The American Society of Plumbing Engineers - When used in this Website Privacy Policy, "we", "our", and "ASPE" shall mean the Boston Chapter of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers.

Customer Privacy - ASPE respects customer's rights regarding the disclosure of their information.  Our commitment to our customer's privacy is set forth in our website privacy policy literature contained herein.

Online Privacy - ASPE understands the specific concerns of Internet users about what information is being collected, and how it is being collected and used on Internet websites.  Accordingly, we have extended our privacy commitment to users of our website, http://www.aspe.org/Boston/ (hereinafter, the "website").  This commitment sets forth how ASPE handles your personal information and what steps we take to protect your privacy when information is collected by the ASPE on its website.

Information Gathered - We may gather information about visitors to its website to improve the caliber of online information and services offered.  The forms of data that we may collect on our website may include information collected on an aggregate basis on public areas of our website.  This information may include (i) how many people visit our website; (ii) the pages they visit and the features they use; (iii) how long they stay on our website; and (iv) the domain name of the Internet website from which visitors are connecting.  This information is generally gathered through the use of cookies and pixel tags.

A "cookie" is a small piece of information that an Internet site sends to a visitor's computer.  In some cases, it is stored on the visitor's hard drive.  Cookies can save the visitor's name, access codes, screen preferences, the pages of the site viewed by the visitor, and the advertisements viewed or clicked by the visitor.  Visitors may decline receipt of the Internet cookie by using the appropriate feature of their web software, if available.  Declining the Internet cookie may, however, interfere with a visitor's ability to view certain content in our website.

Use of Information Collected - Information collected by ASPE on its website may be used by us for a variety of purposes, including:

• Editorial and feedback purposes.
• Marketing and promotional purposes.
• Statistical analysis of user's behavior.
• Product development.
• Content improvement.
• Customize content and layout of the ASPE website.

Sharing information with third parties outside the ASPE: We will not share your nonpublic personal information with any company or third party outside ASPE except as required or permitted by law.  This means, for example, that we can disclose your nonpublic personal information:

• To third parties that help us provide services to you, such as data processors that work for APSE, mail companies, or software vendors.
• To third parties that assist us in marketing our services.
• To consumer reporting agencies.
• To third parties that process or service a transaction that you requested or authorized.
• To respond to a subpoena, court order or judicial process.
• To pursue a sale, merger, or transfer of all or a portion of a business or operating unit.
• To our regulators and auditors.
• To protect against or prevent fraud, manage risk, or resolve customer disputes.
• To a third party to whom you specifically authorize us to share the information.

Whenever other companies or third parties provide services for us or on our behalf, we require them to maintain the confidentiality of the information that we provide them.  ASPE does not control, and is not responsible for the content, products, services, information or recommendations provided by the third party-linked websites.  ASPE is not liable for any failure of products or services on the linked sites, and the third party websites may provide less security and have a different privacy policy than our website.

Because certain disclosures of nonpublic personal information are specifically required or permitted by law, we can make these disclosures even if you prefer we do not do so.

Security Procedures to Protect Confidential Information - A fundamental element of safeguarding your confidential information is to provide protection against unauthorized access or use of this information.  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with guidelines to guard your nonpublic personal information against unauthorized access or use.  ASPE is subject to and shall maintain a corporate code of ethics that requires maintaining the confidentiality of our customer's information.

We will continue to enhance and maintain prudent security standards and procedures to protect against unauthorized access or use of your nonpublic personal information and records.  These security procedures also protect former customers who have applied for an account or service at ASPE for as long as the information is retained.

Although we have taken these reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information is secure, we cannot guarantee that the nonpublic personal information you provide will not be intercepted by others and decrypted.  We are not liable for a breach of security that occurs for reasons outside of our control.

Hyperlinks/Industry Links - This website contains hyperlinks or "Industry Links" to and from other Internet sites.  These sites may have different privacy practices from the ones described here at http://www.aspe.org/Boston/.  Since this Internet Privacy Policy applies solely to our website, please read the privacy statements of the other Internet sites that you visit.

Right to Change Internet Privacy Policy - ASPE reserves the right to change this Internet Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice.  Changes shall be effective immediately upon posting them to our website.  We recommend that visitors to our website re-visit our Internet Privacy Policy on occasion to learn of any changes.