🔐 Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 1, 2025
Last Updated: August 1, 2025
At the PCI Institute, we are committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the trust of our users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website: https://pciinstitute.org.
🔎 1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://pciinstitute.org.
We serve as the governing body for Predictive CI™, managing standards, certifications, tools, and community engagement.
💬 2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.
If you use the Gravatar service, an anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be sent to Gravatar to check if you have a registered profile. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at automattic.com/privacy. Once approved, your profile picture may be visible alongside your comment.
📷 3. Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may download and extract this information from publicly shared images.
🍪 4. Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience and for basic functionality, including:
- Comment Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
- Login Tracking: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will check your browser’s compatibility.
- User Preferences: Logged-in users will have cookies saved to store display preferences and login status. These cookies may last from two days to two weeks, depending on your settings.
- Post Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will record the post ID. It contains no personal data and expires after one day.
🔗 5. Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves as if you had visited those websites directly.
These external sites may collect data, use cookies, track your interactions, and monitor your behavior—especially if you’re logged in to their services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites.C interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
🤝 6. Who We Share Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to help ensure security.
We do not sell or rent your personal data to any third party. Data may be shared with trusted third-party providers only when necessary for site operations (e.g., spam filtering or analytics).
⏳ 7. Data Retention
Comments: Retained indefinitely, including metadata, to auto-approve future comments.
Registered Users: User profiles and personal data are retained unless a deletion request is submitted. Users can view, edit, or delete their information (except usernames) at any time. Admins may also access and edit this data.
📥 8. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Request that we delete any personal information we store (except data required for legal, administrative, or security purposes).
To exercise these rights, please contact us.
🌍 9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Comments and form submissions may be processed through an automated spam detection service to protect site integrity.
📫 Contact Information
For questions, concerns, or data-related requests, you can reach us at:
Email: privacy@pciinstitute.org
Address: PCI Institute, 2615 St. George Square Ct, Suite 300, Winston Salem, NC 27103
📄 Terms of Use
By using this website, you agree to the following terms and conditions:
1. Use of Content
All content on this site—including text, images, tools, logos, and downloadable resources—is the intellectual property of the PCI Institute or its contributors and is protected under applicable copyright and trademark laws. You may not copy, distribute, or use this content without written permission.
2. User Responsibilities
You agree not to use this site for any unlawful or unauthorized purpose, including but not limited to:
- Hacking, scraping, or data mining
- Posting false, harmful, or inappropriate content
- Impersonating others or misrepresenting affiliations
3. Certification Disclaimer
Participation in any PCI Institute certification program does not guarantee employment, income, or specific business outcomes. Certifications reflect completion of our curriculum and demonstrate understanding of Predictive CI™ practices.
4. External Links
This website may link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. Use those sites at your own risk.
5. Modifications
We reserve the right to update or change this policy and our terms at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with the effective date updated accordingly.