YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT
ACADEMY OF AVIATION LLC PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY
Our Privacy & Cookie Policy is designed so that you (“you” or “user”) understand how we
collect,
use, and
safeguard the personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us as well
as
the non-personally identifiable information that we may collect from you when using the
www.academyofaviation.com Website (“Website”). Academy of Aviation LLC, is a New York
Corporation (“us” or “we”).
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
We collect two types of information from you. The first type is personal information that
you
actively choose to disclose (“Personal Information”) and the second type is anonymous
aggregate
information collected in a manner not visible to you or others visiting the Website
(“Website
Use Information”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Examples of personally identifiable data that you may provide to us may include your name,
address, phone number and email address. In providing Personal Information, you consent and
agree to us contacting you with information related to the Website and/or information
regarding
our or third parties’ products and services. If you provide personally identifiable data to
us,
you may later elect to have that information deleted from our files, or kept from being used
for
purposes other than for the service requested, by following the opt-out procedures set forth
below.
WEBSITE USE INFORMATION
We record information relating to your use of the Website, such as the information you click
on,
your browser type, IP address, referring URL, and timestamp information. We use this type of
information to administer the Website and may also use this information in the aggregate to
perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure
interest
in and use of the various areas of the Website.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We may share, license, or sell information we collect to third parties for various marketing
purposes, including their online marketing programs. We also reserve the unequivocal right
to
release all your information, to the maximum extent permitted by law in the event that: (1)
we
believe that the Website is being or has been used to commit unlawful acts; (2) the
information
is subpoenaed or otherwise required in a court proceeding; (3) you violate or breach an
agreement with the Website; (4) you have submitted fraudulent or otherwise invalid
information
to this Website; (5) we believe that you may harm, or have harmed, the property or other
rights
of us, our members, our employees, the Website’s other users or any other third party; (6)
we
are sold to or otherwise acquired by any individual, entity or organization (i.e. to a
successor
entity in the event of sale of the business, including merger, bankruptcy or other ownership
change); or (7) when we otherwise deem it necessary or appropriate. We may disclose any
record
or communication to any third party when we, in our sole discretion, determine the
disclosure to
be appropriate including, without limitation, sharing your e-mail address with other third
parties for suppression purposes in compliance with the requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act of
2003, as amended from time to time, or any other applicable state or federal law, rule or
regulation.
SMS RATES AND FEES
In addition to any fee of which you may be notified your provider’s standard messaging rates
apply to our confirmation of your submission through the Website and all subsequent SMS
correspondence. You may opt-out and remove your SMS information by replying “X”, “STOP”,
“END”
or “QUIT” to the SMS text message you have received.
USE OF COOKIES
Essential cookies
Cookies are small text files that our Website asks to place on your computer or other
internet
enabled devices, such as tablets or smartphones. If your browser is set to accept cookies,
then
your browser adds the text in a small file.
Except as indicated otherwise in this Website Privacy & Cookie Policy, the cookies used
by us
are essential for the functioning and performance of our Website, such as by making our
website
work more efficiently and facilitating your use of the functionalities and services
provided;
these functionality and/or performance cookies will be deleted from your device once your
browser-session has ended (session cookies). We will not use the information stored in
essential
cookies for any other purpose than as strictly necessary to provide you with the services
and
functionalities requested.
Other tracking technologies
We may also use other tracking technologies, such as pixels and web beacons in order to
provide a
better service. These technologies usually work in conjunction with cookies. We may also use
third-party Service Providers to provide better improvement of our Service.
Managing your cookie settings
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can change your
settings
to
generally refuse cookies, to delete cookies that have already been placed on your device, or
to
warn you before a cookie is placed. Please refer to your browser instructions or to www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org to
learn more about how to adjust or modify your browser settings.
If you choose not to accept cookies, this may impair the usability of the Website and you
may
not
be able to take advantage of some of our features and services offered.
If you use different devices to access our Website (e.g., smartphone, tablet, computer,
etc.)
you
will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to reflect your cookie
preferences.
