Privacy Policy
The Alliance Française de San Francisco is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its online guests, customers, members, donors, and friends. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point in the website where personally identifiable information may be requested. We do not collect personal information about individuals - such as their names and postal and/or email addresses - except when it is knowingly provided by such individuals. We believe that maintaining privacy on the Web is very important and that informing our visitors about the types of information we collect and how we use it is crucial.
The Alliance Française de San Francisco never shares with third parties any information you provide when purchasing a membership, registering for class or making a donation.
Enrollment Policy
  1. Full payment for courses must be made before attending the first class. Registrations are accepted in the order received until the class is declared full (twelve students).
  2. A minimum of four enrollments is required to open a class. If this quota is not met, students already enrolled in such classes will be offered alternative courses/options.
    If students wish to keep a class open with less than 4 students, additional fees will apply.
  3. The Alliance Française is a membership organization, and enrollment in Alliance classes is a right reserved for its members. The $40 non-refundable membership fee is valid for 12 full months and carries corresponding benefits see below)**
  4. Non-beginner students who have not previously studied at the Alliance Française must be evaluated before enrolling in a class.
**Member benefits include (among others): borrowing rights to the Alliance Française library (French books, videos and CDs) and full use of its facilities (internet/computers, etc.); a subscription to the AF calendar of events; discounted admission to movies shown at the AF; free or discounted admission to other cultural and leisure activities (festivals, soirées, concerts, etc.); discounts on goods and services of various companies and organizations.
Withdrawals and Refunds Policy
  1. Class withdrawals must be made in writing, addressed to the Director of Education, and should include a request for either a refund or a course voucher.
  2. Tuition refunds
    3. are possible during the first week of an eight-week session and a $30 administrative fee is deducted from all refunds. Otherwise, a class voucher will be issued up to the end of the second week of an eight-week session. Classes attended before receipt of a withdrawal notice will be deducted from the refund/voucher. If students are going to miss from 1 to 2 classes, and if they let the office know prior to or at the beginning of the session, they can make arrangements with the school directors for make-up classes or for a donation receipt.
  3. Refunds are not issued for memberships, books, and other instructional materials.
  4. Penalties for unethical or dishonest behavior Theft or attempted theft of any materials belonging to the Alliance Francaise de San Francisco or to its teachers, students and staff will be grounds for immediate dis-enrollment without refund and permanent denial of registration and membership rights at the Alliance, in accordance with the policy set by the Board of Directors of the AFSF.
N.B. A $15.00 fee will apply for all returned checks.