Privacy Policy

The Creative Institute of Greater Learning is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you use thecigl.org and its related pages (the “Site”), how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.

By using the Site or voluntarily submitting information through it, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

We may collect information in the following ways:

• Information You Provide: When you contact us through the Site, you may provide information such as your name, email address, phone number, subject, message, and any other information you choose to include in your communication.
• Technical Information: When you access the Site, certain technical information may be automatically received by the systems and service providers used to operate and secure the Site. This may include information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring pages, and general usage information.

We ask that you do not submit sensitive personal information through the Site unless it is specifically requested and appropriate for your communication with C.I.G.L.

We may use information collected through the Site for legitimate business purposes, including:

• Responding to Inquiries: To respond to messages, questions, consultation requests, and other communications you send to us.
• Providing Information About Our Services: To communicate with you about leadership development, organizational development, training, consulting, or other services in which you have expressed interest.
• Operating and Improving the Site: To maintain, support, troubleshoot, secure, and improve the performance and functionality of the Site.
• Security: To help detect, prevent, investigate, or address potential fraud, misuse, security issues, or other harmful activity.
• Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or lawful governmental requests.

C.I.G.L. does not sell or rent personal information submitted through the Site.

We may share information in limited circumstances when reasonably necessary to operate our organization or provide the Site and its services.

• Service Providers: We may use third-party service providers to support website hosting, infrastructure, communications, security, and other operational functions. These providers may process information only as necessary to perform services on our behalf.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required to do so by law or if we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights, investigate potential wrongdoing, or protect the safety of C.I.G.L., our users, or others.
• Business Changes: If C.I.G.L. undergoes a merger, reorganization, acquisition, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information associated with the organization may be transferred as part of that transaction where permitted by law.
• Security Measures: We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information submitted through the Site from unauthorized access, use, alteration, disclosure, or loss. While no system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, we take appropriate steps to help protect the information entrusted to us.

The Site or the third-party services used to operate it may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for security, performance, functionality, or other website operations.

Cookies are small data files stored on your device by a website. Your browser may allow you to block, delete, or otherwise manage cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the availability or performance of some website functionality.

If C.I.G.L. introduces additional analytics, advertising, or tracking technologies in the future, this Privacy Policy may be updated to describe those practices.

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, maintain business records, provide requested services, satisfy legal or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, or fulfill other legitimate business purposes.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the reason it was collected, and any applicable legal requirements.

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply to your personal information, you may have certain privacy rights.

These rights may include the ability to:

• Request access to personal information we maintain about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Request deletion of certain personal information, subject to applicable legal exceptions.
• Ask questions about how your personal information is collected, used, or disclosed.
• Manage cookies and similar technologies through your browser settings.

To make a privacy-related request, you may contact us using the information provided at the bottom of this policy. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

The Site may contain links to websites, platforms, or services operated by third parties. C.I.G.L. does not control the privacy, security, content, or practices of those third parties.

This Privacy Policy applies only to C.I.G.L. and the Site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information to them.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, services, legal obligations, or other circumstances.

When changes are made, the revised policy will be posted on this page and the “Last updated” date will be changed accordingly.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about our privacy practices.