How We Protect Your Data
SMART Local 23 is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the SMART Local 23 Website (aklocal23.org) and governs data collection and usage. By using the SMART Local 23 website (aklocal23.org), you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
SMART Local 23 collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number if you register as a member.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by SMART Local 23. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring Website addresses. This information is used by SMART Local 23 for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the SMART Local 23 Website (aklocal23.org).
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through SMART Local 23 public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: The SMART Local 23 does NOT read any of your private online communications.
SMART Local 23 encourages you to review the privacy statements of Website you choose to link to from SMW23.org so that you can understand how those Websites collect, use and share your information. SMART Local 23 is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Websites outside of SMART Local 23 Website (aklocal3.org).
Use of your Personal Information
SMART Local 23 collects and uses your personal information to operate SMART Local 55 Website (aklocal23.org) and deliver the services you have requested. SMART Local 23 also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from SMART Local 23 and its affiliates. SMART Local 23 may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
SMART Local 23 does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. SMART Local 23 may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, SMART Local 23 may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to SMART Local 23 and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
SMART Local 23 does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
SMART Local 23 keeps track of the Website (aklocal23.org) and pages our customers visit within aklocal23.org, in order to determine what SMART Local 23 services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within SMART Local 23 to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
SMART Local 23 Website (aklocal23.org) will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 SMART Local 23 or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of SMART Local 23; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of SMART Local 23, or the public.
Use of Cookies
SMART Local 23 Website (aklocal23.org) use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a 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, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize aklocal23.org pages, or register with aklocal23.org site or services, a cookie helps SMART Local 23 to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same SMART Local 23 Website (aklocal23.org), the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use SMART Local 23 features that you customized.
SMART Local 23 uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information.
You can opt-out of Google’s use of cookies here: http://google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout?hl=en
Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third-party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer (version 9) you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block All Cookies” using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.
Security of your Personal Information
SMART Local 23 secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. SMART Local 23 secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
SMART Local 23 will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. SMART Local 23 encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how SMART Local 23 is protecting your information.
Contact Information
SMART Local 23 welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that SMART Local 23 has not adhered to this Statement, please contact SMART Local 23 at [email protected]. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
