Legal
Privacy Policy
How Florida Education Institute collects, uses, and safeguards the personal information you share with us.
1. Introduction
Florida Education Institute, Inc. understands the importance of security and privacy for visitors to our website. We have developed this Privacy Policy so that we may assist you in understanding how we collect and safeguard your personal information, including what information we collect and use when it is provided by you on our website.
2. Eligibility & Children's Privacy
Florida Education Institute encourages parents and guardians to be aware of and participate in their children's online activities. Access to and use of this website is available only to United States residents who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. If you do not qualify, you may not use the website.
In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), no one under 13 years of age can use the website. If you are a minor between the ages of 13 and 18, you may use the site only in conjunction with your parent, legal guardian, or other responsible adult.
If you have a question or would like to review or delete your child's personally identifiable information, contact us at [email protected].
3. Information We Collect
We collect personally identifiable information you voluntarily choose to disclose, as well as aggregate information that is automatically collected when you visit the website.
Personally identifiable information refers to information that tells us specifically who you are and is collected when you choose to request information from our school. This information can include your name, address, phone number, current email address, programs of interest, and other information you choose to provide. If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain your email address and messages together with our responses.
Like many websites, we use cookies. Cookies are small programs that we transfer to your hard drive that allow us to recognize you and to pass information about your website visit to different portions of this website. We use first-party cookies and third-party cookies together to report how ad impressions, other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and ad services are related to visits to our site. If you do not want us to use cookies, you can easily disable them by going to the toolbar of your web browser and clicking on the "help" button. Follow the instructions that will prevent the browser from accepting cookies, or set the browser to inform you when you receive a new cookie. In addition, you may visit this and other websites anonymously through the use of utilities provided by other private companies.
Aggregate information is automatically provided by your computer and cannot be tied back to you as a specific individual. Examples include:
- Referral data (the websites you visited just before and just after the website)
- Date and time of your visits
- Pages viewed and time spent at the website
- Browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform)
- Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to identify your computer on the Internet
4. How We Use Your Information
Broadly speaking, your personal information is used to contact you regarding educational opportunities and products offered by our school. We may store your information for the purpose of communicating with you about the programs and services offered by our school and send you updates if and when they become available. We also use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service, and making other products and services available to our customers and prospective customers.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to the website, new services, and special offers we think you will find valuable. If you provide us with full address information, you may be added to one of our mailing lists, from which you may opt out at any time by emailing us at [email protected].
5. Updating Your Contact Information
Yes. You can access, update, and change the contact information you provide to us in connection with a request for information by simply contacting us at [email protected].
6. Opt-Out Choices
Yes. You may modify your opt-out choices or opt out by contacting us at [email protected]. You may also unsubscribe from certain email communications from our school by clicking on the unsubscribe links in those emails. If our school receives an opt-out or unsubscribe request from you, we will make every effort to try not to contact you directly about our school's products or services, or to use personal information obtained from your use of the website to contact you with marketing messages.
However, it is important to note that any such "opt out" only applies to our school only and will not apply to any other third parties to which our school has already supplied your personal information.
7. Sharing Information with Third Parties
We may share your information with third-party service providers for the sole purpose of communicating with you regarding the educational programs and services offered by our company. We cannot and do not make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies, and they are not subject to our Privacy Policy.
8. How We Protect Your Information
We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality of the personal information we collect. This software provides a limited degree of protection against unauthorized access or disclosure, as well as accidental loss, alteration, or destruction.
9. Security Measures
We have implemented technical, administrative, and physical security measures in an effort to safeguard the privacy of your personal information from unauthorized access or improper use. From time to time, we will review our security procedures in order to consider appropriate new technology and methods to enhance our security procedures as new technology becomes available. However, you acknowledge and agree that despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and your personal information may still be accessed and used by others without authorization.
10. Legally Compelled Disclosure
We may release any private information about you that we possess when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; to enforce or apply our Privacy Policy and/or other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, the site users, or others.
11. Third-Party Links
Please be aware that once you leave the site and enter another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by these sites, nor the information or content contained therein. Please read over the rules and policies of these sites before proceeding.
12. Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change our privacy policy by publishing new terms on the website. Your submission of personal information after any such new terms have been published constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance of same. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time without prior notification.
13. Web Form Consent
By submitting the web form, students consent to being contacted by Florida Education Institute via telephone (including mobile phones and manual or automated calling technology), text messages, email, and a variety of convenient ways to provide information to help them achieve their educational goals and to send marketing messages. Students understand that consent is not a condition of enrollment. SMS consent and phone numbers will never be shared with third parties or affiliates under any circumstances.
14. Contact Us
If you would like to learn more about our privacy policy, or to access the personally identifiable information contained about you on our website, you may contact us at:
Florida Education Institute5818 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33144
By email: [email protected]
By phone: (305) 263-9990
You will be required to provide identification information to assure that this information is not released to others.
