We are committed to protecting your privacy and utilizing technologies that provide a safe and secure experience. In general, we will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you. For example, personal information is generally requested when you are asked to register on the website, or when registering for chapter events.
The amount of personal information you are required to supply will normally be limited to that which is necessary to supply the service or carry out the transaction that you have requested. Any other information being requested will be labeled as optional.
Use of Your Personal Information
The personal information we collect from you will be used by PMI-CCVC to provide the service or carry out the transaction you have requested or authorized. This may include using the personal information for the following purposes:
To provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications;
To make a site or service easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the site or service to your interests or preferences.
To improve the product or service and to provide better customer service to users.
The privacy statement of the specific product or service you are using will disclose how the collected personal information will be used.
PMI-CCVC does not give, sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. PMI-CCVC may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on PMI-CCVC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PMI-CCVC, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PMI-CCVC, its Web sites, or the public.
Personally identifiable information collected by PMI-CCVC may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which PMI-CCVC or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities.
Security of Your Personal Information
PMI-CCVC carefully protects the security of the personal information you provide. When sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted over the Internet, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Any breaches of data or inappropriate exposure of personal information will trigger a notification procedure to the impacted individuals within 7 days of discovery of the incident. The notification will include:
The extent of the exposure
How the situation was remedied,
What steps will be taken to prevent a repeat incident
Recommendation for monitoring steps to be performed by the individuals impacted
Use of Cookies on the PMI-CCVC Site
PMI-CCVC does not make use of "cookies" except to compile aggregated statistics about website usage. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you or your computer and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookies to you. While they are only used for internal tracking purposes, you have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.
