Privacy Policy

The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its online guests, customers, members, donors, and friends. We believe that maintaining privacy on the Web is very important and that informing our visitors about the types of information we collect and how we use it is crucial. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point in the website where personally identifiable information may be requested. We do not collect personal information about individuals - such as their names and postal and/or email addresses - except when it is voluntarily provided by such individuals. For our policy concerning children 12 and under who use this site, please see below.

When You Purchase a Membership

FIAF will ask you to provide the information necessary to process and service your membership: name, billing and email address, telephone number, and credit card information. For reasons of security, credit card information is not stored permanently on the Web server. You may also be asked for additional information required to complete and service your request, such as the names of your children when joining as family members. We may also ask you about your interests so that we may keep you informed about events and programs that may be of interest to you.

When You Register for Classes

FIAF will ask you to provide the information necessary to process and service your Language Center registration: name, billing and email address, telephone number, and credit card information. For reasons of security, credit card information is not stored permanently on the Web server. You may also be asked for additional information required to complete and service your request, such as the names of your children who are registering for classes. We may also ask you about your interests so that we may keep you informed about events and programs that may be of interest to you. Please read all Language Center policies here.

When You Complete an Online Survey

FIAF occasionally posts surveys on its site. These surveys are completely voluntary and may ask about your interests, occupation, and educational background. We use this information only to have a better understanding of who is interested in our programs and services and to determine how best to serve you. Specific information collected in these survey forms is never shared with third parties.

When You Make a Donation

FIAF will ask you to provide the information necessary to process your gift and provide you with our donor benefits: name, billing and email address, telephone number, and credit card information. For reasons of security, credit card information is not stored permanently on the Web server. We may also ask you about your interests so that we may keep you informed about events and programs that may be of interest to you.

Email Policy

We regularly send email newsletters and notices of upcoming events to our members or parties who have requested specific categories of information. Use the ‘receive Newsletter’ form at the top of this page to subscribe. You may unsubscribe to an email newsletter or notice at any time.

Occasionally, FIAF may email persons requesting information, members, students and/or donors to inform them of changes in this Web site or our online policies. If you do not wish to receive any email from FIAF, please send an email message to fiafnews@fiaf.org with subject line ‘Do Not Email’.

We read every email message that we receive. We also try to respond within two business days of receipt. If you email FIAF, your message and email address will be forwarded to the appropriate department within FIAF. This department may choose to save your information in case you decide to contact us again.

Language Center emails: When you register for a class at the FIAF Language Center, we encourage you to provide us with an email address at which you can be reached. We will use this email to contact you with important information regarding your class, such as, registration confirmation, room & instructor assignment, change in class schedule, cancellations, etc. We will also send you emails about start of sessions, early-bird discounts, upcoming workshops or classes that may interest you, etc. Please note that while you are a student at FIAF, we reserve the right to contact you via email, while ensuring that your information and privacy are protected.

Please feel free to contact us either by telephone or at any of the email addresses posted on this site with any type of question. We will make sure your question or comment reaches the appropriate person.

How FIAF Uses Information Collected on our Website

FIAF never shares with third parties any information you provide when purchasing a membership, registering for class or making a donation. Occasionally, we may share the information you provide (when completing an on-line survey or requesting information: name; postal and/or email address) with other organizations or companies whose products and services might interest you. If you would prefer not to have your information shared in this way, you may check the “please do not make my name available” box located at the bottom of the page on which you have completed the survey or requested information.

Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies. We might share aggregated demographic information with partners. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We might use third parties to provide specific services (process orders, credit cards billing). These companies do not share or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.

When the user signs up for these services, we will share names or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that might collect personally identifiable information.

Security

FIAF might request information from you on orders or registration forms whereby you must provide contact information (name, address…) and financial information (credit card). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way.

FIAF makes every effort to ensure that all of the transactions that occur on its website are secure. 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 (billing, 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. If we have trouble processing an order, we’ll use this information to contact you.

Children 12 and Under

We do not solicit personal information from children. In any section of the site that requests personal information, visitors 12 years of age and under are reminded to obtain permission from an adult before supplying the requested information. In addition, FIAF does not advertise or promote commercial products or services in any section of the site intended specifically for children

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, our online practices, or your dealings with this website, you may contact:

French Institute Alliance Française
Attn. Website
22 East 60th Street
New York, New York 10022

Email: fiafnews@fiaf.org