Terms of Use & Privacy Notice

Last Updated: June 25, 2026
Website: ATIIC.org
Organization: American Turkish International Intercultural Council

Welcome to ATIIC.org, the website of the American Turkish International Intercultural Council (“ATIIC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By using this website, creating an account, enrolling in a course, viewing course materials, submitting forms, or signing up for our newsletter, you agree to these Terms of Use & Privacy Notice.

1. Purpose of This Website

ATIIC.org provides educational, cultural, intercultural, and community-related content, including online courses, lessons, quizzes, event information, videos, announcements, and related materials.

Our online courses and sample courses are provided for educational and informational purposes. Unless specifically stated otherwise, course completion, quiz results, certificates, or participation on this website do not create a professional license, academic degree, legal credential, or official certification.

2. User Accounts

Some features of ATIIC.org may require a user account. Users may be able to:

• Enroll in courses.
• View lessons, quizzes, and course materials.
• Track course progress.
• Update profile information.
• Add or change a profile picture.
• Add or change a profile background image.
• Adjust available privacy or visibility settings.
• Choose whether certain course, quiz, or profile activity appears in public or semi-public site lists, when that option is available.

You are responsible for keeping your login information secure and for all activity that occurs under your account.

3. Public Profile and Course Visibility

ATIIC.org may include public or member-visible lists related to courses, quizzes, students, instructors, or course activity. Where account settings allow it, users may choose whether they appear in certain public course-related lists.

If you upload a profile image, background image, name, biography, or other profile content, that content may be visible to other users or visitors depending on your account settings and the design of the website.

Do not upload images, names, text, or other content that you do not have the right to use.

4. Course Enrollment and Access

Enrollment in a course gives you access to the course materials made available for that course, subject to these terms and any additional course-specific rules.

ATIIC may add, remove, update, reorganize, or discontinue courses, lessons, quizzes, videos, or other materials at any time.

Some courses may be free, sample, limited-access, or paid. If paid courses are offered in the future, any payment, refund, cancellation, or access terms shown at the time of purchase will also apply.

5. YouTube Videos and Embedded Media

ATIIC.org may display embedded videos from YouTube or other third-party media services. Embedded videos are provided for convenience and education.

When you view or interact with embedded YouTube videos, YouTube and Google may receive information about your device, browser, IP address, video interaction, and other usage data according to their own terms and privacy policies.

Where practical, ATIIC may use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed mode. Even when privacy-enhanced mode is used, YouTube or Google may still process information when you interact with the video player.

ATIIC is not responsible for YouTube’s services, availability, advertising, recommendations, cookies, privacy practices, or third-party content.

6. Newsletter and Email Communications

ATIIC may collect your name, email address, and related subscription preferences when you sign up for newsletters, announcements, course updates, event notices, or similar communications.

ATIIC may use a third-party email newsletter provider, such as MailPoet or a similar service, to manage subscriber lists and send email communications.

By signing up for ATIIC emails, you agree that ATIIC may send you newsletters, announcements, educational updates, event notices, and related information. You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us.

We do not sell newsletter subscriber lists.

7. Information We Collect

ATIIC.org may collect information such as:

• Name.
• Email address.
• Username.
• Password-protected account information.
• Profile picture or background image.
• Course enrollments.
• Lesson progress.
• Quiz activity and quiz results.
• Newsletter subscription status.
• Contact form submissions.
• IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and basic website usage data.
• Any information you voluntarily submit through forms, profiles, courses, comments, registrations, or other website features.

8. How We Use Information

ATIIC may use collected information to:

• Create and manage user accounts.
• Provide access to courses, lessons, quizzes, and educational materials.
• Track course progress and quiz results.
• Display user profile information according to account settings.
• Send newsletters and announcements when users subscribe.
• Respond to messages or contact form submissions.
• Improve website content, performance, security, and user experience.
• Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, unauthorized access, or misuse of the website.
• Comply with legal, administrative, or security obligations.

9. Third-Party Services

ATIIC.org may use third-party services, plugins, or tools to operate the website, including services for:

• Website hosting.
• WordPress functionality.
• Learning management features.
• Email newsletters.
• Spam protection.
• Video embeds.
• Translation tools.
• Analytics or performance monitoring.
• Security and backups.

These third-party services may process certain information according to their own terms and privacy policies.

10. Cookies and Tracking

ATIIC.org may use cookies or similar technologies for login sessions, course progress, website functionality, spam prevention, embedded media, analytics, translation tools, and user preferences.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to work correctly. Others may be used by third-party services such as YouTube, Google, newsletter providers, security tools, or analytics tools.

Browser settings may allow users to block or delete cookies, but some website features may not work properly without them.

11. User Content

Users may be able to upload or submit content, including profile images, background images, text, comments, course-related submissions, or other materials.

By submitting content to ATIIC.org, you confirm that you have the right to submit that content and that it does not violate the rights of others.

ATIIC may remove user content that is unlawful, abusive, misleading, spam, infringing, inappropriate, or inconsistent with the purpose of the website.

12. Acceptable Use

Users agree not to:

• Use the website for unlawful purposes.
• Attempt to access another user’s account.
• Upload malware, spam, or harmful code.
• Harass, threaten, or abuse other users.
• Post misleading, offensive, defamatory, or infringing content.
• Copy, scrape, resell, or misuse course materials.
• Interfere with the security or operation of the website.
• Use ATIIC.org in a way that harms the organization, other users, or the public.

13. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, ATIIC’s website content, course materials, text, graphics, videos, logos, designs, and other materials are owned by ATIIC or used with permission.

Users may access course materials for personal, educational, and non-commercial use unless a course or page states otherwise.

You may not copy, redistribute, sell, publish, or reuse ATIIC materials without permission, except where allowed by law.

14. No Guarantee of Availability

ATIIC tries to keep the website available and working properly, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. The website may be unavailable due to maintenance, updates, hosting issues, plugin conflicts, security measures, third-party outages, or other reasons.

15. No Professional Advice

ATIIC.org may include educational, cultural, wellness, creative, academic, community, or informational content. Content on this website is not legal, medical, financial, mental health, immigration, or professional advice unless explicitly stated by a qualified professional in the appropriate context.

Users should seek appropriate professional advice when needed.

16. Children’s Privacy

ATIIC.org is not intended for children under 13 without involvement and permission from a parent or legal guardian.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information may contact ATIIC.

17. Account Suspension or Removal

ATIIC may suspend, limit, or remove an account if we believe the account has violated these terms, created security risks, submitted inappropriate content, misused course materials, or interfered with the website or other users.

18. Links to Other Websites

ATIIC.org may link to third-party websites, videos, forms, resources, or services. ATIIC is not responsible for the content, policies, security, or practices of third-party websites.

19. Changes to These Terms

ATIIC may update these Terms of Use & Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last Updated” date.

Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms.

20. Contact

Questions about these Terms of Use & Privacy Notice may be sent to:

American Turkish International Intercultural Council
Email: Contact us.
Mailing Address: Puyallup, WA 98372