Cookie Notice

Important: This Cookie Notice explains what cookies and similar technologies are, how Texas Rescue Med may use them, how third-party services may use them, and how website visitors can manage their preferences. This notice should be read together with the Texas Rescue Med Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, SMS / Email Communication Policy, HIPAA / Confidentiality Policy, Student Handbook & Program Manual, Program Disclosures, and applicable course, registration, enrollment, or platform-specific terms.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on a computer, phone, tablet, or other device when a person visits a website. Cookies may allow a website to recognize a device, remember preferences, support website functionality, improve performance, analyze traffic, personalize content, or support advertising and marketing activities.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies, which generally expire when the browser is closed.
• Persistent cookies, which remain on the device until they expire or are deleted.
• First-party cookies, which are placed by Texas Rescue Med or our website.
• Third-party cookies, which are placed by outside service providers, embedded tools, analytics platforms, advertising platforms, payment providers, video platforms, or other third-party services.

Other tracking technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, web beacons, local storage, software development kits, embedded content, and similar technologies.

Scope of This Notice

This Cookie Notice applies to Texas Rescue Med websites, public web pages, landing pages, forms, course information pages, registration pages, policy pages, embedded content, and related digital services where cookies or similar technologies may be used.

This notice may also apply to certain third-party platforms used by Texas Rescue Med when those platforms are connected to our website or online services, including learning platforms, forms, payment systems, marketing systems, analytics tools, or scheduling systems.

Third-party platforms may have their own cookie notices, privacy policies, tracking technologies, and preference controls.

Types of Cookies and Tracking Technologies We May Use

Why Texas Rescue Med Uses Cookies

Texas Rescue Med may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Operate the website.
• Maintain website security.
• Prevent fraud or abuse.
• Process forms and registrations.
• Support course inquiries.
• Support student applications.
• Support payment or checkout functions.
• Remember preferences.
• Improve website performance.
• Understand website traffic.
• Improve course information pages.
• Evaluate advertising or outreach effectiveness.
• Deliver relevant course or training information.
• Support compliance, recordkeeping, and communication workflows.
• Improve accessibility and user experience.

Information That May Be Collected

Cookies and similar technologies may collect or process information such as:

• IP address.
• Browser type.
• Device type.
• Operating system.
• Pages visited.
• Date and time of visit.
• Referring page or source.
• Approximate location.
• Click activity.
• Form interaction.
• Course page views.
• Advertising or campaign source.
• Device identifiers.
• Cookie identifiers.
• User preferences.
• Login or session information when applicable.

Some information may be considered personal information under applicable privacy laws when it can identify, relate to, describe, or be reasonably associated with a person or device.

Cookies and Student Information

Texas Rescue Med may use cookies and related technologies in connection with student inquiries, applications, course registration, payment systems, learning platforms, student portals, and communication systems.

Students and applicants should understand that cookie and tracking technologies may support:

• Application forms.
• Enrollment forms.
• Course registration.
• Payment workflows.
• LMS access.
• Student communication workflows.
• Clinical or field onboarding systems.
• Student support communications.
• Analytics related to website or platform usage.

Student education records and program records are also governed by the Texas Rescue Med Privacy Policy, Student Handbook & Program Manual, HIPAA / Confidentiality Policy, and applicable platform-specific terms.

Cookies and Health or Patient Information

Texas Rescue Med does not intend for public website tracking technologies to collect protected health information or patient-identifying information.

Patient care documentation and clinical documentation must be completed only through approved systems and in accordance with Texas Rescue Med policy, clinical affiliate policy, field agency policy, and applicable confidentiality requirements.

Third-Party Cookies and Service Providers

Texas Rescue Med may use third-party service providers to support website hosting, analytics, marketing, advertising, payment processing, forms, learning management, student communication, scheduling, security, and other business functions.

Third-party providers may place or access cookies or similar technologies when a person visits the Texas Rescue Med website or interacts with embedded tools.

Examples of third-party services may include:

• Website hosting providers.
• Analytics providers.
• Email marketing platforms.
• SMS or communication platforms.
• Course registration tools.
• Payment processors.
• Learning management systems.
• Embedded video providers.
• Calendar or scheduling tools.
• Advertising platforms.
• Social media platforms.
• Security and spam prevention tools.

These third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies, cookie notices, terms, and settings.

Analytics

Texas Rescue Med may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the website and to improve website performance.

Analytics tools may help Texas Rescue Med understand:

• Which pages are visited most often.
• How visitors find the website.
• Whether users complete inquiry or registration forms.
• Whether website pages are functioning properly.
• Whether course pages are clear and useful.
• Which devices or browsers visitors use.
• How website updates affect user experience.

Analytics information is generally used to improve website quality, accessibility, content, student recruitment, and administrative efficiency.

Advertising and Remarketing

Texas Rescue Med may use advertising or remarketing tools to help inform prospective students, agencies, or course participants about Texas Rescue Med programs and services.

Advertising tools may help Texas Rescue Med:

• Measure ad performance.
• Understand whether website visitors came from an advertisement.
• Display relevant training or course information.
• Remind interested users about upcoming courses.
• Improve outreach effectiveness.
• Avoid showing irrelevant or repetitive ads.

Where required by law or platform policy, Texas Rescue Med will provide opt-out or preference options for certain advertising or targeted marketing activities.

Cookie Consent and Preferences

Texas Rescue Med may provide a cookie banner, cookie preference tool, consent management platform, or other preference option when available or required.

Depending on available website settings, users may be able to:

• Accept all cookies.
• Reject non-essential cookies.
• Adjust cookie categories.
• Change cookie preferences.
• Withdraw cookie consent.
• Manage marketing or analytics preferences.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function and may not be disabled through Texas Rescue Med settings.

