Privacy Policy
Le Cordon Bleu respects your right to privacy protection while using the Site. We have created this Privacy Policy in order to explain what information we gather from your visit to our Site and how such information may be used.
1. Collection and Use of Information
2. Links to Other Sites
3. Security
4. Use of Cookies
5. Use of IP Addresses
6. Modification
1. Collection and Use of Information
As a general policy, Le Cordon Bleu® does not request or collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, mailing address, or e-mail address on the Site.
However, if you wish to obtain information about Le Cordon Bleu®, register on a mailing list, proceed with an on-line application for a Le Cordon Bleu® course or enter into a contest advertised on the Site, you will be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information as well as your credit card information, in some instances.
The personally identifiable information we collect will be solely used to process your request and contact prize winners.
Personally identifiable information collected by Le Cordon Bleu® will not be sold to any third parties, nor will such information be added to bulk email lists.
Such information is intended only for Le Cordon Bleu® authorized employees and will not be transferred to any other party.
Additionally, any personally identifiable information will only be retained by Le Cordon Bleu® for such period as is necessary to fulfill the above specified purposes. When the personally identifiable information will no longer be required, Le Cordon Bleu® will either destroy, erase or make the personally identifiable information anonymous.
You have the right to gain access to or correct any personally identifiable information in Le Cordon Bleu®'s possession that concerns you. To do so, please provide a written request to privacy@cordonbleu.edu identifying the personal information or the correction being sought.
Certain non-personal information may be recorded by the standard operation of Le Cordon Bleu's Internet servers. In order to help administer our site and enhance your online experience, the servers may gather information pertaining to the type of browser or operating system being used or your IP address.
2. Links to Other Sites
This Site offers links to several other Le Cordon Bleu® and affiliated company product and service web sites that may collect personally identifiable information. Your use of, and provision of personally identifiable information to, such other sites is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies of such other sites. Le Cordon Bleu® will not be liable to you for the use, collection and/or retention of personally identifiable information by these third party sites, nor will we be responsible for the policies, practices or content of sites other than our own. Please review the third party's policies and terms of use and if you do not agree to be bound by them, terminate your use of that service or your visit to the Site.
3. Security
Security for all personally identifiable information is important to Le Cordon Bleu®. We have therefore implemented a number of safeguards, in accordance with the law, to protect against the loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification of the limited amount of personally identifiable information that we may collect from you.
4. Use of Cookies
When you visit Le Cordon Bleu®'s Site, we may store or recognize some information on your computer in the form of a 'cookie'. 'Cookies' are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's computer hard drive for record keeping purposes. No personal information is stored within the cookies. If you do not want cookies placed on your computer, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored.
5. Use of IP Addresses
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet provider whenever you are surfing the Web. Whenever you request pages from our Site, our servers log your IP address.
Le Cordon Bleu collects IP addresses for the purposes of its system administration and to analyse the use of its Site. We do not link IP addresses to any information that is personally identifiable, which means that your session will be logged, but you remain anonymous to us.
We may use your IP address in cooperation with your Internet service provider to identify you if we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use or to protect our services, customers or as required by law.
6. Modification
Le Cordon Bleu® reserves the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time without notice and your continued use of the Site indicates your agreement to the revised terms. Accordingly, we encourage you to review Le Cordon Bleu®'s policies from time to time to keep informed of such changes.
