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Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to maintain the highest level of integrity in dealing with our community. The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site and services.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Membership Information
If you choose to partcipate in our organization, you may need to give personal information. For example, you may need to provide the following information:
- Name
- Mailing address
- Email address
- Home and business phone number
- Other personal information
In addition, if you choose to correspond further with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other informational Web sites, we use Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our organizational activities, providing member service and making available information to our members and prospective members. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new updates and special events we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you educational material are developed and managed under our traditional non-profit standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of our membersą personal information. As a member, you will be given the opportunity, at least once annually, to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
From time to time you may notice information from outside organizations featured on our Web site. We take measures to select organizations that are responsible and afford privacy protections to their members. However, we cannot make any representations about the practices and policies of these organizations.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
Employee Access, Training and Expectations. Our non-profit values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to the protection of member information. In general, our practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing info@nican.info.
Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?
We may provide aggregate information about our members, Web site traffic patterns and related Web site information to our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.