General Information
Anyone can visit the university web site without disclosing who they are or revealing any personal information about themselves. We track the Internet addresses of the individuals who visit our site to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement and gather broad demographic information, but this data is not linked in any way to individual personally identifiable information. The information we collect creates a broad picture of our population and is used to continually refine our courses, identify the most popular areas of our site and improve our services.

Programme Registration
We collect basic contact information (such as name, address, phone number and email address) when you register online for any programme on our site. Upon registration, you must specify a UserName and Password that enables you to access the Students Section (a restricted section of the site, where the course(s) you have registered for is/ are stored). An email confirming your UserName and Password will be sent to you as soon as payment for the course(s) is received by Punjab Technical University. Once this confirmation email is received, you may begin to access the course material from the date and time mentioned in the email

Password and Student ID
You must enter your UserName and Password every time you access the Students Area. Your Username and Password serve as your personal key to Punjab Technical University's Online programmes. Without this information, no other student or site visitor can access your restricted area or course scores.

Chat and Duscussion Forums
Punjab Technical University hosts chat and discussion forums in the course environment. Any information divulged in this area may be observed by other students and is not secure. Your actual email address will be masked within the Punjab Technical University course environment so that your student email address appears similar to: "username"@ptuonline.com. This format is used to ensure that other students cannot obtain your actual email address by simply enrolling in a course.

Encrypted Credit Card/Debit Card Purchases
If you use a credit card to purchase a Punjab Technical University course, the credit card/ debit card number is encrypted as it passes over the Internet. Your credit card/ debit card number is not kept or recorded by Punjab Technical University or our computers - it is simply passed through to the credit card/ debit card company to purchase the course. In this respect, buying a course from Punjab Technical University is similar to a credit card/ debit card purchase at any store. Punjab Technical University does not keep your credit card/ debit card number on file.

In addition, we are sensitive to the fact that some users are uncomfortable submitting their credit card number over the Internet, no matter how secure the environment. For this reason, it is also possible to register for any of our courses by making the payment through offline methods including Demand Draft, Postal Order, wire transfer/telegraphic bank to bank transfer, pay by cash/cheque at local branches of Bank Of Punjab.

Communication
At the time of registration, you may elect to receive additional communication from Punjab Technical University regarding new courses, promotions and certain other targeted information. You may choose to discontinue receipt of these communications at any time by simply following the instructions to unsubscribe included at the bottom of all such distributions.