PRIVACY POLICY
We at FACES: The National Craniofacial Association (FACES) are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and your options regarding the ways in which your personal data is used and is provided to FACES, a 501c(3). If you have requests concerning your personal information or any questions please contact us faces@faces-cranio.org.
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If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should immediately discontinue use of the Website and the Services offered by us.
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Definitions
For purposes of this Privacy Policy references to “Services” shall mean any and all services offered by us.
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References to “us,” “we,” “our,” and/or “FACES” mean FACES: The National Craniofacial Association.
References to the Website” mean the Website bearing the URL www.faces-cranio.org.
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References to “you,” and/or “User,” mean the User of the Website and/or Services, including but not limited to individuals and/or companies as well as their officers, directors, employees, contractors, and/or agents.
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Agreement to be Bound
The following Privacy Policy governs the collection and use of private information via the Website and/or any Service(s). By accessing the Website and/or otherwise using the Services you represent that you have read and understand the Privacy Policy and that you agree to be bound thereby.
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This Privacy Policy may be additionally subject to Terms of Service.
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Modifications and Changes to Privacy Policy
We may modify, add to, suspend or delete the Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at our sole discretion at any time, with such modifications, additions or deletions being immediately effective upon their posting to the Website. Your use and/or access of the Website and/or Services after modification, addition or deletion of the Privacy Policy shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of the modification, addition or deletion.
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The Information We Collect
We collect both personally-identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information from you. This information may include your full name, address, email address, telephone number, and billing information. Should you choose to provide it, we may also collect your age, salary, and other demographic information.
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Examples of non-personally-identifiable information we may collect from you include your IP address, the type of browser software you use when visiting our Website and/or accessing the Services, the date and time you visit our Website and/or Services and what pages you viewed when visiting our Website and/or utilizing the Services.
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Use of Your Information and Your Preferences
We will use your personally-identifiable information to personalize your user experience; improve our customer service; contact you via email or direct mail in order to send you information and updates pertaining to your use of the Website and/or the Services; respond to enquiries and/or questions you send to us; and to send company news, updates, and other related information.
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How to Opt-Out
If you no longer wish to receive marketing information, press releases or any other type of information from us, you may send us an email at faces@faces-cranio.org to change your preferences or follow the “unsubscribe” link provided in any email that you receive from us.
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Disclosures of your Information
FACES will never pass your personal data to anyone.
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Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally-identifiable information as required by law and when believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of FACES’ Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.
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Other Websites
Our Website and/or Services may contain links to other Websites, which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other Websites using the links provided, the operators of these Websites may collect information from you, which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policies, which may differ from ours.
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Cookies
To enhance your online experience, we and our Third-Party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, may use “cookies” or similar technologies. Cookies are text files placed in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information; however, once you choose to furnish a Website with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
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We use cookies to understand Website and Internet usage and to improve or customize the content on our Website. We also may use cookies to identify your browser types and browser language; to determine your IP address; to log the date and time of your visits to our Website; to identify the referring site (i.e. the site you visited which directed you to our Website); and to identify the URLs of pages you visit while using our Services.
You can change your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies through your browser and/or device settings. You may set your browser and/or device to accept all cookies, block certain cookies, require your consent before a cookie is placed in your browser, or block all cookies. Blocking all cookies will affect your online experience and may prevent you from enjoying the full features offered by us. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser and/or device for more information. It is strongly recommended that you enable cookies so that you can properly use our Services.
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Access to and/or Modification of Your Information
If you access the Website and volunteer personally-identifiable information, you may modify, update or delete such information by sending us an email at faces@faces-cranio.org. You should be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases. In addition, please be aware that your ability to opt out from receiving marketing and promotional materials does not change our right to contact you regarding your use of the Services.
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Data Security
We take reasonable steps to maintain the security of the personally-identifiable information that we collect, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, so you do so at your own risk. Please note, that non-encrypted communication using email is not secure. Thus, we cannot guarantee data security in email communication and, therefore, recommend using physical mail for confidential information.
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How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or its implementation you may contact us at faces@faces-cranio.org.
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Updates & Effective Date
The effective date of this Privacy Policy is this 30th day of March, 2020. From time-to-time, we may update this Privacy Policy. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally-identifiable information by posting a notice of said changes online to the Website and by notifying users of the Services via email. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this statement so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.