Privacy Policy
This privacy statement has been created in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting customer privacy.
A Special Note About Children
We do not knowingly solicit data from children, nor do we knowingly market to children. We require that children under the age of 18 use this service only in conjunction with their parents or guardians.
Information We Collect
If you apply on-line or request information from us on our site, we need your contact information including your name, e-mail address, phone number and mailing address. We use your contact information and other registration information to send you information and qualify you for admission to our schools.
When you visit our website, we also collect some basic information that does not identify individual users. We use this information to determine our users' demographics and interests, so that we can better understand and serve our users.
"Cookies"
"Cookies" are small files which store certain information about your activity on the website and are stored on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information. We use cookies to let us know that you are a prior customer, so that you don't have to reenter information you gave us on your prior visits. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but most allow you to instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you will not be able to use certain features of this website.
Our Use and Disclosure of Your Information
We may send emails to our users announcing special events, changes in our services or other information we believe will be of interest to our users. If you prefer not to receive email, please send an email to the appropriate campus with your name and email address. Email Sandusky@ohiobusinesscollege.edu or Lorain@ohiobuisnesscollege.edu.
If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities on our site, we may collect such information. We may use that information and other information that we obtain from your use of our site to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our agreement for Terms of Use.
We may share aggregate statistics about our sales, traffic patterns and related site information with other businesses, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
We will not share customer names and addresses with other businesses except internally with other campuses owned by Tri-State Educational Systems, Inc. There may be instances when an individual requests information on programs that are not offered at Ohio Business College, but are possibly offered at another one of our campuses. You will be notified by our admissions staff before a referral to another campus is made. At that time you may communicate to admissions that you do not want to be referred.
We cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Statement. For example, we may be required to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that may be illegal or may expose us to legal liability.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
All user information stored on our server is stored in an encrypted format. Notwithstanding these efforts, we caution you that "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
Linked Sites
If this site contains any links to other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Changes to Privacy Statement; Consent
We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time without notice to users. You should check this page periodically for changes. By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by us as described in this Privacy Statement.
Questions and Comments
We welcome your questions and comments about this Privacy Statement. Please contact us by email at hgilchrist@tri-state.edu or call us toll free at 888-627-8345 and ask for our advertising coordinator.