Privacy Policy

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on the NASSCO websites, NASSCO may collect your personal information, which includes but is not limited to your:

• First and Last Name
• Mailing Address
• Email Address
• Phone Number
• Employer Name
• Employer Address
• Job Title
• Usage data
• Any other information you choose to provide to us

If you register for or purchase products or services through the NASSCO websites, NASSCO may collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personal information or other personally sensitive data through a public message board, job board, or other similar posting forum on any NASSCO website, this information may be collected, processed, and used by others.

You may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the NASSCO websites. These may include: (a) registering for an account on the websites; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by NASSCO or one or more NASSCO partners or affiliates; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending NASSCO an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when registering for, ordering and purchasing products, goods, or services through the websites; (f) completing an online survey; (g) receiving NASSCO print publications. For example, NASSCO may use your information to communicate with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested. NASSCO also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future in connection with its service and/or product offerings or use of the NASSCO websites.

Use of your Personal Information

NASSCO collects and uses your personal information to operate its websites and deliver the services and products you have requested. NASSCO may also use your personal information to inform you of other products or services available from NASSCO and its affiliates. Furthermore, NASSCO may use your personal information for any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or pursuant to your consent.

All data derived by your use of the websites or input into any web forms may be used for the purposes of analysis, including statistical analysis, trend analysis, creation of data models, and creation of statistical rules. The results of such analysis may be used for any lawful internal purpose, including to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities and otherwise in accordance with NASSCO’s Terms of Use, but shall not be sold to any other person or entity or used for any other commercial purpose.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

NASSCO does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

NASSCO may share your information and data with trusted partners to process for the purpose of providing services or products to you that you have requested, including but not limited to perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, engage in billing or paying processing, generate identification cards (including certification identification cards) or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to NASSCO or directly to you, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and comply with all applicable data protection laws and this Privacy Policy. Furthermore, NASSCO may share the results of courses (i.e. pass or fail) and other relevant information with the course purchaser, such as your employer, as well as list display your information and your photo (for identification purposes) on lists of certified professionals on the NASSCO websites.

If applicable to you, NASSCO may also share your information on the NASSCO websites, including but not limited to your name, company, address, certification number, original certification date, certification expiration date, as well as photographs, pictures, and electronic images depicting you or your likeness. You hereby provide NASSCO the non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use photographs, pictures, and electronic images submitted by you to NASSCO, or taken at a NASSCO event, for any purpose designated by NASSCO. You waive any right to inspect or approve the use of any such photographs, pictures, and electronic images.

NASSCO may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 NASSCO; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of NASSCO; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of NASSCO, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by NASSCO. This information may include, but is not limited to, your IP address, browser type, browser version, domain names, access times and lengths, navigation of the websites, referring website addresses, unique device identifiers, location data, and other diagnostic data. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the NASSCO websites. Furthermore, NASSCO and third parties that provide content and or functionality to NASSCO’s websites may use cookies, pixel tags, local shared objects, and/or similar technologies to automatically collect this information.

Links

NASSCO websites contain links to other websites. Please be aware that NASSCO is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites. NASSCO encourages its users to be aware when they leave the NASSCO websites and to read the privacy policy of any other website that collects personal information. NASSCO assumes no liability for the collection, processing, usage, or disclosure of personal information by third party proprietors of such websites.

Security of your Personal Information

NASSCO strives to take reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access to, theft, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while NASSCO strives to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond NASSCO’s control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and NASSCO through the NASSCO websites cannot be guaranteed.

Retention of Personal Information

NASSCO will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which we obtained your personal information as well as any other purposes permitted by law, and otherwise in compliance with NASSCO’s data retention policies. NASSCO will retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with NASSCO’s legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce its legal agreements and policies.

Children Under Thirteen

NASSCO does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. If NASSCO learns that a child under the age of thirteen has provided us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, we will take steps to delete such information in accordance with applicable law.

International Users

NASSCO maintains information in the United States of America (the “United States”) in accordance with the laws of the United States, which may not provide the same level of protection as the laws of your country. By using NASSCO’s websites and providing us with your information, you understand and agree that your information may be transferred and stored outside of your country, and you consent to the transfer or your personal information to the United States for processing in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

Email Communications

From time to time, NASSCO may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, or other general communications.

If you would like to stop receiving announcements, marketing or promotional communications via email from NASSCO, you may opt out of such communications by emailing NASSCO at support@NASSCO.org with a request for unsubscribing from such communications or, if applicable, by selecting an unsubscribe link contained therein.

External Data Storage Sites

NASSCO may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors under contract with NASSCO. NASSCO will ensure such third-party hosting vendors are operating in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

NASSCO reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way your personal information is collected, processed, used, or disclosed by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on the NASSCO websites, or by updating the Privacy Policy displayed on this web page. Your continued use of the NASSCO websites and/or services available through the websites after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgment of, and consent to, the modified Privacy Policy and agreement to abide and be bound by the same.

Exercising your Rights

You have the right to amend or update inaccurate or incomplete personal information, request deletion of your personal information, or request that it no longer be used by submitting a request to NASSCO directly using the contact information provided below.

Miscellaneous

These Terms shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to any choice of law provisions thereof.

Contact Information

NASSCO welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that NASSCO has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact NASSCO at:

NASSCO, Inc.

5285 Westview Drive, Suite 202

Frederick, Maryland 21703

Email Address:

support@nassco.org

Telephone number:

301-624-2400

Effective as of January 1, 2025