Privacy Policy
The National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) publishes this privacy policy for NITA’s website: nitainc.com. NITA understands that students may be concerned about NITA’s use and disclosure of student’s personal information and privacy is very important to us. The following will instruct students of the information that National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) may collect and how it is used. By utilizing NITA’s website, nitainc.com, you are accepting the practices described in this policy.
Information Collection
The National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) is the sole owner of the personal information collected on NITA’s website. NITA collects information that individuals voluntarily give to NITA via email, phone or other direct contact. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
The National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) will collect student information in an effort to communicate with any potential student with regards to NITA’s website or NITA’s online curriculum. This information will be utilized to respond to student inquires and communicate effectively within the online curriculum.
NITA may contact potential students from the provided information to inform students about curriculum amendments or additions, new course offerings, upcoming programming and specials, industry updates or legislation, or changes to this specific privacy policy. Individuals may opt out of future correspondence after completion of NITA’s course curriculum. Marketing emails include a safe unsubscribe link within each email to ensure that individuals can opt out of emails if desired.
Student Registration
In preparation to begin NITA’s online curriculum, a potential student will first complete a required registration form. During registration, students are required to give certain information to include name, address, email address and personal information. This information is utilized as the sole communication between NITA and the student. Additionally, personal information will be provided to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing in order to complete the required Certificate of Completion form DACS 16062.
Order Fulfillment
Upon purchasing online curriculum from the National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA), students will be required to provide contact information to include name, address and credit card information. Again, this information will be utilized to communicate with students if the need arises during enrollment transactions.
NITA has partnered with Authorize.net, a leading payment gateway since 1996, to accept credit cards payments safely and securely for all students. The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway manages the complex routing of sensitive customer information through the electronic check and credit card processing networks. The company adheres to strict industry standards for payment processing to include 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology for secure Internet Protocol (IP) transactions, Industry leading encryption hardware and software methods and security protocols to protect customer information and compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Cookies
The National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) utilizes "cookies" on www.InvestigativeAcademy.com. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the site’s hard drive to assist NITA to improve a student’s access to NITA’s site and identify repeat visitors. Cookies can also enable NITA to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on www.InvestigativeAcademy.com. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on NITA’s website.
Security
The National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) follows all generally accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to NITA, both during transmission and once received. All sensitive information is transmitted to us in a secure way and student information is both protected on line and offline.
NITA’s data collection utilizes Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a customer relationship management software package developed by Microsoft as well as Microsoft Office 365. Microsoft Office 365 meets compliance and risk management requirements as defined in the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Cloud Control Matrix (CCM). The CCM is published by a not-for-profit, member-driven organization of leading industry practitioners focused on customers. Microsoft cloud services restricts physical data center access to authorized personnel and have implemented multiple layers of physical security, such as biometric readers, motion sensors, 24-hour secured access, video camera surveillance, and security breach alarms.
Only upper level executives have access to NITA’s data which is protected with secure authentication programming. The National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) will not sell or otherwise provide the information we collect to outside third parties for the purpose of direct or indirect mass email marketing.
Consent
By using nitainc.com, individuals consent to the collection and use of information as specified above. If NITA makes changes to this privacy policy, we will post those changes on NITA’s website.
Please review this page frequently to remain up-to-date with the information collected by NITA, how NITA utilizes the information, and under what circumstances NITA will disclose such information. All individuals must review the new privacy policy carefully to make sure you understand our practices and procedures.
If you feel that the National Investigative Training Academy, Inc. (NITA) is not abiding by this privacy policy, please contact NITA immediately via telephone at 800-730-6482 or via email at Sandra@NITAinc.com.