Your privacy is critically important to us. At South Florida Chapter of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, Inc., we have a few fundamental principles:
Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals: (Note, we've decided to make this privacy policy available under a Creative Commons ShareAlike license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your use; just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you.
South Florida Chapter of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, Inc. ("SFAEP") operates SFAEP.org. SFAEP's policy is to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while using our website.
This Privacy Policy outlines how the South Florida Chapter of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, Inc. (referred to as "South Florida Association of Environmental Professionals" "SFAEP," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and safeguards the personal information provided by our members, website visitors, and other individuals who interact with us. Protecting your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to ensuring the security and confidentiality of your personal information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.
Like most website operators, SFAEP collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. SFAEP's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to understand better how SFAEP's visitors use its website. In addition, from time to time, SFAEP may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
SFAEP also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged-in users and for users leaving comments. However, SFAEP only discloses logged-in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the blog administrators where the comment was left.
We may collect personal information, such as your name, contact details (including email address, postal address, and telephone number), professional information (including job title, employer, and industry), and any other information you voluntarily provide to us.
We may collect information about how you interact with our website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed. This information helps us analyze trends, administer the website, and improve our services.
We may use the collected information to provide and improve our services, such as managing your membership, processing event registrations, communicating with you, and responding to your inquiries.
With your consent, we may use your contact information to send you newsletters, updates, event notifications, and other promotional materials related to our activities. You can opt out of receiving such communications at any time by following the instructions provided in the communication or contacting us directly.
We may use or disclose your personal information as required by applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests.
We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, organizing events, and delivering our services. These service providers are contractually obligated to use your personal information only to provide the requested services and comply with applicable privacy laws.
We may disclose your personal information if required by law or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, investigate fraud or illegal activities, or respond to a government request.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
You have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, rectify, or erase your personal data. If you wish to exercise these rights or have questions about our data practices, please contact us using the information below.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites; we are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer and the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. SFAEP uses cookies to help SFAEP identify and track visitors, their usage of the SFAEP website, and their website access preferences. SFAEP visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the SFAEP website, with the drawback that certain features of SFAEP's website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on our website. Therefore, we encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our data practices.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: info@sfaep.org
South Florida Association of Environmental Professionals
Effective date: Sunday, June 25, 2023
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