SMBA Privacy Notice
This privacy notice will answer any questions you may have regarding our handling of business or personal information that you voluntarily provide to us during the course of your membership in the South Metropolitan Business Association and while visiting our Website. Our association is committed to maintaining the privacy of your information in accordance with best practices and any applicable laws. Our associates, who may have access to non-public information about our members, are required to follow these practices.
What lnformation do we Collect?
We collect business or personal information about you from the following sources:
1. Information you may provide during visits to our Website (name and contact information). We do not collect cookies or any other information during your visit to our website, unless you knowingly volunteer the information. While visiting our website, you may be directed to an affiliated or unaffiliated third party website for information, products, or services. You are advised to read the privacy notice of those Websites before providing information including payment information;
2. Information about your business when your organization becomes a member; and
3. Other information we receive from third-party payment processors when you make online payment through this Website. (We do not receive your financial account information in such transactions. We only receive conformational
information about the details of your purchase). To protect your privacy, our association makes every effort to minimize the information
that we collect and retain on your business.
How we use Information we Collect.
If you provide contact information to us through any means, we may use that information to contact you through mail, email, or by telephone to provide you with information concerning our association, newsletters, or other relevant information about your membership, our products and services. We list your business as a member and provide a link to your Website only if we have received your permission.
lnformation we Disclose to Others
We do not disclose your information to any person except as required by law or as explained above. We do not disclose your information to any other companies for commercial purposes.
Security Policy
We maintain security that meets or exceeds practices to safeguard your information. Those service providers with whom we use to process your payment transactions are required to have privacy and security policies that meet or exceed regulatory requirements or best practices that govern the payment card industry.
Opt-Out Provision
Although we do not share your information, except as noted above, you do have the right to "opt-out" of receiving further information about our association by contacting us (see below).
Changes to this Policy
Because of changes in products or services, our association objectives, and state or Federal laws; we may change this privacy notice from time-to-time. If we do, we will notify you of the changes through a revised privacy notice, which will be posted on the home page and other appropriate pages of this Website.
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