The Military-Led Academic Training (MiLAT) Programme is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the MiLAT Programme’s Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the MiLAT Programme’s website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information
The MiLAT Programme collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. The MiLAT Programme also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by The MiLAT Programme. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by The MiLAT Programme for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the MiLAT Programme’s Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through the MiLAT Programme’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

Note: The MiLAT Programme does not read any of your private online communications.

The MiLAT Programme encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from the MiLAT Programme so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. The MiLAT Programme is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the MiLAT Programme and Ministry of National Security family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information
The MiLAT Programme collects and uses your personal information to operate the MiLAT Programme’s Web site and deliver the services you have requested. The MiLAT Programme also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the MiLAT Programme and its affiliates. The MiLAT Programme may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The MiLAT Programme does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The MiLAT Programme may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, the MiLAT Programme may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the MiLAT Programme, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The MiLAT Programme does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
The MiLAT Programme keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within the MiLAT Programme, in order to determine what MiLAT Programme services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the MiLAT Programme to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

The MiLAT Programme’s Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 the MiLAT Programme or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the MiLAT Programme; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the MiLAT Programme, or the public.

Use of Cookies
The MiLAT Programme’s Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookie.

The Cookies we Set
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the MiLAT Programme’s pages, or register with the MiLAT Programme’s site or services, a cookie helps the MiLAT Programme to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same the MiLAT Programme’s Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the MiLAT Programme features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the MiLAT Programme services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information
The MiLAT Programme secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The MiLAT Programme secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement
The MiLAT Programme will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The MiLAT Programme encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how the MiLAT Programme is protecting your information.
Contact Information

The MiLAT Programme welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that the MiLAT Programme has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the MiLAT Programme at milatsupport@gov.tt.

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.