Updated August 9, 2024
Human Resource Certification Institute (“HRCI”) and Human Resource Standards Institute (“HRSI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of HRCI (collectively, “we”, “us,” or with “our”) have developed the HRCI Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain how we collect, use, process, store, protect and disclose personally identifiable information or personal data (collectively used throughout as “PII”) when you use any HRCI website, including but not limited to www.hrci.org, portal.hrci.org, learn.hrci.org, hrjobs.hrci.org, volunteer.hrci.org, ambassadors.hrci.org, prep.hrci.org, governance.hrci.org, HRSI.org, and portal.HRSI.org (collectively, the “Website”) and all services made available by HRCI or through third parties on behalf of HRCI, including but not limited to the HRCI Service Providers defined and identified below, applying to or maintaining HRCI certifications, and activities that enable you to interact with HRCI and participate in HRCI activities and services through the Internet (collectively, including the Website, the “Services”). “You” or “user” or “your” refers to you as a user of any part of the Services.
HRCI applies great value to the privacy and protection of the PII of all HRCI stakeholders within HRCI’s control and is committed to compliance with this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable data protection laws where HRCI operates. This Privacy Policy also describes your rights and responsibilities in addition to our rights and responsibilities. The rights and responsibilities described in our Privacy Policy do not cover third party websites that may be referred to or linked to our Website or the Services. These third party websites have their own privacy policies and you are encouraged to review them.
The following defined terms are used throughout this Privacy Policy, and other capitalized terms are defined either by applicable law or within this Privacy Policy, as the context conveys.
“Applicable Law” means the relevant personal data protection law or regulation relating to the protection of personal data as applicable to HRCI’s business in the jurisdictions where HRCI operates either on behalf of itself or through a trusted service provider. Applicable Law includes, but is not limited to,
“Personally Identifiable Information” “Personal Information” and “Personal Data” (collectively referred to herein as “PII”) is any information that can be used to identify you or that when added with other PII can be linked to you and includes, but is not limited to: personal or employment-related contact detail (name, street address, email address, phone number, fax number, title, credit/debit card information, company and title); language, date of birth, social security number, employment data, previous examination history, education data, and source of financing for the test (i.e. personal versus employer); certification exam details including examinee identification number, residence and country of citizenship, signature and photograph. In some cases, we may handle so-called ‘special categories of PII’ about you, which may be considered sensitive, such as: race or ethnic origin, biometric templates as collected by our trusted service providers and where permitted by law; or medical or health information when requesting a test accommodation. Before we collect ‘special categories of PII’ we will mark the question(s) as ‘optional’ or require your consent. Such consent may be withdrawn at any time.
“Process” “Processing” and “Processed” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on PII or on sets of PII, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, making available, aligning, combining, erasing or destroying PII.
HRCI reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time to address changes to our PII Processing practices or changes in Applicable Law. If HRCI makes changes to this Privacy Policy, HRCI will post those changes on the Website. Where revisions result in material changes to the purpose for original collection of PII or the scope of PII Processed, HRCI or our trusted Service Providers on our behalf will provide notice of such material changes to you and seek your consent to such changes where required by Applicable Law.
BY USING THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES, YOU ARE SIGNIFYING YOUR UNQUALIFIED AGREEMENT TO AND ACCEPTANCE OF HRCI’S PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING PRACTICES AS OUTLINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES. THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY SHALL NOT SUPERSEDE ANY LAW, REGULATION, THE HRCI CERTIFICATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK, OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN POLICY OF HRCI THAT GOVERNS THE USE OF A SPECIFIC HRCI SERVICE, OR WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT ANY USER OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES HAS ENTERED INTO WITH HRCI INDIVIDUALLY OR ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION.
Why Does HRCI Collect PII?
