PRIVACY POLICY & LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

HBI College is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals using our website (the "Site"), currently located at www.hbicollege.com. HBI College recognizes the importance of protecting information that can be used to identify you ("Personal Information"). This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") describes the Personal Information privacy practices relating to this Site.

By accessing this Site you are agreeing to be bound by this Policy, and consenting to the collection, use, retention and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, please exit from this Site and do not disclose any Personal Information through this Site or access any other pages.

How information is collected and used

HBI College only collects Personal Information if you voluntarily supply your name and contact information by:

• contacting us via email
• filling out a form on this Site
• registering for a college program
• enquiring about our programs in person
• as may be permissible and required by law

Personal Information will not be disclosed to anyone except HBI College staff, associates or partners who need the information in order to respond to your request. We do not use this information to create personal profiles, nor do we distribute, provide or sell Personal Information voluntarily supplied by Site visitors to any third party.

Please be aware that one or more of the operators of any linked websites linked to this site may collect personal information about users when users access that third party's website. HBI College is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties.

We do not disclose any Personal Information collected through this site to any third parties, except as required by law.

Information tracking

We keep track of use of this Site, including the number of hits this Site receives and the web pages that are visited. We collect this information so that we can develop this Site to meet visitors' needs and identify appropriate new features, content and services.

Cookies are small data files that are sent out to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive when you visit certain websites. Websites can use cookies to recognize repeat users and to enhance the ongoing access to and use of the websites. Please note that we use cookies on our Site in the MyHBI section of the website.

Security and retention matters

We will use reasonable industry standard technology to keep the Personal Information that we retain secure from inappropriate access, use or disclosure. However, there is no guarantee that data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. Consequently, HBI College does not represent, warrant or guarantee that Personal Information will be protected against misuse, loss or alteration and does not accept any responsibility for collection, use or retention of your Personal Information by unauthorized third parties.

How to contact HBI College

We will, upon request, provide you with access to any Personal Information that we have collected about you through this Site or by email. To gain access to Personal Information, or if you believe that any information that we have collected about you is inaccurate or out of date, or if you wish to withdraw your consent for our retention and use of your personal information please contact us at 905.949.9900 and ask for the Privacy Officer. Please be advised that, should you withdraw your consent for our retention and use of your personal information, the way in which HBI provides services to you might be impacted by your decision.

We welcome your feedback. If you have any questions or concerns about our Policy, please contact us at infogta [at] hbicollege.com.