Promotion Optimization Institute Website Privacy Policy
The Promotion Optimization Institute ("POI") is committed to protecting the privacy of our member's personal information. This Policy explains how we gather and use the information that we collect from our Website, located at www.p-o-i.org. This policy may change over time. Amendments to this statement will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. Your continued use of this site following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.
The POI currently collects three types of information from its Web site: (1) your IP (Internet Protocol) address; (2) information voluntarily submitted on publication order forms, meeting registration forms or e-mails sent to the Web site administrator, or for access to the Members Only section of our Web site; and, (3) cookies if the user so chooses.
Your IP address often does not identify an individual, but rather is only a temporary name by which an individual obtains access to the POI Web site. The POI uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site quality. We do not use IP addresses to personally identify users. We use a log file of IP addresses to determine which areas of our site visitors like based on the volume of traffic and to better prepare future site content based on the interests of users. We do not track the usage patterns of individual users, except when they click through from e-mails that we send out. Information voluntarily disclosed to the POI either online or in writing through publication order forms, meeting registration forms, survey response forms, service enrollment forms and e-mail is added to the relevant POI database to enable processing of the order or registration, or for appropriate response. This information is usually the name, address and item purchased, meeting attended or topic of interest. The POI may distribute further relevant information to individuals identified in this way. On occasion, we also contract with third parties for co-marketing or other activities related to the POI’s goals and objectives, and allow them to use selected member information under strict confidentiality agreements. The POI will use its best efforts to prevent the government from obtaining member or customer information unless required by law.
Information provided to the POI in non-electronic form may also be used in this way. Individuals who would like to “opt out” of receiving additional communications from the POI should contact the POI to have their names removed from our lists. info@p-o-i.org.
POI endeavors to take appropriate measures to assure the reliability of member records and to protect them from loss, misuse or alteration. Member records are protected from access by Internet users through a firewall.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are bits of information stored on your computer when you visit a Web site. Cookies can be used to store your personalized information such as username and password. At any time, you may choose to use, or not to use, this type of cookies technology to perform personalization on our site. If you choose not to, you must always manually log in to your profile each time you visit the site. Further information on the POI’s online privacy policy may be obtained from info@p-o-i.org.
Public forum
This Website may make public chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to you from time to time. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal information.
Security
This Website has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information. Other Websites; Links This Website contains links to other Web sites. POI is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Websites. If you want to know the privacy policies of the other Websites, please refer to the organization sponsoring such Website. Consent By visiting the POI site, you expressly consent to the collection and use by POI of personally identifiable information according to this Privacy Policy. Choice; Opt Out You may opt-out of receiving communications from the Institute or our site partners by contacting us.
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