INSTITUTE OF CULINARY EDUCATION, INC. PRIVACY POLICY

Table of Contents: 

1. Types of Information We Collect
2. How We Collect Information About You
3. If You Do Not Provide Personal Information 
4. How We Use Your Information 
5. How We Share and Disclose Personal Information 
6. Use of Aggregated Information
7. Data Retention 
8. Opting-Out 
9. International Transfers 
10. Your Data Rights 
11. Your Right to Complain 
12. Notice to Californian Users Regarding Your Privacy Rights 
13. Children 
14. Security; Legally Required Disclosures 
15. Third-Party Websites 
16. Changes to Our Privacy Policy 
17. Contact Us 
18. Cookie policy 
19. Additional Information

PRIVACY POLICY

The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc. (“ICE,” “us,” our” or “we”) is committed to protecting your privacy.  “You/your/user(s)” means you as a user of our Website (https://www.ice.edu/), including any information, tools and services available from the Website.  Our privacy policy, which applies to all users of our Website, is designed to explain the information we collect via our Website and how we use it to provide our services and give users a better experience (“Privacy Policy”).  If you also start an application to enroll in our classes, a separate Student Privacy Policy shall apply to your information and, where this Privacy Policy and the Student Privacy Policy conflict, the terms of the Student Privacy Policy shall apply.

This Privacy Policy describes the Personal Information (as defined below) we collect about you online on the Website, why we collect it, how we use it, when we share it with third parties, and your rights. This Privacy Policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use that information.  The Personal Information provided by you is not used for any purpose other than as outlined in this Privacy Policy.

1. Types of Information We Collect

Personal Information that we collect about you. We collect Personal Information about our users. “Personal Information” is information relating to an individual that can be used to contact or identify you or individuals about whom you enter information about as part of your activities on our Website or services.

a)  When you ask us to contact you through our Website

• Your names such as first name, last name and title.

• The contact information and emergency contact information thatyou provide including your and other’s email addresses and/or phone numbers.

•  Information you provide when you make an inquiry through our Website: including your first name, last name, email address, phone number, what services you may be interested in, comments you provide in the inquiry including User Provided Information (defined in 'How We Collect Information About You' below).

• The comments you provide on the Website or when you submit an inquiry.

• Marketing preferences including whether you would like to sign up for further information about our services or products. You may opt-out or unsubscribe from these e-mail list or call/meeting requests at any time.

b)  When you sign up for or take our educational services or purchase products (for example, our educational programs or items from our shop)

• Information you provide to sign up for a program including: first name, last name, phone number, email address, company address and title, social security number, date of birth, gender, clothing sizing information, skills, work and educational history, military status, marital status.

• Details of what you are purchasing from us including the type of program, product or event details.

• Payment information including: account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, with or without a security code, access code, whether you pay with check or money order, password or wire transfer information.

• Information when you make an account with us including: your email address, username and/or e-mail address in combination with a password or security questions and answers, and emergency contact information including the name, email and/or phone number of others.

c)  Visitors to our Website

• Cookies and Pixel Tags which collect information about users of our Website. For further information on these, see our Cookie policy.

• Unique Device Identifiers. Like most website providers, we collect certain information from your devices, such as your IP address, browser information, unique device identifier (“UDID”) and/or your operating system. 

• Geolocation. If you access the Website through a desktop or mobile device, we will collect, monitor and/or remotely store geo-location data.

d)  Sensitive Personal Information and Criminal Conviction Data. Except in the limited circumstances outlined below, we do not collect any sensitive personal information or “Special Categories of Personal Information” about you. Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

If you apply to enroll in our programs, we may collect sensitive personal information or “Special Categories of Personal Information”, which may include but are not limited to:

• You may provide us with information regarding your age, gender, race, or ethnicity only if you decide to apply or enroll in our programs and to comply with required regulatory reporting requirements.

• You may provide us medical information that is necessary for you to undertake any education program (for example, any food allergies, or any special accommodations required to access our educational facilities).

• Any information you provide to us on our Website through an inquiry when asking about medical accommodations, or any other reason you choose to disclose such information directly to us.

Information collected pursuant to your application for enrollment in our programs is governed by our Student Privacy Policy.

2.  How We Collect Information About You

a) User-Provided Information. We collect information that you provide directly to us when you engage in the following:

• When you use our website.

• When you request information regarding our programs.

• When you register for an online account from ICE or update or change your account information.

