Cortiva Institute ("Cortiva") is committed to protecting the privacy of its website visitors. When you visit our website, information can be collected both automatically and on a voluntary basis. This policy describes what information we collect from site visitors and how that information is used.

This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Cortiva does not own or control, or to people that Cortiva does not employ or manage.

1. Personally identifiable information collected

   Personally identifiable information is collected only on a voluntary basis, at the option of the website user. For example, you may choose to provide your name, address or telephone number in the "Contact Us" section of our website, or you may choose to provide other application or registration information. Cortiva may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.

2. Non-Personally Identifiable Information collected

   Cortiva collects a variety of information from its website visitors, which is not personally identifiable. This information is collected automatically via the use of cookies and other standard Web technology. Examples of such automatically-collected information might include: the operating system on your computer, the type of Web browser you are using, your IP address, and the links you followed to enter and leave our site.

3. Use of information

   Non-personally identifiable information is used to help us improve the effectiveness of our site by enabling us to identify and address the needs of our site visitors. This includes making our website accessible to the variety of Web browsers and operating systems used to access our site. Voluntarily provided personal information collected through the site, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address and other contact information, is used for the purpose of responding to your requests for information about Cortiva. Cortiva does not share personal information with third parties, apart from vendors who must utilize the information to perform necessary duties (e.g. credit card authorization).

4. User options regarding collection of information

   It is standard practice for most websites automatically to collect non-personally identifiable information about website visitors' Web browser, operating system, IP address and browsing history (i.e. what pages on the Cortiva website you viewed). Although website users are unable to opt out of providing this non-personally identifiable information, please be assured that this information is collected only for Cortiva internal Web site development purposes and will not be used for Cortiva marketing solicitations. Any other non-personal information collected through the use of cookies, may be opted out of by disabling or rejecting cookies for our site. For more information on cookies, including how you can delete or reject cookies, please refer to your Web browser help file. Disabling or rejecting cookies may negatively impact your user experience on this website. With regard to personal information collected through our website, you may opt out of Cortiva marketing solicitations at any time by e-mailing: marketing@cortiva.com with the spelling of your name, your address, and your email address.

5. Security of information

   Cortiva uses best efforts to protect security of personal information collected through its websites. [Financial transactions submitted through the Web site are encrypted using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.]

6. Changes to privacy policy

   Cortiva may change this Privacy Policy at any time.

7. Limitation of Liability

   Cortiva websites may contain links to third party websites. Links to these websites are provided as a convenience only and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the linked site, its operator or contents. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by cortiva.com, cortivainstitute.com or Cortiva's individual school websites. We encourage our site visitors to review the privacy policies of each website they visit.

8. For more information

   For further information about this privacy policy or to correct or modify any information collected through our site, please contact us at:
   Cortiva Education, Inc., Marketing Department
   marketing@cortiva.com
   (201) 215-6314