Our Privacy Commitment
The American Welding Program is committed to protecting your online privacy while providing you with excellent service. This Policy explains how we collect, uses and disclose personal information concerning you and other individuals ("you"), other than CWB Group’s employees and agents.

Any personal information you provide to us will be treated with care and, subject to the terms of this Policy and applicable law. Our employees and agents are also subject to ethical business conduct policies relating to the confidentiality of information we receive in the context of providing services.

If you do not consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Policy, please do not provide any personal information to the American Welding Program. Of course, certain services can only be offered to you if you provide personal information to us, and therefore we may not be able to offer you those services if you choose not to provide us with required personal information.

Personal Information
The term "personal information" refers to any information about an identifiable individual or any information that allows an individual to be identified. In general, personal information does not include business contact information, such as your name, title or position, business address, business telephone or fax number. During your relationship with the CWB Group, you may be asked to provide certain personal information concerning you and/or other individuals (such as vision capabilities, employment history, credit card information, other examination or test results). Examples of such information include name, date of birth, home address and phone number, occupation, details of your government issued identification (driver’s licence, passport or similar record), tax residency and identification, financial and credit information, billing and account information and other information relating to the provision of services by the CWB Group.

Purposes of which Personal Information is Collected
The CWB Group collects, uses and discloses personal information for the purposes identified at the time of collection, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, including for the following purposes:

  • to provide education, registration or certification and other related services;
  • to establish and manage client relationships, including considering whether to establish such a relationship;
  • administrative, management and business purposes, such as to issue invoices, administer accounts, collect and process payments, evaluate credit standing, fulfill contractual obligations, and to audit and protect our business operations;
  • for any other purpose for which you have given your consent.

We strive to limit the amount of personal information we collect to that necessary and appropriate for the identified purposes. We will not use or disclose your personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with your consent or as permitted or required by applicable law.

Consent
To the extent possible, we will obtain consent to collect, use and disclose personal information about an individual directly from such individual. However, if you provide personal information concerning another individual (including adverse parties and other individuals involved in legal proceedings) to the CWB Group, you represent that, prior to submitting such information, you have obtained the necessary consent or authority to permit us to collect, use and disclose such personal information for the purposes set out in this Policy, or the collection, use and disclosure is permitted by applicable law.

The CWB Group will not collect, use or disclose personal information without the consent of the individual(s) concerned unless we are permitted or required to do so by applicable law. We generally do not obtain the consent of the individual(s) concerned in the following circumstances:

  • if you provide personal information about a third person to us for purposes of our services to you;
  • if legal, medical or security reasons make it impossible or impractical to seek consent; or
  • when information is being collected for the detection and prevention of fraud or for law enforcement and seeking the consent of the individual may defeat the purpose of collecting the information.

If you are under the age of 18, you must not provide your name, e-mail address, or any other identifying information without the consent of your parent or guardian, or as otherwise provided for by the applicable laws in your State of residence.

Withdrawal or Consent/Opt-out
You may vary or withdraw your consent to the use and disclosure of your personal information, or opt-out of certain uses and disclosures, subject to legal and contractual restrictions. To vary or withdraw your consent, please contact our Privacy Officer at 1-888-951-4127 or email info@americanweldingprogram.org.

The CWB group may also ask to use your personal information for the following secondary purposes:

  • to develop our knowledge to provide you with products, services and information;
  • to distribute American Welding Program publications, invitations to seminars and events and other communications we believe may be of interest to you; or
  • to contact and communicate with you for the purpose of conducting market research, and evaluating your satisfaction of service and products.

You will have a clear opportunity to decide if you will consent to our use of your personal information for these secondary purposes. As noted above, you may also change your mind and vary or withdraw your consent to our use of your personal information for secondary purposes.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information
Our people are subject to confidentiality and ethical business conduct obligations and, as such, we will not disclose personal information unless we are permitted or required to do so by law.

Subject always to our policies, legal requirements and obligations, we may disclose personal information to our affiliates and subsidiaries that also provide services and products.

The CWB Group may disclose your personal information to a government or regulatory entity that has asserted its lawful authority to obtain the information or where the CWB Group has reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful in the investigation of unlawful activity, or to comply with a subpoena or warrant or an order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information, or to protect the CWB’s rights and property. If the CWB Group is involved in a merger or other reorganization, the CWB group may disclose your personal information to the resulting organization.

The CWB Group may also disclose personal information as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

The CWB Group does not sell or exchange for consideration any personal information it holds.

Third Party Service Providers
To the extent the CWB Group employs third-party service providers to store, handle or process personal information on our behalf (e.g., data storage and processing, cloud computing, promoting website, application hosting or office services), we use contractual and other means to provide a comparable level of protection while the information is being stored, handled or processed by those service providers.

Our service providers are committed by contractual agreements with us to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, collection, use or disclosure. Our service providers are not permitted to disclose your information to others.

Some of our service providers may store your personal information in other countries. If it is required by law or court order, your personal information could be made accessible to legal authorities, including law enforcement and national security authorities of those countries.

If you have questions about the collection, use, disclosure or storage of your personal information by our service providers outside of the U.S., or you would like to obtain more information about our policies and practices with respect to service providers outside of U.S., please contact one of our Privacy Officer listed above. Please note that this Website uses Google AdWords and therefore we incorporate by reference Google’s privacy policy into this Privacy Policy.

Cookies
We may use cookies, which may process your personal information. When you visit our website we may place cookies onto your device, or read Cookies already on your device, subject always to obtaining your consent, where required, in accordance with applicable law. We use cookies to record information about your device, your browser and, in some cases, your preferences and browsing habits. We may Process your personal information through cookies and similar technologies.

Access to Personal Information
You may request access to your personal information and/or information about CWB Group’s collection, use and disclosure of that information by contacting our Privacy Officer, in writing, at the addresses identified above.

Policy Changes
Privacy laws are rapidly evolving and, as a result, this Policy may be changed by the CWB Group from time to time in the CWB Group’s full discretion without any prior notice or liability to you or any other person. The collection, use and disclosure of your personal information by the CWB Group will be governed by the version of this Policy in effect at that time.