• When you apply, enroll, register, or participate in ICE classes, programs or other offerings, whether online or in person (such as through a study abroad offering), including by using ICE’s Website and other information technologies (such as when you turn in assignments and projects online, use online courseware or proctoring services, participate in online discussions and forums, and communicate with ICE faculty and staff).

• When you communicate with ICE via e-mail, telephone, video conference, or other methods.

• When you complete a survey for, submit information to, or request information from, ICE.

• When you purchase products from ICE (such as through our online shop).

• When you participate in education programs.

When you use the Website, you may be given the option to subscribe to or to be added to our subscription or e-mail list, to schedule a personal call/meeting and to request certain resource materials. Whether or not you select this/these option(s), your Personal Information may be shared with third parties consistent with this Privacy Policy. You may opt-out or unsubscribe from these e-mail list or call/meeting requests at any time.

b) Third-Parties. We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect directly. For example, we may collect information about you from third parties, including identity verification services, fraud detection service providers, credit bureaus, mailing list providers, marketing data service providers (i.e., audience targeting), and publicly available sources.

c) Social media information: If you create or log into your account through a social media site, we will have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information and friends lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media site.

When you interact with ICE through social media networks, such as when you follow us, share content or contact us through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat or other sites, we may receive information about you, including your profile information, picture, user ID associated with the social media account, friends list, and any other information you permit the social media network to share with third parties. Under some circumstances (outlined in 'How we Use Your Information' below), we may use this information on our own marketing materials to further ICE's goals in attracting new students and staff. The data we receive is dependent upon your privacy settings with the social network in question.

d) Analytics and Advertising Providers. This includesthe use of cookies and pixels. We may correlate this information with other Personal Information we have about you. We collect e-mail lists and information related to marketing services. For further information on this, see our cookie policy.

3.  If You Do Not Provide Personal Information 

If you choose not to provide any Personal Information that is necessary for us to accept you into ICE programs or to provide you with specific products or services, we may not be able to provide those programs, products or services to you.

When you use our Website, we collect some Personal Information about you. If you do not want us to use or disclose Personal Information collected about you in the ways identified in this Privacy Policy, you may choose to minimize this collection of Personal Information by not consenting to cookies and pixels. This may affect some of the functionality of our Website.

4.  How We Use Your Information

5.  How We Share and Disclose Personal Information

1. We will not rent, sell or share your Personal Information with third parties except as set out in this Privacy Policy.

2. We may disclose your Personal Information to outside individuals and/or companies that help us bring you the educational services and products we offer and to create, operate, and maintain our Website. For example, we may work with third-parties to: (a) manage a database of customer information; (b) assist us in distributing e-mails; (c) assist us with direct marketing and data collection; (d) provide data storage and analysis; (e) provide fraud prevention; (f) provide customer service; and (g) provide other services designed to assist us in developing and running our Website and maximizing our business potential. We require that these outside companies agree to keep all information shared with them confidential and to use the information only to perform their obligations to us. In addition, if you submit an entry to a scholarship challenge or contest (collectively, “Contests”), ICE may share your Personal Information with the partners and vendors with whom it is administering, organizing and/or conducting the Contests.

3. Student Records. Certain records of ICE students are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, New York law and ICE Policies. Information about student access to their education records and protection of education records is available in our FERPA Notice of Student Rights Policy which can be found in the ICE Career Catalogue. ICE may disclose confidential information with the consent of the student, under subpoena or court order, or in other limited circumstances as permitted by FERPA.

4. We may disclose information we have collected about you if required to do so by law or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to  (i) satisfy any applicable law,  regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations hereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect our rights, property or safety, our users and the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and spam/malware prevention.

5. Payment Processing Information. We only collect the payment processing information outlined in Section 1 above. We may also use a third party(ies) for payment processing. We do not want you to send us your credit card or bank account information except where requested as part of the checkout process. Please review the terms of use and privacy policies of the third-party payment processor prior to providing Personal Information to them.

6. Cookies and Pixels. We use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Facebook Pixel, DoubleClick and Twitter Conversion Tracking, to track and analyze online behavior of our users.  These services may help inform, optimize, target and serve ads based your visits to our Website.  We do this to better understand how you use the Website and Service, with a view to offering improvements for all users, and to tailor our business and marketing activities accordingly. For further information, please see our cookie policy.

6.  Use of Aggregated Information. 

1. “Aggregated Information”. After stripping out any information that directly identifies you, or directly relates to you, from the Personal Information that we collect about you, we may combine that information with information we collect about other users.

