Brothers Employment & Training (“BET,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the privacy of individuals who visit our website, request information, register for a course, participate in BET educational activities, or otherwise communicate with us. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information BET may collect, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, how it may be retained, and the choices available to individuals who interact with BET. By using the BET website, submitting an information or registration form, enrolling in a course, accessing BET’s online learning environment, or otherwise providing information to BET, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. About Brothers Employment & Training
   Brothers Employment & Training is a Texas-based nonprofit workforce education organization providing online electrical, industrial, maintenance, safety, workforce-readiness, and continuing-education opportunities.
   BET operates primarily through a virtual educational model using online learning and administrative technologies.
   Administrative Office
   Brothers Employment & Training
   6160 Warren Parkway, Suite 100
   Frisco, Texas 75034
   This location serves as BET’s administrative business office and is not a student instructional campus.
2. Information We May Collect
   The information BET collects depends on how an individual interacts with the organization and which
   educational service is selected.
   Contact and Identification Information
   BET may collect:

Full name
Email address
Telephone number
Mailing or contact address
Preferred method of communication
Enrollment and Registration Information
When an individual requests information about or registers for a BET course, BET may collect:
Course selection
Enrollment or registration date
Cohort selection, when applicable
Registration responses
Enrollment eligibility information
Policy acknowledgments
Enrollment status
Payment status
Canvas-access status
Other information reasonably necessary to administer the selected course
Canvas and Course-Participation Information
BET uses the Canvas learning management system to deliver educational content.
Depending on the selected course, BET may collect or maintain information relating to:
Canvas account information
Course enrollment
Login or access activity
Module or lesson activity
Knowledge checks
Assignments
Attendance
Approved makeup activities
Course participation
Instructor communications
Course progress
Completion information, when applicable
The information collected varies according to the structure and requirements of the selected course.

3. Payment and Transaction Information
   BET may collect information associated with course payments and financial administration, including:
   Amount paid
   Payment status
   Transaction date
   Refund status
   Course-credit status
   Scholarship status
   Sponsorship status
   Payment-plan information, when applicable
   Payments may be processed through authorized third-party payment providers.
   When payment-card information is entered directly through a third-party payment processor, BET generally
   does not need to receive or store the participant’s complete payment-card information.
   Payment providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and security practices.
4. Information Collected for TDLR Continuing Education
   Participants enrolling in Mastering the NEC: 4-Hour Texas Electrical Continuing Education may be
   required to provide information necessary to administer and report qualifying continuing education.
   This information may include:
   Legal name
   Texas electrical license number
   License type
   Email address
   Telephone number
   Course-completion information
   Other information reasonably necessary for TDLR reporting
   BET may use this information to:
   Administer the continuing-education course
   Verify participant eligibility or information
   Confirm qualifying completion
   Issue applicable completion documentation
   Report qualifying course completion to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
   Correct reporting errors
   Respond to appropriate regulatory inquiries
   Providing inaccurate or incomplete license information may delay reporting.
   Completion of a BET continuing-education course does not automatically renew an electrical license.
   Participants remain responsible for satisfying all applicable TDLR renewal requirements.
   
5. How BET Collects Information
   BET may collect information directly from individuals and through authorized technology systems used to
   administer the organization’s educational services.
   These systems may include:
   The BET website
   Google Forms
   Google Sheets
   Google Apps Script
   Canvas
   Email systems
   Payment-processing services
   Video-conferencing platforms
   Website-hosting services
   Website analytics tools
   Cloud-based administrative and recordkeeping systems
   Information may move between authorized systems when reasonably necessary to process registration,
   confirm payment, establish Canvas access, communicate with participants, maintain records, or administer
   educational services.
   BET does not intentionally make passwords, API credentials, access tokens, or other confidential systemsecurity information publicly available.
6. How BET Uses Personal Information
   BET may use personal information to:
   Respond to inquiries
   Provide course information
   Process registrations
   Determine enrollment eligibility
   Create or locate Canvas accounts
   Enroll participants in selected courses
   Provide course access
   Send account and login instructions
   Communicate course information
   Provide administrative or technical support
   Track attendance where applicable
   Administer instructor-led coursework
   Manage approved makeup requirements
   Process payments
   Administer scholarships or sponsored enrollment
   Process cancellations, transfers, course credits, and refunds
   Maintain educational and financial records
   Determine certificate eligibility where applicable
   Issue applicable completion documentation
   Administer TDLR continuing education
   Report qualifying continuing-education completion to TDLR
   Improve BET educational and administrative processes
   Prevent or investigate unauthorized activity
   Protect the security and integrity of BET systems
   Satisfy legal, regulatory, tax, audit, contractual, and recordkeeping requirements
   BET seeks to use personal information only for legitimate educational, administrative, operational,
   regulatory, or organizational purposes.
