Institute of Acupuncture & Natural Medicine ("IANM") respects your privacy and intends that you feel secured while visiting our website, www.ianmedu.com ("Site"). We at "IANM" have, therefore, developed this Privacy Policy Notice to enable you to understand how we collect, communicate, disclose and make use of personal information.

By using the Site, you acknowledge and accept this policy and agree to be bound by the same.

Personal information. We keep/maintain the personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates and course(s) you have undertaken for our records. The said information is also analysed to help recommend courses or webinars you may be interested in.

Payments. We use a third party credit card processing company, PayU for processing all monetary transactions.

Internet Protocol (IP) address. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer the Site.

How we protect your information. Access to your account requires you to "log in" using a "username" and "password" combination. We use industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to protect the security of the information you input. However, it is important for you to understand that no security measures are perfect, and that no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure.

How you can protect your information. If you are using a shared computer or your computer in a public place, we strongly suggest you to log out and close your browser after you finish your user session to prevent others from accessing your Personal information. You should maintain the confidentiality and security of your username and password, and all activities that occurs under your account. You are solely responsible to immediately notify IANM if you know or have any reason to suspect that your credentials and/or Personal information have been lost, stolen, misappropriated, or otherwise compromised, or in case of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your IANM account.

Sharing your personal information. We may share your information with third party service providers for the same reasons as stated above. We cannot and do not make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies, and they are not subject to our Privacy Policy.

We also may release any personal information that we possess when release is necessary to comply with the law or to enforce our Privacy Policy.

Lastly, we may use your email address to send you messages about upcoming webinars. If you do not want to receive this information, you can opt out by following the "unsubscribe" information that appears at the bottom of the emails.

Cookies. Like many websites, we use "cookies." Cookies are small programs that we transfer to your hard drive to enable us to understand what interests you on the Site so that we can provide you with a better experience when visiting the Site. If you do not want us to use cookies, you can easily disable them by going to the toolbar of your web browser, and clicking on the "help" button. Follow the instructions that will prevent the browser from accepting cookies, or set the browser to notify you when you receive a new cookie. In addition, you may visit this and other websites anonymously through the use of utilities provided by other private companies.

Other information we collect. We also collect other information automatically to improve the Site and deliver targeted advertising. Examples include pixels and web beacons about your use of the Site, including device identifying information such as IP addresses, MAC address or other device-specific alphanumerical ID numbers, the make and model of your device, your wireless provider, how often a particular page within the Site is visited, which features the users interact with, and your device or computer's connection to the Internet. If you choose to connect to the Site through a social network such as Facebook or Google, we may automatically collect your profile information. These things allow us, among other things, to improve the delivery of our web pages to you and to measure traffic on the Site.

The information we collect may be collected directly by us, or it may be collected by a third-party website hosting provider, or another third-party service provider, on our behalf.

Your choices. Most web browsers allow you to disable certain functionality or set certain privacy setting, so you may always choose to limit or not to provide us with any information. You can limit the info that is automatically collected while using the Site. However, by disabling cookies or turning off other functionality, you may not be able to use or participate in some or all of the features offered through the Site.

Accuracy and retention of data. To keep your data accurate and up-to-date, you are responsible to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and keep your IANM Account information updated at all times. When you register an account with us, we will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as long as necessary in order to provide our services to you and to comply with our legal, regulatory, tax, accounting obligations.

This site is not intended for people under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from a person under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of 18 as part of the Site, we will delete such information from our records.

Revisions to this privacy policy. IANM reserves the right to update or amend this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time, without notice. All changes are effective immediately upon posting on our website. Therefore, we strongly recommend users to frequently check this page for any changes that we made. By using our site, you acknowledge and agree that you are responsible to review our Privacy Policy periodically and stay informed of any modifications that we made.

Contact us. If you would like to contact us for any questions or complaints regarding our privacy practices, please email to us at ianmedu.com