Privacy Policy

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.cipchicago.org/

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Forms and Quotes

The most common types of information we collect are things like: names, member names, email addresses, other contact details, phone numbers, transactional details, support queries, or other details to help you with your experience, tracking your application, and web analytics data

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

How we collect personal information

What you provide

We may collect personal information directly when you provide it to us, automatically as you navigate through the Sites or through other people when you use services associated with the Sites.

You are likely to provide personal information when you complete membership registration and donate items or services on our Sites, subscribe to a newsletter, email list, submit feedback, fill out a survey, or send us a communication.

If you choose not to provide personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our services and you may not be able to carry out transactions or access the full range of features available through our website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We may disclose personal information to people like:

  • our professional advisers (lawyers, accountants, financial advisers, etc.).
  • regulators and government authorities in connection with our compliance procedures and obligations.
  • a purchaser or prospective purchaser of all or part of our assets or our business, and their professional advisers, in connection with the purchase.
  • other people where we are authorized or required by law to do so

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

How do we store your data

We store personal information on secure servers that are managed by us and our service providers, and occasionally hard copy files that are kept in a secure location.

All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

Your personal information is accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en

How we protect your data

We store personal information on secure servers that are managed by us and our service providers, and occasionally hard copy files that are kept in a secure location. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

Your personal information is accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

Links To Other Web Sites

Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by CIP CHICAGO.

CIP CHICAGO has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that CIP CHICAGO shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services. We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that you visit.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.

Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page, or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.

Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’, and can be easily be found on the page specified above.

Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:

  • On our Privacy Policy Page

Users are able to change their personal information:

  • By emailing us
  • By logging in to their account
  • By chatting with us or sending us a ticket
  • How does our site handle do not track signals? We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under 13.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

  • We will notify the users via email
  • Within 7 business days

We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:?

  • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
  • We may also send you additional information related to your product and/or service.
  • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:

  • NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
  • Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
  • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email

What is your right?

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Whether you are in the European Union or not, the European General Data Protection Regulation  applies to you. It gives you certain rights regarding your personal information, including the rights to:
  • Request access to your personal data;
  • Request correction or deletion of your personal data;
  • Object to our use and processing of your personal data;
  • Request that we limit our use and processing of your personal data;
  • Request portability of your personal data.

 

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide
California residents with some additional information about the
categories of personal information we collect and share, where we get
that personal information, and how and why we use it.

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the CCPA, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the right to:

  • The right to notice: You have the right to be
    notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the
    purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
  • The right to request: Under CCPA, You have the
    right to request that we disclose information to you about our
    collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of
    personal information. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will
    disclose to you:

     

    • The categories of personal information we collected about you
    • The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you
    • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information
    • The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information
    • The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you
    • If we sold your personal information or disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, we will disclose to you:
      • The categories of personal information categories sold
      • The categories of personal information categories disclosed
  • The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out): You have the right to direct us to not sell your personal information. To submit an opt-out request please contact us.
  • The right to delete Personal Data: You have the right to request the deletion of your Personal Data, subject to certain
    exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny your deletion
    request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to:

     

    • Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal
      information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions
      reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business
      relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
    • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive,
      fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such
      activities.
    • Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
    • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to
      exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided
      for by law.
    • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
    • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or
      statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other
      applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may
      likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement,
      if You previously provided informed consent.
    • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
    • Comply with a legal obligation.
    • Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.
  • The right not to be discriminated against: you have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your consumer’s rights, including by:
    • Denying goods or services to you
    • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
    • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to you
    • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

 Privacy Update

Any changes to our privacy policy will
be posted here so that visitors will always know what information we
gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose
it to anyone.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence

Contact Us at gp@cipchicago.org

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information above.

Last Update: November 01, 2021