7. Self-Paced Workforce Courses
   BET currently provides self-paced workforce education through:
   Electrical Foundations and Workforce Readiness
   Industrial Systems and Maintenance Fundamentals
   These courses do not include scheduled live instruction.
   BET may maintain records relating to:
   Enrollment
   Payment
   Canvas access
   Course activity
   Administrative communications
   Cancellation or refund requests
   Other records reasonably necessary to administer the course
   BET does not issue a Certificate of Completion for these self-paced workforce courses.
   Participation in these courses does not independently provide TDLR continuing-education credit,
   professional certification, registered-apprenticeship credit, college credit, or occupational licensure.
8. Instructor-Led Course Information
   Applied Electrical Systems Fundamentals includes scheduled live online instruction.
   BET may maintain information relating to:
   Enrollment
   Live-session attendance
   Participation
   Approved makeup activities
   Canvas activity
   Assignments or knowledge checks
   Instructor communications
   Certificate eligibility
   Participants who satisfy applicable course requirements may receive a BET Certificate of Completion.
   The BET Certificate of Completion is an educational completion record and is not an occupational license,
   professional certification, apprenticeship credential, college credential, or guarantee of employment.
9. Live Instruction and Session Recordings
   BET may record live instructional sessions when reasonably necessary for:
   Educational review
   Approved makeup activities
   Course administration
   Instructor review
   Quality improvement
   When recordings are used, BET will make reasonable efforts to inform participants.
   Recordings may contain participant names, voices, images, questions, comments, or other participation
   information when individuals actively participate in the session.
   Access to instructional recordings will be limited to individuals with a legitimate educational or
   administrative need.
   Participants may not independently record, reproduce, distribute, post, sell, or publicly share BET live
   instructional sessions or recordings without authorization.
10. When BET May Share Information
    BET does not sell personal information.
    BET may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to operate its educational services, fulfill
    a participant request, administer a sponsorship, satisfy legal or regulatory obligations, or protect legitimate
    organizational interests.
    Information may be shared with authorized service providers that support functions such as:
    Canvas learning management
    Website hosting
    Online forms
    Cloud-based records
    Payment processing
    Email communications
    Video conferencing
    Website analytics
    Accounting or financial administration
    Administrative support
    Technical support
    BET seeks to limit information shared with service providers to what is reasonably necessary for the
    applicable service.
11. Regulatory and Governmental Disclosures
    BET may disclose information to governmental or regulatory authorities when permitted or required by law.
    This may include disclosure to:
    The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
    The Texas Workforce Commission
    Tax authorities
    Courts
    Law-enforcement agencies
    Other governmental authorities with lawful jurisdiction
    BET may also disclose information when required by:
    Subpoena
    Court order
    Regulatory request
    Applicable law
    Other lawful governmental process
    BET may retain documentation of such disclosures when appropriate.
12. Scholarships and Sponsored Enrollment
    BET may provide educational access through scholarships, nonprofit partnerships, employer sponsorships,
    grants, community partnerships, or other sponsored arrangements.
    When a third party pays for or administers a participant’s enrollment, BET may share limited information
    reasonably necessary to administer the sponsorship.
    This information may include:
    Enrollment status
    Payment status
    Attendance
    Participation
    Course-access status
    Completion status, when applicable
    BET seeks to avoid disclosing information that is unnecessary for the sponsorship.
    Additional privacy or reporting terms may apply when a separate sponsorship, grant, or partnership
    agreement exists.
13. Cookies and Website Analytics
    The BET website may use cookies, server logs, analytics technologies, or similar tools to maintain website
    functionality and better understand how visitors interact with the site.
    These technologies may collect information such as:
    Browser type
    Device type
    General geographic region
    Pages visited
    Date and time of visits
    Referral source
    Basic website-interaction information
    BET may use this information to:
    Maintain website performance
    Improve navigation
    Understand visitor activity
    Evaluate educational and outreach content
    Identify technical issues
    Browser settings may allow users to limit or disable certain cookies. Disabling cookies may affect the
    functionality of some website features.
14. Electronic Records
    BET operates primarily through a virtual educational model and maintains many educational and
    administrative records electronically.
