Last Updated on January 20, 2009
AM FM Education Services is a subsidiary of AM FM Consulting Group Inc. AM FM Consulting Group Inc. respects the privacy of all its users and is committed to protecting such privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy explains AM FM Education Services Website treatment of your personally identifiable information collected in connection with your activates on or related to all websites referencing this Privacy Policy and all services made available on the AM FM Education Services Website. This Privacy Policy also explains how you can ask questions and make suggestions about our privacy practices and review and update your personal information.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
In the course of operating the AM FM Education Services Website, we may collect two types of information about our users: Personal Information and Non-Personal Information.
“Personal Information” is personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, E-mail address, and gender. Personal Information is collected by us when you choose to provide it to us when registering for AM FM Education services, such as when you choose to register for a workshop, or choose to receive information. In addition, if you choose to contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence so that we may fully address the subject matter. We may also receive Personal Information from our business partners and other third parties, provided that such third parties confirm to us that you have permitted them to share such information.
Business contact information such as the name, title, business address, E-mail address or telephone number of a business or professional person or an employee of an organization is not considered Personal Information.
“Non-Personal Information” is information of an anonymous nature, such as your Internet Protocol Address (IP Address), the domain you may have used to access a service on the AM FM Education Services Website, the type and version of browser or operating system you may be using, and the website you may have come from and visit next. Aggregate information such as demographic statistics of our users (i.e., average age or geographical allocation of our users), number of visitors and average time spent on the AM FM Education Services Website, is also considered Non-Personal Information.
Our web server may automatically collect Non-Personal Information which is provided through your browser or stored on a cookie or through a web beacon when you choose to visit the AM FM Education Services Website. Non-Personal Information is used by the AM FM Education Services Website as described here.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information may be used by us for the following purposes:
(a) Providing you with information you have requested from us, including your use of the AM FM Education Services Website. We may from time to time use your personal information to contact you about changes, enhancements, or similar notices related to the AM FM Education Services Website.;
(b) If you indicated that you were interested in receiving information from the AM FM Education Services Website, the AM FM Education Services Website may send you E-mail materials and other mailings about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. If at any time you would like to end your subscription to any such E-mail materials, email to this extent to info@amfmeducation.com;
(c) The AM FM Education Services Website may also use Personal Information if it has reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful when investigating a contravention of a federal, provincial or foreign law or in order to protect or defend a legal interest.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will not sell or rent your Personal Information to anyone.
We will only disclose your Personal Information to third parties:
(a) Where you have specifically given us your consent to disclose your Personal Information for a designated purpose;
(b) Who are acting on our behalf as our suppliers or service providers, solely to enable us to more efficiently provide you with the services from the AM FM Education Services Website. Such entities act under strict contractual controls, requiring them to maintain the confidentiality of all such Personal Information and to use such information solely for purposes related to the provision of the AM FM Education Services Website;
(c) As required by law, including by an order of any court, institution or body with jurisdiction or authority to compel the production of information, or in order to protect or defend a legal interest;
LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND ADVERTISEMENTS
The AM FM Education Services Website may contain links to other websites and services. While we try to link only to sites and services that share our high standards and respect for privacy, please understand that we are not responsible for the content of, or the privacy practices employed by other companies or websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to personal information that may be accessible through the AM FM Education Services Website .
SECURITY
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We instruct our employees with access to your Personal Information that it is to be used only in adherence with the principles set forth in this Privacy Policy and the laws applicable to each specific business.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The AM FM Education Services Website may from time to time change its Privacy Policy. Changes will be effective when notice of such changes is posted on the AM FM Education Services Website. Please check this Privacy Policy regularly for updates by checking the date of “Last Update” at the top of this document.
ACCESSING AND CHANGING ACCOUNT OR REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The AM FM Education Services Website provides you with the means to access, update, edit or delete any Account or Registration Information you may have provided to us at any time by sending an E-mail info@amfmeducation.com.
If you are unsure whether we have a record containing any of your Personal Information and would like to confirm whether or not we do, please send an E-mail to info@amfmeducation.com
If you decide at any time that you do not want to receive any E-mail materials to which you have subscribed, you may choose to unsubscribe to these E-mails by sending an E-mail to info@amfmeducation.com
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS
If you have questions, comments or suggestions about this Privacy Policy or the AM FM Education Services Website privacy practices that were not answered here, send our Privacy Manager an E-mail at info@amfmeducation.com. Ask for the Office Manager at AM FM calling 416-746-5111.
THE AM FM EDUCATION SERVICES WEBSITE USE OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
Non-Personal Information is collected or derived by us in the course of operating the AM FM Education Services Website. For example, our web servers may automatically collect Non-Personal Information which is provided through your browser or stored on a cookie or through a web beacon when you choose to visit The AM FM Education Services Website.
In addition to the AM FM Education Services Website practices related to IP Addresses, cookies or web beacons, Non-Personal Information is used generally by the AM FM Education Services Website to monitor and improve the operation of the AM FM Education Services Website, to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our users, to measure user demographics and interest regarding specific services on the AM FM Education Services Website, to describe our services to third parties such as prospective business partners and advertisers and where to best use our resources. No Personal Information will be disclosed during these activities.
IP ADDRESSES
An IP Address is the unique number which is assigned to every direct Internet access point. Many IP Addresses can generally be associated with certain Internet service providers or large organizations. IP Addresses do not contain any Personal Information. When you, through your browser, request a web page or similar Internet information from another computer on the Internet, your browser automatically provides that computer with an IP address to which it will send the requested information.
The AM FM Education Services Website and IP Addresses:
(a) Whenever you request service from The AM FM Education Services Website web page or certain other similar the AM FM Education Services Website content, your browser automatically provides our computers with your IP Address, to which our computers will send the requested information. Each such request is logged by our computers with information including the IP Address of the computer that requested the page and is stored by our computers as needed for the purposes described in this policy;
(b) The AM FM Education Services Website may use your IP Address to facilitate the diagnoses and remedy of a technical problem reported by you or our technical team.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred (through your browser) from a website to the hard drive of your computer. The cookie identifies your browser and will NOT let a website know any personal information about you, such as your name and address. Since cookies are only text files, they cannot run on your computer, search your computer for other information or transmit information to anyone.
The AM FM Education Services Website may use cookies to:
(a) Monitor website usage and improve the operation and performance or the AM FM Education Services Website and to make the AM FM Education Services Website easier and more convenient to use. For example, cookies help us to remember who you are through your browser settings so that we can offer and provide more personalized services. Cookies also allow us to save passwords and preferences for you so that you will not have to re-enter them the next time you visit the AM FM Education Services Website.
(b) Measure aggregate user traffic and demographic statistics related to the AM FM Education Services Website (i.e., number of users, average time spent, average age and similar statistics). This information helps us to better understand when to update, change or offer new services. No Personal Information will be disclosed in such reports;
Cookies are used on many major websites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you have received a cookie, or to refuse to accept cookies. You should understand that while the AM FM Education Services Website does not require you to use cookies, certain services provided by the AM FM Education Services Website will not function properly if you set your browser to not accept cookies.
Certain services provided by the AM FM Education Services Website may contain electronic images known as web beacons-sometimes called single-pixel GIFs-that allow the AM FM Education Services Website to count users who have visited those pages. Web beacons are not used to access your Personal Information; they are a technique used to compile aggregated statistics about the AM FM Education Services Website usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides.
Any questions regarding this privacy policy or the information contained herein should be directed towards info@amfmeducation.com.