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.
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