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Privacy Statement |  As part of an ongoing service to our clients, Houston Academics, Inc. is dedicated to protecting your privacy and, to this end, we utilize stringent security measures in order to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Most of our Web pages do not ask for any personal information. There are situations however, when we do need information from you in order to respond to a service you have requested. The Houston Academics, Inc. privacy statement explains our data collection needs and its use in those situations. Sometimes it is necessary to gather personal information so that we can contact you in response to your request. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering for service or sending an inquiry via email. Personal information collected by Houston Academics, Inc. is limited to that which is needed to assist you with the service you requested. This information is used for response to your request, to maintain high quality service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of houstonacademics.com.
We use your personal information for the following purposes: to deliver services, such as, training, consulting or help desk support per your request. To alert you to training upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services offered by Houston Academics, Inc., if you so request, to provide confirmations, directions or changes in schedules, to contact you if a question arises concerning your request. We occasionally partner with other companies to provide extended services on our behalf. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. Houston Academics, Inc. may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Houston Academics or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Houston Academics and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Houston Academics, Inc. employees.
When you register for consultation or otherwise give us personal information, Houston Academics, Inc. will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above. An essential part of our service is to keep our clients informed by sending out periodic e-mails concerning technical services or training related to a product or service you requested. You can unsubscribe to these mailings by sending a request via email to clientservices@houstonacademics.com. Houston Academics, Inc. is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Children's Personal Information
Houston Academics, Inc. is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children. When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above. The information gathered through cookies is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information. Houston Academics, Inc. will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, Houston Academics, Inc. will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site. Houston Academics, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. Please contact us by email: clientservices@houstonacademics.com. |
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