Privacy Policy
The International Association of Certified Compliance Specialists (IACCS) is an ordinary resident company registered in the Cayman Islands. The IACCS has created this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of your personal information.
Notice of Information Collected and Disclosed
We may request information from you when you:
- Log-on to certain areas of our Web site that require your user name and password as a condition to gaining access to the information, materials or services in that area.
- Register or sign-up to subscribe to a service.
- Subscribe to a newsletter or ask to be added to our mailing lists.
- Purchase a product or service.
- Provide feedback in an online survey.
In connection with your use of this Site, we may collect the following information:
- The domain and/or IP address and the e-mail addresses of users who communicate with us via the Site or via e-mail.
- Information volunteered by the user, such as information provided if the user becomes a member of IACCS, which may include name, address, phone number, fax number, username, password, e-mail address, company name, information provided in response to a Member Survey and general requests for information and other personal information.
- Information about your transactions with us:
Providing the voluntary data described above is at your sole discretion. If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the Site or by email, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you with the features and functionality of the Site. We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, click stream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Site and to create new features, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing user preferences and trends.
IACCS is the owner of the information collected on this Site. The information is not collected for sale to third party marketers and we do not sell or distribute the information collected from the site for commercial marketing purposes. Except as provided in this Policy, we do not disclose any public or personal information about you to anyone, other than is permitted by law. We may use your information to contact you regarding improvements we can make to our Site and our services. We may also provide analysis based on the information we collect, to our strategic alliance partners and other risk sharing partners. As we develop our business, we may buy or sell some or all of our assets and, depending on the transaction; your personally identifiable information may be one of the transferred assets. Similarly, if IACCS should ever merge with or be acquired by another company, we may share your personal information with any entity resulting from such transaction.
We may use your e-mail address to assist you if you forget your log-in information. We may also use your e-mail address to contact you directly regarding services, products or information we believe might interest you. Only IACCS (or agents working on behalf of IACCS or with the permission of IACCS) will send you these direct mailings. You authorize us to disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, violation of obligations to us under our Terms of Service Agreement or any other agreement or policy, or other illegal activity.
We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in any was differing from that which is disclosed in this statement.
Abuse of Terms of Service Agreement
We have the right to share your name and contact information with our attorneys and law enforcement officials, if needed, in the event we believe you have breached our Terms of Service Agreement.
Cookies
We may use cookies (a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them), log files, clear gifs or web beacons (known as action tags or single pixel gifs) information to:
(a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Site;
(b) provide custom, personalized content and information such as the services you subscribe to; and
(c) to assess the popularity and effectiveness of the material posted on the Site.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Confidentiality of Transmissions
Please remember that transmissions on the Internet are not always confidential. You are transmitting this information at your own risk.
Password Protection
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before creating your user account.
Disclosure Choice
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Site, in which case IACCS may not be able to provide certain services to you.
Security
We treat data as an asset that must be protected and use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. Our credit card processing vendors have their own security policies relating to the data they process. Please read those privacy policies carefully. Information you elect to post to our Site, e-mails and other information you send to us, except that which you send us on a secure page, is not encrypted and such, transmissions cannot be considered a secure means of transmitting sensitive information.
You should be aware of the limitations of security, authentication, encryption, and privacy measures used in connection with the Internet and that any information you transmit through the Site may be damaged, corrupted and/or accessed by another person without your permission. Regardless of the precautions taken by you or by us, “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet. Third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the site. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private. We cannot ensure or warrant the ultimate security of any information you transmit.
About Credit Card Security
We use secure servers (SSL). On our site when you see the URL change from “http://” to “https:// ” all data transmission is encrypted so that other others cannot read the data. We will not store your credit card number on our site. Each transaction conducted with IACCS will require you to re-enter your credit card information.
Linked Sites and Third Party Vendors
The Site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that IACCS is not responsible for content or the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware of this when they leave our Site and recommend that they read the privacy statements of each and every Web site they visit. This Policy applies solely to information collected by this Site.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We may occasionally change this Privacy Policy. If we do, we will post the changes on the Site. The changes will take effect as soon as posted.
Acceptance of Privacy Statement
Your use of our Site, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this Policy and the Terms of Service Agreement. In using our site you are accepting the practices set out in this Privacy Policy and the IACCS Terms of Service e Agreement. You also acknowledge the right of IACCS to modify this Policy at any time by posting the changes on this page. Your continued use of any portion of our Site following posting of the updated privacy statement will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
Contact Us
Should you have questions or concerns about the Privacy Policy, please contact us:
International Association of Certified Compliance Specialists
PO BOX 32312, Grand Cayman, KY1-1209, Cayman Islands
T. 345-623-1250
Email: info@iaccs.com