Indiana CPA Society Online Privacy Policy

Indiana CPA Society is committed to providing you the opportunity for a positive experience during your visit to our web site, while respecting and striving to protect your online privacy. And because protecting your privacy is very important, we have adopted this policy to safeguard your personal information and protect its confidentiality. What follows is our online privacy policy, which governs personal information gathered on our Internet sites (www.incpas.org and its aliases) but not third-party sites linked on our web site. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by organizations sponsoring these linked sites. If you go one of these linked sites, you should read their privacy policy, and choose whether to let them collect information about what you do on the Internet

A. Commitment to Online Privacy
Indiana CPA Society collects personal information from our visitors on a voluntary basis only. We will limit the collection and use of personal information to what is necessary to manage our professional society, provide you with the highest quality visit, and offer you information we think will be of interest. The individual information we collect is used only to facilitate the on-line experience through enhanced navigation or to suggest areas in which we may improve the structure and content of the site. We do not sell, rent or transmit personal information to other organizations unless the Society has formed an alliance / partnership to provide services to enhance your professional success and that organization has agreed to comply with this policy.

However, the Society could be required to disclose personal information in response to valid legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order. Disclosure may also be appropriate to protect the Society's legal rights or during emergencies if physical safety is believed to be at risk. The Society will take reasonable steps to limit the scope and consequences of any such disclosures.

B. Personal Information that May be Collected Online
The majority of our web site is restricted to members of the Indiana CPA Society and requires a member ID and password to gain access. In a few areas of our web site and online member support tools, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to enhance your site visit, to assist you in obtaining services or to follow up with you after your visit. It is completely optional for you to participate. The personal information we may ask for are your name, street address, city, county, state, country, province, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, credit card information as well as other similar personal information that is needed to register or subscribe to services or offers. This personally identifiable information is only collected when voluntarily submitted by a visitor in one of our on-line information / order or e-mail correspondence forms.

The Indiana CPA Society does not collect or maintain information from those actually known to be under the age of 13, and no part of our sites are structured to attract anyone under the age of 13.

C. Computer Tracking
Our web server routinely tracks and collects general information from online visitors to our web site to help manage our sites and improve services. This information may include the pages visited on the site, the date and time of each visit, the Internet address (URL or IP address) of the referring site, the domain name and IP address from which the access occurred, the version of the browser used and similar types of information. We collect this information to determine the number of daily visitors to our site, the daily requests for particular files, the types of browsers our visitors use, and to help customize our web site to better meet your on-line needs. We make no attempt to identify individual visitors from this information.

D. Cookie technology
Indiana CPA Society employs "cookie" technology to help visitors move faster through the site. When you sign on to our site, we pass a cookie to your computer. A cookie is a string of information that's sent by a web site and stored on your hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. This leads to quicker navigation and a generally more positive experience searching for the information you desire. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you may turn them off in your browser, or may set your browser to ask you before accepting a new cookie. Some web pages may not function properly if the cookies are turned off. While we use cookies to track your visit to our web site, we do not generally use this information to identify you personally.

E. Storage and Access
All personal information you provide to the Indiana CPA Society is secured on our server with restricted access. We reserve the right to use agents, who are bound by strict confidentiality guidelines, to perform storage and processing functions. Only designated employees or agents who need to carry out legitimate business functions are permitted to view your personal data. Employees or agents who violate this privacy policy are subject to disciplinary actions, up to and including termination.

F. Changes in Policy
The Indiana CPA Society reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying visitors of the existence of the new privacy policy.