Information Technology Professionals of South Carolina ("ITPSC") is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to ITPSC.org; it does not apply to other online or offline ITPSC sites, products or services. Please read the complete ITPSC.org privacy statement.

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering before ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access area, signing up for an event, or requesting we contact you. Personal information collected by ITPSC.org often is limited to the information needed to provide a service you requested.

For example: If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, such as making a purchase or paying dues, we will request personal information necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card number.

ITPSC.org may also collect certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information may be used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of ITPSC.org.

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

We may merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of ITPSC.org, with your approval, we may combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won't merge your personal information with site-visitation data.

We may occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including mailing and delivering requested information, answering visitor questions about membership or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

ITPSC may disclose your personal information 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 ITPSC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ITPSC and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of ITPSC members, users of ITPSC services, or members of the public.

Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which ITPSC or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. ITPSC will abide by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, ITPSC.org will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Some services offered on ITPSC.org may collect information that is not accessible to you after submission. However, in such cases, you can access your personal information by contacting ITPSC.org as described at the bottom of this statement, or through alternative means of access described by the service.

ITPSC.org is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

ITPSC.org is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

When someone visits the site, a cookie may be placed on the visitor's machine (if the visitor accepts cookies) or is read if the visitor has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

We may also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter links are clicked by visitors. This information is used to ensure we are sending information visitors want to read. It will be collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a ITPSC.org Web page. We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on ITPSC.org; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about ITPSC.org Web site usage. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies but do not allow other companies to place clear gifs on our sites.

If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the ITPSC.org Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.

If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact ITPSC.org by e-mail.

ITPSC.org will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.

ITPSC welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement; please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail using the addresses below.