HRCI collects PII so that it may customize your experience when you use the Services, it may improve the products that it offers to you, and that it may make you aware of information about HRCI, its products, and similarly relevant products and services. HRCI also collects PII so that it may provide professional human resources certification programs to you, including but not limited to, confirmation of specified eligibility requirements including education, work experience, verification of your identity, registration and scheduling for secure certification exams, receipt and tracking of certification exam results, compliance with ongoing certification standards, maintenance of certifications, access to certification credentials, registration and fulfilment of learning courses, webinars and recertification activities, customer service interactions, surveys, research activities, marketing services, registration for volunteer activities, apply for an HRCI job, and other business purposes. Collection of PII in these cases is necessary to provide the Services to you, and where you refuse to provide PII or your consent to collection of certain special categories of PII or choose to exercise certain rights available to you under Applicable Law, some or all of the Services may not be available to you.
What PII Does HRCI Collect?
Depending on the nature of your relationship with HRCI and as permitted by Applicable Law, HRCI Processes the following categories of PII:
Contact Information: HRCI may request or require contact information, such as your name, address, phone number, facsimile number, email address and date of birth when you seek access to some of the Services, register for certification or recertification examinations (“HR Certification”), and/or use the Services to make payments to HRCI or purchase HRCI Services (including, without limitation, examination preparation materials, accessories, and HR Certification applications).
Demographic Information: HRCI may collect and compile demographic data (e.g., general employment or military information such as duration of employment or service, organization, service branch, title, rank and position) when you use the Services.
Transactional Information: HRCI may create and maintain a database of aggregated information about transactions that occur when you use the Services (e.g., tool or feature (and related database) utilization, registration information, and activity, navigation or content selection data, and customer interactions including call recording).
Financial Information: HRCI may use credit card account information you provide to facilitate payments to HRCI or purchase HRCI Services (including, without limitation, examination preparation materials, accessories and HR Certification applications).
Usage Information: HRCI may collect usage information, including but not limited to the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from all users of the Services, as well as the date and time of access and the Services accessed. HRCI may also catalog log-in information and the type of computer, device, browser or operating system used by the user.
Location Information: The Services and/or mobile applications utilized to access the Services on a cell phone may collect certain additional information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, available storage space, connection type (e.g. WiFi vs. cellular) and information about the way you use the application. We may also use GPS technology (or other similar technology) to determine your current location. If you do not want us to have your location information, you should turn off the location services for the mobile application and/or mobile web browser that you use to access the Services located in your account settings or in your mobile phone settings and/or within the mobile application.
Biometric Information: Based upon your consent, HRCI’s trusted test administration service providers will collect your palm vein template if testing in-person in a physical test center, and/or your facial template from a picture of your designated form of identification and a photograph taken immediately prior to your test appointment (collectively, “Biometric Information” and included in “PII” as relevant herein) as part of the standard security check-in procedures when you arrive and/or log-in to a scheduled test appointment. HRCI’s test administration service provider will collect your facial template from a picture of your designated form of identification and a photograph taken immediately prior to your test appointment, as well as video taken during remote online proctored examinations, and may use keystroke dynamics to identify anomalous testing behaviors indicative of violations of test administration rules, and to protect the security and integrity of the HRCI certification testing programs from threats including but not limited to proxy testing and test content harvesting schemes.
How Does HRCI Collect Your PII?
In most cases HRCI collects PII directly from you through your use of the Website and/or Services. HRCI also collects your PII through our trusted Service Providers, identified in detail below.
What About the Use of Cookies and Other Data Collection Techniques?
CHRCI or its trusted service providers or contractors may use cookies, web beacons, tags, log-in files, and/or other similar data collection or tracking techniques (collectively, “Cookies”) to enhance and/or monitor your experience while using the Services and/or to track the efficacy of advertising campaigns. Cookies are generally pieces of information, which HRCI uses for record-keeping purposes and which the Services may transfer to us and/or your computer’s Web-browser for storage on our server(s) or your computer’s hard drive. Cookies enable HRCI to manage and/or customize your experience using the Services, including available advertisements. Cookies also make navigating the Services in a browser easier by automatically performing certain functions, such as saving your personal preferences and by providing targeted content. HRCI will never use cookies to record passwords, credit card or other financial information. The use of Cookies is an industry standard measure, your Web browser likely is set to allow them. If you would prefer not to receive Cookies, however, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies or surf anonymously. You may also simply click the button that indicates “Decline Cookies” when you first visit the Website. If you decline Cookies or choose to have your browser refuse Cookies or attempt to navigate the Services anonymously, you should understand that it is possible that some areas of the Services will not be accessible or will not function properly.
