SectionMaster Privacy Policy
Any time you visit a Web site, you may be providing information about yourself to the site's owner or operator. We at SectionMaster, like you, value privacy, so we want you to learn what you need to know to protect your personal privacy. When you visit or supply information to any Web site, it's a good idea for you to first understand the site's privacy policies. If the site owner doesn't tell you, don't hesitate to ask.
The bottom line at our Web site (also referred to generally as the "SectionMaster.org site") is that we use information that we get from your visit to enable you to participate in and take advantage of the various programs and features presented on the SectionMaster.org site and to make the SectionMaster.org site useful and interesting to you. We do not use the information that we collect from the SectionMaster.org site for any other purpose, nor do we share it with any affiliate or third party, except those specifically under contract with SectionMaster to collect information for primary uses only.
A special note about children
The SectionMaster.org site is not intended for children under the age of 13, and SectionMaster does not knowingly collect personal information from those children, per the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Collection of any information about children under the age of 13 is only permitted to be sent by the child's parent or legal guardian; such a child may not submit any information on his or her own behalf without assistance. A child's age is verified with a consent statement upon entering the child's date of birth on the initial entry page(s) of the SectionMaster.org site.
Applicability of this privacy policy
This privacy policy applies only to the information that we collect on the SectionMaster.org site and not to any information collected through other methods or sources, including sites owned or operated organizations contracted with SectionMaster. When visiting other Web sites that are not owned or operated by SectionMaster, please review the privacy policy for those sites.
Notice
What personal information we collect and how we use it
While you can browse our site without providing personal information, you will need to input certain personal information as indicated on specific pages of our site in order to take advantage of certain features, such as registering for events or purchasing merchandise. Use of the SectionMaster.org site is voluntary, and your use constitutes your consent for the information provided to be stored and used by SectionMaster in order for SectionMaster to fulfill its contracted agreements to provide event registration and other similar services.
Only authorized organization administrators are permitted to view information stored in the organization's database. The list of administrators is determined at the time the organization signs the Usage Agreement. Administrative access can be requested or revoked by the original signer of the agreement or his supervisor. SectionMaster reserves the right to deny access to any administrator in the event suspicious activity is observed that may compromise the security and integrity of personal information stored on the SectionMaster.org site.
Browsing and the use of cookies and logs
When you visit the SectionMaster.org site we use "cookies" to store your user session while you are logged on to our website. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. Cookies are required to use the SectionMaster.org site.
While the SectionMaster.org Web servers automatically log the IP/Internet address of your computer, SectionMaster does not use this information other than to protect ourselves and our members against fraud and illegal activity. SectionMaster does not use cookies to "remember" the user logon credentials you use to sign on to the site. The cookies we use are "session only" cookies and are removed when your visit to our site ends.
We also use standard Web server log files to help us count visitors and evaluate our site's technical capacity. This information tells us how many people visit the SectionMaster.org site, and helps us decide how to arrange pages in the most user-friendly way. It also helps us keep the site browser-friendly and more useful to our visitors. We record information on site traffic, but not on individual visitors to our site, so no personal information about you will be kept or used.
Email, mailing lists, and other services
When you send us an email, we use your email address to thank you for your comment and/or reply to your question. We store your communication and our reply in case we correspond further. Beyond our initial reply, we will not use your email address to send you any unsolicited message or information, nor will we share it with, or sell it to, anyone else for such use, other than as specified in this policy.
When you request information or services, we use your email address and any other information you give us to provide you with the information or services you've requested until you ask us to stop (by using "unsubscribe" instructions provided on each email and/or the Web site where you signed up and/or as we otherwise provide), or until the information or service is no longer available. We will not use your email address or other information to provide you with any unsolicited message or information (unless the message or information is part of the service you are requesting).
Links to other sites
We work closely with our contracted partners, many of which have links within the SectionMaster.org site. Please remember that when you use a link to go from the SectionMaster.org site to another Web site, this Privacy Policy no longer applies. Your browsing and interaction on any third party's Web site, including any site that has a link on the SectionMaster.org site, is subject to the rules and policies of that site. We encourage you to read the rules and policies of the sites you visit to better understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.
Our policy regarding selling or renting of personal information
Our policy is simple: we do not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties under any circumstances, except in the event of a bankruptcy or reorganization, or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, as further provided below. Data collected is provided only to authorized representatives of the organizations with which SectionMaster has contracted to provide event registration and other services. Your information is not compiled into one large master national database accessible by overseers, but rather, is separated by individual organizations contracted with SectionMaster.
Business transfers
If a third party acquires all or substantially all of our assets, your personal information, aggregated information, and any other information that we have collected on the SectionMaster.org site will not be transferred to such third party as part of our business assets. Your information is private, and is not considered an asset of SectionMaster.
