Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Email Marketing

Effective Date: March 2025

​

Ohio Technical Centers (OTC), a division of Ohio Association of Career Technical Superintendents (OACTS) values your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your email address and other personal data when you subscribe to our email marketing communications.

​

1. Information We Collect When you subscribe to our email list, we may collect the following information:

• Your name

• Your email address

• Your phone number (if provided for SMS communications)

• Your OTC program interests (if indicated)

​​

2. How We Use Your Information We use your information to:

• Send you relevant career training updates and promotional materials

• Provide you with personalized program recommendations

• Share financial aid opportunities and enrollment deadlines

• Improve our communications and marketing efforts

​​

3. Email & SMS Communications By subscribing, you consent to receive periodic emails about OTC programs, career training opportunities, financial aid options, and event notifications. If you have opted into SMS communications, you may also receive text message updates.

​

4. Opting Out You may unsubscribe from our emails at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email. To stop SMS communications, reply with “STOP.” Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not affect transactional communications related to your enrollment or program participation.

​

5. Data Protection & Security We take appropriate measures to safeguard your information and prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. Your data will not be sold or shared with third parties for unrelated marketing purposes.

​

6. Third-Party Services We may use third-party email marketing services to manage and distribute our communications. These providers comply with data protection regulations and use secure systems to store and process your information.

​

7. Updates to This Policy OTC reserves the right to update this privacy policy as needed. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date.

​

8. Contact Us If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we use your information, please contact us at enroll@oacts.com.

 

By subscribing to our emails, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this privacy policy and agree to our data practices.