Privacy Policy

Introduction

This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for Geigle Safety Group (geiglesafety.com) and our family of divisions, OSHAcademy (oshacademy.com) and Quality Safety Training (qualitysafetytraining.com). This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by these web sites. This policy will notify you of the following:

  1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
  2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
  3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
  4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We collect personal data from our visitors for various purposes, including:

  • To provide and maintain our website
  • To notify you about changes to our website
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer care and support
  • To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the website
  • To monitor the usage of the website
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues

We do not disclose student transcript information to third parties without explicit consent from the student. To request disclosure to a third party, please submit an official student transcript request. The form can be accessed by clicking on the "Request Official Transcript" button located near the top of your student dashboard.

Your Access to and Control of Your Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time.

You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change/correct any data we have about you.
    • We do require verification before making a formal name change. This helps ensure the documents produced by our websites are accurate.
  • Request us to delete any inaccurate information we have about you.
  • Request a release of your student transcript to a university or employer.
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Who We May Share Your Personal Information With

We never sell or rent your personal information. We do not share your personal information with third parties other than as follows:

  • When you instruct us to do so.
  • With applicable regulatory bodies to confirm your educational requirements.
  • With your consent, for example, when you agree to our request to share your information with other third parties for their own marketing purposes subject to their separate privacy policies.
  • With third party vendors, consultants and other service providers who work for us and need access to your information to do that work. Examples include vendors and service providers who provide assistance with marketing, billing, processing credit card payments, data analysis, and fraud prevention.
  • With third party business partners, such as distributors, and/or referral partners, who are involved in providing services to our prospects and/or customers, to fulfill product and information requests and to provide customers and prospective customers with information about our websites and our products and services. From time to time, we may engage in joint sales or product promotions with select business partners. If you purchase or specifically express an interest in a jointly-offered product, promotion or service, we may share relevant personal information with those partner(s). Where you have given your consent to do so, these business partners may send you marketing communications about their own products and services. Please be aware that we do not control our business partners’ use of such information. Our partners are responsible for managing their own use of the personal information collected in these circumstances. We recommend you review the privacy notices of the relevant partner to find out more about their handling of your personal information.
  • In connection with or during negotiation of any business transfer, merger, financing, acquisition, or dissolution transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets to another company.

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law (for example, a subpoena) or regulation, or in good faith to (a) comply with legal processes served on the site, (b) protect the rights and property of Geigle Safety Group, Inc. and our websites, (c) where our records indicate fraudulent activity or other deceptive practices that a governmental agency should be made aware of, or (d) where your communication suggests possible harm to others.

When you register as a student, we will not share your information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above. We use personal information to reply to inquiries, handle complaints, provide operational notices, keep records up to date to notify you via periodic e-mails of forthcoming expiration dates for training, technical service issues, specials, or other related product/service information.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as transaction data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the top of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the web page address.

We do not collect or store any credit card data locally on our computer systems or in paper form. All credit card data collected over the phone is stored in an encrypted form by our credit card processor.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Registration

In order to use some functions of our website, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration, a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest. We also require address information for shipping and to help confirm your identity when you contact us.

Orders

We request information from you on our forms. To buy from us, you must provide contact information, such as name and shipping address. You will also be asked for financial information, such as credit card number, expiration date. This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we'll use this information to contact you.

We use an outside shipping company to ship orders. We also use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.

Cookies

We use "cookies" on our sites. A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive. We use cookies to help us improve your access to our site, e.g. allowing you to login once and access multiple pages. When you visit our websites, we, or an authorized third party, may place a cookie on your device that collects information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different sites. Cookies allow us to track use, infer browsing preferences, and improve and customize your browsing experience.

Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, google, hubspot, and advertisers). We use google analytics, HubSpot, remarketing features, and advertising reporting features to learn how vistors use our website and what their general interests are. This allows us to improve our site content to meet the needs of our customers.

Click here to learn how to opt-out of google analytics cookie tracking.

Click here to remove HubSpot's tracking cookies from your browser.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of any site that collects personally identifiable information.

Surveys and Contests

From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary, and you may choose whether or not to participate and disclose this information.

Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.

Survey information may be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

Children’s Privacy

Our websites and services are not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13, or such other applicable age of consent for privacy purposes in relevant individual jurisdictions. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at support@oshacademy.com and we will take steps to delete their personal information from our systems.

International Website Visitors/Registrants

This website is hosted and maintained in the United States. If you are visiting our websites (including registering as a student) from a country other than the United States, you should understand that your data submitted through or generated by your use of this website will be transferred to and processed under the laws of the United States, which may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you are located. This will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting this website and communicating electronically with us, you consent to the transfer and processing of your data as set out in this Privacy Policy in the United States subject to the laws of the United States.

Use of our websites

If you do not consent to having your information used in accordance with this Privacy Policy, you should not provide your personal information and should cease visiting this website.

Updates

Geigle Safety Group reserves the right to modify these Privacy Policies at any time without advance notice. Any changes to these Privacy Policies will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, with an updated effective date. By accessing this site after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement on a prospective basis to the modified Privacy Policy and all of the changes. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of these Privacy Policies.

Contact Information

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 971-217-8721 or by email at support@oshacademy.com.

Effective Date: September 1st, 2014.

Last Updated: December 5th, 2023.