Personal Information
Personal information allows us to provide you with products, services and information and enables us to offer a customized experience on our website. We use personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy or otherwise disclosed to you on our website. For example, personal information may be used to:
- Operate and improve our website
- Provide information about our institution and send you related information, including: confirmations, brochures, security alerts, support information and administrative messages.
- We use your personal information to fulfill specific requests that you might make for information about LAEF’s various programs, services, and special events and, if you agree, to send you emails with other information relating to LAEF. We carefully select the information that we send to you and attempt to send you information of value to you, such as news about LAEF, special opportunities, or special event information. The Site provides you with the option of declining to receive offers from LAEF by “opting-out” of receiving this type of communication.
- Respond to comments, questions or requests for information and provide customer service; communicate with you about our classes, achievements, promotions, upcoming events and other news about LAEF and our selected partners; generate site analytics to improve our website and the user experience; and link or combine with personal information we get from third parties to help understand your needs and provide you with better service and information
LAEF may store and process personal information in the United States and other countries.
Sharing Your Information
We do not share your personal information with third parties except as described in this privacy policy or as otherwise disclosed to you on our Website. For example, we may share personal information as follows:
- With a financial aid partner for the purpose of offering aid and services to our students or prospective students
- With a financial institution for the purpose of transaction processing
- When you give us your consent to do so, including if we notify you that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information
- With vendors, contractors, consultants and other service providers who are working on our behalf and need access to your information to carry out their work for us
- To comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process, to protect our rights and property and those of our agents, customers and others, including to enforce our agreements, policies and Terms of Use or in an emergency to protect DACE and the safety of our students, faculty and staff or any third party
We may also share aggregated or anonymous information that does not directly identify you
Information Security
We take reasonable measures to protect personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
Third Party Links
Our website contains links to third party websites. This privacy policy does not apply to the linked sites, and we do not control, nor are we responsible for, the content or privacy and security practices of those sites. Any personal information you provide to a linked site is provided directly to a third party and is subject to such third party’s privacy policy. We encourage you to learn more about such third party’s privacy and security practices and policies before providing any of your personal information.