Privacy Policy
Type of website: Membership organization
Effective date: 1st day of September, 2024
www.pwcc.org (the "Site") is owned and operated by Professional Women's Club of Chicago.
Professional Women's Club of Chicago can be contacted at:
admin@pwcc.org
(872) 267-1780
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Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the
following:
1. The personal data we will collect;
2. Use of collected data;
3. Who has access to the data collected;
4. The rights of Site users; and
5. The Site's cookie policy.
This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.
Consent
By using our Site users agree that they consent to:
1. The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy; and
2. The collection, use, and retention of the data listed in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data We Collect
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect
any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.
Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:
1. Clicked links; and
2. Content viewed.
Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way
We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:
1. First and last name;
2. Email address;
3. Phone number; and
4. Payment information.
This data may be collected using the following methods:
1. Registering for an event; and
2. Creating a membership account.
How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or
indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this
Privacy Policy.
The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:
1. Volume of organic traffic to the site for projections.
The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:
1. Communication.
Who We Share Personal Data With
Employees
We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data
to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:
1. If the law requires it;
2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;
3. To prove or protect our legal rights; and
4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.
If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and
have no control over their privacy policies and practices.
How Long We Store Personal Data
User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.
You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.
How We Protect Your Personal Data
In order to protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption. No payment
information is stored on our site, but strictly in the encrypted processing server. All other data is
accessible only to the Executive Committee and admin, who are bound by strict confidentiality
agreements and a breach of this agreement would result in being removed from the Board of Directors
and banned from the organization.
While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected,
there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore
we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.
Children
We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 13 years of age. If we learn that
we have collected personal data from a child under 13 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as
soon as possible. If a child under 13 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or
guardian may contact our privacy officer.
How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected
If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal
data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, or if you
would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, please contact our privacy officer here:
Kimberly Wasney
admin@pwcc.org
(872) 267-1780
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Do Not Track Notice
Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not
track the users of our Site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to
browser-initiated DNT signals.
How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure
In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data
Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or
disclosure of your personal data specified below:
1. marketing emails, text alerts for events. You can opt-out by unsubscribe button on all marketing
emails or updating account preferences.
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating
to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can
also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of
your user experience.
We use the following types of cookies on our Site:
1. Functional cookies
Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your
selections are saved for your next visits;
2. Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data
on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on
our Site, etc; and
3. Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are created by a website other than ours. We may use third-party cookies to
achieve the following purposes:
a. Collect usage data to provide us with reports and metrics that help analyze, improve and
enhance performance and user experience.
Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law
and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will
update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically
review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify
users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer, Kimberly
Wasney, at:
admin@pwcc.org
(872) 267-1780
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