The 麻豆传媒, the 麻豆传媒Foundation, the 麻豆传媒Insurance Trust, the 麻豆传媒Professional Association political action committee (ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC) (collectively "ACS," "we," or "us") knows that you care how your information is used and shared. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes our policies with respect to information that 麻豆传媒collects through the website at www.facs.org ("Website") and in connection with 麻豆传媒membership, conferences, and other products or services.
Changes in This Policy
麻豆传媒may amend this Policy at any time without notice. Changes to this Policy may affect our use of personally identifiable information that you provided us prior to our notification to you of the changes. Please visit our Website to obtain current information about our Policy.
麻豆传媒uses various technologies to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of information volunteered or collected from users of the Website. We do not require anyone to divulge any personally identifiable information to use the Website. 麻豆传媒on occasion requires a user to register, when for example applying for membership or purchasing products or services. 麻豆传媒will not collect personal information about you unless the information is provided voluntarily by you.
I. Information 麻豆传媒Collects
The information we collect generally includes: (1) personal information you supply and (2) tracking information collected as you navigate through the Website.
Information Collected from You
We may collect and store personally identifiable information that you provide to us. The personally identifiable information we request from you may include your: (i) country of residence; (ii) first, middle, and last name; (iii) age and date of birth; (iv) highest level of education attained; (v) job title; (vi) home or office phone and fax numbers; (vii) employer's name and address; (viii) home or office address; (ix) home or office e-mail address; (x) 麻豆传媒member identification number, user ID, and password; and (xi) credit card information (only if purchases are made) (collectively 鈥淧ersonal Data鈥�).
In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA"), 麻豆传媒does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information online from children under the age of 13.
Information Collected through Technology
Primarily to tailor the Website to your needs, 麻豆传媒collects information using technology, such as IP addresses and cookies. For example, your IP address provides 麻豆传媒with non-personally identifiable information about how you entered the Internet, namely through your Internet service provider, your company, or some other source, and can permit 麻豆传媒to identify the frequency with which you visit the Website. Standard features in Internet browser software such as "cookies" allow Websites to track certain user activities by assigning each of our visitors a unique number that resides on your computer. 麻豆传媒uses cookies to make the Website more interesting and useful (for example, cookies let us know which of our sites you have been visiting and which you have not).
Information Is Not Collected Online from Children Under 13
麻豆传媒does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information online from children under the age of 13.
II. How 麻豆传媒Uses that Information
麻豆传媒uses your personally identifiable information for the purposes for which it was submitted. For example, 麻豆传媒uses the information collected to enable a user to: (i) fulfill membership benefits (ii) purchase 麻豆传媒educational materials for purposes of obtaining Continuing Medical Education ("CME") credit, (iii) pay membership dues, (iv) make Political Action Committee and charitable contributions, (v) to purchase other 麻豆传媒products, (vi) to receive 麻豆传媒newsletters and product and/or service announcements, (vii) to participate in 麻豆传媒sponsored meetings, programs, and activities; and (viii) such other use related to ACS鈥檚 mission. We do not undertake to maintain any information about you for a duration greater than necessary to provide services to you or as provided by law, rule or regulation.
In the event that you choose to participate in the 麻豆传媒directory you acknowledge that your name, location, contact information(phone number, e-mail address), specialty, subspecialty, education and training, areas of clinical concentration, hospital appointments, academic appointments, society memberships, date of birth, and gender) will be available to search, access and view by the general public. You may elect to not participate in the directory by updating your profile.
麻豆传媒may use information about use of the Website and aggregated information about you and other visitors to our Website in order to improve our Website and develop content and services that may be of interest to you and for its other business purposes.
III. Security Measures Taken to Protect Personally Identifiable Information
麻豆传媒uses firewalls, vulnerability scans, and secure server encryption technology to protect personally identifiable information. 麻豆传媒also employs internal physical and technologic security measures to detect and block unauthorized intrusions to its computer systems. However, while we employ reasonable security measures to protect your personal information, please be aware that no method of electronic transmission is completely infallible, and we cannot guarantee its absolute safety.
IV. Information Sharing with Third Parties
Limited personally identifiable information we request from you (namely, your name and home or office address) is occasionally sold to third parties, generally for educational programs. For example, the list of registrants to a Clinical Congress may be sold to exhibitors to the Clinical Congress. Moreover, personally identifiable information is occasionally shared with third parties so that these parties can send you promotional material about goods and services offered by the 麻豆传媒or the third parties.
We may also share your personal information with our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include providing customer service, performing business and sales analysis, and supporting our Website functionality, other features offered through our Website. These service providers may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not authorized to share or use such information for any other purposes.
We may also provide your information to third parties to accomplish the purpose for which the information was submitted, such as providing your personally identifiable information to credit card processors to process a purchase.
