SSPC Online Privacy Policy

This page was last updated Tuesday, November 18, 2008

SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. In general you can visit our Web site without telling us who you are or revealing information about yourself.

Some Web sites covered by this policy may request personal information from you in order to complete a form or transaction. Your information will only be used to execute the immediate transaction, and will be provided to other parties only as necessary to complete your transaction. SSPC will not provide any of your personal information to third parties without your permission, unless compelled by law or court order to do so, and will not sell any personal information to third parties for purposes of marketing, advertising, or promotion.

SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings uses various methods to collect certain other kinds of information including cookies, referrers, IP addresses, and system information.

Cookies: Cookies are small snippets of data passed from a Web site to your PC as you browse the Web that can be transferred back to the original site or domain with future requests from your browser. Cookies can be used in a variety of ways, including ways that have privacy implications, such as tracking your previous activities at a particular site. Most browsers allow you to choose not to accept cookies. Choosing to accept cookies, however, enables some online services to work more efficiently or makes the use of services more convenient.

Referrers: A referrer is the information passed along by a Web browser that references the Web URL you linked from. Our Web server automatically gathers this information. SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings uses this information for site statistical analysis. SSPC will not use this information to attempt to identify your personal information.

IP Addresses: Your computer uses IP addresses every time you connect to the Internet. Computers on the network use your IP address to identify your computer so that data, such as the Web pages you request, can be sent to you. Our Web server automatically gathers them. SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings uses this information for site statistical analysis. SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings will not use your IP address to attempt to identify your personal information.

System Information: System information includes time, type of Web browser being used, the operating system or platform, and CPU speed. Your Web browser sends this information automatically when you are connected to a Web site. This information is used by SSPC to identify broad demographic statistics and may be used to provide information appropriate for your computer system. SSPC will not use this information to attempt to identify your personal information.

SECURITY

While no system can provide guaranteed security, we take reasonable efforts to keep information you provide to us secure, including encryption technology, and physical security at the location of the server where information is stored.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings Web site includes hyperlinks to sites maintained or controlled by others. SSPC is not responsible for and does not routinely screen, approve, review, or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at this or any other Web site. We advise you to review the individual privacy policies of the respective sites.