Date of Last Revision: April 2024

Online privacy is important to us. As such, it is the policy of Surgical Skillz Training (SST) and its members (collectively, “SST,” “we,” “our” or “us”), to collect and retain personal information only as appropriate in the course of providing information and services to our website visitors. This privacy policy describes our online collection and use of personal information about you at our websites.

Consistent with this policy, we collect information in the following ways:

Voluntarily Provided Information

We may collect the following user provided personal information to include full name, email address, postal address, phone number, and course assignments. Students who are enrolling in our First Assistant Online Program or other visitors utilizing online commerce functions to purchase services (workshops), may be required to provide credit card information for billing purposes. If a student chooses not to provide this personal information, he/she may be unable to receive some of the services we offer.

We also collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it or make it available to us by (1) logging into our website; (2) providing feedback to us through a feedback tool; (3) posting a review or making other comments on any public forums (“interactive features”) available on our website; or (4) logging into our website through a social media or similar tool, if available. Each manner in which we collect personal information about you identified above occurs only when you voluntarily provide information to us.

Note regarding interactive features: Regarding any public forums we may offer on our website such as blogs, social media features or similar tools (“interactive features”), the posts or comments you make may be public and viewed by others so you should use care before posting information about yourself, including personal information, online. You acknowledge and understand that you have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in the content you submit to interactive features over our website. We assume no obligation to remove personal information from postings through interactive features on our website and you disclose any personal information in your postings at your own risk.

Cookies and Automatically Collected Information

Our website, we use cookies to enable one-click login to our students. Without the use of cookies, users would have to log in multiple times to access the class information from the website. We require that users have cookies enabled on their browser for this purpose.

As explained below, we and third party service providers may use cookies and similar tools to track and understand website usage and visitor interactions with our website, to provide better functionality and for other business-related reasons, such as marketing. Cookies are text files placed on your computer’s browser to collect non-personally identifiable information such as computer IP address, pages browsed, date and time of visit, browser type, computer operating system, connection speeds, and links used to enter or leave the website. We do not collect personal information during this process.

We use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) to anonymously identify your browser; and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve you advertisements regarding our programs on third party websites as you are browsing the Internet, based your previous visits to our website.

Third-party vendors, such as Google, may show you advertisements regarding our programs and services based upon your previous search queries and browsing history. You can opt-out of these ad programs by visiting the Ads Preferences Manager at www.Google.com. You may also configure your web browser to block cookies and/or install browser add-ons to prevent personalization of advertising, such as the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on. The information practices of these advertising companies are governed by their own privacy policies and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Some of these third-party advertising companies may be members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), a cooperative of online marketing companies that offers a centralized tool for opting out of behavioral advertising delivered by each of its member companies. If you would like to obtain more information about the NAI and make choices about their members’ use of your information, please click here. In addition, through the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”), several media and marketing associations have developed an industry self-regulatory program to give consumers a better understanding of and greater control over ads that are customized based on their online behavior across different visit the DAA consumer opt out page.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.

Third Party Websites

We may provide links to third-party websites. You acknowledge that such links are provided for your convenience only and do not constitute an endorsement by us of such third party websites. Since we do not control these third party websites, we assume no responsibility for the privacy practices of such websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on those, and all, third party websites.

How Information is Used and Shared

The information you voluntarily submit to us is used to assist in providing information or services requested by the user. Information may be shared with governmental and nongovernmental agencies that regulate our activities. We may also use the information submitted to inform you of products or services from us or others that may be of interest to you or to send you newsletters or other content that may be of interest.

We may also provide personal information or information automatically collected as required to comply with a court-ordered subpoena or law enforcement investigation. We may also use or share personal information to prevent fraud, including the unauthorized use of our websites or our services or violations of applicable policies and the Terms of Use.

As described in the “Cookies and Automatically Collected Information” section above, information collected automatically is used for internal statistical purposes, to make improvements to our websites, and for other business-related reasons, such as marketing activities.

We do not sell or rent any personal information submitted by users of our websites to any third party.

We may share information with affiliates and service providers in furtherance of providing the information or services you have requested and for our website operations and other business- related reasons.

In addition, we may, in the future, decide to sell, merge or otherwise reorganize its business or assets. We reserve the right to transfer and disclose personal information in these circumstances to an entity acquiring the company or relevant assets.

Finally, we may also share de-identified aggregate information with third parties and advertisers so they can measure the effectiveness of any advertisements viewed in connection with our websites. For example, we may tell advertisers the number of users who clicked on a particular advertisement.

Non-U.S. Website Users

By creating an account or logging into our websites from outside the United States, you will have agreed to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. Your personal information and other information will be sent directly to the United States for processing where data protection and privacy regulations may be different than other parts of the world, such as the European Union, and which may not offer an equivalent level of protection to that in the European Union or certain other countries.

Customer Service and how to Acquire Additional Information

We are committed to providing every user — including students, applicants, and other persons who contact us — with prompt, high-quality support at all times. Email is the primary form of contact for users, including SST students, and we encourage you to email us with questions, comments, and concerns. You may also contact us by telephone 502-802-7360. SST has a contact page listing essential email addresses, telephone numbers and fax numbers.