HR Leadership Group of Northeast Ohio Privacy Policy

 

HR Leadership Group of Northeast Ohio (“We” or “Us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. 

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.hrleadershipgroup.org (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

  • On our Website;

  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and our Website; and

  • When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to our Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Us or any third party; or

  • Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. 

By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

 

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

When you visit the website, we may collect the following data:

  • Your IP address.

  • Your contact information and email address.

  • Payment history for membership, programs, and events.

  • Other information such as interests and preferences.

  • Data profile regarding your online behavior on our website

  • Data profile regarding programs and events for which you register and/or attend.

 

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our service, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with our Website;

  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us; and

  • Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of services provided by us through the Website. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Website.

 

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  •  Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website; and

  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically does not include personal information. This helps us improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns;

  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests;

  • Speed up your searches; and

  • Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system may issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. We also use what are referred to as session cookies, which make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser.

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources, or you provide to us.

 

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us:

  • To better understand your needs.

  • To improve our services and products.

  • To send you informational newsletters, programming emails, and other communications relevant to our Association.

  • To contact you to fill out membership and programming surveys.

  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and/or

  • For any other purpose with your consent.

 

Disclosure of Your Information

The HR Leadership Group of Northeast Ohio will not lease, sell or distribute your personal information to any third parties, unless we have your permission.

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. 

We may also disclose information we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates;

  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;

  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding;

  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;

  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; and/or

  • With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;

  • To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes; and/or

  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect Our members’ rights, property, or safety. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

 

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information: 

  • Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

  • Promotional Offers from the Us. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by Us to promote our own products or services, you can opt-out by logging into the Website and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an email stating your request to [email protected]. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to Us as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.

 

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. 

Unfortunately, virtually no transmission of information via the internet is completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

 

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: [email protected].