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Privacy Policy 

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to  https://www.psmt.edu/, and Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy and governs data collection  and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to  Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy include https://www.psmt.edu/ and PSMT. The PSMT  website is a school information site. By using the PSMT website, you consent to the data practices  described in this statement. 

 

Collection of your Personal Information 

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, PSMT may collect personally  identifiable information, such as your: 

- First and Last Name 

- Mailing Address 

- E-mail Address 

- Phone Number 

- Employer 

- Job Title 

- prior education information and documentation, felony or misdemeanor convictions,  school schedule information, signature and statement of purpose 

 

If you purchase PSMT's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This  information is used to complete the purchase transaction. 

 

PSMT may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as  your: 

- Age 

- Gender 

- Race 
 

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally  sensitive data through PSMT's public message boards, this information may be collected and used  by others. 

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us.  However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use  certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a  sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers  from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or  other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will  use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or  products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal  information in the future. 

 

Use of your Personal Information  

PSMT collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have  requested. 

PSMT may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or  services available from PSMT and its affiliates. 

 

Sharing Information with Third Parties 

PSMT does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. 

PSMT may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or  postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are  prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to PSMT, and  they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. 

 

PSMT may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the  good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply  with legal process served on PSMT or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of  PSMT; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of  PSMT, or the public. 

 

Tracking User Behavior 

PSMT may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within PSMT, in order to  determine what PSMT services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized  content and advertising within PSMT to customers whose behavior indicates that they are  interested in a particular subject area. 

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Automatically Collected Information 

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by  PSMT. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times  and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to  maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PSMT  website. 

 

Use of Cookies 

The PSMT website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is  a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run  programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only  be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. 

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The  purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For  example, if you personalize PSMT pages, or register with PSMT site or services, a cookie helps  PSMT to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of  recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on.  When you return to the same PSMT website, the information you previously provided can be  retrieved, so you can easily use the PSMT features that you customized. 

 

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept  cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you  choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the  PSMT services or websites you visit. 

 

Links 

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the  content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they  leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally  identifiable information. 

 

Security of your Personal Information 

PSMT secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

PSMT  uses the following methods for this purpose: 

 

- SSL Protocol 

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is  protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. 

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or  alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any  wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect  your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations  inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any  and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be  guaranteed. 

 

Right to Deletion 

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will: • Delete your personal information from our records; and 

• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records. 

 

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to: 

• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a  written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good  or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing  business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us; 

• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or  prosecute those responsible for that activity; 

• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality; 

• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free  speech, or exercise another right provided for by law; 

• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act; 

• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public  interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the  information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research,  

 

provided we have obtained your informed consent; 

• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your  relationship with us; 

• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or 

• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with  the context in which you provided the information. 

 

Children Under Thirteen 

PSMT does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age  of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for  permission to use this website. 

 

E-mail Communications 

From time to time, PSMT may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements,  promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to  improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from PSMT or click  on a link therein. 

 

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from  PSMT, you may opt out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by  clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button at the bottom of the email, though that will not opt them  out of emails about official school business.

 

External Data Storage Sites 

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have  contracted. 

 

Changes to this Statement 

PSMT reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about  significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary  email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by  updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available  after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy;  and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy. 

 

Contact Information 

PSMT welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that PSMT has not adhered to this Statement, please contact PSMT at: 

 

Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy 

3600 Laketon Road 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235 

 

Email Address: 

privacy@psmt.edu 

 

Telephone number: 

412-241-5155 

Effective as of November 20, 2023 

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