Montessori Teachers College is committed to respecting the privacy of visitors to its web site.
You may use our website to provide us with personal information such as your name, street address, e-mail address, physical address, phone numbers, current employment. This occurs, for example, when you submit our form, over the phone, by email, register to follow any of our social media accounts, newsletters, publications, or otherwise.
We use this information for the purposes you provide it to us (i.e., to communicate with you and administer a request for assistance or service). We may also retain your information and use it for our marketing and outreach purposes, which may involve sending you mail outs and electronic communications in accordance with Canada’s anti-spam legislation.
From time to time we gather demographic and behavioral information via online visitor surveys. We use this information to develop additional features and services for Montessori Teachers College programs, services, and communication platforms like our web site.
We do not sell or rent any personal information obtained through our website.
Your information will only be retained for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, and will be disposed of in a manner that is commensurate to the information’s sensitivity. Methods of disposal may include aggregation, anonymization, and destruction or permanent deletion.
You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the notifying us through registrar@mtcedu.com.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
We collect statistical information about visitors to our web site to allow us to update and improve our site. Montessori Teachers College reviews this data for the purpose of helping us determine how to improve our website. However, we do not collect any of that data. Personal information is not collected during ordinary visits to our web site.
Like most websites we also use cookies, which are small text files that our server sends to your browser during your visit to our websites. Cookies are stored on your device, and tell us nothing about who you are unless you specifically provide us with personal information. You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit our website. You may also elect not to have cookies stored on your device by adjusting your browser settings.
We use Google Analytics to provide third-party analytics services on our website. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of our services and to report on activities and trends. Google Analytics may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt out by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Montessori Teachers College uses external service providers and suppliers of information technology services to process personal information on our behalf. Montessori Teachers College prohibits third parties who act on its behalf from using personal information except to the extent required to provide their services and requires them to adhere to Montessori Teachers College’s privacy standards so that personal information is afforded the same degree of protection by third party service providers as by Montessori Teachers College.
You may request information on the existence, use, and disclosure of your personal information, or notify us of any changes to your personal or contact information by sending an email to registrar@mtcedu.com. We reserve the right to revise this policy based on new policies or procedures so encourage you to check this page from time to time for any changes.
Updated Sept 5, 2023.
