Who We Are
Our website address is: https://ethicalailawinstitute.org. We take your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes what personal information we collect and how we use it.
This Privacy Policy and our data practices are governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States of America. Any disputes related to this policy, or our data practices will be resolved in the State of New York.
Routine Information Collection
All web servers track basic information about their visitors. This information includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes.
Data Collection for Minors
Our website and blog is oriented towards adult business professionals. We do not design content for, target, or knowingly collect data from minors.
GDPR Compliance
If you are a resident of the European Union, you have certain rights and protections under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We respect and recognize these rights. Among them are the right to be forgotten and the right to data portability. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the provided email.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device that help websites remember your preferences, interactions, and browsing history. Our site uses cookies to improve your browsing experience, understand how visitors interact with the site, and tailor content based on visitor preferences. You have the option to disable cookies in your browser, but doing so may impact certain features of our site.
Where necessary, Ethical AI Law Institute uses cookies to store information about a visitor’s preferences and history to better serve the visitor or present the visitor with customized content.
Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts, or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Controlling Your Privacy
Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms. This list of web browser privacy management links may also be useful.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites. We encourage our users to be aware of this when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site they visit.
Consent
We actively seek user consent for data collection and processing. Our consent mechanism, provided as a pop-up, is designed to be compliant with both GDPR and California data protection regulations. This is facilitated through Google AdSense tools, ensuring rigorous standards of data protection and user rights.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
We utilize third-party services to enhance the functionality of our website and to provide seamless services to our customers. These include:
Jetpack & WooCommerce: Used for website analytics, performance, and e-commerce functionalities. For some functionalities like calculating shipping and tax, data about our customers might be sent back.
Payment Processors (Stripe and PayPal): We entrust our payment processing to third-party providers, Stripe and PayPal. When you make a purchase on our site, some of your data, including data required for processing or supporting the payment (such as purchase total and billing information), is passed to the respective third-party processor.
While these third-party processors have their own privacy policies, we strive to work with entities that prioritize user privacy and data security.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data Security
The security of your data is paramount to us. We employ state-of-the-art security measures, both technical and administrative, to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or destruction. While no online service can guarantee absolute security, we are committed to ensuring the highest level of data protection available.
Data Breaches
In the unlikely event of a data breach, we are committed to informing all affected individuals within 72 hours of discovering the breach. We will also take all necessary steps to mitigate the effects of the breach and prevent any future occurrences.
Special Note About Google Advertising
Any advertisements served by Google, Inc., and affiliated companies may be controlled using cookies. These cookies allow Google to display ads based on your visits to this site and other sites that use Google advertising services. Learn how to opt out of Google’s cookie usage. As mentioned above, any tracking done by Google through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google’s own privacy policies.
Updates to the Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Users will be informed of any significant updates through notices on our website or through email notifications.
Legal Basis for Processing
We prioritize transparency in our data practices. The primary legal basis for our data collection is the provision of services, such as course enrollment and subscription to our newsletter. We only collect necessary data to fulfill these services, ensuring our users are always in the know.
Opt-Out Choices
We respect user choices. Any user can contact us directly at our provided email to be removed from our customer list. Additionally, our automated newsletter comes with a built-in opt-out option, allowing users to unsubscribe with ease, whenever they wish to.
Contact Information
Given the scale of our operations, we do not have a designated Data Protection Officer. However, for any queries, concerns, or requests related to data privacy, you can reach out to us directly at ethicalailawinstitute@gmail.com. We aim to address all concerns in a timely and comprehensive manner.