sell, analyze, use and exploit such Aggregate Data in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this Privacy Policy. Because Aggregate Information does not personally identify our users, we do not provide our users with access to Aggregate Information, and users may not update, revise, or delete any Aggregate Information.
Advertisers’ Collection Of Information
With Internet technology, it is possible for advertisers, as well as site hosts, to collect information through the use of cookies and other technologies, such as so-called “clear GIF” files. If we include advertising on our site and you have provided Personally Identifiable Information on our site, advertisers may be able to access it through such means. However, no advertisers or third parties will receive such Personally Identifiable Information from us or through such means with our permission.
How We Safeguard Information We Collect
We have put in place security systems designed to prevent unauthorized disclosure of information you provide to us. We use standard secure socket encryption protocol to safeguard the security of your transactions. When making a purchase or entering personal information, SSL technology encrypts your information in an effort to prevent others from obtaining it. However, due to the nature of Internet communications and ever-evolving technologies, we cannot provide and expressly disclaim assurance that the information you provide us will remain free from loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties who, despite our efforts, obtain unauthorized access. Subsequently, we are not responsible for any damages or liabilities relating to any such security failures.
Privacy Protection for Children
Our Site is not directed at children, and we will not accept or request personal information from individuals we know to be under 13. In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, if we learn that a child under 13 has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information, we will delete this information from our databases, in accordance with our deletion policy, set out above in the “How To Obtain Access to Information You Have Provided, And How To Remove Your Information From Our Database” Section.
For more information regarding a child under the age of 13 providing personal information to a Web site, see the Federal Trade Commission’s site explaining the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/.
Links To Other Web Sites
To give you access to more information regarding online training, hands-on classes, related goods, services, and information, we have included on the Web Site certain links to other sites. We provide these links as a convenience, and we do not endorse the content or services offered by, or the privacy policies in place at these other sites.
Our privacy policy covers only information we collect at our Site, and other sites to which we link may have privacy policies that differ considerably from our Privacy Policy. We have structured our Site to make it reasonably clear when you leave our Site and enter another Web site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each site you visit through our links, to ensure you are comfortable with these policies. We are not responsible for the conduct or policies of these third parties.
Exceptions to Our Privacy Policy
There are two exceptions to our Privacy Policy. First, we may disclose Personally Identifiable Information as may be required in legal proceedings, or in response to a subpoena, court order, or administrative order compelling disclosure. Second, in cases involving a threat of imminent harm to you or others, we may release such Information to prevent or mitigate the threat. In any such case, we will seek to limit the scope of disclosure, and will disclose only such Information as is reasonably required to fulfill the purpose of the disclosure.
Modification of Privacy Policy.
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the changed or amended Privacy Policy on the Site. Your continued viewing of or use of this Site following the posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy will signify your assent to any such changes or amendments.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or your dealings with our Site, you may contact us:
by email at: Admin@SkilledTradeCE.com
by mail at: Skilled Trade CE, LLC
1660 South Highway 100, Suite 500
St. Louis Park, MN 55416