What is HRCI’s Basis for Collecting PII?
HRCI relies on the following legal grounds for Processing PII:
How Does HRCI Use PII?
As detailed below, HRCI uses PII to operate the Services and to provide and/or enhance certain of its features, tools and functionality. HRCI also uses PII to provide and improve the quality of the programs, solutions and services HRCI may offer or make available and to make you aware of information about HRCI, its products, and similarly relevant products and services.
Contact Information
HRCI may use your contact information in connection with the provision of its services, software solutions and content and to enable you to participate in any HRCI certifications, events, programs and/or offerings available through the Services, including to:
HRCI also may share, license, and/or sell your contact information with or to third parties including, without limitation, HRCI’s agents, contractors, vendors, advertisers or business partners, to:
HRCI may (i) supplement the contact information collected from you while using the Services with information about you obtained from other sources, such as, without limitation, from HRCI’s advertisers and business partners.
Demographic Information
HRCI may use demographic information for marketing, administrative, management, and monitoring purposes both to continue to provide or improve the Services and to provide or improve any software solutions, programs, HR Certifications, events or services HRCI may offer.
In addition, HRCI may share, license, and/or sell survey results and aggregated demographic data collected through the Services with or to third parties, including, without limitation, its affiliates, advertisers, business partners, the general public, the news media, and the U.S. Government and state governments, not only as may be required by law, but also for advertising purposes, for release to third parties, and/or to participate in government programs and initiatives. No survey results or aggregated demographic data provided by HRCI to third parties will identify any particular user.
Transactional Information
HRCI may use transactional information for marketing, administrative, and support purposes in order to provide or improve any software solutions, programs, HR Certifications, events or services HRCI may offer.
In addition, HRCI may also share, license, and/or sell such transactional data for such purposes on an aggregated basis (which will not identify any particular user) with or to third parties, including, without limitation, advertisers or business partners.
Financial Information
HRCI may use, collect, and pass credit card or online payment information to third parties to process payments for the Services and anything available for purchase on the Website, including, without limitation, examination preparation materials, accessories, and HR Certification applications. HRCI does not store credit card information on the Website but may store unique tokens provided by third parties.
Usage Information
HRCI may use usage information, such as your IP address, device idea, device type, connection type, browser and/or location, to help diagnose problems with our servers, analyze usage trends, track user movements on the Website, and to otherwise manage and monitor the Services.
Biometric Information
HRCI may use Biometric Information collected by its trusted test administration service providers for the purpose of authenticating and/or verifying your identity, to enable security features in online remote proctoring platforms that detect anomalous testing behaviors indicative of violations of test administration rules, to protect the security and integrity of the HRCI certification testing programs from threats including but not limited to proxy testing and test content harvesting schemes, to detect and prevent fraud and misrepresentation, and to improve the security of HRCI’s intellectual property and certification program through test center and online remote proctored exam administrations.
Other Transfers of PII
HRCI’s Services and the servers that host the Services are located in the United States of America. HRCI may be required to engage in cross-border transfers of PII to provide or enhance our ability to provide or advertise our HRCI Certifications, programs, events, services, or software solutions and/or the programs, events, services, or software solutions of others. Where required by Applicable Law, HRCI shall collect your consent to such cross-border transfers of PII to a jurisdiction that does not have an adequacy decision or other reciprocity with the United States.
HRCI Disclosures of PII
PII You Make Available
By using the Website or Services, submitting public queries, or making public comments in parts of the Website where that is possible, you may elect to make certain of your PII available to others, such as your name or username, and you may voluntarily enter and make available comments and other content that includes additional PII. Such publicly posted information may be accessed by users who use the Website or Services and may be accessed by commercial search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and Bing, to the extent that such engines are permitted to access the Website or Services.
