Privacy Policy

This is the web site of Columbia International University.

Our postal address is

7435 Monticello Road

Columbia, SC 29203

We can be reached via e-mail at webmaster@ciu.edu

or you can reach us by telephone at 1-800-777-2227.

Columbia International University (CIU) takes seriously the issue of safeguarding your privacy online. The following privacy statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices:

We collect aggregate information on what pages visitors access or visit, as well as information volunteered by the visitor, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

The information we collect is not shared with any other organization.

We use cookies to record session information, such as items that visitors add to their shopping cart. We do not store personal information or credit card numbers in cookies.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please contact us at webmaster@ciu.edu.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please contact us at webmaster@ciu.edu.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding information submitted on-line.

We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to a description of information that we maintain about them. Visitors can access this information by contacting us at webmaster@ciu.edu.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number.

We have appropriate security measures in place on our web site to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we may collect from you.

We have also taken measures to ensure the safety of your credit card use on our site. Orders placed at our online stores are in a secured area. We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all our online stores. SSL is the industry standard and best available secure transaction technology. If you are still uncomfortable transmitting your credit card information over the Internet, you may contact us directly by phone at 1-800-777-2227, and we will assist you in completing your order. 

By using any of the CIU web sites, you signify your assent to the CIU Online Privacy Policy. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this website or any other CIU officially related websites, please contact us at webmaster@ciu.edu.