This document sets forth The Photo College's Online Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") for this Website, www.thephotocollege.com (the "Site"). If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use this Site. This Privacy Policy does not govern privacy practices associated with offline activities or other TPC web sites or other web sites that may be owned by Tom Jenkins of The Photo College..
All "personal information" ("personal information" is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains) that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. The Photo College and OriJen Publications reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, and will provide notice of material changes on the Homepage of the Site. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which TPC is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described below in the section titled "Updating your personal information and privacy preferences." You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after such notice has been posted for thirty (30) days with the following exception: If at the time you provide personal information to The Photo College, you are given the opportunity (as you currently are) to limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by The Photo College or by third parties, The Photo College will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent. However, if The Photo College sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or The Photo College (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, The Photo College may provide to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.
Personal information on this Site is collected by OriJen Publications. OriJen Publication's mail-only address is 8820 E. Neher Ct., Floral City, Florida, and its telephone number is (813) 391-9936.
As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with other activities, such as subscribing to the collaboration services offered on the Site or utilizing online software applications, TPC may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, TPC may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including ZIP code), Email address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal information. When ordering products or services on the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number or use the secure services of an outside ordering system. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity. TPC uses it's server's 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to ensure the security and encryption of your personal information.
TPC has established relationships with various service providers whose services are available to you from this Site or from Web sites that are linked to this Site. Typically, these providers offer services that TPC students might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with TPC services and products. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personal information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while on this Site in conjunction with a provider's service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with TPC personal information collected from you. In such instances, TPC may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. In the situation where sites have a TPC "look and feel," and you reasonably believe you are on a TPC Website, the site is collecting information in a solely intermediary capacity and does not use personal information for secondary purposes.
TPC collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you subscribe to a service or register a product, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers, and other products and services of TPC and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.
TPC may collect information about the use of the Site, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually.
TPC recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Site. Without your consent, TPC will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, and special offers available from TPC, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Site. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, TPC will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.
There are other instances in which TPC may divulge your personal information. TPC may provide your personal information if necessary, in TPC's good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena, warrant, or order or to protect the rights of TPC or others.
The personal information that you provide in connection with registering yourself as a user of TPC products or services or registering a TPC product is classified as Registration Information. Registration Information is protected in several ways. Access by you to your Registration Information is available through a password and unique customer ID selected by TPC. This password is encrypted. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. In addition, your Registration Information may reside(when applicable) temporarily on a secure server that only selected TPC personnel (solely by Tom Jenkins of The Photo College) has access to via password until you notify TPC that you no longer need that personal information to reside on said server; at that time TPC removes your personal information from its server. TPC encrypts your personal information and thereby strives to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing such information when it is transmitted to The Photo College.
Personal information that you provide that does not constitute Registration Information also resides on a secure server and is only accessible to selected TPC personnel (Tom Jenkins of The Photo College) via password. Since this information is not accessible by you, you will not be asked to select a password in order to view or modify such information.
TPC does not have a Bulletin Board, Chat Room, or Forum: Please note that any information you post to a public bulletin board or chat room is available to all persons accessing that location. Your Email address might not automatically be posted on the Forums unless you modify the default setting to permit that. Your Email address might then be available to all persons accessing the Forums. In addition, you should be aware that the Forums might offer services in which subscribers are Emailed a copy of all messages posted to the Forums on a particular topic. Consequently, if you post a message to the Forums, your Email address might be sent to those subscribers that have indicated an interest in the topic of your message.
When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and access important information without revealing your identity. In order to privatize our Site, we do not use "cookies" or any other means to track your visit. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. (For some Web pages that require an authorization, cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to access those pages, however TPC's Webpages have no built-in restrictions.)
You have the right to access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences at any time. With respect to Registration Information, this may be accomplished by Contacting TPC from our Homepage or by sending an email to: support at thephotocollege dot com, in the appropriate Internet jargon.
Please include your name, address, and/or Email address when you contact us. In your correspondence, please indicate with as much detail as possible the location on this Site where you provided your personal information.
TPC takes its users' privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that TPC has not complied with this Online Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may Mail or Email to the TPC Privacy Officer at the address indicated above.
In your letter or email, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the TPC Online Privacy Policy has not been compliant. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly. Please note that if you provide TPC with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), TPC cannot guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.
Also, please note that TPC is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-TPC Websites to which this Site or any other TPC Website may link. You should review the privacy policy of such sites before using the sites.