Service Providers
From time to time, we may establish a business relationship with other businesses that we believe to be trustworthy and have privacy practices consistent with ours (“Service Providers”). For example, we may contract with Service Providers to provide certain services, such as hosting and maintenance, accounting, auditing, accreditation, data analytics and data storage and management, assessment-related activities, Internet-based platforms, and marketing and promotions. HRCI Service Providers include but are not limited to:
| Service Provider | Service Provider Location (of the Processing) | Nature of Processing Activities |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | United States | Customer account and relationship management applications. |
| Credly | United States | Provider of digital badges |
| Pearson Vue | United States | Provider of certification examination registration, scheduling, administration and delivery services. |
| HubSpot | United States | Provider of inbound marketing, sales, and customer services for HRSI. |
| Rosterfy | United States | Internet-based platform that HRCI uses to engage with HRCI volunteers |
| Thought Industries | United States | Internet-based platform that HRCI uses to host virtual learning products |
| Naylor | United States | Internet-based platform that HRCI uses to host the HRCI career center |
| Zoom | United States | Internet-based platform that HRCI uses to present webinars and engage with webinar attendees |
| Benchprep | United States | Internet-based platform that HRCI uses to host virtual learning and examination preparation products |
| Payment Processors (Paypal, Stripe, Bill.com) | United States | Internet-based platforms that HRCI uses to facilitate payments |
We execute contracts as required by Applicable Law with all Service Providers and other third-parties in scope to ensure that Personal Data is processed in compliance with HRCI’s legal requirements, including but not limited to ensuring the confidentiality of your PII and employing commercially reasonable technical and organizational security measures for the processing and storage of your PII. We only provide our Service Providers with the information necessary for them to perform Services on our behalf. Each Service Provider must agree to use commercially reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect your PII from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Unless you separately and directly agree to share your PII with our Service Providers, they are prohibited from using PII other than as specified by HRCI.
Business Transactions
If HRCI goes through a business transaction, such as a bankruptcy event, merger, investment transaction, or acquisition by another entity involving the sale of all or a portion of its assets, the PII collected and retained by HRCI may be among the assets transferred or reviewed.
If a transaction of this kind occurs and results in the transfer of your PII to a purchaser of all or a portion of the assets or ownership interests of HRCI, HRCI will notify you via e-mail and/or place a prominent notice on the Website for thirty (30) days of any such change in ownership or control and the possibility of changes being made to this Privacy Policy.
Audit, Investigation and Legal Action
We may use, process and disclose your PII, usage data, user interaction data, Biometric Information, and other information (PII and non-PII) collected through the Services to audit your use of the Website and/or the Services and/or to investigate whether any use of the Website or the Services may potentially violate any policies of HRCI, agreements between users of the Services and HRCI, the rights of HRCI and/or any of its members or a third party, or any applicable law or regulation. This includes, but is not limited to, the investigation of allegations, reports or suspicion of conduct that could affect the validity of HRCI assessment results for one or more persons, HRCI certification application fraud, and other activities that may violate the terms of use of the Website and/or Services. The findings of any such investigation may be disclosed to interested third parties, which may include, as applicable, your employer, governmental authorities, certification and/or licensure bodies and credentialing bodies.
HRCI may also disclose PII when legally required to do so in accordance with subpoenas, government requests or regulations, or legal proceedings. HRCI may also disclose PII to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Services or as is otherwise required to limit legal liability, protect or defend our rights, property, or interests, or protect the safety, rights or property of other end users or customers.
How Does HRCI Store, Protect, and Retain PII?
HRCI stores all PII collected by HRCI in our secure cloud infrastructure in various regions in the United States with commercially reasonable technical and organizational data protection safeguards in place.
As is appropriate for the nature of PII collected and stored by HRCI, the Services are protected by industry standard security measures or safeguards to minimize the risk of loss, misuse and alteration of the PII under HRCI’s control. With respect to any stored PII, HRCI will also use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve such PII in its original form to the extent possible and as consistent with any Processing that is directed by you or necessary for HRCI to provide the Services. Access to PII is restricted to authorized personnel and Service Provider personnel who have a need to access the PII to perform their duties for HRCI and are subject to strict confidentiality and data protection obligations, and HRCI employs encryption, access controls, and other measures to protect data in transit and at rest. Regular backups and disaster recovery plans ensure the availability and integrity of stored PII. In the event of a breach of PII, HRCI would follow its incident response plan and take appropriate actions to stop, mitigate and remediate the breach and any risks to HRCI stakeholders.
