Privacy Statement
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board 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 ANAB Web site and governs data collection
and usage. By using the ANAB Web site, you consent to the data
practices described in this statement.
Collection of Your Personal Information
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board collects personally
identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home
or work address or telephone number. The ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board 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 the ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site
addresses. This information is used by the ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board for the operation of the service, to maintain
quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding
use of the ANAB Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally
identifiable information or personally sensitive data through ANAB
public message boards, this information may be collected and used
by others. Note: The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board does not
read any of your private online communications.
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board encourages you to
review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to
from ANAB so that you can understand how those Web sites collect,
use and share your information. The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation
Board is not responsible for the privacy statements or other
content on Web sites outside of the ANAB and ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board family of Web sites.
Use of Your Personal Information
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board collects and uses your
personal information to operate the ANAB Web site and deliver the
services you have requested. The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation
Board also uses your personally identifiable information to inform
you of other products or services available from the ANSI-ASQ
National Accreditation Board and its affiliates. The ANSI-ASQ
National Accreditation Board may also contact you via surveys to
conduct research about your opinion of current services or of
potential new services that may be offered.
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board does not sell, rent or
lease its customer lists to third parties. The ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board 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, the ANSI-ASQ
National Accreditation Board 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 the ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board, and they are required to maintain the
confidentiality of your information.
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board does not use or
disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or
political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board keeps track of the Web
sites and pages our customers visit within the ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board in order to determine what ANSI-ASQ National
Accreditation Board services are the most popular. This data is
used to deliver customized content and advertising within the
ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board to customers whose behavior
indicates that they are interested in a particular subject
area.
ANAB 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 the ANSI-ASQ
National Accreditation Board or the site; (b) protect and defend
the rights or property of the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation
Board; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation
Board, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The ANAB 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 ANAB pages, or register with ANAB site
or services, a cookie helps the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation
Board 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 ANAB Web site, the information you previously
provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the ANAB 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 ANAB services or Web sites you
visit.
Security of Your Personal Information
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board secures your personal
information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The
ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board 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
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board will occasionally
update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer
feedback. The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board encourages you
to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how the
ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board is protecting your
information.