Privacy Policy

1. What personal information you have provided
2. How the information is used
3. With whom the information may be shared
4. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of the information
5. Security procedures in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under echelon control
6. How you can correct inaccuracies in the information
   
7. In the case of redeeming a course voucher purchased by a third party, what personal information is provided to a third party and the name of the organization collecting this information

If you feel echelon is not abiding by the policy stated above, please contact echelon Customer Service via email at contactus@echeloned.com or by toll free phone at 888-800-8101.

Information Collection and Use
echelon is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. echelon collects information from our users for several reasons at various times on our Web site. These include:

Registration
In order to use this Web site, a user must complete the registration form. During registration a user must provide his or her contact information, such as name and email address. We use this information to tell the user about specific echelon services he or she has expressed interest in. The user is not required to provide demographic information, such as income level and gender, and unique identifiers, such as registry, license or certificate number. But we do encourage the user to provide this optional information for a more personalized experience on our site.

Shopping Cart
We request information from the user when purchasing a course. Here a user must provide contact information, such as name and billing address, and financial information, such as credit card number and expiration date. We use this information for billing and order fulfilment and to contact customers if we have trouble processing an order.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. This data is used to keep track of who you are (the "Remember Me" feature at sign in) and to personalize your echelon experience. If you have configured your browser to reject cookies, you won't be able to use the echelon site.

Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement through the site, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners. This information cannot be used to identify an individual.

We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

We partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share only that information necessary for the third party to provide these services.

These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Links
The echelon site contains links to other Web sites. echelon is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of Web sites that collect personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Newsletter
We ask for contact information such as name and email address when a user subscribes to the echelon Newsletter. Users can remove themselves from the distribution list at any time.

Surveys & Contests
Occasionally, we request information from users in surveys. Participation in these surveys is voluntary. Information requested may include contact and demographic information. We use survey information only for the purposes of monitoring the use of and improving this site.

Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect user information. This information is protected both online and off-line. Sensitive information required for ordering processing, such as credit card numbers, is protected by Secured Socket Layer (SSL) encryption.

We also employ strict security and privacy policies to protect user information off-line. echelon employee access to all user information is restricted. Only employees who need the information to perform necessary functions get access to user personal data. We keep all employees up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. In addition, servers containing personally identifiable data are kept in a secure environment.

If you have questions about security at our Web site, email us at contactus@echeloned.com.

Special Offers
We send new members a welcome email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and the Newsletter. We give users the option to not receive this information.

Site and Service Updates
We also send occasionally site and service announcements to our users. Members can not un-subscribe to these important service updates, which provide information about requested services and account status.

Correcting/Updating Personal Information
A member can change personal information in his or her account by using the Edit Personal Information form accessed from the My Account page.

Changes to Privacy Policy
As echelon updates and expands its services, this policy may change. Please refer back to it periodically. If you use any of echelon's services, you agree to these terms.