Privacy Policy

What Information we Gather  

You decide how much of your Information you disclose to us. 

For visitors, we gather Information needed to process your transactions and fulfill your requests, including contact information that you provide and demographic information that you volunteer via applications or surveys. 

For Members, we gather Information necessary to maintain our membership records, communicate with you and provide you with benefits.  This may include your name, e-mail address, phone number, address, and email address, your Member number, your password, your affiliations, your certifications and demographic information that you volunteer via applications or surveys.  

You are responsible for the accuracy of the Information that you provide and for maintaining the secrecy of your password and your account Information.  You may correct and update your Information at any time, as provided on each Web Service.  We periodically audit the Information and will remove information that is incomplete or which you, a Chapter or a Region has informed us is inaccurate. 

If you intend to pay for something via a payment portion of a Web Service, we will gather your payment information only for long enough to process your transaction.  If you do not want to provide your payment information online, you may mail or fax your order to us.  We will not retain or store your payment information after the transaction is processed, and we will not sell, share or provide that information to third parties.   

When you visit a Web Service, our server will assign your browser a unique identification number stored in a file on your computer (“Cookie”) unless you have disabled Cookies on your computer.  Cookies identify your browser, but not you personally, to our computers whenever you interact on our Web Services.  Cookies may also be used by third party content providers such as newsfeeds. 

We gather and archive, for each Web Service, basic logging statistics showing the daily number of visitors to a Web Service and its subdirectories, daily requests for particular files, originating server locations and server or browser domain names. We use these aggregated statistics internally to provide better service to the public, but we may also provide these statistics to others. 


What Information we do not Gather 

Non-public personal information such as your Social Security number or any other information that could be used to determine credit- or employment-worthiness.   
Non-public personal information that you may post on our social media site. You control the content and the degree that this information is public using the tools on that site.  If you post non-public personal information online that is accessible to the public, you do so at your own risk.  

Where we Gather Information  

We gather Information from you in plainly marked Web Service areas.  For example, we request Information from you when you:  
•    Activate your online member account or register as a customer or guest.
•    Place an order. 
•    Send, phone or fax to us a written application for membership. 
•    Provide feedback in an online survey. 
•    Participate in a promotional offer. 
•    Request e-mail notification of your order status. 
•    Change your Information.
•    Participate in other interactive services.

How we use Information  

We use this Information to: 

• Help us to know our Members and visitors. 
• Enable us to enhance your Web Service visit and to improve and customize the content and layout of our Web Services and other communications tools. 
• Track usage of the Web Services. 

We share this Information with:

• Our Chapters and Regions to assist with Member tracking. 
• Service providers that provide services on our behalf, such as credit card processors or printers and distributors of our publications. 
• Our sponsors and suppliers in the form of non-personalized, demographic information about our Members. 
• Our sponsors and suppliers subject to an agreement that restricts use of the Information to specific uses and subject to Member preferences, this Policy and applicable privacy laws.  

If we are required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide Information, we will do so to the extent that we determine disclosure is appropriate.  We may also provide Information as necessary to protect the personal safety of our Members or the public.  If we merge or are acquired, we would transfer the Information to the acquiring entity subject to the terms of this policy. 

How we store and send Information
We maintain security procedures and standards for storing and sending Information that we believe are as safe as today’s technology permits. We test these procedures and modify them regularly as new technologies become feasible. 

Opting Out  
If you do not want to receive certain Messages or Mailings, you can opt out in several ways: 

• Adjust your preferences on your profile page. 
• Click on the opt-out link if one is provided in a Message or Mailing. 
• Email us at info@lacsi.org requesting that you name be removed from future Messages or Mailings. 

Other Websites 

The Web Services may contain hyperlinks to other websites, content or resources (collectively, “Other Sites”).  Other Sites may gather information about you when you view them.  We cannot control and are not responsible for their collection of information and suggest that you review Other Sites’ privacy policies before providing them with your personal information.  

Members Area

When you first use some of our Web Services, you will be asked to select a password. You may change your password at any time by following the directions on the applicable Web Service.  

You acknowledge that if we disable access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing a password-protected area, your Information or other content in your account.