HRCI may store PII for a period no longer than necessary for the purpose of operating its business and providing the Services to you except as otherwise outlined herein. HRCI follows a comprehensive records management and retention schedule for the purposes of retention, storage and destruction of all records created in the course of HRCI’s business including those containing PII. Subject to Applicable Law, HRCI retains your PII in accordance with its retention schedule and the laws of the applicable jurisdiction where the PII was collected.
Biometric Information will only be retained by HRCI’s test administration service provider for as long as necessary to meet the intended purpose for collection and at all times pursuant to Applicable Law in the jurisdiction where the Biometric Information is collected. In Illinois, Biometric Information will be retained for no longer than three (3) years after your last interaction with our trusted test administration provider.
While HRCI does not retain PII for longer than necessary to meet the purpose for collection, it may retain PII for a longer period where required by Applicable Law or to protect or exercise HRCI’s rights in the event of an investigation or legal claim.
Although HRCI has endeavored to ensure the Services are secure and reliable, the confidentiality or integrity of any communication, data, or material transmitted via the Internet or stored with HRCI cannot be 100% guaranteed. Accordingly, you should consider carefully whether you want to submit PII via the Internet.
Your Choices Related to Processing of Your PII.
The Processing of your PII may be necessary for HRCI to provide certain features, programs, events, resources and services made available as part of the Services, and to operate and/or improve the Services. For example, all users who register for an event, program or seminar, or purchase resources from HRCI on the Website must agree to HRCI’s use and collection of PII.
Under other circumstances, however, you may decide on your own whether you will provide your PII or opt-out of doing so. For example, if HRCI conducts a survey on the Website, you do not have to participate unless you agree to do so.
You also may opt-out of certain HRCI business practices in which your PII may be used. Specifically, users may opt-out of including the use of their PII for inclusion in:
You may request exercise your choice to opt out of certain, but not all, Processing of PII by submitting your request to https://optout.liveramp.com/opt_out. Should you elect to opt-out of receiving communications such as those outlined above you will continue to receive program-related messages and similar transactional communications where you continue to use the Services or maintain a certification through HRCI.
California Residents: Companies that collect PII from California residents and disclose such information to third parties (including affiliated entities) for direct marketing purposes must, in response to a request by a consumer, either (1) provide a list detailing the categories of information shared and the entities to which such information was provided, or (2) provide a mechanism by which a consumer may opt-out of having their PII shared with third parties.
HRCI has elected the second option, and you may request that your PII not be shared with third parties by sending your request, including your full name, email address and postal address, to HRCI, Attn. Privacy, 1725 Duke Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314.
California residents are also entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, Suite 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by phone at 916-445-1254 or 800-952-5210; or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov.
Moreover, HRCI may use certain methods and technologies to collect PII relating to your online activities over time (i.e., through more than one visit to the Website) and across third party websites or Internet-based services (i.e., through HRCI’s use of Cookies and receipt of PII from other data sources). HRCI will respect “Do Not Track” signals as set forth in the Cookie Policy included in this Privacy Policy. Any user who wishes to opt-out of such PII collection may select “Decline Cookies” upon first navigating to the Website and/or contact us via the email, telephone or mailing address listed in the final paragraph of this Privacy Policy.
Special Categories of PII
In many jurisdictions your explicit consent is required for the collection and use of special categories of PII such as Biometric Information. You will be asked to consent to the collection and use of your Biometric Information through your acknowledgement and agreement to the terms of the HRCI Candidate Agreement, the HRCI Certification Terms of Service, and the Pearson VUE Candidate Rules Agreement. Collection of Biometric Information is necessary to verify your identity to be able to administer an HRCI certification test to you and, without your consent to the collection of Biometric Information, some or all of the HRCI services may be inaccessible to you. If you have provided your consent to the collection and use of your Biometric Information and later wish to withdraw such consent please send your request by email, phone or mail per the contact information listed in the final paragraph of this Privacy Policy.
What About Cross-Border Transfers?
