Work & Travel USA

Council Exchanges respects your privacy. The information below explains what we do with the information we collect about you, and applies to information submitted anywhere on the Council Exchanges website.

Your Personal Information

Council Exchanges use your email address to verify your identity, protect against fraud and to contact you for the following reasons:

	to notify you about changes or news relating to the program/product about which you have requested information
	to send you information on related Council Exchanges products/services which we think you may be interested in
	to notify you about changes to our web site
	to ask your opinion to help us improve our service

You may opt-out of these mailings at registration, and instructions for how to remove yourself securely from our mailing list can also be found at the end of every email you receive from us.

We may also contact you by post, fax, email or telephone.

Disclosure

We will not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any information we hold about you to anyone outside Council Exchanges and our recognised partner organisations. Otherwise, we will only disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Council Exchanges or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Council Exchanges, the site or the users thereof, and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Council Exchanges, the site or the public.

Security

Personal information collected by Council Exchanges and our websites is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. At present, we centralise some records of Personal Information for all Council Exchanges operations, including this website, in the United States. Therefore, we may perform some of our data processing of your Personal Information outside of your country of residence, for example in the United States. To do this, we may transfer your Personal Information internationally to other countries including the United States. Council Exchanges will protect your Personal Information no matter where we process or store your data by following this privacy statement. By submitting your personal data to Council Exchanges, you hereby consent to this transfer of your Personal Information.

As required by the Data Protection Act, we follow strict security procedures and take appropriate measures to ensure that your Information is not damaged, destroyed, or disclosed to a third party without your permission and to prevent unauthorised access to it.

External Links/Contacts

Our sites contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. The inclusion of hyperlinks to such Web sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such Web sites or any association with their operators.If you make use of our U.S. job and internship databases, please refer to the disclaimer for further privacy information.

Public Forums

Our sites may offer chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or email exchanges. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. This Privacy Policy does not cover this type of transfer of your personal information.

Information Automatically Logged

We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. We may also aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site information for internal research purposes only, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

Business Transfers

In the unlikely event that Council Exchanges, or its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUSTOMER AND Council Exchanges

This Web site is offered to you, the customer by Council Exchanges and the Council Exchanges branch office in your country. Your use of this Web site and/or your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions then you are not authorised to use this Web site.

PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION

This Web site is for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from this Web site.

All contents of this Web site are: Copyright © 2002 Council Exchanges. All rights reserved. Council Exchanges, our logo, and "A World of Opportunity" are all trademarks or registered servicemarks of Council Exchanges. Work & Travel and other names of Council Exchanges products and/or services referenced herein are property of Council Exchanges.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

The information, products, and services published on this web site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Council Exchanges, its affiliates and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in this web site at any time. Council Exchanges and/or its respective suppliers make no representations about the suitability of the information, products, and services contained on this web site for any purpose. Council Exchanges shall use reasonable care and skill in carrying out the services contained in this web site. Council Exchanges, its affiliates, and/or its respective suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties, terms and conditions with regard to this information, products, and services, including all implied warranties, and conditions, of merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and noninfringement. In no event shall Council Exchanges, its affiliates and/or its suppliers be liable for any, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this web site or with the delay or inability to use this web site, or for any information, products, and services obtained through this web site, or otherwise arising out of the use of this web site, (including, but not limited to loss of use, data, profits, savings or opportunities), whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if Council Exchanges, its affiliates, or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. Except in relation to liability for death or personal injury for which no limit applies. Council Exchanges, its affiliates and/or its respective suppliers shall be liable for direct loss arising out of the use of this web site, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, up to a maximum of the total value of the transaction under which the claim arises for any one event or series of connected events. This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of this Web site, you warrant to Council Exchanges that you will not use this Web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.

USE OF BULLETIN BOARD, CHAT ROOMS, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FORUMS

If this Web site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other message or communication facilities (collectively "Forums"), you agree to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Forum, you shall not do any of the following:

1.	Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
2.	Publish, post, distribute, or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful material or information.
3.	Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
4.	Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
5.	Delete any author attributions, legal notices, or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
6.	Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
7.	Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.
8.	Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

You acknowledge that all Forums are public and not private communications. Further, you acknowledge that chats, postings, conferences, and other communications by other users are not endorsed by Council Exchanges, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by Council Exchanges. Council Exchanges reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from users, including without limitation bulletin board postings. Council Exchanges reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Web site or any portion thereof without notice.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Council Exchanges reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this Web site is offered.

Tell Us What You Think

Council Exchanges welcomes your questions and comments about privacy. Should you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policies, please use our feedback form.

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