Privacy Policy
Overview
The Relationship Institute at UCLA is committed to protecting your privacy. We created this privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") in order to disclose our information collection and dissemination practices. You agree to this Privacy Policy in its entirety when you: 1) access or use the Website; 2) register at the Website; and/or 3) purchase products and/or services at or through the Website. If you do not agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy in its entirety, you may not access and/or use the Website, register at the Website and/or purchase products and/or services at or through the Website.
Information We Collect
Our site will never collect personal information about you except when knowingly provided by you (or as otherwise described below). The information that we collect is generally limited to the personal information that you provide when you make a purchase at or through the Website. The personal information that may be collected includes, but is not limited to: 1) your email address, full name, date of birth, address and telephone number ("Personal Information"). In order to effectuate a purchase at or through the Website, we may also collect your credit card information. In addition, like most standard website servers, we use log files. Log files track anonymous user information including, but not limited to, Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider ("ISP"), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. This information is tracked in order to analyze trends, administer the Website, track users? movements in the aggregate and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. The information tracked via log files is not linked to personally identifiable information.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that. We use 'cookie' technology in a limited way to identify unique browsers that visit us and to track usage throughout our site. Additionally, each time you visit our site, our server automatically collects information about which pages are visited and the domain name of visitors for purposes of research and analysis. All of this information is used for internal review, to tailor information to individual visitors and for traffic audits. This information will never be aggregated and sold to third parties.
How We Use Your Information
The Personal Information that you supply to us remains your personal property. However, by submitting that information to the Relationship Institute at UCLA you grant us the right to use your Personal Information for any legal purpose including, without limitation: a) alerting you to future seminars and Institute products via email advertising; b) tracking compliance with our Terms and Conditions; and c) for validation, suppression, content improvement and feedback purposes. Credit card information supplied by you will only be utilized in order to effectuate your purchase(s) at the Website.
The Relationship Institute at UCLA may, but is not obligated to, retain the content of any E-mails you send or information or data you provide by other means, including your E-mail address and other personally identifiable information, so that we may respond to your requests for information or questions, and comply with any legal requirements. For example, if we receive e-mails providing feedback about our site or the seminars offered by the Institute, we reserve the unrestricted right to use the content of those e-mails in any future promotional materials. In such an instance, we will make reasonable efforts to protect your identity. We will never, for example, distribute your e-mail address or complete last name in promotional materials.
Sharing Of Your Information
To the extent that we collect your credit card-specific information, we will use the information only to process and complete any transaction that you request. Your credit card information will be encrypted and protected with SSL encryption software. We will not share your credit card information with any third-parties (other than consumer credit agencies). By submitting your e-mail address at the Website, you agree to receive e-mail marketing from us.
Important Exceptions
The Relationship Institute at UCLA may be required to disclose personal information in some instances, such as: (1) when such release is required by law and/or where we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, and/or subpoena; (2) to enforce or apply terms of any of our member agreements; or (3) in the event that we believe that the Website is being, or has been, used in violation of our Terms and Conditions and/or to commit unlawful acts.
Third Party Websites
You may be introduced to third-party vendors and/or websites through the Website. The privacy policies of these third parties are not under our control and may differ from ours. The use of any information that you may provide to any third party, or the use of cookie technology by any third party, will be governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the website that you are visiting. In some cases these third parties may share the information that they collect about you with the Relationship Institute at UCLA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Relationship Institute at UCLA is not responsible for the privacy and data collection practices of such third parties. If you have any doubts about the privacy of the information you are providing on another site, we recommend that you contact that website directly for more information and review their privacy policy.
Opt-Out/Unsunscribe Information
We may maintain separate email lists for different purposes. In order to end your email subscription to a particular list, you must follow the instructions for unsubscribing contained in any email correspondence that you receive from the Relationship Institute at UCLA. Unsubscribing from one list will not automatically unsubscribe you from all email lists. To opt-out from the receipt of all e-mail correspondence (other than account-related communications), please send an email with the subject "Unsubscribe" to .
Minors
Visitors under 18 years of age are not permitted to use and/or submit Personal Information at the Website and/or register for or make purchases at or through the Website. We do not knowingly solicit or collect information from individuals under the age of 18.
Security
Everyone associated with the Relationship Institute at UCLA is dedicated to ensuring the security and privacy of all personal information provided by those who use our web site and attend our seminars. All collected information is stored in a technically and physically secure environment. Access to this information is strictly limited, and the information is not accessible to the public. When our purchase process asks users to enter sensitive information, such as credit card-specific information, and when we store and transmit such sensitive information, that information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. In addition, to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we use appropriate industry standard procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information, such as firewall, encryption, token authentication, application proxies, monitoring technology, and adaptive analysis of network traffic, to track abuse of our network and its data. Please be advised that, although we take every reasonable technological precaution available to protect your data, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, we shall notify you and any applicable regulatory agencies in the event that there has been an information security breach. You will be notified via e-mail in the event of such a breach. Please be advised that notice may be delayed in order to address the needs of law enforcement, determination of the scope of network damage, and to engage in remedial measures.
Changes To The Privacy Policy & Notification Of Changes
We reserve the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a notice at the Website that we are changing our Privacy Policy. Any and all changes to our Privacy Policy are effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Website and/or continued receipt of our e-mails constitute an affirmative acknowledgement and acceptance by the user to the terms of the modified Privacy Policy.