2. We use Aggregated Information to maintain and administer the Website, analyze trends, gather demographic information and comply with applicable law. We may share Aggregated Information with third-parties. We may share this information with others without express notice to you or consent from you, and we may, subject to applicable laws, exploit, use and disclose Aggregated Information without limitation of any kind. We authorize certain service providers to utilize Aggregated Information for their business purposes and in accordance with their privacy policies, such as to report on usage or industry trends to their customer base.

7.  Data Retention.

1. We will retain your Personal Information for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy unless a longer period is required under applicable law or is needed to resolve disputes or protect our legal rights or otherwise to comply with legal obligations. 

2. Where we are processing Personal Information based on our legitimate interests, we generally will retain the data for a reasonable period of time based on the particular interest, taking into account the fundamental interests and the rights and freedoms of the data subjects. Where we rely on legitimate interests, you may ask us to stop processing your Personal Information by exercising your rights (if applicable).

3. Where we are processing Personal Information as set out in this policy, we generally will retain the information for the period of time necessary to carry out the processing activities to which you consented, subject to your right, under certain circumstances, to have certain of your Personal Information erased (see Section 10, Your Data Rights).

4. Where we are processing Personal Information based on contract, we generally will retain the information for the duration of the contract plus some additional limited period of time that is necessary to comply with law or that represents the statute of limitations for legal claims that could arise from the contractual relationship.

8.  Opting-Out

1. Unsubscribe. You may opt out of: (a) receiving e-mail communications such as e-mail newsletters and promotional e-mails by following the instructions provided at the bottom of each e-mail, clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of e-mails we sent you; and/or (b) receiving promotional e-mail communications and newsletters by e-mailing us at [email protected] and including the word “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject text. Opting out of receiving Website communications will not affect your receipt of service-related, education-related, and administrative communications, such as payment confirmations, delivery status updates, updates to our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy as we must be able to communicate with you regarding your purchases. If you do not receive a response from us to any e-mails you send to us within ten (10) business days, please send us another e-mail as your original e-mail may not have been received.

2. Text Message/ SMS Terms and Conditions. Upon messaging opt-in, the end user agrees to receive messages from us regarding your potential enrollment and for general informational purposes use. End users can opt out by replying STOP or request more information by replying HELP. You may also opt out by contacting us by phone at the toll-free phone number 800-522-4610 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. If you need assistance or have questions about our SMS service, reply with "HELP" to any SMS message you receive, or contact our customer support team at 800-522-4610. With regard to automated text communications, if you prefer not to receive text or wireless promotional communications on your mobile device, you can opt out by replying STOP to any text you receive from us. No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Notwithstanding any other term in this Privacy Policy, text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties.

9.  International Transfers

a) Data Transfers. For users visiting the Website and using our services from outside the United States, we may transfer your Personal Information to the USA because we are headquartered here. In cases where we do transfer your Personal Information, we will take reasonable steps in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection requirements.

Whenever we transfer your Personal Information, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• We will only transfer your Personal Information to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for Personal Information; or

• Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved for use in your jurisdiction which give Personal Information the same protection it has in your jurisdiction.

• The Personal Information is covered by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (or local extension or equivalent) and any such third parties we transfer the Personal Information to has obtained and maintained their Privacy Shield certification.

b) For users visiting the Website within the EEA or the UK, we are not within the scope of GDPR Article 3, Section 2, except for occasional processing of Personal Information as set forth in Section 18 (Cookie Policy).

c) Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your Personal Information internationally.

10.  Your Data Rights

a)  Your Rights.  You have certain rights in relation to your Personal Information depending on your local laws and jurisdiction. If you would like further information in relation to these or would like to exercise any of them, please contact us using the details at the bottom of this privacy policy at any time. The following rights are most relevant to the services that we provide:

1. Right of access.  You have the right to ask us to provide you with copies of Personal Information that we hold about you and further details of how we use it and look after it as well as confirmation as to whether your Personal Information is being used by us.

2. Right to correction. You have the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect Personal Information that we hold about you free of charge.

3. Right to delete.  In certain cases, you have the right to request that we delete or destroy any Personal Information we hold about you.

4. Right to data portability.  You have the right to ask us to provide your Personal Information in a readily usable format.

5. Right to restrict use. You have a right to ask us to restrict the way that we process your Personal Information in certain specific circumstances. 

6. Right to object.  You have a right to ask us to consider any valid objections which you have to our use of your Personal Information where we process your Personal Information on the basis of our or another person's legitimate interests. 

7. Right to opt out of targeting/cross-context behavioral advertising.  You havethe right to opt out of our sharing your personal information for the purpose of cross contextual behavioral advertising.

