Privacy Policy
Houston Career Institute
We recognize the importance of protecting your privacy and the information that you share with us. Described below is our policy on the collection, use, disclosure, maintenance, and protection of personal information that you provide to us through this website.
Collection of Information
The information that we collect from you through this website will vary depending upon how you use the website and what information you choose to provide. If you contact us via e-mail or submit an online request for information or to schedule a visit to one of our campuses, we will collect the information that you provide to us in your e-mail message or request, including your name, contact information, e-mail address and any questions or comments that you may submit.
We use necessary browser technology to keep the website, forms, security features, and your privacy preference working. Optional tracking choices depend on the verified regional policy: strict locations require opt-in, while the United States initially uses an opt-out default. Browsing, scrolling, navigating, or submitting a form never creates an explicit tracking choice.
When Analytics is permitted, HCI may use first-party measurement and approved analytics tools loaded through Google Tag Manager to understand page use and site interactions. Advertising is a separate choice for approved measurement and marketing tags. Global Privacy Control keeps Advertising off in the U.S. Those tools may process browser and device information and may use cookies; such information should not be assumed to be completely anonymous. See our Cookie Policy for current categories, providers, and preference details.
When Analytics is permitted, HCI may summarize pre-submission page use and site interactions into internal engagement features used only to help admissions staff prioritize follow-up after a person requests information. These features do not include contact identifiers such as name, email address, phone number, or ZIP code, and they do not include raw advertising click IDs. They are not used to decide admission, financial aid, eligibility, or pricing, or to make an automated denial.
Cookies and Analytics Choices
In strict locations you may accept or reject optional tracking. In the U.S. you may keep regional-policy tracking on or opt out. Cookie settings always let you manage Analytics and Advertising separately. Withdrawing Analytics stops future Analytics collection and excludes Analytics-derived engagement features from future model-training exports, but it does not delete information you intentionally submitted or records collected before withdrawal. Chat, maps, fonts, videos, forms, security, links, and normal site functions are not controlled by these tracking choices.
Use of Information
If you send us any questions or comments by e-mail, we will use your e-mail address to respond to your questions or comments. If you submit an online request for information, we will use your name and contact information to process your request.
Distribution of Information
We may disclose information concerning our website and its users in aggregate, non-personally-identifiable form. We never disclose student e-mail addresses to third parties.
Text messaging. If you opt in to text messages from Houston Career Institute, message frequency varies and message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to cancel or HELP for help. No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties. See our SMS Terms.
Your Choice
Privacy choices for analytics are available through Cookie settings. If you have questions about how we use your information, you may contact us at the following address:
Houston Career Institute
9700 Bissonnet Street, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77036
Access To Your Information
Maintaining information that is current, accurate, and complete allows us to make our website more useful and to provide our students with better service. To that end, we encourage you to update your information from time to time. To review the information that we have concerning you and your use of this website, please contact us at the address above. We also may offer you the opportunity to update your contact information through this website.
Security
We use industry standard security measures to protect any personal information that you may provide to us. However, we cannot guarantee that your submissions to our website, any content residing on our servers, or any transmissions from our server will be completely secure.