This statement outlines the policies and practices of the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (“ASOA”) regarding the collection and use of your personal information from your visit to our Web site (www.asoa-edu.org), and your use of our other Internet services. Our other Internet services include the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Web site www.asoa.org, and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery www.ascrs.org.
ASOA has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our commitment to maintaining the privacy of visitors to our Web site and users of our Internet services.
ASOA collects general information about the usage of this Web site as well as any personal information that you provide. The personal information we collect depends on how you use our Web site and services. We will not distribute this information in a manner inconsistent with this policy unless required by law.
To monitor site usage and improve the quality of our Web site, we gather general information about the use of our site. We use Web server logs and industry standard Web site statistics software to count the number of users who visit our Web site, as well as to track other general statistics about our Web site. We may also collect and retain data regarding your domain name, language, type of browser and operating system, Internet service provider, Internet protocol (IP) address, the Web site from which you arrived at the ASOA-EDU Web site. At times ASOA may share with third parties the aggregate information about overall usage of our Web site and other Internet services that we collect, in order to provide general information about our Internet services, sell advertising, or establish sponsorships or other business relationships.
When you order products or sign up for services, we will collect personal information necessary to process the transaction. This may include your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, and credit card number or other payment information. The personal information you provide is encrypted and sent to us using a secure method, in order to assure that your personal information is securely and safely transmitted. However, no one can give an absolute assurance that information intended to be maintained as private, whether transmitted via the Internet or otherwise, cannot be accessed inappropriately or unlawfully by third parties. We have taken and will continue to take reasonable steps to ensure the secure and safe transmission of your personal information.
Payment information, such as your credit card details, is collected only to process a transaction and is stored in an encrypted format and reasonable measures are taken to ensure your payment information is not vulnerable to theft or interception. We will not store or distribute your payment information in a manner that is not necessary for processing a transaction. We may employ third parties to assist us in fulfilling orders and other requests involving payment, and these third parties will have access to certain personal information in order to perform their services for us. We limit the use of all such personal information by these third parties for the performance of such services. We take reasonable steps to obligate these third parties to handle information appropriately and confidentially.
ASOA may make information concerning you, the Web site, online services and the uses thereof, available to law enforcement personnel and agencies as required by law or in order to enforce ASOA’s Terms of Use, and may disclose such information if required by law or a judicial or governmental order or subpoena. Where permitted by law, ASOA may also disclose such information to law enforcement personnel and agencies, or use such information as part of legal process, in order to protect its property or in furtherance of an investigation regarding unauthorized access or any illegal activities.
When contacting ASOA at any of the email addresses, we may ask for certain personal information such as your name, email address, telephone number, or fax number. When collected for this purpose, the information is used solely to verify identity and to provide the assistance you are requesting. ASOA will not distribute or sell your email address to any third party. ASOA may provide your email address to a third party if management determines that your email is of benefit to its members and/or their patients.
We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to ASOA distant learning, such as announcements, and administrative messages, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
The ASOA-EDU Web site uses cookies. Cookies are small data files that are sent by a Web site and stored on your computer. Cookies are used by most Web sites. Cookies can contain information about your use of our site, but they are not used to identify or track you personally. Cookies you receive from the ASOA-EDU Web site do not contain any personally identifiable information.
If you do not want to accept cookies from our Web site or any others, most Web browsers have a setting to turn off the automatic acceptance of cookies. Use the Internet Options (in Microsoft Internet Explorer) or menu items to turn cookies off or receive warnings when cookies are sent to your computer. However, you should be aware that significant portions of our Web site will not function properly if you do not accept cookies.
In the unlikely event that ASOA or substantially all of the assets of ASOA are acquired by a third party either in a bankruptcy court proceeding or otherwise; it is possible that your personal information would be one of the assets transferred. In such an event, ASOA would take reasonable steps to require the third party to maintain its privacy policies and practices.
