The International Accounts Payable Professionals values the privacy of its members, chapters, and visitors to its Web sites and is strongly committed to each visitor's right to privacy. This privacy policy has been developed as a codification of the IAPP’s commitment in this area. 

The privacy policy explains the IAPP’s information gathering and handling practices. If you have any questions regarding the IAPP’s privacy policy or do not feel that your concerns have been otherwise addressed, please send an e-mail to web@iappnet.org. 

Consent
By using the IAPP’s Web sites, you signify your acceptance of our privacy policy. If you, as a visitor, choose to log on as a member, register for courses or events, purchase products, apply for membership or certification, or otherwise submit personally identifiable information, you are consenting to the IAPP’s use of such data in accordance with its privacy policy. 

Scope
It is the intent of the IAPP to be in compliance with internationally recognized principles regarding privacy of data. 

This policy guides how the IAPP stores and uses personal information that is collected by the IAPP or provided to the IAPP, whether through our Web sites or by other methods such as an application, enrollment, registration or order form, or other means. This policy covers all of the IAPP’s Web sites. However, this policy does not cover chapter Web sites whether or not linked to the IAPP’s sites. 

Membership Identity Number and Password
All individual IAPP members (not corporations) are entered into the global membership database and are assigned a unique membership number and password. Membership number and password are delivered to members together with basic information about membership benefits and services directly from IAPP. 

Collection and Use of Information
Even if you do nothing during your visit other than navigate an IAPP Web site, read pages, or download information, we will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. In order to ensure our Web sites are as useful and effective an information source as they can be, we analyze information that identifies visitors by categories such as the location of visitors (by domain, not by personal e-mail address) and browser types. We also measure, in the aggregate, indicators such as number of visits, average time spent on the sites, and pages viewed. The IAPP uses these statistics to improve site content and usability; this information does not identify visitors personally. 

However, when a visitor enters membership information for the purpose of logging in to restricted pages, a "temporary cookie" is deployed. This cookie - a small text file stored temporarily on the visitor's browser - enables the Web site to "remember" this authentication information during movement from one page to another. This makes it unnecessary to log in again on each page. The cookie will expire when the visitor leaves and no personal data is retained. In addition, to help prevent unauthorized users from using your identifying information, the cookie will expire if your session is idle for approximately 20 minutes. If you have set your Internet browser to reject cookies, access may be denied to secured areas of the IAPP’s Web sites. 

With the exception of specific secured pages, visitors are not required to be IAPP members in order to gain access to the IAPP’s Web sites, although nonmembers may be required to register to receive all benefits available to users of the sites. 

The IAPP may use personally identifiable information you have voluntarily provided on our Web sites or by other means to notify you via e-mail or printed material of IAPP events or other relevant products and services offered by the IAPP. The IAPP may produce a directory of members for networking purposes. If you do not want to receive notice of such events or be included in directories, you may choose to opt out by the means detailed in the "Opting Out" section of this policy. 

Financial Information 
The collection of any financial details (credit or debit card numbers) through our web site for payment of products and services is encrypted and passed to PayPal for transactional processing. We do not store any of these financial details in our company database or records.

Collection of Personal Data from Third-party Sources
In order to reduce errors in our database, authenticate our users and prevent abuse of our system, we may on occasion supplement the personal information you submit to us with information from third-party sources. For example, we may supplement your registration information with address information provided by the U.S. Postal Service to qualify your information and prevent errors in our database. 

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
If you voluntarily provide the IAPP with personally identifiable information, the IAPP may release that information on a selective basis to outside organizations whose products and services are of perceived benefit. These organizations include, but are not limited to: 

Various companies that authenticate credit cards on behalf of the IAPP if you provide a credit card for the purchase of products or services. 

If you register as a certification candidate, to Thomson-Prometric, the exam provider. 

IAPP chapters, which may solicit you for local participation or membership. In the case of IAPP members, the IAPP chapter may publish your name in a directory or use your data to mail or e-mail local materials, unless you contact the chapter and opt out of such disclosure. 

The IAPP may provide mailing information to other organizations whose products and services are of perceived benefit. If you do not want the IAPP to provide your personally identifiable information to third parties other than IAPP chapters or as noted above, please see "Opting Out" section of this policy. 

There are other instances in which the IAPP may divulge your personal information. The IAPP may provide your personal information if necessary, in the IAPP’s good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena, warrant or order or to protect the rights of the IAPP or others. 

Right of Access
The IAPP is dedicated to providing reasonable access to members and others who want to review their personal information maintained by the IAPP and correct any inaccuracies therein. Members may view and update their data by accessing their member profile, available upon logging in to www.iappnet.org. Nonmembers may verify and/or change their data by e-mailing webf@iappnet.org or writing to IAPP, P.O. Box 590373, Orlando, FL 32859-0373, USA. The IAPP, however, is not responsible for verifying the continued accuracy of either member or nonmember information. 

Security
Although the IAPP does not monitor the Web site, the IAPP has reasonable policies in place to protect from misuse the personally identifiable information provided by its users. 

Links
The IAPP’s Web sites contain "links" to other sites, including sites operated by IAPP chapters. The IAPP does not control, and is not responsible for, the accuracy, timeliness, security, or even the continued availability or existence of this outside information. Opinions expressed on other sites linked from the IAPP’s Web sites are not necessarily those of the IAPP, nor does the IAPP endorse, warrant, or guarantee products or services described or offered on those other sites. Neither is the IAPP responsible for the contents of any Web sites that choose to link to the IAPP’s Web sites with or without the IAPP’s consent. 

Other organizations linked to the IAPP’s Web sites may collect information about you when you view or click on these sites. The IAPP cannot control this collection of information. You should contact these organizations directly if you have any questions about their use of the information they collect. 

Changes to Privacy Policy
The IAPP reserves the right to modify or amend this privacy policy at any time and for any reason. Nothing contained herein is intended to create a contract or agreement between the IAPP and any other party. The users of the IAPP’s Web sites should reference this policy periodically to ensure that they have knowledge of the current provisions of the IAPP’s privacy policy.
 
Opting In and Opting out of the Release of Personal Information
Members are entered into the membership database and given the choice to opt-out of receiving communications from IAPP or their chapter. To opt out, please send an e-mail to web@iappnet.org. 

If you choose to provide the IAPP with personally identifiable information by purchasing a product, registering for an event, or requesting other services, the IAPP may use that information to provide you with the purchased products or services, for billing purposes, to send immediately relevant information to you, and for other purposes related to the reason you provided the information even if you opt out of the use of your information by the means detailed in this privacy policy. 

Privacy-Related Inquiries and Complaints
The IAPP takes its users' privacy concerns seriously. If you believe the IAPP has not complied with this online privacy policy with respect to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may e-mail the IAPP at web@iappnet.org. 

In your e-mail, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the IAPP online privacy policy has not been complied with. Please note if you provide the IAPP with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), the IAPP cannot guarantee your most recent privacy preference will be honored. 

Also, please note the IAPP is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-IAPP Web sites to which this site or any other IAPP Web site may link. You should review the privacy policy of such sites before using the sites.