Privacy Policy - Siebel Institute of Technology

Privacy Policy

The Siebel Institute of Technology
Updated: October 26, 2018

Introduction

At The Siebel Institute of Technology. (“The Siebel Institute” or “we” or “us” or “our”) we take our responsibility to protect and respect your privacy seriously, and wants to make sure that you understand how we use your data.

This policy describes the types of information The Siebel Institute may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website [.com] (the "Website") or when you fill out a form, or contact us through the Website, and explains how we collect, use, maintain, protect, and, in some circumstances, disclose that information.

Certain information The Siebel Institute collects will only be done with your consent, other information may be necessary for The Siebel Institute to operate the Website, or is necessary to complete The Siebel Institute’s contractual obligations.

Please read this policy carefully to understand The Siebel Institute’s policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with The Siebel Institute’s policies and practices, your choice is not to provide us with the requested information or to decline to use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, and/or by providing The Siebel Institute with your information, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see “Changes to Our Privacy Policy”). Your continued use of the Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

What types of information do we collect about you?

Personal Information

“Personal Information” is information that can specifically identify you, including:

We may also collect your IP address when you use our Website, which can in some circumstances be considered personal information.
In some instances, we de-identify personal data by removing Personal Information. Once de-identified, the data is no longer attributed to a single unique individual. De-identified information is non-personal information that we may treat like other non-personal information.

Non-Personal Information

“Non-Personal Information” is any information about you that does not reveal your specific identity, does not directly relate to an individual, and cannot be readily connected back to an individual such as:

How do you collect information about me?

Information You Give Us:

The Siebel Institute receives and stores information you enter on the Website or give us in any other way.

Examples of the information you may give The Siebel Institute include:

We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, keeping you informed of news and information about The Siebel Institute, customizing future visits to our site, improving the Website or products, and communicating with you.

If you do not want us to have this information, you can choose not to provide it to us, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of the Website’s services or features. See “What Are My Choices?”

Automatic Information We Collect:

As you navigate through and interact with the Website, The Siebel Institute may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

The information The Siebel Institute automatically collects does not include your name or other directly personal data, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways.

Why Do We Collect this Information Automatically? The automatically collected information helps The Siebel Institute improve the Website and deliver a better and more personalized service, by enabling The Siebel Institute to:

For more information about these automated collection techniques, see “How Do We use Cookies?”

How do you use cookies?

The Siebel Institute uses different types of cookies to automatically collect certain data to improve your experience of the Website, and to allow us to track certain information about how visitors use the Website. These include:

To learn more about cookies, please visit the third party site http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Might I encounter any third party cookies?

Some content or applications on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

The Siebel Institute does not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

How do you use my information?

The Siebel Institute uses information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, in order to:

The Siebel Institute may also, with your consent, use your information to contact you about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
If you want to remove yourself from this list at any time, please press the unsubscribe button on any of our emails or contact us at privacy@siebelinstitute.com. For more information, see “What Are My Choices?”

Do you share personal information with others?

The Siebel Institute values the information it has about its customers, and is not in the business of selling it to others. We do occasionally need to share your information for the purpose of conducting our business with you or to comply with legal obligations. For example, under certain circumstances, The Siebel Institute may need to disclose collected personal information in order to:

We may also need to provide the collected personal information to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of The Siebel Institute’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by The Siebel Institute about the Website users is among the assets transferred.

How do you use non-personal information?

Because your non-personal information does not personally identify you, we and our third party service providers may use such information for any purpose. The Siebel Institute may also use or disclose aggregated information that does not identify individual users without restriction.

How do you protect my information?

We and our third party service providers use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect the information under our control. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

Please do not send us sensitive information through email if you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is not secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised). If you believe a security issue exists, you must immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with the "Contact Us" section below. (Note that if you choose to notify us via physical mail, this will delay the time it takes for us to respond to the problem.)

What are my choices?

You can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to take advantage of some offers or features of the Website.

You can decline to accept cookies, set your browser to block cookies, or erase The Siebel Institute’s cookies from your computer, though doing so may prevent some aspects of the Website from working properly.

If you no longer want to receive email or other mail from The Siebel Institute, please press the unsubscribe button on any of our emails or contact us at privacy@siebelinstitute.com.

If you want to exercise your rights over your data pursuant to GDPR or any similar law, please email us at privacy@siebelinstitute.com.

How long do we keep your data?

The Siebel Institute only keeps your personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which we collected it unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Can I access or correct my information?

You may send The Siebel Institute an email at privacy@siebelinstitute.com to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if it is believed that the change would violate any law or legal requirement, cause the information to be incorrect, or if we can’t verify your identity.

Children under the age of 13

The Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. The Siebel Institute does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on the Website or on/through any of its features, register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of the Website, or provide any information about yourself to The Siebel Institute, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, the information will be deleted. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@siebelinstitute.com.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of the Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding The Siebel Institute’s disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to privacy@siebelinstitute.com.

GDPR

If you are a European Union resident, or are otherwise a data subject covered by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or similar laws in other countries, you may have certain rights in relation to your Personal Information. Such rights may include the right to:

You will not have to pay a fee to exercise any of these rights. However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests in a timely manner. Occasionally it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. We may also need to contact you about your request to verify your identity, confirm certain information, or clarify the request before we can fulfill the request.

If you are a European Union resident, or are otherwise data subject covered by GDPR or a similar law and would like to exercise these rights or otherwise have questions about your rights please contact us at privacy@siebelinstitute.com.

Changes to our privacy

It is The Siebel Institute’s policy to post any changes it makes to its privacy policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring that we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting the Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

How can I contact you?

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and The Siebel Institute privacy practices, contact us at privacy@siebelinstitute.com.