   1. Except as disclosed in Section 5.f. Cookies and Pixels, we do not share your personal information for these purposes.

8. Right to non-discrimination.  You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.

b)  We will consider all such requests to exercise your rights, and provide our response, within a reasonable timeframe (and, in any event, any timeframe required by relevant local law).  Please note that these rights do not always apply in all cases. If we cannot meet your request, we will explain why.

c)  To submit a request, please send an e-mail message to [email protected]  or  Attn: Privacy Office, The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc. 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281.  We do not want to take any action regarding your Personal Information at the direction of someone other than you and may therefore ask you for information verifying your identity.

11.  Your Right to Complain

a)  If you have any complaints regarding our privacy practices, you have the right to make a complaint with your national data protection authority (i.e., supervisory authority), but we hope that you will contact us first at [email protected] to provide us with an opportunity to address your concern, Attn: Privacy Office, The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc. 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281.

b)  If you are an EEA Citizen, you can find your local supervisory authority at https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.

c)  If you are a UK Citizen, you can find details of your local supervisory authority at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.

12.  Notice to Californian Users Regarding Your Privacy Rights

a) Shine the Light.  Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business relationship: (i) a list of the categories of Personal Information, such as name, address, e-mail address, and the type of services provided to that individual, that a business has disclosed to third-parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, and (ii) the names and addresses of all such third-parties. ICE does not share Personal Information with third-parties for those parties’ direct marketing. To request the above information, California residents can e-mail us at [email protected]  or write to us at The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc., Attn: Privacy Office, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281. Please note that, under California law, a business is only required to respond to such a request twice in any calendar year.

b) California Consumer Privacy Act. The California Consumer Privacy Act, Cal. Civ. Code §1798.100 et. seq. (“CCPA”) and as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), grant residents of California certain rights with respect to their Personal Information and require us to provide such individuals with certain information, described in this Section.

1. Your Rights. California residents may exercise the following rights by contacting us at [email protected] or phone at 800-522-4610 or at [email protected]  or write to us at The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc., Attn: Privacy Office, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281:

   1. Know the specific pieces of your Personal Information that we hold;

   2. Know the ways in which we acquire, use, share, disclose and otherwise process your Personal Information;

   3. Request the deletion of your Personal Information, subject to several exceptions;

   4. Request correction to your Personal Information;

   5. Limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information; and

   6. Not to be denied goods or services for exercising these rights

c) Requesting Access to or Deletion of Personal Information. If you are a California resident, you have the right, subject to certain exceptions defined in the CCPA and other applicable laws and regulations, to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past twelve (12) months.

In order to verify your request, you will need to provide us with sufficient information to identify you individually so that we can comply with you request, including the name you provided to us when you created your account(s) (i.e. your legal first, last name or variants thereof, e.g. nicknames, aliases, titles (“Mr.”, “Mrs.”, “Dr.”, “Jr.”, etc.), the e-mail address(es) you use to correspond with us and any other e-mail addresses you have used with us in the past, your relationship with us (e.g. student, prospective student, special events customer, etc.), your mailing address, including the state and city you reside in currently.

To make an information access and/or deletion request you may contact us by phone at the toll-free phone number 800-522-4610 or by e-mail at [email protected].

d) Sale of Your Personal Information for Ad Re-targeting. California residents also have the right to opt-out of the sale of their Personal Information. Except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell your Personal Information.

The CCPA defines some transfers of Personal Information to third parties in exchange for value as a “sale”, even if no money changes hands, such as when online identifiers, device IDs, and other personal information is shared with third party businesses to further their own commercial purposes such as generating user profiles about individuals, or targeting or retargeting advertisements.

In order to retarget advertisements to you through third party services such as Facebook and Google, we use services such as Facebook Pixel and Google Ads Conversion tracking. Third party service providers like Facebook and Google are able to connect this data with your Facebook user accounts and use the data for their own advertising purposes, this use may qualify as a “sale” as defined in the CCPA, in which case we have sold the following categories of your Personal Information in the preceding twelve (12) months:

• first name, last name, e-mail address, phone number, street address, company name and address, title, username and/or e-mail address

• non-personally identifiable information

• Internet or other electronic network activity information

• Inferences drawn from any of the above information categories.

You can instruct us to stop the “sale” of your Personal Information by following the instructions here, Data Privacy Request Form.

See Section 18 (Cookie Policy; Opting Out – Google, Facebook, and Apple) to learn more about opting-out of third party services such as Facebook Pixel and Google Ads Conversion.