The Services and the servers that host the Services are located in the United States. Backup servers for the Services and associated PII may be located in other countries. Further, HRCI uses contracted sub processors that often require the transfer of PII to the United States or other countries for Processing to fulfill the Services to you. Where PII is Processed within the European Union (“EU”), the United Kingdom or Switzerland and must be transferred to sub processors or other third-parties in a country not considered to provide an adequate level of protection according to Applicable Law, HRCI ensures that it has the appropriate standard contractual clauses in place with such sub processors as approved by the EU Commission, the ICO and the FDPIC, adopts appropriate technical and organizational security measures that govern the transfer of PII to ensure an adequate level of protection, and prior to any transfer evaluates the circumstances of the transfer and the legislation of the importing country and completes a data transfer impact assessment where required by Applicable Law.
Any information you provide will be transferred to the United States. In some jurisdictions your explicit consent is required to transfer your PII outside of the country in which you are located. Where applicable, you will be asked to consent to the transfer and processing of your PII to the United States through your acknowledgement and agreement to the terms of the HRCI Certification Terms of Service and the Candidate Agreement. Without your consent to the transfer of your PII to the United States some or all of the HRCI services may be inaccessible to you. If you have provided your consent to the transfer of your PII and later wish to withdraw such consent please send your request to withdraw consent by email, phone or mail per the contact information listed in the final paragraph of this Privacy Policy.
By visiting and using the Services and submitting PII, you authorize this transfer of your PII to the United States and to other countries as necessary to provide the Services to you.
Your Rights and Responsibilities.
Depending on Applicable Law in your jurisdiction, you may have specific rights related to the Processing of your PII. They include:
To exercise most of these rights, at any time you may go to the Website and access your account (using your username and password) to correct, modify or delete the information stored in connection with your user profile. Moreover, when you cease to use HRCI’s services or no longer wish to be included in HRCI database, you may contact HRCI anotices@hrci.org to request to have your information removed from the HRCI database.
To exercise your rights under Applicable Law directly with HRCI please email HRCI at notices@hrci.org and include the specific details for your request and the basis for making the request. Please note that HRCI may require additional information from you to verify your identity and to confirm your request.
We will respond to all valid subject access rights requests within 30 calendar days of receiving the request or as otherwise required by Applicable Law; however, it may take longer to fulfill your request. If you are unsatisfied with how we handle your request, you Have the right to file a complaint directly with the supervisory authority in your relevant jurisdiction.
Please note, however, that the collection and use of certain PII is necessary to provide all or part of the Services and you will not be able to delete such necessary information after you have entered into a contract with HRCI to provide you with Services that require such PII. In other instances, if you request the deletion of PII, it may render a particular HRCI solution or Service inaccessible to you or inoperable. It is your responsibility to keep all PII and other information we have on file about you up-to-date, and to promptly update or request that we make and update where changes to your PII and/or information have occurred, for example, a change of name.
What About Children?
HRCI cares about the safety of children on its Website and encourages parents and guardians to monitor their children’s use of the internet.
Although the Website is suitable for a general audience, the Website is intended for use only by users who are over 18 years of age and over. Accordingly, HRCI does not knowingly solicit PII from children or send them requests for personal information.
If you become aware that a child has provided PII to HRCI, please contact HRCI immediately so that such PII may be deleted and that HRCI may discontinue any further services provided to such child.
What About External or Third-Party Web Websites?
To the extent hyperlinks or gateways are utilized to access external or third-party Websites within the Services, including those of our Service Providers identified above, you should be aware that these external or third-party Websites may collect PII and are not controlled by HRCI and therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services as defined herein and will not apply to other websites that are not controlled or made available to HRCI stakeholders pursuant to a contract with HRCI. HRCI suggests that you check the privacy policies of other websites to determine how the proprietors of these third-party websites will utilize your PII.
What About Governing Law?
This Privacy Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S.A. where HRCI is located. The Processing of PII also is subject to Applicable Law in the countries in which you are located and HRCI operates. If any part of this Privacy Policy is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to Applicable Law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision or part will be deemed suspended by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision or part and the remainder of this Privacy Policy shall continue in full force and effect.
What About Any Other Questions?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the PII collection and use practices for the Services, contact HRCI at notices@hrci.org, (866) 898-4724 (U.S. Toll Free Phone Number), +1.571.551.6707 (International Phone Number), or at HRCI ATTN. Privacy, 1725 Duke Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314.