This Privacy Policy describes how The Indiana | Kentucky | Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund (“JATF”) collects, uses, shares and protects information when you interact with our website (www.ikorcctraining.com). This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, products, or services, even if we provide a link to such a third-party website.  You must review the privacy policies of any third-party website to ensure that you understand their privacy practices.

This Privacy Policy explains the following:

• The types of information we collect
• How we use your information
• How we share your information
• How we protect and store your information
• Your rights and choices
• Third-party cookies and other tracking technologies
• How to contact us
• Updates to this Privacy Policy

Information you provide to us

Some of the Services include features or services that allow you to directly provide us with contact information, such as your full name and email address, and other information about you. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Contact information and any other information you choose to include when you communicate with us, including information communicated via email or in response to our communications;
• Contact information when you subscribe to JATF publications, such as newsletters, apprenticeship alerts, and other materials;
• When you register for a training, webinar, or other event;
• When you make a payment; and
• You may also choose to submit information about yourself by other methods, including:
  • interaction with us via social media, including any posts and messages you may submit
  • in connection with an actual or potential JATF-Apprentice relationship with us. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence and any contact information that is provided.

If you are a user of our sites, you can review, update, and correct your information directly on the JATF’s website or by contacting us as described at the bottom of this webpage.

Information we automatically collect

When you interact with the website, certain information about your use of it is automatically collected. Much of this information is collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies, as well as through your web browser or device. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Details regarding the device you use to access the website, such as your IP address, operating system, and browser type;
• Details of your visits to and/or use of the website, such as the timing, frequency and pattern of your usage, the website from which you accessed this website and the pages you visit here; and
• Information about how you interact with our content and other information, including whether you open or click links in any web page or in any e-mail correspondence we send to you.

How we use your information

We may use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries or requests for information;
• To operate and improve the website, including understanding the activities of prospects and member base and the effectiveness of our marketing, content, and publications;
• To enable interactions with you, including sending you receipts, apprenticeship alerts; confirmations, and other materials, as permitted by applicable law;
• To understand how users use the website, including by generating and analyzing statistics; and
• To attract and recruit potential members.

We do not share or sell your phone number to third parties. Any phone numbers collected through our website or related services are used solely for the purpose of communicating with you regarding JATF-related events, updates, or inquiries.

Anticipated Frequency of Communications

• Reminder Texts: Sent no more than once a quarter unless make-up dates or other exceptions apply.
• Weather or Emergency Alerts: Sent only as needed based on specific occurrences.
• Other Notifications: Frequency determined by receiving communications from the recipient or other relevant factors.

Non-Commercial Purpose Statement

• All communications sent via SMS or other means are strictly intended to facilitate JATF-related interactions, provide information, or respond to member and prospective member needs. These communications are not for commercial purposes and are not used for the promotion of any unrelated goods or services.

How we share your information

We may share the information we collect as outlined below:

• Service Providers
  • We engage third-party service providers to perform services on our behalf, such as website, software, or data hosting, content management, database management, technical integration, marketing automation, analytics, site optimization, and payment processing.
• Social Media Platforms
  • Where you choose to interact with us through social media, your interaction with these programs typically allows the third-party to collect some information about you through cookies they place on your device and other tracking mechanisms. In some cases, the third-party may recognize you through its cookies even when you do not interact with their application. Please visit the third-parties’ respective privacy policies to better understand their data collection practices and controls they make available to you.
• Change of Ownership or Organization Structure
  • We may share or transfer to another entity or service providers some or all information about you in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, acquisition, transfer of any business group, change in ownership control, or financing transaction.

Compliance and Harm Prevention

As deemed reasonably necessary, your information may be disclosed to comply with applicable laws to protect the staff or members of the JATF, you, or others. Information may be disclosed to law enforcement agencies, legal counsel, or other government authorities to respond to threats or harassing contact.

Children’s Privacy

This Platform is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect, solicit or maintain personal identifying information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register on this Platform in order to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). If we become aware of such data, it is deleted from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal identifying information, please contact us.

How we protect and store your information

We use a combination of physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect the information we collect through the website.  While we use commercially reasonable precautions to safeguard your information, we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant the security of the networks, systems, servers, devices, and databases we operate or that are operated on our behalf.

Your rights and choices

Marketing and other communications

We may send you communications about scheduled classes, invite you to participate in our events, or otherwise communicate with you as permitted by applicable law.

If at any time you no longer wish to receive e-mail marketing communications from us, you may opt-out by selecting the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email.

If at any time you no longer wish to text [SMS] communications with us, you can text the appropriate code to opt-out.

Cookies and other tracking technologies

We rely on partners to provide many features of our sites and services using data about your use of our Services and other sites. When you use our site, you are agreeing to our use and collection of such data, as described in this policy. We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Website operations.
  • Enabling features provided on our website, such as your preferences and settings.
• Analytics and Improvements.
  • Understanding how the website is being used in order to improvement it.
• Social Media.
  • Enabling the sharing of content from our website through social media and other sites.

Managing cookies

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, however, web browsers generally give you control over settings that allow you to disable or reject cookies. If you set your browser to reject or disable cookies, some features of the website may not function properly or be available to you.

You can find information on how to manage cookie settings on certain browsers via the following links:

• IE Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/products/windows?os=windows-10
• Apple – Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411
• Google – Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
• Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox/cookies

Note: Your web browser may include “Do Not Track” functionality.  We do not respond to browser “Do Not Track” request at this time.

Retention

Typically, personally identifying information is retained for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes contained in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. This may include retaining personally identifying information indefinitely, in order to provide you with future marketing opportunities and other purposes such as tracking trends, as well as to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce any of our agreements.

Please note that you can request, at any time, that we delete your personally identifying information. All requests must be directed to the contact as described at the bottom of this webpage. We can decide to delete your personally identifying information if we believe that the data is incomplete, inaccurate, or that our continued use and storage are contrary to our obligations to other members, individuals, or third parties.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post such changes to this location, and such changes will become effective when posted.  By your continued use of our Services, you consent to the terms of the revised Policy.

Contact us

Please write us at the following address:

Effective date:   May 14, 2024