PRIVACY POLICY:

The TPIC team is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on the TPIC website. This policy outlines our personal information handling practices. If you give us personal information, we will treat it according to this policy. We encourage you to read this privacy policy to ensure you understand the TPIC privacy practices. This policy covers the TPIC website and is applicable worldwide. Some of our sponsors or related links may have their own, possibly different, policies. We encourage you to read this privacy policy and those of all websites you visit.

Collection of your personal information

The TPIC collects personal information on its website during registration to the site and specifically requests to do so at that point. Personal information is any information that can be used to identify an individual, and may include, but is not limited to, name, email address, postal or other physical address, title, occupation, and other information required to provide a service, deliver a product, or carry out a transaction you have requested. Some of the reasons we collect your personal information include:

• participation in discussion groups

• participation in online presentations

• distribution of announcements and calendar updates

• your request for networking services

• collaboration efforts
  

Uses of your personal information:

We will only use your personal information in the way we specified when it was collected. We will not subsequently change the way your personal information is used without your consent. Some of the ways we may use your personal information include:

• To provide the ability to create personal profile areas and view protected content.

• To provide the ability to contact you, and provide you with shipping and billing information.

• To provide customer feedback and support.
  

Accessing and updating your personal information

We need your help in keeping the personal information you have shared with us accurate and up to date. Our site allows you to make these updates yourself online via your personal login profile.  If you need assistance, please contact us at webmaster7@tpic.org.

Non-personal information collection

The TPIC team may collect non-personal (aggregate or demographic) data through web logs. This information is used to better understand and improve the usability, performance and effectiveness of the TPIC.org website.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third-parties for ANY purpose.

We may share your personal information with authorized third-party agents or contractors in order to provide a requested service or transaction. For example, if we need to ship something to you, we must share your name and address with a shipping company. We only provide third-party agents with the minimum amount of personal information necessary to complete the requested service or transaction.

We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process by disclosing your personal information and other related information, if necessary. We also may choose to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

We may collect and possibly share personal information and any other additional information available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the TPIC terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.

While navigating the TPIC web site you may be directed to content or functionality that is hosted by a third party supplier, not on the TPIC.org.

We will ask you for your opt-in consent to share your personal information with a third party for any other reason.

Security of your personal information

The TPIC is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. We utilize a combination of security technologies, procedures, and organizational measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Your personal information is accessible only by the TPIC administers of the forum site for which you are registered. These administrators gain access through login password security.

We recommend you to take every precaution in protecting your personal information when you are on the Internet. For example, change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers when creating passwords, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Cookies

Our site uses "cookies" as a way to make our site easier to use. Cookies are little packets of data that are stored on your hard drive after you log in. The only information stored by this site is a session ID that refers back to our application server. It will keep track of what you do while using the site, and after logging off, the session is invalidated and the cookie is erased. The site will not work with cookies disabled.

Data retention

The TPIC team will not retain your personal information longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.

Linked websites

Our website may provide links to other third-party websites that are outside our control and not covered by this policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) sites. The TPIC is not responsible for third party content.

Newsgroups/Forums

TPIC forums are public and accessed through registered account users. Please consider this before posting material to them.

Need help with an update, access, or unsubscribe request?

Please contact us at webmaster7@tpic.org. To aid in processing your request, please include the following details:

• Your contact information

• Details of the request (e.g., change of e-mail address, unsubscribe from a forum, review of personal information, etc.)

Questions or Comments?

Should you have any additional privacy-related questions or comments related to this privacy policy, please contact us at webmaster7@tpic.org. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us any time.

Policy Updates

Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we may also provide a more prominent notice via email.