Legal Agreement Privacy Notice The American Institute for Certification Technology Incorporated (ACITI) respects the privacy of its applicants, certificants and other visitors to its web site. To protect online privacy, ACITI has implemented the following: General Users. ACITI does not collect any personal information from general users browsing its web site without your expressed permission. Only aggregate data -- such as the number of hits per page -- are collected involuntarily. Aggregate data are used for internal and marketing purposes only and do not provide any personally identifiable information. ACITI Applicants, Certificants and Other Authorized Customers. To gain access to “authorized users-only” resources and personalization features on www.ACITI.org, applicants, certificants and other authorized users are asked to register and provide some information. This information is submitted voluntarily. Information may also be submitted to ACITI through testing and certification applications, publication/merchandise orders, and subscriptions. Additionally, for some e-mails sent in HTML format by ACITI to its applicants and certificants through its listservs and electronic newsletters, we will collect specific information regarding what the recipient does with that email. For those emails, ACITI will monitor whether a recipient subsequently clicks through to links provided in the message. ACITI only uses this information to enhance its products and distribution of those products to its members. This information is not sold or distributed in any other manner. How Does ACITI Use Data Collected? ACITI uses information voluntarily submitted by applicants, certificants and other customers in the following ways: Customer Services and Products. ACITI uses data collected to improve its own web content; to respond to visitors' interests, needs and preferences; and to develop new products and services. Disclosures to Third Parties. On occasion, ACITI may provide limited data to third parties for the purpose of unsolicited direct mail advertisements, promotions, and solicitations for third parties' products and services. This limited data includes names, preferred mailing addresses and email addresses, but does not include telephone numbers or fax numbers. Users may request that ACITI refrain from disclosing the data it collects to third parties by contacting ACITI at cert@ACITI.net to express their preferences if they determine later that they do not wish to have the information shared. Social Security Numbers. ACITI previously required social security numbers from all certification applicants as a unique, national identification. ACITI discontinued this requirement in February 2007; and now requires a government-issued, photo ID instead. ACITI does not disclose social security information provided by its applicants and certificants to anyone. Credit Card Account Information. ACITI does not store nor disclose credit card account information provided by its applicants, certificants and customers. When applicants, certificants and customers choose to pay using their credit cards, ACITI directly relays the information needed to obtain payment only to the appropriate clearinghouse. How Does ACITI Use Cookies? Cookies are files that contain information created by a web server that can be stored on a User's hard disk for use either during a particular session ("per-session" cookie) or for future use ("persistent" cookie). ACITI uses cookies only to facilitate automated activity and to store and track passwords. Cookies are not used to disseminate significant information about users over the Internet or to analyze any information that Users have knowingly or unknowingly provided. Users may instruct their Internet browsers to opt out of accepting a "persistent" cookie and accept only a "per-session" cookieinstead. Bu doing so will require complete login each visit to the ACITI web site to enjoy full benefits. If the user declines the attachment of any cookie, the user may not have access to the full benefits of the ACITI web site. What Privacy Issues Arise with Links To Other Sites? This web site contains links to other web sites. ACITI has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of other web sites. Your Choices We understand the importance of protecting our customers' privacy, and we therefore provide you with the opportunity to “opt-out” of having your personally identifiable information used or disclosed for certain purposes. Receiving promotional communications from ACITI is optional. If you do not wish to receive promotional communications from ACITI, please call or write to us at the address below. As described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, it is also optional to allow us to share your personally identifiable information with selected reputable third parties so that they can provide you with promotional communications. If you do not wish us to do so, please call or write to us at the address below. You may also use this address and phone number to request an update or change to any of your personally identifiable information, or to request additional information regarding our disclosure of your personally identifiable information to certain third parties for promotional purposes. Call us at: 888-IS-ACITI 240-505-5135. Write to us at: ACITI, Attn: Customer Service - Privacy, 10230 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 100 Silver spring MD 20910 and include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and a note of instructions. If you have previously agreed to receive e-mail and/or e-mail newsletters from us, you may use the address and phone number above to notify us that you no longer wish to receive such e-mail and/or e-mail newsletters. Disclaimer This Disclaimer governs the use of this web site, and the terms and conditions for ACITI providing information. By using this site, you acknowledge that you have read this Disclaimer and that you accept and will be bound by the terms hereof. ACITI has prepared this web site for general information purposes. 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