WHO WE ARE
FCA of Illinois is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the FCA of Illinois website and governs data collection and usage. By using the FCA of Illinois website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Information about your computer hardware and software is automatically collected by FCA of Illinois. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by FCA of Illinois for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the FCA of Illinois website.
FCA of Illinois encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from FCA of Illinois so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. FCA of Illinois is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of FCA of Illinois.
use of personal information
FCA of Illinois collects and uses your personal information to operate the FCA of Illinois website and deliver the services you have requested. FCA of Illinois also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other services available from FCA of Illinois and its affiliates. FCA of Illinois may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
FCA of Illinois does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. FCA of Illinois may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, FCA of Illinois may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to FCA of Illinois, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
FCA of Illinois does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
FCA of Illinois keeps track of the pages our users visit within FCA of Illinois to determine what FCA of Illinois information are the most read and accessed. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within FCA of Illinois to users whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
FCA of Illinois will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on FCA of Illinois or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of FCA of Illinois; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of FCA of Illinois, or the public.
use of cookies
The FCA of Illinois Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you register with FCA of Illinois site or services, a cookie helps FCA of Illinois to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, email addresses, and so on. When you return to the same FCA of Illinois website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the FCA of Illinois features.
You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the FCA of Illinois services or websites you visit.
information security
FCA of Illinois secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. FCA of Illinois secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected using encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
changes to this statement
FCA of Illinois will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and member feedback. FCA of Illinois encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how FCA of Illinois is protecting your information.
contact information
FCA of Illinois welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that FCA of Illinois has not adhered to this Statement, please contact FCA of Illinois at info@fcaofillionis.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
