Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is January 27, 2022. This Privacy Policy applies to any website, feature, application, widget or online service that is owned or controlled by International Teachers' University (“International Teachers University”) and that posts a link to this Privacy Policy (“Site”). This Privacy Policy only covers information collected at the Site and does not cover any information collected at any other website (unless specifically stated). This Privacy Policy describes International Teachers University’s information collection practices at the Site, such as the types of information International Teachers University collects regarding visitors to the Site and how we may use that information. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. By using the website, you give your consent to data practices and understand that all personally identifiable information that you submit may be processed by International Teachers University in the manner and for the purposes described herein. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions set forth herein, do not use the website.

Information we collect through the site

As part of the application process to our Programs, and at other times, International Teachers University may ask you to provide “Personal Information” (i.e., information that identifies you as a specific individual, such as your name, telephone number, mailing address, or email address), and other information about you, such as demographic information (e.g., your age, gender, race and ethnicity, or similar information), education and work history, payment information, or certain information about your preferences and interests. If we combine these types of other information about you with Personal Information, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. Note: This is a general audience web site and is intended for users age 18 or older. The Site is not intended for children and the Site does not knowingly collect personal information from children. If International Teachers University discovers that it has inadvertently collected personal information from anyone younger than the age of 18, it will delete that information from its active databases.

User Profile, Community Forums, and User Content If you enroll in one of our Programs, you may be required to create a public “Profile” as part of your participation in the Program. Your Profile may be auto-populated based on information you provide during the application process. Your Profile includes both Personal Information (such as your name, email address, and mailing address) and demographic information (such as your education and work histories). You may choose to supplement your Profile to include additional information about you, including a photograph. The information in your Profile will not be visible to the general public, but it will be visible to other students, instructors, and administrators of the Site and the International Teachers' University Program in which you enrolled. The Site may provide you the opportunity to participate and post content in forums, through interactive features and through other communication functionality (collectively the “Community Forums“). You may choose, through such features or otherwise, to submit or post text, photographs, videos, questions, comments, suggestions or other content (collectively, “User Content“). Your postings in a Community Forum may be viewable only to others participating in a Program, to a specific Program group or the general public. Please note that others will have access to your Profile and User Content and may use that information or share it with third parties. We are not responsible for the actions of third parties and the use of your information and other User Content by such third parties is not subject to the protections of this Privacy Policy.

Information Third Parties Provide About You We may receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you are on another website and you elect to receive information from International Teachers University, that website will forward your contact and other information to us so that we may contact you as requested. We will also receive and share information with third parties who jointly provide a Program and as described below. We also may supplement the information we collect with outside records from third parties in order to provide you with information, services or goods you have requested, to enhance our ability to serve you, to tailor our content to you and to offer you opportunities to purchase products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. We may combine the information we receive from those other sources with information we collect through the Site. In those cases, we will apply this Privacy Policy to the combined information.

Information We Collect Automatically As You Access and Use the Site In addition to any Personal Information or other information that you choose to submit to the Site, we and our third-party service providers, including any third-party content, advertising, and analytics providers, may use a variety of technologies that automatically or passively collect certain information about your use of the Site whenever you visit or interact with the Site (“Usage Information“). Usage Information may include the browser and operating system you are using, the URL or advertisement that referred you to our Site, the search terms you entered into a search engine that led you to our Site (if applicable), all of the areas within our Site that you visit, and the time of day you visit the Site, among other information. Usage Information also includes the IP address or other unique identifier (“Device Identifier”) for any computer, mobile phone, or other device used to access the Site. A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your device and our servers identify your device by its Device Identifier. Some mobile service providers may also provide us or our third-party service providers with information regarding the physical location of the device used to access a Site. We may use Usage Information for a variety of purposes, including enhancing or otherwise improving the Site and our products and services. The Usage Information we collect is generally non-identifying, but if we associate it with you as a specific and identifiable person, we treat it as Personal Information. The methods used to collect Usage Information may include the following:

A cookie is a data file placed on a device when it is used to visit a Site or otherwise access our online content. Cookies may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, remembering you and your preferences, tracking your visits to our web pages, and for displaying offers related to your prior activity on the Site. A Flash cookie is a data file placed on a device via the Adobe Flash plug-in that may be built into or downloaded by you onto your device.

