PRIVACY STATEMENT
The privacy statement discloses the practices of The Georgia School of Addiction Studies, Inc. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Chris Wood through www.thegeorgiaschool.com.
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The Georgia School of Addiction Studies has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: www.thegeorgiaschool.com.
Our site's contact form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and demographic information (like their zip code). We use customer contact information from the contact form to send the user information about our company. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor if additional information is required for The Georgia School of Addiction Studies to understand the user's needs. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor the visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. WE DO NOT share or sell users' information to anyone.
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This site contains links to other sites. The Georgia School of Addiction Studies is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. This site is made available by a third party Internet Service Provider (ISP) which is the collector and storer of user information and our non- disclosure agreement. The ISP, by nature of the services provided, has access to user information. However, as a matter of policy, the ISP does not screen or review user information on this site. If a user visits any of the co-branded pages of this site and subsequently executes a financial transaction or submits additional information the affiliate is collecting their information and sharing it in the aggregate with The Georgia School of Addiction Studies. We recommend users read the privacy statements of all co-branded pages.
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As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
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We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.
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Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive tied to personal information about the user. Usage of a cookie is linked to personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes his or her browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to enter a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, you may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
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Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Access to the data is assigned to specific individuals in order to maintain control over access.
We do not grant general access to data within our organization.
We verify the identity of the persons accessing the data with passwords.
With regards to password standards: a maximum password age is allowed, there is a minimum password length, and there are content guidelines of passwords in place.
Only the appropriate level of access to the data is granted.
Appropriate levels of access are granted only to specific individuals with the degree of access determined by job function or necessity.
Our organization controls access to data.
Access to all data is limited to authorized personnel only. Access to sensitive data is revoked in a timely manner for employees that change function or resign.
Data is protected from unauthorized disclosure.
Protection from unauthorized disclosure is accomplished through employee awareness and an employee requirement to sign an agreement to adhere to the company's privacy policy.
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Choice/Opt-Out
This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications of any kind or to no longer receive our service.
You can send email through www.thegeorgiaschool.com.
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Correct/Update
This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
email through www.thegeorgiaschool.com.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
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Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
Chris Wood through www.thegeorgiaschool.com.
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Notification of Changes to This Privacy Statement
If any changes are made to this privacy statement, we will publish a notification of change or update on the home page of The Georgia School of Addiction Studies. However, if there is a change in the way that The Georgia School of Addiction Studies uses personally identifiable information that has already been collected and then shared, users will be notified individually to secure their approval.