Thank you for https://americannurses.org/ (this “Site”). This Site is owned and operated by American Nurses (“COMPANY” “we” “our” or “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy, and as such have adopted privacy practices to protect the information we collect from you. The practices are described in this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”). Our Privacy Policy is designed to provide transparency into our privacy practices and principles, in a format that our guests can navigate, read and understand. We are dedicated to treating your personal information with care and respect.
The Privacy Policy covers our online privacy practices with respect to use and/or disclosure of information that we may collect from you, or that you may provide when you access or use our Site. Please review the following Privacy Policy and contact us at info@americannurses.org if you have any questions or concerns.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By accessing and using our Site and the services available on our Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and by the Terms of Use of this Site, located at https://americannurses.org/. You acknowledge and fully understand our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and freely consent to the information collection, and use and disclosure of such information, as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the information collection and use and disclosure practices described below, you must immediately cease any access or use of our Site.
This Privacy Policy covers the following topics:
- Information we collect
- How we use your personal information
- Disclosure of information
- Opt-In/Opt-Out communications
- Information security
- Third party websites and payments
- Third party links
- Special Notice to CA residents
- Minors privacy
- Access and change information; Contact us
- Changes to our Privacy Policy
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
This Privacy Policy covers several types of information including personally identifiable information and anonymous information.
A.) Personally Identifiable Information – User Communications.
We collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide on online forms including, but not limited to contact us requests and user account information. Personally identifiable information can include name, address, phone number, email address and any other information you may voluntarily provide. We will use your information to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it and for our business operations.
B.) Anonymous Information – Web Server Logs, Cookies and Web Beacons.
We may collect certain information by automated means, that monitors the traffic of the Site. This information includes cookies, sensors, geo location, pixel tags, IP addresses and other similar technology. This information does not identify you, but is statistical data that provides generic information about your use of the Site. This information helps us understand which parts of our Site are visited most often and may be used to analyze trends, administer and improve the Site, gather broad demographic information, personalize content and determine targeting, marketing, advertising and promotional information.
Web Server Logs
When you access or use our Site, we or our third party SEO providers, may track information to analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
- Your Internet protocol address
- The kind of browser or computer you use
- Number of links you click within our Site
- State or country from which you accessed our Site
- Date and time of your visit
- Name of your Internet service provider
- Third party sites you linked to from our Site
- Pages or information you viewed on our Site
We may use this information to analyze trends, market, advertise and promote our products, administer and improve our services, and monitor traffic and usage patterns for information security purposes and to help make our Site more useful.
Cookies and Web Beacons
A “cookie” is a small text file that may be transferred to your computer's hard drive in order to personalize our services for you and to collect aggregate, non-personal information regarding usage of our Site by all of our users. Each computer is assigned a different cookie that contains a random, unique number. The cookie does not contain personally identifiable information. Our Site may use two different types of cookies: a “session” cookie, which is required to track a user session, and a “persistent” cookie, used to track how the user arrived at the Site (for example, through an email link or from a referral link).
Your browser software can be set to warn you of cookies or to reject all cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the “Help” section of the toolbar. If you reject our cookie, this may disable some of the functionality of our Site and you may not be able to use certain services.
Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you create a user account, personalize a web page, or navigate within a Site, a cookie helps the Site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.
A “web beacon,” “clear GIF,” “web bug,” or “pixel tag” is a tiny graphic file with a unique identifier that is similar in function to a cookie, but would allow us to count the number of users that have visited certain pages or screens of our Site, and to help determine the effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns.
We reserve the right to share aggregated site statistics monitored by cookies and web beacons with our partner companies.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Any personal information submitted on the form accessed through the “Contact us” link or within your user account is sent directly to American Nurses, who may share it with departmental or other company personnel whose training or expertise is necessary to provide an answer to the inquiry.
We may also use your personal information to improve the Site, improve our products and services, and identify develop and offer new or expanded products or services. Further such information may be used to personalize your experience with the Site and customize the content/format of the pages you visit.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Your privacy is important to us and we want you to feel comfortable visiting our Site. We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction in accordance with applicable laws. We may share information with third parties with whom we have a direct or indirect business or contractual relationship, and those performing services on our behalf that are contractually bound to keep your personal information confidential and to use it only for the purposes under which we disclose it. For example, we may use service providers to help manage or support the Sites’ technical operation.