Use of Google Universal Analytics
This Website uses Google Universal Analytics ("Google Analytics"), a web analytics
service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5,
Ireland
(“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our
Website, including the number of visitors to our Website, the websites our visitors have
come
from, and the pages they visit. This information is used by us to improve our Website offer
and
services. As a rule, any information generated by the cookie about your use of our Website
will
be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information as our commissioned data processor to help us evaluate the
use
of our Website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other statistical and
analytical services relating to usage of our Website. We use the Google anonymization
function
to change the last digits of your IP address. However, if you are logged in e.g. with a
Google
account, Google will be able to revoke the anonymization. In any event, Academy of Aviation
will
never receive this information and cannot revoke the anonymization.
You may prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie about your use of this
Website
(including your IP address) and opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all
websites
by downloading and installing a browser-plugin which is available here.
In this case, an opt-out cookie will be placed on your browser that prevents any further
tracking
of your use of this Website by Google Analytics. Please remember that you will have to
opt-out
again if you delete all cookies stored on your device.
You will also have to opt-out for each device you use to visit our Website.
Use of Google Analytics advertising features
Depending on the pages you visit on our Website, we may further use certain Google Analytics
Display Advertising features, such as demographics and interest reporting and remarketing
features.
To enable these features, a third party DoubleClick Cookie will be placed on your device by
Google (when you visit certain pages of our Website or websites from other publishers that
have
implemented advertising features based on the DoubleClick Cookie).
The DoubleClick Cookie stores information about your use of our Website (and eventually
other
websites visited in the Google advertising network), including the sites visited, ad views,
page
views, user interaction data, browser information, IP-address, a cookie ID, and your search
history. Google will not link your name or other personally identifiable information to your
DoubleClick cookie without your prior consent.
We use Google Analytics to analyze the data stored in the DoubleClick Cookie in order to
obtain
statistical reports on our user's demographics (age, gender) and interests. These
reports
help us to better understand our users and to improve our Website and services.
In addition, we use Google Analytics' remarketing features to run advertising campaigns
(including Google Ads) to users of our Website. Based on their prior visits to our Website
(and their interests expressed during those previous sessions), these users will be
delivered
relevant, personalized advertising when they browse other sites in the Internet within
the
Google Display Network. We may also use the Google Analytics Advertising features to help us
measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Please further note that the DoubleClick Cookie also enables Google and other third party
vendors
to serve targeted advertising (based on your prior visits to our Website and/or other sites
on
the Internet). These ads may be shown on websites of Google and/or other publishers
participating in the Google advertising network.
Click here to find out how Google uses information from sites or apps
that use Google's services.
You can manage your preferences and opt-out of Google's interest-based ads in
your Google Ads
Setting. In this
case, the unique cookie ID of the DoubleClick-Cookie is overwritten and can't be
associated
with a particular browser. Please note that a new DoubleClick-Cookie might be placed if you
delete all cookies from your device and you may have to renew your opt-out settings.
If you would like to permanently deactivate the DoubleClick-Cookie please download and
install
the browser-plugin which is available here.
You can further opt-out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for online advertising at
the
US-based aboutads.info.choices page or the EU-based Your Online
Choices page.
Click here
to find out how Google uses information from sites or apps that use Google's
services.
SECURING INFORMATION
We make reasonable efforts to secure your information. Such efforts may include but are not
limited to monitoring of our network and data for intrusions. We also use industry-accepted
standards to protect your information, including SSL encryption, if and when transmitting
any
sensitive information. We have implemented certain physical, encrypted, electronic, and
managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. Communications you
may
have with us via email or mail may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures
are
in place prior to you sending the information. Therefore, if you choose to communicate with
us
through these means, you are assuming the risk of doing so and we request that you do not
send
or post sensitive information through these means.
ACCESS/ACCURACY
Should you need to update or correct any personally identifiable information you have
provided
to us through the Site, you may send updates and corrections to
info@academyofaviation.com or call (631)777-7772 and
we
will
make
reasonable efforts to timely update or change the information we hold.
LINKS
The Website may contain links to third party sites including sites with which we have no
affiliation. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. It is recommended you read
the
privacy policies on all such third party sites.
CONTACT US
For more information, or if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy
Policy,
please email us at
info@academyofaviation.com or you can write to us at
the following address:
Academy of Aviation, LLC.
7150 Republic Airport, Suite 101
Attn: Marketing Department
Main Terminal Room 101
Farmingdale, NY 11735