Last modified: July 12, 2022
AMERICA-MIDEAST EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING SERVICES, INC. (“Amideast”) is providing this Privacy Policy to explain our policies for the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information on all pages hosted at Amideast’s website and Amideast’s online applications, as well as personal information submitted to Amideast via other means. By accessing our website and using our online applications and services, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy.
Collection of Information
Amideast collects information electronically and in other formats. When you visit Amideast’s website, submit an online form, apply to one of our programs or services, or subscribe to our newsletter, you are asked to provide information relevant to the service you seek or as required by law. The information you are asked to provide may include personal information. “Personal information” refers to information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual, such as name, contact information, identification information, education information, financial and other information. “Personal information” does not include de-identified data or publicly available information.
Amideast may also passively collect general information regarding website visitors. We call this “passive” collection because you may not know that this information is being collected when you visit or interact with our website. This information may include IP address, browser, and domain information. Amideast may also monitor and track information such as visitor usage patterns of our website using standard site tracking software.
Use of Information
Amideast will only use your personal information for the purpose for which it was provided, and to facilitate the delivery of Amideast’s services and the management of our programs as permitted by applicable law. Amideast does not share personal information with any third parties except as disclosed in this policy. Amideast may provide personal information to Amideast’s consultants, subcontractors, and service providers as required in order to provide or improve Amideast’s services, or to otherwise further a legitimate business purpose. For sponsored programs, Amideast may provide personal information pertaining to applicants to the program sponsors and program partners as required by the program’s contract. The categories of personal information we may disclose include:
- Personal identifiers
- Customer records
- Education information
- Professional or employment-related information
Information you submit voluntarily to us in order to receive electronic communications and various printed publications, and information you provide through surveys and feedback is used to administer our services and improve our website. Amideast does not exchange, rent, or sell any mailing list or any collected information. Amideast provides you with the ability to unsubscribe to any email list.
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Amideast’s website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
Update, Correct, or Delete Personal Information
The accuracy of your individual information is important to Amideast. If you have a question about or change to your personal information, please send an email to privacy@amideast.org.
Security
Amideast values your trust in providing us your personal information and we take various measures to ensure that your information is treated securely. Amideast uses commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of any personal information on our systems, and to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information transmitted to us. Amideast never stores your credit card information and we use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving sensitive personal information. Of course, no data transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information upon receipt, Amideast cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us.
In addition to the measures we take to protect your information, the security of your information also depends on you. Please be sure to safeguard the confidentiality of your account credentials and make sure appropriate security settings are enabled on the device you use to access our website.
Cookies
Amideast’s website and online applications utilize cookies to facilitate user authentication, enhance performance, and to track website visits to improve the user experience. No personal information is stored within the cookies used in Amideast’s servers.
Links
Amideast’s website and online application may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Amideast does not control the privacy policy of websites we link to. Therefore, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of these websites prior to any use.
Changes to this privacy statement
We may occasionally adjust our privacy statement to reflect changes to our systems and in response to customer feedback. As such, we suggest you check the privacy statement each time you visit this site. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.
Opt-out
If at any time you would like to discontinue email communication from Amideast, please notify us at privacy@amideast.org.
Colorado State Privacy Rights
Colorado provides its state residents with rights to:
- Confirm whether we process their personal information.
- Access and delete certain personal information.
- Access personal data in a portable and readily usable format that allows the consumer to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.
- Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.
- Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information's nature processing purpose.
- Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
If you are a resident of Colorado and seek to exercise any of these rights, please send an email to privacy@amideast.org. Amideast will inform you of any action taken on your request or denial of the request in accordance with applicable law. If your request is denied, you may appeal the decision by submitting a written request to privacy@amideast.org within two weeks of the date you receive notice of the denial. Any appeal you submit must include the denial you are appealing and state “Notice of Appeal” in the subject line of the email. Amideast will inform you of any action taken on your appeal or denial of appeal in accordance with applicable law. You have the right to contact the Colorado Attorney General regarding the results of the appeal.
Nevada State Privacy Rights
Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request by emailing privacy@amideast.org. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering Nevada’s opt-out requirements.
Contact us
For more information on Amideast and privacy, please contact us at privacy@amideast.org.
