Consortium Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting our website. Because we value the privacy of our website users, we follow the practices described below in our information gathering and dissemination activities. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time, so please check back periodically for our latest privacy practices.

Identifying Information

"Identifying information" is your (or your company's) name, street, or email address, phone number, or any other information which, when used by itself or with other data, might identify you (or your company) individually. At certain points on the website, we may ask you to submit identifying information voluntarily. We will not otherwise collect identifying information from you at this website.

When you submit identifying information, we may use it to support our customer relationship with you. This may include sending you newsletters, email announcements, online surveys, telephonic polling and other communications. To conduct these communications with our members, customers, and prospects, we may employ the services of external contracting organizations (e.g., telephonic polling firms to administer member satisfaction surveys). To the extent that identifying information is disclosed to our contractors, it will always be subject to non-disclosure and proprietary information agreements.

We will not otherwise disclose your identifying information. We do not make our member or customer lists available to third parties, and except as noted below, we do not sell, copy, forward, or in any other way redistribute any identifying information. However, we may disclose identifying information as required by law, in response to subpoena or court order, pursuant to requests by government agencies and at our discretion in the course of litigation involving us.

Non-Identifying Information

We may collect non-identifying information from your computer when you visit our website, through the use of "cookies" or other monitoring techniques. This information does not identify any individual. Non-identifying information collected may include: the kind of web browser you used, the domain from which you connected to the Internet, the date and time you accessed the site, your computer's operating system, and the address of the website from which you connected to our website.

In addition, we may develop aggregate data regarding visitors to this website. This data does not contain identifiers, but rather measures overall website usage and performance.

We may use non-identifying or aggregate data for a variety of purposes, such as monitoring the performance of our websites and the effectiveness of our technology transfer programs within our member companies. Overall web performance results of this kind are shared with the our Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board, each of which includes member company personnel. Non-identifying or aggregate data may also be disclosed as required by law.

Opting Out, Corrections, & Updates

You may opt not to receive communication from us. When registering for user accounts on either our "For Members Only" or public website, you may choose not to receive occasional email announcements that we believe to be of interest to our user community. In addition, all such email announcements offer an "unsubscribe" option for those who no longer desire to receive them. You may change your email announcement designation at any time by clicking on the "Change Your Profile" option, in the left menu. We will comply with these requests as quickly as we can, but you may still receive some communications before the request is fully processed.

Security

All information transmitted to us from or through the "For Members Only" website is secure. Unauthorized third parties should not be able to intercept it during transmission, or to access it as archived. However, while we have safeguards in place, there is no absolute guarantee of security. In the unlikely event of a breach despite our efforts, we shall not be responsible for the interception or unauthorized access.

Public Forums

To the extent that this website makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users, please remember that they are public forums. Any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution in disclosing identifying or confidential information in these settings.

Please contact uswith any questions or concerns you may have regarding this privacy policy. Thank you.