National Organization of Rheumatology Managers 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 National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. National Organization of Rheumatology Managers also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by National Organization of Rheumatology Managers. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by National Organization of Rheumatology Managers for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through National Organization of Rheumatology Managers public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: National Organization of Rheumatology Managers does not read any of your private online communications.
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from National Organization of Rheumatology Managers so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. National Organization of Rheumatology Managers is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers and National Organization of Rheumatology Managers family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers collects and uses your personal information to operate the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Web site and deliver the services you have requested. National Organization of Rheumatology Managers also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from National Organization of Rheumatology Managers and its affiliates. National Organization of Rheumatology Managers may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. National Organization of Rheumatology Managers 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, National Organization of Rheumatology Managers 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 National Organization of Rheumatology Managers, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within National Organization of Rheumatology Managers, in order to determine what National Organization of Rheumatology Managers services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within National Organization of Rheumatology Managers to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Web sites 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 National Organization of Rheumatology Managers or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of National Organization of Rheumatology Managers; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of National Organization of Rheumatology Managers, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Web site 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 National Organization of Rheumatology Managers pages, or register with National Organization of Rheumatology Managers site or services, a cookie helps National Organization of Rheumatology Managers 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 National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers features that you customized.
You have the ability 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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. National Organization of Rheumatology Managers 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 Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. NORM will not share payment information.
Changes to this Statement
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. National Organization of Rheumatology Managers encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how National Organization of Rheumatology Managers is protecting your information.
Contact Information
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that National Organization of Rheumatology Managers has not adhered to this Statement, please contact National Organization of Rheumatology Managers at info@normgroup.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
GDPR
Introduction: The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for people in the European Union. The GDPR is an effort primarily to give control back to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU. The GPDR take effect on May 25, 2018. While National Organization of Rheumatology Managers does not actively market to, solicit information from or sell/ship to individuals in the EU, below are details on changes we’ve made to comply with GDPR.
The GPDR provides individuals with the “right to be forgotten”. Organizations must comply with an individuals request for access to their personal information to update, retrieve or delete this information. Any such request can be directed to service@drsmgmt.com and we will assist you in complying with these requests.
Our data collection vendors offer the functionality to allows customers flexibility on when contacts are added to National Organization of Rheumatology Managers database and to provide an opportunity for acceptable GPDR opt-ins.
GDPR limits the time an organization may retain data to “no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed”. If there is a reason to discuss your data storage needs, please email us at service@drsmgmt.com.
National Organization of Rheumatology Managers and its divisions maintain strict controls on data access. Permissions are strictly controlled by the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Board of Directors. Customer data is anonymized whenever possible.
Vendor Obligations and Subcontractors: To support and enable delivery of our services to customers, we hire vendors to help us process our customers’ data. Some of these vendors provide our data storage and infrastructure and are an integral part of the services we provide while others provide important account management assistance. We will provide a list of our subcontractors to customers upon request.