Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to iapuc.org, and governs data collection and usage. The IAPUC website is a professional network site. By using the IAPUC website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement..

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, IAPUC may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

For Institutions:

In these cases, institutional data could be viewed or treated as personal data due to its potential to identify a specific individual. By providing this information, you acknowledge and understand this possibility. We handle all data, whether institutional or personal, with utmost care and in accordance with our privacy policy.

Institutional Data:
  • Name of the Institution
  • Type of Institution (university, training center, etc.)
  • Institutional Address (including postal code, city, country)
  • Contact Number
  • Email Address
  • Institutional Website URL
  • Year Established
  • Affiliations or Accreditation (if any)
Contact Person:
  • First, Middle and Last Name
  • Job Title or Position
  • Contact Number
  • Email Address
Technical Data (for e-learning assessment):
  • Platform(s) used for e-learning (Demo Access to the e-learning courses/modules offered: Login, Password)
  • Number of e-learning courses/modules offered
  • Approximate number of students enrolled in e-learning courses
  • Technical contact (who manages the e-learning platform: contact number, email adress)

For Individual Educators:

The information you provide in this section relates directly to you as an individual. While some details might be considered professional or related to your educational activities, they are intrinsically tied to your identity. Thus, this information is treated as personal data. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and will handle your personal data with utmost care, in line with our privacy policy and relevant data protection regulations.

Personal Identification Data:
  • First, Middle and Last Name
  • Job Title or Position
  • Date of Birth
  • Nationality
Contact Data:
  • Residential Address (including postal code, city, country)
  • Contact Number
  • Email Address
Professional Data:
  • Educational Qualifications
  • Professional Qualifications
  • Areas of Expertise or Subjects Taught
  • Professional Affiliations or Memberships
  • List of e-learning platforms or tools used
  • Number of e-learning courses/modules developed or taught
  • Website or Portfolio URL (if applicable)
Technical Data:
  • Preferred e-learning platforms or tools
  • Experience with various e-learning standards (like SCORM, xAPI, etc.)
  • Demo Access to the e-learning courses/modules offered (Website, Login, Password)
Consent & Communication Preferences:
  • Consent to receive updates, newsletters, or promotional messages
  • Preferred mode of communication (email, phone, etc.)
This data helps us gain a better understanding of our audience and optimize our services. It is collected in aggregate and cannot be used to identify you personally. Your participation in providing this information is voluntary, and it will be used strictly for analytical and improvement purposes.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through IAPUC’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

We value your privacy and transparency. We only collect personal information from you when it’s voluntarily provided. While you can navigate our platform without giving away personal details, specific actions or services might necessitate the sharing of certain personal data. These instances include, but are not limited to:

(a) Registering for an account with us,

(b) Applying for membership,

(c) Seeking consulting services,

(d) Purchasing or accessing document templates,

(e) Participating in a sweepstakes, contest, or other promotions organized by us or our partners,

(f) Opting into special offers from our curated third-party associates,

(g) Reaching out to us via email or other communication channels,

(h) Providing payment details, such as credit card information, when procuring our products or services.

Please rest assured that your data, when provided, is primarily used to facilitate communication regarding the services or products you’ve shown interest in or availed. As we evolve and enhance our offerings, there might be occasions when we collect additional personal or non-personal data, always with the intent to serve you better.

Use of your Personal Information

IAPUC  collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

IAPUC may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from IAPUC and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

IAPUC DOES NOT SELL, RENT or LEASE its customer’s data to third parties.

IAPUC may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to IAPUC, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

IAPUC may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 IAPUC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of IAPUC; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of IAPUC, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior

IAPUC may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within IAPUC, in order to determine what IAPUC services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within IAPUC to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by IAPUC. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the IAPUC website.

Use of Cookies

The IAPUC website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize IAPUC pages, or register with IAPUC site or services, a cookie helps IAPUC to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on.

When you return to the same IAPUC website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the IAPUC features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the IAPUC services or websites you visit.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

IAPUC secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. IAPUC uses the following methods for this purpose:

  • SSL Protocol
  • Cloudflare

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, IAPUC may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from IAPUC or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from IAPUC, you may opt out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by “clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button” or contacting us at info@iapuc.org.

Changes to this Statement

IAPUC reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.