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NAUS Privacy Statement
General
The National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS) is committed
to protecting the privacy of our members, donors, customers and
other web site visitors or users. We want you to understand what
information
we collect and how we use it. NAUS is the sole owner of the information
collected on this web site, and does not sell, share or rent
this information to others except as disclosed in this privacy statement.
Information Collection and Use
NAUS does collect and use certain non-public personal information
from members and other web site visitors in order to fulfill
requests for information and assistance; to process online
NAUS membership applications
and dues payments; to fulfill orders for NAUS publications or
merchandise; and to update membership profile information.
NAUS reserves the right to share information with trusted third-party
vendors under contract with NAUS to provide products or services
for NAUS and its membership. These parties are not allowed to
use personally identifiable information except for the purpose
of marketing
and providing
these products or services.
NAUS also shares aggregate information
with our vendors and advertisers. This aggregate information
does not contain personally identifiable
information and therefore cannot identify any specific individual.
During your web site visit, NAUS will automatically gather and store
certain information about your visit but not about you
personally. NAUS automatically collects and stores the following
visit information:
- The Internet domain from which access to
the NAUS web site is gained;
- The type of browser and operating
system used to access the NAUS site;
- The date and time of access;
- The pages visited and for how long; and
- The address of the web site
from which the initial visit to the NAUS web site was launched,
if any.
This information is used
for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use
of the NAUS web site. The data are not connected
to your personal information or identity.
NAUS may also use "cookie" technology
to recognize you and to hold certain information from your visit
to enhance your future
visits. Cookies are pieces of data that a web site transfers
to an individual's
computer for record-keeping purposes. The use of cookies is a
widely accepted practice - almost all major web sites use them
to improve users'
online experiences.
Email Addresses
The email addresses of NAUS members and other NAUS web site
users are not sold or rented to anyone. Members' email addresses
may
be provided to third-party companies only if under contract
to NAUS to conduct email
newsletter distribution or other electronic member communications
specifically authorized by NAUS.
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Requests to Receive Information from NAUS
Persons who provide contact information in order to receive NAUS legislative
alerts (via the CapWiz section of the NAUS web site), or any other NAUS electronic
or printed communications (e.g., Weekly Legislative Update, Uniformed Services
Journal, etc.), may be solicited for NAUS membership.
User Names and Passwords
NAUS members who access the web site must login to change their member profile
information or to obtain access to certain sections of the site that may
be restricted to members only. In order to login, users will need to provide
a User Name and Password. Members are assigned a User Name and initial Password
by NAUS and are encouraged to change their Password to something of their
own choosing. Passwords are the private property of the individual member.
If you forget your Password or User Name, you can send request NAUS membership
staff to reset it to the originally assigned one, and you can establish a
new login for continued web site access. Links to Other Sites
The NAUS web site includes links to other sites that may be of use or general
interest to NAUS members. NAUS is not responsible for the privacy practices
of these other sites. These sites may send their own cookies to users, collect
other data or solicit personal information from users. NAUS encourages its
members and other web site users to become familiar with the privacy practices
of other sites, including linked sites.
Security
NAUS maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your
non-public personal information and all our web site users' information.
Only NAUS employees who need personal information to perform a specific job
are granted access to personally identifiable information. The servers used
to store information are maintained in a secure environment. When credit
card information is transmitted, NAUS uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to
be 100% secure.
While NAUS strives to protect your personal information, NAUS cannot
guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or
from our online products or services. Unauthorized attempts to upload
information or change information on this web site are strictly
prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse
Act of 1986 and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 and 1030 and related statutes.
Information also may be used for authorized law enforcement investigations.
Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to
identify individual users or their usage habits.
Consent
By using the NAUS web site, you consent to the collection and use of the information
described in this Privacy Statement by NAUS. Any revisions to this Privacy
Statement will be posted here.
Updated January 2006 |
