Cookies:

As done at many other web sites, LPI uses cookies to identify users so they don't have to re-enter user their ids and passwords when using our web site. Cookies also help LPI to improve our web site's usability by allowing users to specify preferences such as a choice of language. If you have cookies disabled, you must enter your password each time you access certain areas of the LPI site. Any cookies set by the LPI site are only valid until you log out of the web site or shut down your browser.

Third parties:

LPI may provide third parties with aggregate statistics about the usage of its web site. This data is based upon thousands of user visits to LPI's web site each month; behavioural or identifying information about any individual user is not collected, unless that user has given us permission to share that information.

Official LPI Affiliates:

LPI Affiliate are non-profit organization that have formally partnered with LPI, to provide regional support and promotion of LPI activities and values.

LPI does not provide personal details to Affiliates without explicit consent. However, LPI may make contact on behalf of local Affiliates to candidates within the Affiliate's region who consent to being contacted.

LPI may also request that candidates provide to Affiliates information to assist in the verification of their certification status. Compliance with such requests is voluntary, and involves providing the minimal information necessary to obtain a candidate's status (LPI ID, name, and year of certification).

Pearson/Vue and Thomson Prometric:

Candidates who have registered to take LPI exams through the VUE or Prometric network may have provided personal information that has been provided to both LPI and VUE or Prometric.

The privacy policy of VUE may be found at:
http://www.vue.com/legal/privacy/

The privacy policy of Prometric may be found at:
http://www.prometric.com/AboutUs/privacy.htm

Affiliated and linked sites:

LPI expects its partners and affiliates to respect the privacy of its candidates. Please be aware, however, that third parties, including LPI partners and affiliates and other content providers accessible through its site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practises. LPI is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. Please check the applicable privacy policies when providing information to a third party.

Anyone voluntarily disclosing Personally Identifiable Information on message boards, mailing list or in chat areas, must be aware that such information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without LPI's knowledge. This may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties; such activities are beyond the control of LPI and this policy.

Security:

LPI uses reasonable precautions to protect the personal information disclosed by candidates and other community members. LPI does not release this information to other parties unless we have explicit permission to do so. However, LPI is not responsible for any breach of security or for the actions of these parties.

Obtaining your consent:

By using our web site, users of the LPI web site give LPI permission to collect information about the pages served to them (as anonymous users) for the purpose of calculating aggregate site statistics. Registration at the LPI website indicates authorization to LPI to use information provided to personalize the information delivered, and to use such demographic information when calculating aggregate user data. LPI may occasionally amend this policy.

Children:

LPI does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If LPI discovers it has received any information in violation of this policy, such information will be deleted immediately.

Changes to this policy:

LPI reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Continued use of LPI's site following the posting of changes to these terms indicates acceptance of those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

Anyone aware of violations of this policy is encouraged to send details of such violations by email to info@lpi.org .

Governing law:

Anyone wishing to change information provided to LPI, provide details of any known violations, or offer any comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy, is asked to contact us at

Questions?

Anyone wishing to change information provided to LPI, provide details of any known violations, or offer any comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy, is asked to contact us at feedback@lpi.org .