Disclosure of personal information for legal purposes and protection of SectionMaster and others
We reserve the right to share your personal information with third parties if required to do so by law, or if we believe such action is necessary in order to: (a) conform to the requirements of the law or comply with legal process served upon us; (b) protect or defend our legal rights or property, the SectionMaster.org site, or our users; or (c) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or violations of the terms and conditions for using the SectionMaster.org site.
Choice
How you can decide what communication you'll receive from us
You will never be automatically subscribed to any mailing lists by using the SectionMaster.org site unless explicitly indicated. If you choose to receive them, we may periodically send you email messages describing updates, new features, or promotional offers related to this Web site. You can choose to stop receiving this email at any time. Simply follow the instructions included in your email, or send a reply stating your request.
If you do not explicitly choose to receive informational emails, the only email messages you will receive from SectionMaster will be a response to an email inquiry that you send us.
You may, as part of having your data collected on behalf of an organization contracted by SectionMaster, receive e-mails originating from the SectionMaster.org site but sent by authorized representatives of the contracting organization. These messages will only relate to your relationship with that organization and will not solicit services for or with SectionMaster or any of its entities unrelated to services provided by the SectionMaster.org site.
Access and data retention
How to update, correct, or delete your personal information
You can access and modify certain personal information stored on the SectionMaster.org site, such as your name, phone number, email address, and mailing address, by contacting us via email or mail at the address set forth below in the "How to contact SectionMaster regarding your concerns and questions" section.
To modify or delete personal information related to an email program, simply follow the instructions included in your email, or send a reply stating your request, and we will make the requested changes.
We retain information provided to us only until the organization contracting with SectionMaster no longer uses services provided by the SectionMaster.org site. We may keep some personal information you have requested to remove for the following purposes:
- Troubleshoot problems
- Assist with investigations
- Enforce our site rules
- Comply with legal requirements
Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personal information will always be completely removed from our databases in response to a request from you or the termination of contract with an organization using services provided by SectionMaster.
Security
How we protect the security of your personal information
The security of your personal information is very important to us, and we are committed to protecting the information we collect. The SectionMaster.org site uses firewalls and Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") to transport all personal data we collect from you. We also employ many different security techniques to protect personal data against loss, misuse, alteration, and unauthorized access. But we cannot guarantee perfect security of your personal information.
When you send confidential personal information to us on our website, such as credit card information, member name, or user ID and passkey, secure server software that we have licensed encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. The information is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches our website using Secure Socket Layers (SSL) and the Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS). By default, when signed on or making a payment, all communication with us is encrypted.
Secure communication can be verified by clicking on your web browser's security seal, often appearing as a padlock. The SectionMaster.org site utilizes "Shared-SSL" technology offered by its web provider, WestHost, Inc. The secure certificate is issued by Thawte, Inc. SectionMaster URLs, when in secure mode, will appear as they are running at https://ssl4.westserver.net/sectionmaster.org, but this is normal and can be trusted to be as secure as any other secure website.
We also use encrypted communications to transmit information between us and our service providers. For example, to process credit card payments we have a secure connection to our payment processor.
For software, secure communications, and service providers we only use well-known and established companies generally recognized a leader in their field. For example, we use NOVA/ViaKLIX for payment processing, the most reliable payment processor in the industry.
We do not store or maintain highly sensitive information. This information includes social security and credit card numbers. Where we are required to collect this information to fulfill a product or service, we immediately pass it on to the service provider.
To safeguard the confidentiality of personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure our servers are housed behind a firewall in secure, restricted access facilities with 24-hour surveillance provided by WestHost, Inc. Only named and authorized representatives of WestHost, Inc. can physically access our servers. Detailed information about our web provider's facilities can be found at http://www.westhost.com/datacenter.html.
Customer service and recourse
Changes to the SectionMaster privacy policy
This privacy policy was revised and posted on June 15, 2005. SectionMaster reserves the right to change, modify, or amend this policy at any time. SectionMaster takes privacy matters very seriously, and intends to stay at the forefront of privacy policy and protection matters. SectionMaster will occasionally update our privacy policy and we will post those updates on this page. You are responsible for revisiting this page to review our privacy policy updates.
How to contact SectionMaster regarding your concerns and questions
Please note that whenever you submit any information to us in connection with any services related to the SectionMaster.org site, you consent to let us process this information in the United States as necessary to provide the services in which you are participating.
If you have any questions, comments, criticisms, or complaints about SectionMaster's privacy policy and/or the way it affects you, please feel free to email us or write to us at:
Clostridion Design & Support, LLC
DBA SectionMaster
4258 7th Ave NE #B
Seattle, WA 98105-6003
USA
Email: admin @ sectionmaster.org
Telephone: +1 (800) 300-7497
Should you have a dispute regarding this privacy policy, we will resolve it and take any remedial action as we reasonably determine in our discretion and in accordance with applicable laws.