Privacy Policy
Published: www.tcmi.edu, www.tcmi.org, students.tcmi.edu, learn.tcmi.edu, and library.tcmi.edu (Link Name: Privacy Policy)
Last Updated: January 2025
This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our websites at tcmi.org, students.tcmi.edu, learn.tcmi.edu, library.tcmi.edu, and tcmi.edu (our "Websites") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
Before accessing, using, or interacting with the Websites you should carefully review the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. By accepting our Privacy Policy, you are confirming that you have read and understand these terms, including how and why we use your information. If you don’t want us to collect or process your Personal Data in the ways described in this Privacy Policy, you should immediately terminate your use of the Websites and not otherwise provide any information.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for you to access our Websites or parts of our Websites.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "we", "us" or "our" in this Agreement) refers to TCM International Institute, 6337 Hollister Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46224 and Sattelbacher Strasse 16, A-2532 Heiligenkreuz N.Ö., Austria Europe.
Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to the United States.
Device means any device that can access the Websites, such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Websites Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Websites, to provide the Websites on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Websites, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Websites are used.
Third-party Social Media Websites refers to any website or any social network website through which a user can log in or create an account to use the Websites.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Websites or from the Websites infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
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Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our Websites, we may ask you to provide us with certain Personal Data that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal Data may include:
Email address;
First name and last name;
Phone number;
Address, City, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code; and
Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Websites.
Usage Data may include information such as your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Websites that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Websites by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Websites or when you access the Websites by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Websites and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Websites. The technologies we use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your Device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Websites. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Websites may use Cookies.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Websites may use locally stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences or your activity on our Websites. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Websites and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with Websites available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Websites, including to monitor the usage of our Websites.
To manage your Account: to manage your registration as a user of the Websites. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Websites available to you as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or Websites you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the Websites.
To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted Websites, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, websites, and events, which we offer similar to those you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
For business transfers: we may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about our Websites users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: we may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Websites, products, marketing, and your experience.
We may share your Personal Data in the following situations:
With Service Providers: we may share your Personal Data with Websites Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Websites to contact you.
For business transfers: we may share or transfer your Personal Data in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With Affiliates: we may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
With business partners: we may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, websites, or promotions.
With other users: when you share Personal Data or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If you interact with other users or register through a Third-party Social Media Websites, your contacts on the Third-party Social Media Websites may see your name, profile, pictures and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you, and view your profile.
With your consent: we may disclose your Personal Data for any other purpose with your consent.
Retention of your Personal Data
The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Websites, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of your Personal Data
Personal Data we collect about you is transferred, processed, and accessed by us in the United States, or another country where we or our service providers operate. Please be aware your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state or country where privacy laws may differ from and may not be as protective as those where you live.
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information to a country or jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction, as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The Company implemented procedures in accordance with the GDPR to secure the transfer of your Personal Data to the United States and other jurisdictions.
Disclosure of your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation.
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company.
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Websites.
Protect the personal safety of users of the Websites or the public.
Protect against legal liability.
Security of your Personal Data
We value the security of your Personal Data but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes.
If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law and are a California resident, you can contact us using the information provided below.
European Union/Switzerland/United Kingdom Rights
As referenced through this Privacy Policy, those residing in the EU, UK, and Switzerland may benefit from several rights concerning your Personal Data that we process. Some rights apply only in certain limited cases, depending on your location. Although some of these rights apply generally, certain rights will only apply to limited individuals or circumstances.
To the extent that these laws apply, you may exercise the following rights:
Right to Access. Note that much of the information you are entitled to know or access is disclosed in this Privacy Policy. With this said, you have the right to know about our information practices. You also have the right to access the categories of data we collect, with whom we share the Personal Data, and, in some cases, what specific Personal Data we associate with you or your account.
Right to Rectification. You may request we correct or rectify inaccurate Personal Data we have collected about you.
Right to Erasure. You may request that we delete the Personal Data we have collected about you. Depending on the applicable law, we may be required or permitted to retain your information even if you validly request that we delete or erase it.
Right to Restrict Processing. If we process your information based on our legitimate interests, as explained in this Privacy Policy, you may have the right to restrict processing in certain circumstances.
Right to Object. If we process your information based on our legitimate interests as explained in this Privacy Policy, or in the public interest, you can object to this processing in certain circumstances. Where we use your data for direct marketing purposes, you can always object using the unsubscribe link in such communications or changing your account settings.
Right to Data Portability. If you request a copy of your Personal Data, we will provide it in an easily accessible format.
Right to Lodge a Complaint. You may be entitled to lodge a complaint with your data privacy regulatory authority.
We generally process Personal Data of those residing in the European Union on the legal basis of our legitimate interests in performing the function or service you requested. Where appropriate, we may rely on alternate legal bases, such as your consent to certain types of processing. Where we process your Personal Data on the basis of consent, we will clearly obtain your opt-in consent.
Where you have provided consent to certain data processing, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us. A withdrawal of consent will not affect the validity of our use of your Personal Data up to the point you have withdrawn your consent.
California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)
California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, websites or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.
To request removal of such data, and if you are a California resident, you can contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account.
Be aware that your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Links to Other Websites
Our Websites may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or websites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will prominently post a notice on our Websites prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when posted on the Websites.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by completing the Contact Us form on the website.
