We will collect information from our users at various points on this website - this is allow us to provide our users with customer service and for billing purposes. In addition we also collect data so that we can customise the site according to individual personal profiles. ATC International is the sole user of the personal information collected from this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others.
In order to receive our email notifications, users have to complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address and home address) and financial information (such as credit card number and expiry date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fulfill customer orders. This information is used to contact the user with the information that they have expressed interest in.
A cookie is a small text file which is written to a user’s hard drive. This contains information about the user. Please note that the cookies do not contain any personal information about the user. The cookie terminates, once the user closes his or her browser. The use of cookies is now very common and widespread. By using cookies we save our users time on the site (this means that users do not have to log in with a password more than once); and also so that we are able to personalise the site to the user’s profile. If a user sets up his browser to reject the cookie, he or she may still use the site. However, the user will not be immediately recognised and it may mean that they have to enter his or her password more than once.
This web site contains links to other sites. Please note that ATC International is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We always encourage our users to be aware of this when they leave our site and to make sure that they read the privacy statements of any third party site. This privacy statement solely applies to the information that has been collected by this Web site.
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys. It is entirely voluntary to participate in these surveys. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and home address), and demographic information (such as postcode, age level. The information collected by any survey will be used to help us monitor or improving the workings of the site.
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with SSL. Whilst on a secure page, such as the registration form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, as will be the case for most of the time that a user is browsing the web.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, please contact us at ptc@atc-global.comIf a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your postcode), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will do our utmost to set up the means to correct, update or remove the user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at the student’s personal profile page or by contacting us at ptc@atc-global.comIf we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our News Page so all our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
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