Privacy Policy
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The www.PDH-Pro.com Internet website is owned and operated by PDH-Pro, Inc. (PDH-Pro), a Massachusetts corporation (“PDH-Pro.com”). PDH-Pro created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to disclose our current policies regarding your privacy and the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. In addition, we take further measures to enhance the protection of your privacy and personally identifiable information, as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
By visiting, using and submitting information to, www. PDH-Pro.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy and our Agreement of Terms of Use.
Required Personal Information
PDH-Pro.com is accessible for browsing and reviewing as many courses as you please without having to register. However, you will be required to register (for the first time) when you decide to take the course quiz. In this case, you will be prompted to provide certain personal information including your name, company address, telephone number, email, state of registration and PE license number.
Processing Personal Information
PDH-Pro.com will use this information internally:
For the purpose for which it was collected.
To generate and submit your “Certificate of Completion” online each time you pass a course quiz.
To notify you periodically of new courses or specific course discounts being offered (optional). If you do not wish to receive these updates, leave the boxes provided unchecked when you submit your initial information. We respect your right to choose whether or not to receive these updates.
PDH-Pro.com will share your personal information with select third parties for the fulfillment of the following services:
To process your payment with PayPal/VeriSign our secure payment processing affiliate.
To provide your state engineering licensing board with pertinent information (as required by certain states).
To send you information when requested by you.
Your personal information will not be provided to any third parties for any reason, except in response to a subpoena or any similar legally required reason.
PDH-Pro.com reserves the right to share or disclose your personally identifiable information when it determines, in its sole discretion, that the disclosure of such personally identifiable information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against you if you may be: (i) causing intentional or unintentional injury to another; (ii) interfering with another’s rights or property, including PDH-Pro.com’s rights or property; (iii) violating any applicable law, rule or regulation; or (iv) such disclosure is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation; or (v) in order to provide profession related product information through third party vendors.
Use of Cookies
Our Web site may use cookies to enhance your internet experience. Cookies are pieces of non-personal information that some Web sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Web site and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Web sites. We use this information to improve our Web site by evaluating traffic. We do not use cookies to track personal information. Use of cookies makes web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords and your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular site and making sure you don’t see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard. Your browser may be set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Web site will not function properly when you view it.
Usernames and Passwords May Be Issued to You
You may be issued a username or password by PDH-Pro.com to utilize certain features of www. PDH-Pro.com. In order to receive a username or password from PDH-Pro.com for use on www. PDH-Pro.com, you will be required to submit personally identifiable information. You are responsible for keeping your usernames and passwords, if any, confidential. You are responsible for any access, use or activities on www. PDH-Pro.com under your username or password. For that reason, be sure to log off when you are finished using a shared computer.
Security of Your Submissions and Transmissions
PDH-Pro.com utilizes its best efforts to protect the security of any information submitted or transmitted by you via www. PDH-Pro.com, including, but not limited to, personally identifiable information. PDH-Pro.com uses a secure server and SSL encryption technology to help ensure that your submissions and transmissions are kept confidential. However, in the unlikely event that an unauthorized third party compromises PDH-Pro.com’s security system, PDH-Pro.com is not responsible for any occurrences or damages directly or indirectly caused by an unauthorized third party’s ability to view, use or disseminate your submissions or transmissions to www. PDH-Pro.com, or your personally identifiable information.
Links to Other Internet Websites
As part of our routine business operations, www. PDH-Pro.com contains links to other Internet websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to www. PDH-Pro.com, and all Internet websites owned and operated by PDH-Pro.com. PDH-Pro.com makes no representations or warranties about, nor is it responsible for, the privacy practices of other Internet websites. When you enter a linked Internet website, PDH-Pro.com encourages you to read the privacy policy of that linked website, as its privacy policy may differ substantially from that of this Privacy Policy. With respect to minors, www. PDH-Pro.com is not intended to be accessed or utilized by persons under the age of 18. PDH-Pro.com does not intend or purposefully attempt to gather information from children under the age of 13.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
PDH-Pro.com developed this Privacy Policy as a manifestation of our firm commitment to disclose our current privacy and confidentiality policies to you. However, the Internet is rapidly evolving. With this in mind, PDH-Pro.com reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time in its sole discretion and without notice. Any information we collect from you is subject to the current Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to revisit this Privacy Policy each time you visit www. PDH-Pro.com, in order to review any changes that have been made. Your continued access and use of www. PDH-Pro.com following the posting of any such changes shall indicate your acceptance of the same.
Your Questions, Comments & Complaints
PDH-Pro.com encourages you to provide PDH-Pro.com with feedback regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us. If you feel that PDH-Pro.com is not abiding by this Privacy Policy at any time, please immediately contact us.
Governing Law; Arbitration
This Privacy Policy is to be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Massachusetts, without regard for principles of conflicts of laws. Any civil action, claim, dispute or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, this Privacy Policy shall be referred to final and binding arbitration, before a single arbitrator, under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association in Massachusetts. The arbitrator shall be selected by you and PDH-Pro.com, and if you and PDH-Pro.com are unable to reach agreement on selection of the arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the notice of arbitration is served, then the arbitrator shall be selected by the American Arbitration Association.
Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and conclusive upon you and PDH-Pro.com, and your and PDH-Pro.com’s respective administrators, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in no event shall either you or PDH-Pro.com be entitled to punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages, and both you and PDH-Pro.com hereby waive your rights to any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, damages for any loss of profit, revenue or business.
Miscellaneous
If any portion of this Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable by any arbitrator, this Privacy Policy as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, but only that portion of this Privacy Policy that is unlawful, void or unenforceable shall be stricken from this Privacy Policy. The headings contained in this Privacy Policy are for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Privacy Policy, and shall not limit or otherwise affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Privacy Policy.