We may also transfer user or customer information, including personally identifiable information, in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale.
We may disclose specific information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or as otherwise required by law, to enforce our Website policies, or to protect our or others' rights, property, or safety. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement illegal uses of the Website, or defend ourselves against third-party claims. We may also share information with companies assisting in fraud protection or investigation. We do not provide information to these agencies or companies for marketing or commercial purposes.
V. Rights in Relation to Your Personal Data
麻豆传媒enables users of its Website and interactive educational products to update contact information and to opt out of the collection of personally identifiable information or particular communications or services by e-mail, telephone, or regular mail. Please use the contact information listed below. Due to production, mailing, and system timelines, it may take some time to process your request. In addition, we may still use your information to communicate with you for other purposes, such as for customer service.
Right of access: Upon request, the 麻豆传媒will confirm any processing of your Personal Data and provide you with a copy of that Personal Data in an acceptable machine-readable format.
Right to rectification: 听You have the right to have 麻豆传媒correct any inaccurate Personal Data or to have 麻豆传媒complete any incomplete Personal Data.
Right 听to restrict processing;听You have the right to ask 麻豆传媒to suppress the processing of your Personal Data but 麻豆传媒may still store your Personal Data.
Right to object to processing:听You have the right to object to your Personal Data used in the following manners: (a) processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling); (b) direct marketing (including profiling); and (c) processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.
Right to erasure: You may ask the 麻豆传媒to delete or remove your Personal Data and we will do so in some circumstances, such as where we no longer need it (we may not delete your data when other interests outweigh your right to deletion). In which case, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT 麻豆传媒WILL PERMANENTLY DELETE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FROM OUR RECORDS AND 麻豆传媒WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO VERIFY YOUR ATLS COURSE COMPLETION OR CERTIFICATE.
Right to data portability:听Effective 25 May 2018, you have the right to obtain your Personal Data from us that you consented to give us or that is necessary to perform fulfillment of member benefits with you. We will give you your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Right to withdraw consent: We rely on your consent to process your Personal Data; you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your prior consent.
Right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority: 听You have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of Personal Data relating to you infringes upon your rights.
You may exercise your rights by contacting us as indicated under 鈥淐ontact Us鈥� section below.
VI. Transfer and Storage of Your Information
Please note information 麻豆传媒collects about you may be transferred, processed and/or accessed by us in the United States, or another country where we, or our Service Providers operate. Please be aware Personal Data may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state or country where privacy laws may differ from and may not be as protective as those where you live. If you are located outside the United States and choose to allow us to collect information about you, please be aware that 麻豆传媒may transfer your Personal Data to the United States and process and store it there.
If you are located in the European Economic Area ("EEA") or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information to a country or jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction, as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of Service Providers, also as disclosed.
Website Hosting: 麻豆传媒works with Microsoft Azure as its web hosting services provider. Microsoft Azure is located in Redmond, Washington and the website is stored by Amazon in Richmond, Virginia. 麻豆传媒shares your data, including Personal Data, with our website hosting Service Provider for the purposes of processing your data pursuant to your use of the Services.
Safely Using ACS鈥檚 Services
Despite ACS鈥檚 safety and privacy controls, we cannot guarantee the Services are entirely free of illegal, offensive, pornographic, or otherwise inappropriate material, or that you will not encounter inappropriate or illegal conduct from other Users when using the Services. You can help 麻豆传媒by notifying us of any unwelcome contact by contacting us using the information below.听
Your California Privacy Rights
Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (known as the "Shine the Light" law), 麻豆传媒members and customers who are residents of California may request certain information about our disclosure of personal information during the prior calendar year to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write to us at the address below or at听privacy@facs.org听with "Request for California Privacy Information" on the subject line and in the body of your message. We will comply with your request within thirty (30) days or as otherwise required by the statute. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by the "Shine the Light" requirements and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response.
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or comments about the 麻豆传媒' privacy policy, please contact us at:
Paige Rodgers
麻豆传媒
633 North Saint Clair Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-3295
Tel: 312-202-5000
贰-尘补颈濒:听privacy@facs.org
VII. Miscellaneous
Terms of Use
This Policy is subject to, a part of, and incorporated into the Terms of Use which can be found at听/terms-of-use.
International Users
This Website is operated, in whole or in part, from the United States. By using this Website, regardless of where you live in the world, you consent to have your Personal Data transferred to and processed in the United States, and allow 麻豆传媒to use and collect your personal information in accordance with this Policy.
Third Party Links
The Website may also contain links to other third party websites that are not under our control. These websites may have their own policies or no policies at all, regarding privacy. You should seek and review these policies before providing information to these websites. 麻豆传媒has no responsibility for linked websites and provides these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors. 麻豆传媒also maintains a strict "no-spam" policy and fully complies with CAN-SPAM Act regulations.
