PRIVACY POLICY

ISACA Orange County Chapter - Privacy Policy

ISACA Orange County (“ISACA OC” or “the Organization”) ISACA OC believes the privacy and confidentiality of an individual’s personal information is important. Thus, the Officers & Directors of the Organization provide the following privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. ISACA OC may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to address new issues and to reflect changes on our Web Site. Please refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly because your use of the Web Site signifies that you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

a. Collection of Personally Identifiable Information. ISACA OC collects personally identifiable information about you only when you voluntarily provide such information. (Personally identifiable information is any information that can be used to identify or contact a specific individual and any other information about that individual.)

b. Use of Personally Identifiable Information. ISACA OC will not sell or otherwise transfer or disclose personally identifiable information to third parties not affiliated with ISACA OC without your prior consent (except as may be required by law, such as a court-ordered subpoena, search warrant, or other court order; or required by exigent circumstances). That means that ISACA OC will not disclose your name, e-mail address, street address or phone number to third parties not Affiliated with ISACA OC without your consent. We may use your personally identifiable information only to tailor your experience at our Web Site, and to compile and display content and information that we think you might be interested in and to display content according to such preferences.

ISACA OC also may use your profile information on an aggregate basis – without personal identifiers -- to provide our editors with information that is useful in developing new features and content for the Web Site, and to provide Sponsors and others with aggregate information about our users and the usage patterns of the Site.

ISACA OC reserves the right to share your information with ISACA International (ISACA.org – see website for their privacy policy) without your permission.

ISACA OC reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behavior (on an aggregate basis) in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the Web Site and to inform Sponsors of such information.

ISACA OC may permit third parties to offer services through the Web Site. In this event, ISACA OC is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties and users should check the applicable privacy policy of such parties before providing personally identifiable information. Current service providers consist of “PayPal” for credit card payments.

ISACA OC may store some online registration data for the organization’s events. This information will only be used to facilitate registration and marketing activities related to the particular local event. Paypal services may be provided as an option on such events to allow credit card payments. See Paypal’s Privacy Statement. ISACA OC does not have access to the credit card information. ISACA OC passes specific event information to Paypal; this is included in an e-mail receipt that is sent by Paypal to the registrant and to the chapter’s event registrar.

c. Retention of Your Information. It is not possible for you to delete your profile from our database, nor is it feasible to delete all traces of your activity in the system. However, you may access your information and update or modify the information. Messages posted to the boards are examples of your activities that are not feasible to delete. However, you may delete your email address from the ISACA OC database.

d. Voluntary Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information on Bulletin Boards, News Groups and Chat Rooms, and other Interactive Areas (collectively "Interactive Areas"). Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (for example, user name, e-mail address) on an Interactive Area of the Site, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of ISACA OC and ISACA OC makes no warranties about the discoverability of your identity by methods beyond our control.

e. Cookie Technology. ISACA OC does not collect non-personal identification information through the use of “cookie” technology and/or Internet Protocol (“IP”) address tracking. Cookies are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users and facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site. Non-personal identification information might include the browser used by you, the type of computer, the operating systems, the Internet service providers and other similar information. ISACA OC cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers or third parties. Users should consult the policies such sites maintain regarding the use of cookies or similar technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set yours to refuse cookies, or alert you when cookies are being sent.

f. Links to other Sites. Users will find advertising or other content on the Web Site that enable linking to the sites of ISACA OC’s advertisers, sponsors and other third parties. These third party sites may have their own privacy policies or no policy at all. ISACA OC’s Privacy Policy does not apply to such other sites. ISACA OC has no control over the content displayed on such sites, nor over the measures, if any, that are taken by such sites to protect the privacy of your information.

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to ISACA OC’s Customer Support by email to the Chapter Privacy Officer at ISACA OC_Privacy.org

Disclaimers and Other Information

a. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold ISACA OC, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your use of the Site in a manner that violates or is alleged to violate these conditions. By entering the site you hereby expressly agree that ISACA OC, and its officers, directors, agents and employees, shall not be liable to you for any damages, claims, demands or causes of action, direct or indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive, as a result of your use of the site or any information you obtain on it or any other interaction with ISACA OC. In doing so, you agree that you are waiving voluntarily and unequivocally any liability of ISACA OC.

b. INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ISACA OC IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND NEITHER ISACA OC NOR ANY OF ITS AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENTS OF THE SITE OR INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THEM OR OUR AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, CORRECTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, APPLICATION OR PURPOSE.

c. BY ENTERING THE SITE YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT ISACA OC, AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CAUSES OF ACTION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE, AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY INFORMATION YOU OBTAIN ON IT OR ANY OTHER INTERACTION WITH ISACA OC. IN DOING SO, YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE WAIVING VOLUNTARILY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY ANY LIABILITY OF ISACA OC.

d. ISACA OC does not make any representation or warranty concerning errors, omissions, delays or other defects in the information supplied to users, or that its files are free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other codes that include or manifest contaminating or destructive characteristics.

e. With respect to communications to ISACA OC, ISACA OC does not guarantee that it will respond to all inquiries.

f. If any clause or provision set forth above is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, then, in that event the clause or provision so determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable shall be severable without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or provisions.

g. The application of these provisions, disclosures and disclaimers and all other matters arising from your use of this Web Site or of any information you obtain from ISACA OC shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of California. Any claims, disputes or other controversies relating to or arising from these provisions, disclosures and disclaimers or from your use of this Site or any information you receive from ISACA OC shall be brought exclusively in the United States District Court, California, and you hereby expressly consent to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts.

YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS, DISCLOSURES AND DISCLAIMERS SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE, AND THAT YOUR AGREEMENT TO FOLLOW AND BE BOUND BY THEM IS NOT THE RESULT OF FRAUD, DURESS OR UNDUE INFLUENCE EXERCISED UPON YOU BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.

ISACA OC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, PROMISES, WARRANTIES OR UNDERTAKINGS CONTRARY TO THOSE SET FORTH ABOVE.

If any clause or provision set forth above is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, then, in that event the clause or provision so determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable shall be severable without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or provisions.

Questions regarding this TERMS & CONDITIONS of USE statement should be directed to ISACA OC by email to the chapter’s Chief Privacy Officer at ISACA OC_Privacy.org.



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