Privacy Policy

Definitions

As used in this Policy, the term “personal information” means information that identifies you personally or captures identifiable information about you.  The term “Site” refers to www.cspis.com.  The terms “CSPIS,” “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to The Canadian School of Private Investigation and Security Ltd. The terms “you”, and “your” refer to any user of the site, be they a student or simply a user our the site.

Privacy Pledge

The Canadian School of Private Investigation and Security Ltd. (herein referred to as CSPIS) is committed to responsible and accountable privacy practices as they pertain to the collection and use of information gathered in the normal course of our interaction with students or prospective students, employers or prospective employers, and/or the public as a whole, which are referred to herein as the Consumer.

To that end, any information gathered by us at any time will be used solely to provide you, the consumer, with the experience, information, product or services you require while interacting with us. CSPIS pledges not to share, sell or divulge any information about you to any third party at any time, unless required do so by law.

Breadth of This Policy

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes our privacy policy for collection and use of personal information through our website or via electronic communication including emails communication. Our privacy policies are governed by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000 (PIPEDA). Ultimately, PIPEDA supersedes and governs over any contrary provisions in this Policy. This Policy does not cover any employees, faculty, contractors, consultants, or agents of CSPIS.

Consent to Collection of Information

By virtue of using our site, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of personal information, as outlined herein. If consent is not provided for the collection of your information, you may not use this site.

Access to and Revocation of Personal Data

Any individual has the right at any time to request that the entirety of information gathered about or in relation to that individual by CSPIS be expunged or deleted. If such a request is made, the requestor understands that CSPIS may not be able to continue to provide available information or services which may be dependent on the requisite information.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify, change or update this policy at any time without prior notice by updating our privacy policy on www.cspis.com. Any such modification to our privacy policy will apply to any data collected from the date of modification forward. Use or continued use of our website will constitute acceptance of any revisions to our privacy policy. You may access the current version of this Policy at any time by clicking on the link marked “Privacy Policy” at the bottom of each page of the public areas of our site.

Types of information gathered

1. Information Voluntarily Provided
   Any information you freely provide to us is collected by CSPIS. This voluntarily provided information is used to provide you with the information, services and/or products you may have requested. We retain the right to contact you via contact information freely provided in order to convey to you answers to any questions or requests submitted by you to CSPIS. You can request to ‘opt-out’ of all future contact from us at anytime by calling (844) 645-4468 or emailing admissions@cspis.com. We retain the right to use the information gathered through our site to improve our services and to better understand the needs and interests of our clientele. We also retain the right to remove identifiable information from data collected and use the remaining data for historical, statistical, or analytical purposes.

1. Information Collected via communication withyour web browser
   CSPIS collects information that is sentautomatically by your web browser. This information may include the IP address of your ISP, the name of your operating system (such as Windows® or Mac OS X®), and the name and version of your browser (such as Netscape® or Internet Explorer®). The information we receive depends on the settings on your web browser.The information provided by your browser does notpersonally identify you. If you access our site through an e-mail we have sent you or have created a “user identity” by creating a user account during one of your visits, this information may be linked to information that identifies you personally. We use this information analyze usage patterns, which help us improve our site and improve the general user experience.

1. On the use of Cookies
   CSPIS may obtain information about you by installing a cookie on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie is a piece of Web code that is used primarily foranalysis of web site traffic and user behavior, application functionality, and/or data storage. Two types of cookies may be employed: “session cookies” and “persistent cookies.”A session cookie does not identify you personally, and expires (is deleted) when your browser window is closed.Session cookies are used to compile statistics about the ways visitors interact with our site. This information is not linked to any personally indentifying data. “Persistent cookies” (cookies that do not expire when you close your browser) permit us to recognize your computer upon return visits. Cookies are also used to store information you have previously provided (like your user ID). Persistent cookies remain on your computer until deleted or until they expire. Expiration durations vary and are often less than six months. If you prefer, you may set your browser to reject cookies or to alert you when cookiesare placed on your computer. If cookies are rejected, some aspects of our site may not be accessible.

Protection of collected personal information

CSPIS cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, alteration or destruction of personal information, but we take measures to prevent such occurrences. Our servers and databases are protected by firewalls and passwords. In addition, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to encrypt data as it travels between your computer and our servers.

Third Party Sites Linked from CSPIS

This privacy policy applies to the CSPIS site, and we make no claim as to the privacy policies of any third party sites you may have accessed through our site.

Retention of Personal Information

CSPIS retains the personal information collected on this site as long as necessary to provide the services, products, and information you request or as permitted by applicable law. While it is in our possession, your personal information will generally be stored in our databases or databases maintained by our service providers. Most, if not all, of these databases are stored on servers and storage devices located in Canada. Canadian data protection laws may not provide as much protection as the data protection laws in force in some other countries. If you are located in a country outside Canada, by using this site you consent to the transfer of your personal information to Canada.

Questions about this policy

If you have questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us by calling (844) 645-4468 or by email at info@cspis.com