Woods Creek Consulting - Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy

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This page states the "Privacy Statement" of the Woods Creek Consulting web site. Please read this page carefully. Woods Creek Consulting may revise this Privacy Statement at any time as set forth below. Users should visit this page periodically to review this Privacy Statement. The term "User" as used herein refers to all members and visitors accessing this web site for any reason. This Privacy Policy was last updated on September 2007.

Woods Creek Consulting respects the privacy of its members and other visitors to its Web site Woods Creek Consulting strongly believes that if electronic commerce and online activities are to flourish, Users must be assured that information provided online is used responsibly and appropriately. To protect online privacy, Woods Creek Consulting has implemented the following policy.

By visiting our Web site, you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement, please do not use the Web site Your continued use of our Web site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

What Information Does Woods Creek Consulting Collect? Most data Woods Creek Consulting collects is used only to help Woods Creek Consulting better serve its members. It is our general policy to collect and store only personal information that our members and visitors knowingly provide. If our privacy policies change, we will notify all Users by e-mail or a special announcement placed on the Web site

From General Users. Woods Creek Consulting does not collect any personal information from Users browsing its Web site Users to the public areas of Woods Creek Consulting Web site browse anonymously. Only aggregate data -- such as the number of hits per page--are collected. Aggregate data are only used for internal and marketing purposes and do not provide any personally identifying information.

From Consortia Members, Conference Registrants, and Other Customers. To gain access to members-only resources and personalization features on the Woods Creek Web site, members and other Users are asked to register and provide some limited information. This data is submitted voluntarily. Woods Creek Consulting asks Users to provide their name, member number (for members), organization name, business phone, and e-mail. Similar information may be submitted to Woods Creek Consulting through membership applications, conference or seminar registration, publication orders, subscriptions, and contest registrations

How Does Woods Creek Consulting Use Data Collected? Woods Creek Consulting uses information voluntarily submitted by members and other customers in the following ways:

Woods Creek Consulting Member Services and Products. Generally, Woods Creek Consulting and its direct subsidiaries use data collected to improve its own Web content; to respond to visitors' interests, needs and preferences; and to develop new products and services.

Disclosures to Third Parties. Woods Creek Consulting may also makes member contact information available through the Consortia Directory to other Consortia members and company information to those who register for its meetings and conferences.

Credit Card Account Information. Credit Card Account Information. Woods Creek Consulting does not disclose credit card account information provided by its members and customers. When members and customers choose to pay using their credit cards, Woods Creek Consulting submits the information needed to obtain payment to the appropriate clearinghouse.

How Does Woods Creek Consulting Use Cookies? Cookies are files that contain information created by a web server that can be stored on a User's hard disk for use either during a particular session ("per-session" cookie) or for future use ("persistent" cookie). Woods Creek Consulting uses cookies only to facilitate automated activity, store and track passwords, determine appropriate solicitations, and review navigation patterns. Cookies are not used to disseminate significant information about Users over the Internet or to analyze any information that Users have knowingly or unknowingly provided. Registration enables the site to better determine members' interest areas and provide the most relevant information.

For additional information on our privacy policy, please email us.