Browser Controls

Most browsers allow users to control cookies through browser settings.

Users may be able to:

• Block cookies.
• Delete cookies.
• Receive warnings before cookies are placed.
• Block third-party cookies.
• Clear browsing data.
• Use private or incognito browsing.
• Adjust tracking protection settings.

Blocking or deleting cookies may affect website functionality, login features, forms, registration, payment processing, course access, or user preferences.

Mobile Device Controls

Mobile devices may provide privacy controls that affect tracking technologies, advertising identifiers, location settings, and app-based tracking.

Users should review their device settings to manage:

• Advertising identifiers.
• App tracking permissions.
• Location access.
• Browser privacy settings.
• Cross-site tracking settings.
• Push notification settings.

Device settings may not control every cookie or tracking technology used by websites or third-party platforms.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Signals

Some browsers or extensions may send “Do Not Track,” Global Privacy Control, or similar privacy signals.

Texas Rescue Med will make reasonable efforts to honor legally required browser-based opt-out preference signals when applicable and technically feasible.

Because standards and legal requirements for browser-based signals may vary, Texas Rescue Med cannot guarantee that every signal will be recognized by every third-party platform, embedded tool, analytics provider, advertising provider, or browser.

Opting Out of Marketing Communications

Users may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting Texas Rescue Med.

Users may opt out of marketing text messages by replying STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, or another recognized opt-out keyword when supported by the messaging platform.

Opting out of marketing communications does not stop necessary administrative, transactional, payment, course-related, clinical, field, safety, student support, or compliance communications.

Targeted Advertising Choices

Where applicable, users may have the right to opt out of certain processing of personal information for targeted advertising, sale, or similar purposes.

Users may submit privacy or advertising-related requests by contacting Texas Rescue Med at:

Texas Rescue Med may need to verify the request before taking action. Some requests may be limited by law, system capability, vendor requirements, or the nature of the information involved.

Cookies Used for Security and Fraud Prevention

Texas Rescue Med may use cookies or similar technologies to protect website security, prevent spam, detect suspicious activity, maintain session integrity, prevent unauthorized access, and protect forms or registration systems.

Security-related cookies may be necessary for website operation and may not be optional.

Cookies Used for Forms and Registration

Texas Rescue Med website forms and registration tools may use cookies or similar technologies to support:

• Form completion.
• Error prevention.
• Spam protection.
• Session continuity.
• Payment workflow.
• Application submission.
• Course registration.
• Confirmation messages.
• Follow-up communication.

If cookies are disabled, some forms, registration tools, or payment processes may not work properly.

Cookies Used by Payment Providers

Texas Rescue Med may use third-party payment processors or invoicing platforms. These providers may use cookies or similar technologies to support payment processing, fraud prevention, identity verification, transaction security, receipts, and payment-related workflows.

Texas Rescue Med does not control all cookies or tracking technologies used by third-party payment providers.

Users should review the payment provider’s privacy policy and cookie practices when using third-party payment tools.

Cookies Used by Learning Platforms

Texas Rescue Med may use learning management systems, student portals, testing platforms, or course platforms that use cookies or similar technologies.

These technologies may support:

• Login sessions.
• Course progress.
• Assignment access.
• Testing activity.
• User authentication.
• Student records.
• Course completion tracking.
• Security.
• Platform performance.

Students are responsible for maintaining required technology access and should not disable cookies or browser settings in a way that prevents required course participation, testing, or LMS access.

Cookies Used by Embedded Video or Media

Texas Rescue Med may embed videos, images, maps, or other media from third-party platforms.

Embedded media providers may place cookies or collect usage information when users interact with the embedded content.

Texas Rescue Med does not control all third-party embedded media tracking technologies.

Data Retention

Cookies may remain on a device for different periods of time depending on the cookie type, browser settings, user preferences, and third-party provider practices.

Session cookies usually expire when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies may remain until they expire or are deleted by the user.

Texas Rescue Med and third-party providers may retain cookie-related information for legitimate business, security, analytics, communication, marketing, compliance, legal, or operational purposes.

Children and Minors

Texas Rescue Med programs may serve students who are minors when allowed by program policy and applicable law.

Texas Rescue Med does not knowingly use website cookies or tracking technologies to target children under 13 for behavioral advertising.

Parents or guardians with questions about a minor’s information or website use may contact Texas Rescue Med.

Changes to This Cookie Notice

Texas Rescue Med may update this Cookie Notice from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, website functionality, third-party tools, analytics practices, advertising practices, program operations, or business needs.

Updated notices will be posted on the Texas Rescue Med website or provided through another official communication channel.

Continued use of the Texas Rescue Med website after an updated Cookie Notice is posted indicates acknowledgment of the updated notice unless additional consent is required by law.

Relationship to Other Policies

This Cookie Notice should be read together with the Texas Rescue Med Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, SMS / Email Communication Policy, HIPAA / Confidentiality Policy, Clinical Eligibility Policy, Accessibility & Accommodation Policy, Complaint, Grievance & Appeals Policy, Refund and Cancellation Policy, Program Disclosures, Student Handbook & Program Manual, course syllabus, enrollment agreement, clinical site requirements, and official written communications.

If a more specific written document applies to a student, course, platform, payment system, clinical placement, communication platform, signed agreement, or third-party service, the more specific written document may control unless otherwise required by law.

Contact Texas Rescue Med

Questions about this Cookie Notice, cookie preferences, online tracking, privacy rights, marketing opt-outs, or website privacy practices may be directed to Texas Rescue Med.