Privacy Policy

H.O.P.E. Certification com respects your privacy. Any personal information that you provide to www.HOPECertification.org or its subdomains will be used and safeguarded as described below. If you have any questions, please contact us at SallySpencerThomas@gmail.com.

Please be aware that the Site contains links to external websites that do not fall under the HOPECertification.org domain. HOPECertification.org is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such external sites.

How HOPECertification.org Collects Information

Non-Personally Identifiable Information.

The Site may collect non-personally identifiable information from you such as IP address and browser information. This information does not identify you personally and is only used in the aggregate. HOPECertification.org may also use “cookies,” which are the informational files that your Web browser places on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used on this Site to track and analyze how you and other visitors use the Site. HOPECertification.org uses this information to improve the value of the Site and the content and to correct any problems. The Site cannot extract any personally identifying information about you from what we receive via a cookie and your browser.

Personally Identifiable Information.

Some features of HOPECertification.org collects personally identifiable information (“PII”) (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, street addresses, and areas of interest) that users voluntarily supply upon request when you register for a website or add your name to a mailing list, for instance. HOPECertification.org does not collect PII other than what you voluntarily provide to HOPECertification.org.

Our site has mail list archives or participant forums that you may join. While most of HOPECertification.org’s lists are limited to subscribers, we cannot control the behavior of subscribers to these lists, and they may collect, copy, or distribute names of people who post messages or the contents even if the guidelines for participation in a particular list explicitly prohibits it.

HOPECertification.org cannot and does not warrant that information you post to any of its mail lists, message boards, online discussion services, or online course and seminar services will not be copied or distributed by other subscribers/participants. For more information, please see the section on User Generated Content above.

E-mail.

If you choose to e-mail us and provide PII about yourself, we will not use the information for any purpose other than to respond to your inquiry.

Surveys, Online Forms, Questionnaires.

HOPECertification.org may post, either permanently or at various intervals, surveys used to collect information for evaluation purposes. Unless otherwise stated, this information is used to look at group trends, and there is no identification of individual respondents.

E-Commerce Transactions.

As a service to our Site visitors, the Site provides online order forms for various products and services. The Site collects your telephone number, e-mail address, billing address, and credit card information to enable these transactions.

Visitors’ billing information remains with HOPECertification.org, except as needed to fulfill the specific order. HOPECertification.org does not share credit card information with any other organization. HOPECertification.org has security measures in place that are designed to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of credit card information or other personal data.

When HOPECertification.com shares PII

HOPECertification.org will not sell, rent, or lease any PII collected through the Site to a non-affiliated third party without your permission. However, on occasion HOPECertification.org may share personal information with other organizations that have missions and activities similar to ours. Furthermore, HOPECertification.org will release visitor information when required to do so by law.

“Opt Out”

If you do not want HOPECertification.org to share your personal information, you can “opt out” by contacting us at SallySpencerThomas@gmail.com. To change your personal information in our database, please e-mail us at SallySpencerThomas@gmail.com.

Security

HOPECertification.org recognizes that your privacy is important to you, and, therefore, we employ technical security measures designed to protect information from outside threats (e.g. “hacking”). However, HOPECertification.org, its affiliates and our service providers do not represent, warrant, or guarantee that personal information will be protected against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or alterations. HOPECertification.org does not accept any liability for personal information submitted to us nor for your or third parties’ use or misuse of your personal information by others.

Children’s Online Privacy

The vast majority of HOPECertification.org websites are designed to reach an audience of adults—in most cases researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the fields of health and education. HOPECertification.org does not knowingly collect or store personally identifiable information about children under the age of 18.