ICRCM's Reliability Academy

Privacy and Data Policies

Who we are

Our website address is: https://CertifyRCM.com.  We are an extension of the International Council on Reliability Centered Management or ICRCM.org .  Professional Certifications are offered through our Course Completion Programs are for 3 years and are administered by the ICRCM according to their Certification and Re-Certification Policies.  

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your 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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

If you are part of a Personal/Company or Corporate enrollment/tuition sponsorship program, then certain information may be made available to that Sponsor under the terms and conditions of any such Sponsorship Agreement.  This may include Grades, Progress reports, study habits etc. as may be defined under said Sponsorship Agreements.  Personal Information not already known to said sponsor remains private and protected by our policy.

Data Privacy and Protection

The Academy processes personal data belonging to its applicants, students and others and complies at all times with current data protection legislation. We use this information solely for the administration of academic services provided to our students and community of Certified Professionals.

We will not ever sell your data for any reason.  The ICRCM may use your contact information to inform you or upcoming professional offers and for Certification Renewal Status Notifications.

Certification Validation

In the ICRCM.org website, we operate a Certification Validation Portal.  When a Certificate Number is entered as a query then it returns the following information:

  • Status of the Certification (either Valid or Expired)
  • Name of the Certificate Holder
  • Type of Certificate
  • Certificate Number
  • Current Expiration Date
  • Eligibility for Recertification Status

This is a service provided to Certified Professionals and for Current and Prospective Employers to allow them to actively verify certification status information.

This is considered Public Information and it is not covered by any data privacy regulations or policies.  The purpose of Professional Certification is to provide active credentials for professionals similar to having a College or University Degree that qualifies them for certain employment or tasks.

We make no guarantee of data security for this information as said information is only related to a person’s Active Certification status and or Eligibility to Re-certify in a given area.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.