Web Beacons

Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our web pages and email messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a web page or email can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to the Site, to monitor how users navigate the Site, to count how many emails that were sent were actually opened or to count how many particular links were actually viewed.

Embedded Scripts

An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third-party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Site, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter. In addition, we may use a variety of other technologies that collect similar information for security and fraud detection purposes.

How we respond to 'Do Not Track' signals

Please note that your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services that you visit. There is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, International Teachers University does not alter its practices when it receives a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser.

Social Features

Functionality on the Site may permit interactions that you initiate between the Site and a third-party website or service (“Social Features”), such as the ability to Tweet directly from your user dashboard on the Site. If you choose to post information through the Site to a third-party website or service, that information may be publicly displayed. Similarly, if you post information on a third-party platform that references International Teachers University or a International Teachers University service (e.g., by using a Twitter hashtag associated with International Teachers' University in your Tweet), your post may be published on our Site in accordance with terms of that third party. The information we collect in connection with Social Features is subject to this Privacy Policy. The information collected and stored by the third party remains subject to the third party’s privacy practices, including your choices with regard to what is visible to others on that third-party service.

How we use the information collected

International Teachers University may use information collected through the Site, including your Personal Information and Usage Information, to: (1) evaluate your application for and allow you to participate in our Programs and provide related customer service; (2) tailor content, recommendations, and offers that we display to you on the Site and elsewhere online; (3) process a transaction you initiate; (4) provide you with information, products or services that you have requested or agreed to receive or that we otherwise believe will interest you; (5) send you special offers from us or third-party business partners; (6) process your registration with the Site, including verifying your email address is active and valid; (7) improve the Site, our products and services and for internal business purposes; (8) conduct academic research (independently or in collaboration with other parties); (9) contact you with regard to your use of the Site and, in our discretion, changes to Site policies; and (10) for purposes as disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your consent, and as further described in this Privacy Policy.

How and when we disclose information to third parties

International Teachers University may share non-personal information, such as Usage Information and aggregated user statistics, with third parties at our discretion. There are times when we share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, as further described below. California residents, please see below for further information regarding Your California Privacy Rights. In addition, may share the information we have collected about you (including Personal Information): (i) as disclosed at the time you provide your information, (ii) with your consent, (iii) as described in this Privacy Policy, or (iv) in any of the following circumstances:
Third-Party Program Providers, Marketing Partners & Researchers Some Programs are offered in conjunction with a third party, such as University of the Pacific or other educational institutions. We may receive information from third-party Program providers or share information with third-party Program providers. We may also share information, including Personal Information, with third-party researchers with whom we are conducting combined academic research or whom we are allowing to use information we have collected for their own research purposes. And we may share with third party education related companies and those companies may want to use your information for marketing purposes. Once shared, we no longer have control over its use.
Third Parties Providing Services on Our Behalf We may use third-party service providers to perform certain services on behalf of the Site, such as hosting the Site or Site features, providing website usage analytics, sending email or other communications, providing marketing assistance and data analysis, providing customer service, processing transactions, or performing other administrative services. We may provide these service providers with access to your Personal Information so that they can carry out the services they are performing for you or for International Teachers University.
Administrative and Legal Reasons We may also transfer and disclose user information, including Personal Information, to third parties: (i) in the event we are required to respond to subpoenas or other legal process or if in our opinion such disclosure is required by law; (ii) at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; or (iii) to protect and/or defend policies applicable to the Site or to protect the safety, rights, property or security of International Teachers University or any other individual or entity. We may also use Device Identifiers to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with third parties (including copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers or law enforcement agencies) at our discretion.
Business Transfers International Teachers University may disclose and transfer your information, including Personal Information: (i) to a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Site or (ii) in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of certain of International Teachers University’s ownership interests, assets, or both, or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process. International Teachers University may also share your information, including Personal Information, with any future parent, subsidiary or affiliated company, should it establish such a relationship with another entity.