If we have actual knowledge that a California resident is younger than 16, we will request opt-in consent before selling their Personal Information.

Note that we can still share Personal Information with third parties if those transfers are not “sales,” such as with our Service Providers as described in this Privacy Policy.

e) Notice Disclosures. Depending on the circumstances and which of our services you use, we have disclosed the following categories of your Personal Information for a “business purpose” (as defined in the CCPA) in the preceding twelve (12) months:

• First name, last name, your image and/or likeness, e-mail address, phone number, street address, comments, company name and address, title, work experience and skills, username and/or e-mail address in combination with a password or security questions and answers, account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, even without a security code, access code, or password if the account could be accessed without such information

• Geolocation data,

• Non-Personally Identifiable Information

• Internet or other electronic network activity information

• Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information

• Inferences drawn from any of the above information.

f) Requesting Correction to Your Personal Information.  You have the right to ask us to correct any inaccurate Personal Information that we have about you, subject to certain exceptions in the CCPA.

In order to verify your request, you will need to provide us with sufficient information to identify you individually so that we can comply with you request, including the name you provided to us when you created your account(s) (i.e. your legal first, last name or variants thereof, e.g. nicknames, aliases, titles (“Mr.”, “Mrs.”, “Dr.”, “Jr.”, etc.), the e-mail address(es) you use to correspond with us and any other e-mail addresses you have used with us in the past, your relationship with us (e.g. student, prospective student, special events customer, etc.), your mailing address, including the state and city you reside in currently.

To make a correction request you may contact us by phone at the toll-free phone number 800-522-4610 or by e-mail at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within 45 days, which we can extend by 45 days if we notify you.

g) Requesting to Limit Use of Personal Information. Except as set forth in Section 1(d), above, we do not collect Sensitive Personal Information. If you apply and or enroll in our programs, we will use your Sensitive Personal Information (for example, your social security number, your precise geolocation data, race or ethnic data) only for the limited purpose of providing you with the services you requested, and as governed by our Student Privacy Policy.

h) Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under California law, including:

• Deny you goods or services

• Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties

• Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services

• Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

i) Do Not Track. Some web browsers may let you enable a "do not track" feature that sends signals to the websites you visit, indicating that you do not want your online activities tracked.  This is different than blocking or deleting cookies, as browsers with a "do not track" feature enabled may still accept cookies.  There is currently no industry standard for how companies should respond to "do not track" signals, although one may develop in the future.  We do not respond to "do not track" requests or signals at this time. 

13.  Children

This Website is not directed to or intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit, collect or maintain information from those we actually know are under 13 through our Website, and no part of our Website is targeted to attract anyone under 13. We also do not send e-mail correspondence to anyone who advises that they are under the age of 13.  If we later obtain actual knowledge that a user is under 13 years of age we will take steps to remove that user’s Personal Information from our systems.  If you are the parent or guardian of a child whom you believe has disclosed Personal Information to us, please contact us at [email protected]  or write to us at The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc., Attn: Privacy Office, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281, so that we may delete and remove such information from our system.

14. Security; Legally Required Disclosures

1. Security. We strive to keep your Personal Information private and safe. We take commercially reasonable physical, electronic and administrative steps to maintain the security of Personal Information collected, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to database servers, as well as employing electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorized access. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access your online account, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

2. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the transmission of data over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we will use reasonable means to ensure the security of information you transmit through the Website, any transmission of Personal Information by you is at your own risk. We cannot guarantee that such information will not be intercepted by third-parties and we shall not be liable for any breach of the security of your Personal Information resulting from causes or events that are beyond our control, including, without limitation, your own act or omission, corruption of storage media, defects in third party data security products or services, power failures, natural phenomena, riots, acts of vandalism, hacking, sabotage, or terrorism, and we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

3. Legally Required Disclosures. We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored "Personal Information" (as defined in applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via e-mail and/or conspicuous posting on the Website in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as it is consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement; or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

15.  Third-Party Websites

While visiting the Website, you may link to websites operated by third parties or you may have come to the Website using a link found in another website. We do not make any representations or warranties about any third-party website, we have no control over them or the information, services, products they provide or the manner or methods they employ to collect, store, access, or otherwise use your Personal Information.  If you provide Personal Information at one of those websites, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that website, not our Privacy Policy. Please make sure you understand any other website's privacy policy before providing Personal Information.

