FACC GREATER HOUSTON PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: January 12, 2016

1. Introduction

The Finnish American Chamber of Commerce Greater Houston including its affiliates (together “FACC”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use, available at http://www.facc-houston.com/terms-of-use and any other documents referred to in it) explains the policies adopted and used by us in order to protect your privacy as you visit and use our website located at www.facc-houston.com (“Website”), and if you otherwise communicate with us. The Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be handled by us. In this Privacy Policy, the term "personal data" means information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person.

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any material changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of the Website following any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of any such changes made. By using the Website you are consenting to the processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now an as amended by us.

We know that you are concerned about how we use and disclose personal data, and we are committed to complying with data protection and privacy laws that apply to us. This Privacy Policy tells you about the ways in which we protect your privacy and personal data we process about you. We wish to remind you that this Privacy Policy applies to personal data that we process when you use the Website and if you otherwise communicate with us, for example by requesting information related to our services. It does not apply to any links to third parties websites and/or services, such as third-party applications, that you may encounter when you use the Website. We encourage you to carefully familiarize yourself with privacy policies applicable to any websites and/or services operated by third parties. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.

2. Information We May Collect From You

In this Section 2 we describe the personal data we collect.

(i) Data You Provide to Us

The goal of FACC in collecting personal data is to provide you with our Website, to communicate with you, and, when applicable, to manage your membership information. When you use our Website or otherwise communicate with us, we collect information that you provide to us directly. For example, we collect information in the following circumstances: when you apply for a membership; when you sign up for a newsletter; and when you otherwise communicate with us.

The information you provide to us directly may include, without limitation, the following information that may, in certain circumstances, constitute personal data:

Subscribing to our Mailing List: If you wish to subscribe to our mailing list, we collect your name and email address. In this context, we may also collect data concerning your device (as further described below) to serve you with more personalized emails;
Applying for Membership: If you wish to apply for membership, we may collect the following information:
- Company name;
- First name, Last name;
- Position in Company;
- Phone number;
- Website;
- Email address;
- Address;
- Membership tier; and
- Information on your preference about joining our mailing list.
Communications: If you contact us, we may collect your contact details and other personal data you have provided to us. Moreover, a record of the correspondence may be kept.
Other information: We may also collect and process any other information you choose to provide to us.

(ii) Data Collected Automatically

The Website may automatically collect the following information from you that in certain circumstances, alone or in connection with other data, may constitute personal data:

Cookies: Like many websites, we also use “cookie” technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve the Website. We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. Cookies are text files that are saved on the hard drive of your device by means of your browser, enabling us to recognize your browser for purposes such as saving your preferences and directing relevant content to you. Most of the currently available browsers give you the option of managing cookies by, for example, disabling them entirely, accepting them individually, and deleting saved cookies from your hard drive. We would like to remind you that if you completely disable cookies on your browser, you might not be able to use some features of the Website.
Log information: The logging technology used on the Website automatically collects the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave the Website.
Device Data: We may collect information about the device you use to access the Website. This device data may include, without limitation, unique device identifiers, MAC address, IP address, information about the operating system of your device, as well as the name of your Internet service provider.
Google Analytics and Other Third Party Analytics Providers: We use Google Analytics for usage tracking. By using cookies, Google Analytics collects and stores data such as time of visit, pages visited, time spent on each page of the Website, the Internet Protocol address, and the type of operating system used in the devices used to access the Website. By using a browser plugin http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin/ provided by Google, you can opt out of Google Analytics.
We may collect information regarding your general location using your IP address. By using the Website, you expressly consent to the processing of your location data.

3. The Purposes for Which We Use the Data

We use the personal data collected directly from you for the following purposes:

To communicate with you;
To set up and maintain your registration;
To prevent and investigate fraud and other misuses;
To protect our rights and/or our property;
To operate and improve our products and services;
To manage the Website;
To provide features available on the Website;
To develop, improve, and protect the Website;
To market research and electronic direct marketing, in accordance with applicable law;
To audit and analyze the Website; and
To ensure the technical functionality and security of the Website.