Employment Applications

If you apply for a job through the Site, International Teachers' University or its service provider may ask you to provide self-identifying information (such as veteran status, gender and ethnicity) in conjunction with laws and regulations enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and other federal, state and local regulatory agencies. Providing such self-identifying information is voluntary, but if you do provide such information, International Teachers University or its service provider may submit that information to the appropriate government or regulatory agencies to fulfill reporting requirements and use that information to defend against employment-related complaints.

Testimonials

We display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on our Site. With your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name and other identifying information.

Third-party analytics providers, Ad servers and similar third parties

International Teachers University works with (or may in the future work with) network advertisers, ad agencies, analytics service providers and other vendors to provide us with information regarding traffic on the Site, including pages viewed and the actions taken when visiting the Site; to serve our advertisements elsewhere online; and to provide us with information regarding the use of the Site and the effectiveness of our advertisements. For example, if you click on an advertisement for International Teachers' University, our service provider(s) may be able to tell us the advertisement that you clicked on and where you were viewing the advertisement. Our service providers may collect certain information about your visits to and activity on the Site and other websites and services and may use this information to target advertising to you. These service providers may set and access their own tracking technologies on your device (including cookies and web beacons) and may otherwise collect or have access to information about you. Some of these parties may collect Personal Information over time when you visit the Site or other online websites and services. Cookies and web beacons, including those set by third-party network advertisers, may be used to (among other things): target advertisements, prevent you from seeing the same advertisements too many times, and conduct research regarding the usefulness of certain advertisements to you. We may share Usage Information about visitors with third-party advertising companies, analytics providers and other vendors for similar purposes. While we may use a variety of service providers to perform advertising services, some of these companies are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. Please note that these companies may still collect information when you are online and opting out through these mechanisms does not opt you out of being served advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads while visiting the Site and elsewhere online.

Age Consent

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state, province or country of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state, province or country of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

Changing your information, preferences and subscriptions

The Site may contain web pages through which you can correct or update some of the Personal Information you have provided to us through registration with the Site. Users who receive a newsletter or other similar emails from us and who wish to remove themselves from the mailing list (i.e. opt out) can do so by following the link provided in an email received. However, please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your use of our Site or your enrollment in one of our academic programs, service announcements, notices of changes to this Privacy Policy or other Site policies, or similar administrative or transactional messages. These transactional account messages may be unaffected if you choose to opt-out from marketing communications. You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information you submit to us, such as your contact information, either through any online account feature offered or by contacting us. International Teachers University will make good faith efforts to make requested changes in our active databases as soon as reasonably practicable. Note, however, that information you update or change may persist internally or for International Teachers University’s administrative purposes. It is not always possible to completely remove or delete all of your information from our databases, and residual data may remain on backup media or for other reasons. Also, if you have made any public postings, such as in a Community Forum, these communications generally will not be removed.

Third-party content and links to other sites

Certain content on the Site may be hosted and served by third parties. In addition, the Site may contain links to third-party websites that International Teachers University does not control. International Teachers University is not responsible for the privacy practices employed by any third party.

Security

International Teachers University takes commercially reasonable steps to help protect and secure your Personal Information. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you submit and you use the Site and provide us with information at your own initiative and risk.

Users residing outside of the UNited States and consent to transfer

The Site is operated in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction, please be aware that information you provide to us will be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using the Site, or providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in the United States, a jurisdiction in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside or are a citizen.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

International Teachers University reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy and will notify you of material changes by posting a notice and the new Privacy Policy on the Site. We may also provide notice to you in other ways at our discretion, such as through contact information you have provided. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy unless otherwise specified and your continued use of the Site after the effective date of the revised Privacy Policy (or such other act as specified in the revised Privacy Policy) will constitute your consent to those changes. However, we will not, without your consent, use your Personal Information in a manner materially different than what was stated at the time it was collected.

California Residents - Your California privacy rights

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, California residents who provide us with personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us one time per calendar year information about the customer information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year.

Compliance with this Policy

The University regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or believe that the University has not adhered to any of its terms, please contact the University at hello@internationalteachers.university.

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