The Website contains links to and/or enables certain third-party functionalities to enhance your experience on the Website, including social plug-ins, tools and APIs. Prior to using any third-party functionalities (e.g., Facebook “Like” button) on the Website, you should consult the privacy notices of the third party providers of such functionalities (e.g., Facebook). The privacy policies and data practices of such third parties may significantly differ from ours, and we make no representation or warranty whatsoever about their policies and practices in respect of their own processing of your Personal Information. Your communications and interactions with such third parties in respect of their own processing of your Personal Information are solely between you and them and are at your own risk.

1. For more information about Facebook’s privacy practices, visit https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy, and to opt-out you can visit https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217.

For Apple’s privacy policy, click here http://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy/ and learn how to control what you share and opt-out of sharing here https://www.apple.com/privacy/control/.

16.  Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time and without prior notice, and any changes will become effective immediately upon being posted. Where we make significant changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you via email. We will not use your Personal Information in a way that is adverse and materially different from the uses described in this Privacy Policy without giving you an opportunity to opt out.  The “Last Modified” date indicates if and as of when changes have been made to this Privacy Policy.

17.  Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, or if you wish to issue a request to exercise your rights where applicable by law, you can contact us via e-mail at [email protected]  or write to us at The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc., Attn: Privacy Office, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281.

18. Cookie policy

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site.

a) Cookies and Pixel Tags collect information about users of our Website. We may also use tools such as cookies and pixel tags to gather information as well. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your device while you are viewing the Website. We use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser), persistent Cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them) and third-party Cookies (which are placed by a website from a domain other than ours) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following web browser help file directions. "Pixel Tags" (sometimes called "web beacons" or "clear gifs") are a snippet of code that collects information about a visitor’s behavior on a website, and then sends the information back to the originating platform to be processed and reported.

We may combine the information collected through Cookies, Pixel Tags and other analytical tools with other information we may have collected from you. This information may be used to improve the Website, to personalize your online experience, to help us deliver information to you, to determine the effectiveness of advertising, and for other internal business purposes. We may use and share aggregated and anonymous information to conduct market research and analysis for ourselves and/or for our business partners. For example, we may freely share such information with third parties who may use such data for their own marketing, advertising, research, or other business purposes.

Our cookies can be categorized as follows:

• Strictly necessary. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

• Targeting. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

• Functional. These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

• Performance. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and de-activate the use of non-essential Cookies by clicking the “Cooking Settings” link in the footer of our Website at: https://www.ice.edu/.

b) Opting Out

You can de-activate the use of non-essential Cookies by accessing our cookie consent tool on our Website at: https://www.ice.edu/.

• Google Analytics, Facebook, and Apple. Our products and services may use Google Analytics Advertising Features and its associated tracking technologies to help display and retarget our ads you see on other sites, and to help us manage and optimize our online advertising efforts. To opt out of Google Analytics Advertising Features, visit Google’s Ad Settings page, currently located at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. Website users can also access the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser Add-on, currently located at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. We may also work with Facebook and Apple to provide analytics and advertising retargeting in connection with our Website, including our mobile applications.

• Ad Industry Opt-Outs. You can opt out of Internet-based and mobile advertising on your mobile device by visiting TRUSTe’s Ad Preference Manager, currently available at https://preferences-mgr.truste.com/.

• You may opt out of receiving online behavioral or internet based advertising by using the tools located at the Digital Advertising Alliance’s consumer choice page, currently available at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt out tool currently available at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

  • When using the ad industry opt out tools, note that: (a) if you opt-out we may still collect some data about your online activity for operational purposes (such as fraud prevention), but it will not be used by us for the purpose of targeting ads to you; (b) if you use multiple browsers or devices, you may need to execute this opt out on each browser or device; and (c) other ad companies’ opt-outs may function differently than our opt-out, and we have no control over the practices of any third parties. We do not make any representations or warranties about such opt-out services. Such services are independent from us, and we have no control over, or responsibility for their performance.

• Browser opt out. You can opt out of accepting Cookies or disable them from your browser. The “Help” function on most browsers contains information on how you can set your browser to notify you before accepting Cookies or can disable them entirely. If you opt out of Cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of various features of the Website that are available to other users. For example, we may use Cookies to recognize you by name when you return to this Website, so you don’t have to login again and provide your password each time.

19. Additional Information

If you have further questions or concerns you can complete our Data Privacy Request Form to verify your identity and make your request.

For other privacy related inquiries, please contact us:

By email at: [email protected]

By mail at:

The Institute of Culinary Education, Inc., 
Attn: Privacy Office 
225 Liberty Street 
New York, New York 10281