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Privacy Policy
Independent Study, Inc. and its website, SocialWorkGuide.com, are committed to the protection of your privacy. The intention of this Privacy Statement is to fully and accurately disclose to you our practices regarding the collection and use of your personally identifiable information (“Information”) so that you can feel comfortable and secure when using our website.
We do not collect, nor do we allow any third parties to collect, any Information about you when you visit our website or otherwise contact us. The only time that we require you to provide us with Information is when you place an order. In that event, you must provide contact information (such as name, e-mail address, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, credit card expiration date and billing address). This Information is used solely for billing and fulfillment purposes. If we have trouble processing an order, however, the Information may be used to contact you.
We use “cookies” on this website. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
You may elect to provide us with certain Information, e.g., name, in connection with surveys, questionnaires, and other correspondence with us. We may use your comments and feedback in connection with the improvement, marketing, and advertisement of our services and products, with or without the use of your name or other Information. In no event, however, will we use your full name (first and last) or address in any of our materials. No Information will ever be disclosed or shared with third parties, unless required to process your order or required by law.
Your e-mail addresses will never be sold, disclosed, or shared with any third parties. You will never receive any unsolicited e-mails from third parties as a result of doing business with us.
We take every precaution to protect Information online and offline. All sensitive information transmitted to us online (such as credit card number) is encrypted and protected with the best encryption software in the industry – SSL. Once received by us, all information is kept in a secure place and access is limited on a need-to-know basis.
Any changes to our privacy practices will be posted on our website so our users are always aware of what Information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we will disclose such Information. We will use Information in accordance with the privacy statement under which the information was collected, unless otherwise agreed by you.
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