ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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 ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter site and governs data collection and usage. By using the ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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 ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter does not read any of your private online communications.

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter and ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter collects and uses your personal information to operate the ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter Web site and deliver the services you have requested. ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter and its affiliates. ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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, ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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 ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter, in order to determine what ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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 ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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 ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter pages, or register with ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter site or services, a cookie helps ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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 ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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 ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter 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.

Changes to this Statement

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter is protecting your information.

Contact Information

ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter has not adhered to this Statement, please contact ASCM - Lehigh Valley Chapter at dona.persiani@yahoo.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.