We use the data collected automatically for the following purposes:

To improve customer service;
To personalize user experience;
To manage the Website;
To provide features available on the Website;
To develop, improve, and protect the Website;
To operate and improve our products and services;
For market research;
To audit and analyze the Website, including analyzing trends to the use of the Website; and
To ensure the technical functionality and security of the Website.

4. How We Disclose Data

We do not sell, lease, rent or otherwise disclose the personal data collected from the Website to our users to third parties unless otherwise stated below.

The personal data collected may be disclosed in the following manner:

(i) Personal Data You Provide to Us Directly

We may disclose personal data you provide to us on the Website with the following categories of third parties:

To service providers, such as data storage service providers, which enable us to provide the Website and our products and services;
To our advertising partners, in accordance with applicable law;
To public authorities, such as law enforcement, if we are legally required to do so or if we need to protect our rights or the rights of third parties; and
To our subsidiaries and affiliates; or a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Website and/or our products and services and their advisors in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our stock and/or assets, or in connection with bankruptcy proceedings, or other corporate reorganization, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

(ii) Data collected automatically

The data collected automatically on the Website may be disclosed to the following categories of third parties:

To service providers, such as data analysis companies;
To public authorities, such as law enforcement, if we are legally required to do so or if we need to protect our rights or the rights of third parties; and
To our subsidiaries and affiliates; or a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Website and/or our products and services and their advisors in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our stock and/or assets, or in connection with bankruptcy proceedings, or other corporate reorganization, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Moreover, we may disclose information to third parties in an aggregate format that does not constitute personal data and does not allow the identification of individual users.

5. Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to the personal data we hold about you:

The right to know what data we hold about you: If you would like to know what personal data we hold about you, please contact us at facc@facc-houston.com. We seek to promptly respond to your inquiry.
The right to have incomplete, incorrect, outdated, or unnecessary personal data corrected, deleted, or updated. If you have questions regarding the correction, deletion, or updating of the personal data we hold about you, please contact us at facc@facc-houston.com.
The right to opt out of receiving electronic direct marketing communications from us: All electronic direct marketing communications that you may receive from us, such as e-mail messages and SMS-messages, give you an option of not receiving such communications from us in the future. If you have any additional questions about electronic direct marketing received from us, please contact us at facc@facc-houston.com.

6. Data Security

The security of personal data is important to us. We take reasonable measures to protect personal data about you from unauthorized access or against loss, misuse or alteration by third parties. Despite these efforts to store personal data collected on and through the Website and otherwise by us in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee the security of personal data during its transmission or its storage on our systems. Further, while we attempt to ensure the integrity and security of personal data, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-parties such as so-called hackers from illegally obtaining access to personal data. We do not warrant or represent that personal data about you will be protected against, loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties.

7. International Transfers of Personal Data

Some elements of the Website and/or our products and services may be hosted on servers located in countries outside your own country. The laws applicable to the protection of personal data in such countries may be different from those applicable in your home country. You consent to personal data about you being transferred outside your own country.

8. Children’s Privacy

The Website is not directed to children younger than thirteen (13) years of age. We do not intend to collect personal data from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not use the Website and do not send any information about yourself to us.

9. Changes to the Privacy Policy

From time to time we may change this Privacy Policy. You can tell when changes have been made to the Privacy Policy by referring to the “Last Updated” legend on top of this page. Please review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes. If we materially change the ways in which we use and disclose personal data, we will post a notice on the Website and send an e-mail to our registered users. Your continued use of the Website following any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of any such changes made.

10. Questions or Concerns?

Should you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, your privacy as it relates to the use of the Website, or the protection of the personal data we hold about you, please contact us via e-mail at facc@facc-houston.com or by mail at Finnish American Chamber of Commerce Greater Houston, P O Box 22154, Houston, TX 77227. We seek to promptly resolve any concerns you may have.