We may also share your information if we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with a court order, subpoena, government investigation, legal process or other legal requirements of any governmental authority; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of American Nurses; (iii) enforce this Privacy Policy; or (iv) operate or conduct maintenance and repair of the Site.
If we partner with a third party to provide services and you sign up for those services, we will share your name and other contact information necessary for our partner to provide the services to you.
OPT-IN/OPT-OUT COMMUNICATIONS
We may provide visitors to the Site the opportunity to register for offers such as signing-up to receive updates on new products. Visitors are not obligated to register for these offers. You may revoke your consent to contact at any time by directly contacting us at info@americannurses.org or using the opt–out method identified in the applicable communication. All such material will have information as to how to opt-out of receiving it.
Many browsers and mobile operating systems enable you to indicate your preference regarding online tracking. You can set your browser or mobile operating system to a “do not track” or similar setting and, when your browser or mobile operating system passes your request to us, we will not serve you targeted advertising, although we may continue to collect data about your use of the Site.
INFORMATION SECURITY
While we cannot and do not guarantee that your information will not be viewed by unauthorized persons, we take privacy and security seriously. No website can guarantee security, but we maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information collected via our Site in compliance with applicable law. Even though we employ these standard precautions and protocols, we cannot provide absolute assurances that the contents of messages, for example, will be secure. If you choose to send any confidential information to us, you accept the risk that a third party may intercept and use this information.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND PAYMENTS
If you use the Site to purchase products you MAY be linked to another third party website, where you may decide to disclose personal information at that website. Please be aware that in contacting that third party website, or in providing information on that website, that third party may obtain personal information about you. This Privacy Policy does not apply when you leave the Site and go to a third party website (e.g., payment services). We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Site and to read the privacy statements and terms of use of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
Any payments you may make for products offered for sale on the Site are made exclusively through an affiliated third party website, the separate privacy policy and terms of use of which apply, and not that of the Site. We are not responsible for any fees, charges, or actions provided by such a third party website. The third party website is responsible and liable for their use of your personal data.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
The Site may contain links to third party websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for any of the content, activities, products, or advertisements on these third party websites nor do we make any representations, approvals, or endorsements regarding the services provided or the nature, quality, or accuracy of such third party content. Use of any linked third party website is solely at your own risk and we encourage you to read the terms of use and the privacy policies of each such linked third party website you choose to access.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO CA RESIDENTS
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits California residents that have provided any personal information through the Site, the right to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding year. We will endeavor to respond to such requests to information access within thirty (30) days following receipt at the e-mail address stated below. Please contact us at privacy@americannurses.org if you are a California resident and would like to request information about how to exercise your third party disclosure choices.
MINORS PRIVACY
Our Site is not intended for minors or children under 13 years of age and no part of our Site is designed or intended to attract anyone under the age of 13. We will never ask for or knowingly collect information from children. If you are a child under the age of 13, you are not permitted to use this service and should immediately exit our Site or get an adult. Consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, we will not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13. If you think that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 through this Site, please contact us at privacy@americannurses.org and we will dispose of the information. Parents or guardians of minors may provide information pertaining to their minor children.
ACCESS AND CHANGE INFORMATION; CONTACT US
The Site may offer different options for accessing, changing and modifying information you previously provided at the Site. To change or update your information, e-mail address, or address, or to stop a duplicate e-mail, please contact us at privacy@americannurses.org. If you have any questions or concerns related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the email address listed above.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time by posting those changes to this Privacy Policy, so that you are always aware of our processes related to collection, use and disclosure of information. For significant changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our Site indicating at the bottom of the policy when it was most recently updated. Please consult this portion of the Site regularly for important changes to the Privacy Policy as they occur.
You agree to be bound by all the provisions of the Privacy Policy that are displayed on the Site on the date you use the Site. Your continued use of the Site, indicates your acceptance of all of the provisions of this Privacy Policy displayed on the Site on the date of such use.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of: 04-27-2020
