What types of information do we collect?
When you use our Online Services, we may collect information from or about you, as well as the device you have used to access and use the Online Services, in a variety of ways.
Information you provide directly to us: We collect and store information that you provide directly to us on or through the Online Services. For example, we collect information about you when you sign up for a newsletter or email bulletins, register for a course, take a survey, create an account or register for our Online Services, post comments on our sites, fill out a form, or otherwise communicate with us. Depending on the service, we may collect the following types of information from you, and we may use this information to contact you or combine that information with other information we have about you or your device:
Account information, such as your name, email address, password, postal address, billing address, shipping address, phone numbers, age, date of birth, drivers’ license number and any other information you provide;
Transaction information, such as your payment method and payment card information;
Other information you choose to provide, such as when you fill out a form; request an appointment; participate in a survey, assessment, contest, promotion or interactive area of the online services; live audio and video interactions; or request technical or customer support.
Browser or device information: We also collect certain information automatically when you use or navigate our Online Services, such as the following types of information. Tanner does not consider this information to be protected health information or personally identifying information:
Log file information, including where our servers record certain log file and usage information such as your computer’s Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and language, operating system, referring URLs, date and time of your visit, pages viewed, links clicked, movements through the Online Services, and other information about your sessions activities on our Online Services.
Device information, such as the device used to access or use the Online Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information. If your device settings permit, we may also collect information about the precise location of your device and access and collect information from certain native applications on your device (such as your device’s camera, photo album and phonebook applications) to facilitate your use of certain features of the Online Services.
Cookies and similar tools: We may also use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, embedded scripts, local objects, and similar tracking technologies to automatically collect and share the types of log file and device information described above. By using our Online Services, you consent to our use of cookies and similar technologies.
Third parties and their tools: We may allow others to provide analytics, marketing or other services on our behalf using cookies or other technologies to collect information about your use of our Online Services and other websites. We also place cookies of third parties, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, in the Online Services that track your interactions with the third party’s website, content, advertisements, website links, and/or other online services. Some of this information may be used for re-identification. Re-identification is a process by which anonymized data collected on our Online Services are matched with personally identifiable information. Re-identified data are used, among other ways, to provide website users with a more relevant and user-friendly online experience.