Privacy Statement

The Regional Internship Center of southwestern PA is committed to protecting your privacy and giving you a safe online experience. By using the Regional Internship Center website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

The Regional Internship Center collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. The Regional Internship Center also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the Regional Internship Center. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by the Regional Internship Center for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

Use of your Personal Information

The Regional Internship Center collects and uses your personal information to operate the Web site and deliver the services you have requested. The Regional Internship Center also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Regional Internship Center and its affiliates. The Regional Internship Center may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Regional Internship Center does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. In addition, the Regional Internship Center may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the Regional Internship Center, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Regional Internship Center does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Regional Internship Center keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within the website, in order to determine what services are the most popular.

The Regional Internship Center Web site will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Regional Internship Center or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Regional Internship Center; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Regional Internship

Use of Cookies

The Regional Internship Center Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the EduLink services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

The Regional Internship Center secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Regional Internship Center secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Changes to this Statement

The Regional Internship Center will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The Regional Internship Center encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how the Regional Internship Center is protecting your information.