    Electronic records may be maintained through:
    Learning-management systems
    Authorized cloud-based systems
    Administrative platforms
    Secure organizational accounts
    Payment and accounting systems
    Communication systems
    BET may make required records available to applicable governmental or regulatory authorities when legally
    required.
15. Record Retention
    BET retains records for the period reasonably necessary to support educational, administrative, financial,
    regulatory, contractual, tax, audit, or legal requirements.
    Records may include:
    Enrollment information
    Policy acknowledgments
    Course descriptions provided to participants
    Attendance records
    Participation records
    Instructor and course-administration records
    Payment records
    Refund records
    Communications
    Course-access records
    Completion records
    TDLR continuing-education records
    Regulatory documentation
    For courses subject to applicable Texas Workforce Commission course-exemption recordkeeping
    requirements, BET may retain required records for at least three years following conclusion of the
    applicable course, or longer when required by law or another regulatory obligation.
    TDLR continuing-education records may be retained for the period required by applicable TDLR
    requirements.
    Records that are no longer reasonably necessary may be deleted, securely destroyed, anonymized, or
    archived in accordance with BET’s record-management practices.
16. Information Security
    BET uses reasonable administrative, technical, and operational practices intended to protect personal
    information from unauthorized access, disclosure, misuse, loss, or alteration.
    These practices may include:
    Password-protected accounts
    Account authentication
    Access restrictions
    Limited administrative access
    Secure third-party platforms
    Internal record-management procedures
    Appropriate account and permission controls
    No website, email system, learning-management platform, payment service, cloud platform, or electronicstorage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
    Participants are responsible for protecting their passwords and account credentials.
    Participants should promptly notify BET if they believe their Canvas account, email account, or other BETrelated credentials have been compromised.
17. Access and Correction Requests
    Participants may contact BET to request reasonable correction of personal information maintained in
    connection with their enrollment or participation.
    This may include corrections to:
    Name
    Email address
    Telephone number
    Mailing address
    Canvas account information
    TDLR license information
    Registration information
    BET may require reasonable identity verification before changing account or participant information.
    BET may be unable to delete or modify certain records when retention is required for:
    Regulatory compliance
    Tax requirements
    Financial records
    Audits
    Fraud prevention
    Course integrity
    Legal obligations
    Contractual requirements
    TDLR continuing-education participants should promptly correct inaccurate license information because
    errors may delay course reporting.
18. Children and Minors
    BET’s educational services are primarily intended for adult workforce learners and eligible licensed
    professionals.
    BET does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13 for independent
    enrollment in BET workforce courses.
    If a minor is eligible to participate in a BET educational activity, BET may require authorization from a
    parent, legal guardian, sponsoring organization, or other legally appropriate party when required.
    A parent or guardian who believes that a child’s information has been submitted improperly should contact
    BET.
19. External Websites and Third-Party Platforms
    The BET website may contain links to:
    Government agencies
    Educational platforms
    Payment providers
    External learning resources
    Other third-party websites
    BET does not control the privacy, security, or data practices of independent third parties.
    Individuals should review the privacy policies and terms of any third-party service they choose to use.
20. No Sale of Personal Information
    BET does not sell participant or website-user personal information for monetary consideration.
    BET may use authorized service providers to support website operations, enrollment, course
    administration, communications, payment processing, analytics, and other legitimate organizational
    functions as described in this Policy.
21. Changes to This Privacy Policy
    BET may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in:
    Educational offerings
    Administrative processes
    Technology systems
    Service providers
    Legal requirements
    Regulatory requirements
    Organizational operations
    The Effective Date at the top of this page will be updated when revisions are published.
    Material changes affecting existing participants will be communicated when required by law or when
    reasonably necessary.
22. Relationship to Other BET Policies
    This Privacy Policy should be read together with BET’s:
    Terms and Conditions
    Refund, Cancellation, Transfer, and Course Credit Policy
    Applicable course descriptions
    Enrollment disclosures
    If applicable law or a regulatory requirement provides greater privacy, disclosure, or recordkeeping
    protection, the applicable requirement will control.
23. Contact Brothers Employment & Training
    Questions regarding this Privacy Policy, requests to correct personal information, or other privacy-related
    inquiries may be directed to:
    Brothers Employment & Training
    6160 Warren Parkway, Suite 100
    Frisco, Texas 75034
    Email: getinfo@brothersemploymenttraining.io
    Phone: 469-588-8652
    When contacting BET regarding a privacy request, please provide enough information for BET to identify
    and respond to the request without including unnecessary sensitive information.