a. personal information you provide to us
we collect the following types of information that you provide to us:
in various areas of the site and in printed materials, we provide you the opportunity to submit a form with basic contact information, such as your name, company or organization, e-mail, phone number, or mailing address.
we use such information to inform you of new products, technical information and services, and upcoming events that may be of interest based on your participation in nass, expressed interests, or practice area engagement. after your membership expires, we may continue to send you occasional e-mails to provide you with offers to rejoin nass or attend nass-related events. if you no longer wish to receive these e-mails, the opt-out process is described in section 5 of this privacy policy.
in addition, if you choose, you may participate in a nass e-mail list by subscribing on the site or by contacting nass staff directly. you may unsubscribe from these e-mail lists by following the unsubscribe instructions found within the e-mail.
no mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. all other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties
we process your e-mail and password to enable you to securely log into the site, and we process information regarding your nass profile to appropriately control access to your public-facing profile. we process this personal information only as necessary to provide you services on the site under our terms of use and to further our legitimate interests in protecting the site and content.
nass uses the information provided through membership forms to process membership applications and related requests. for example, nass processes information such as your name, gender, date of birth, states in which you are licensed, educational background, and professional background when provided in a membership application. we also retain information contained in a resume or curriculum vitae as part of your membership application to serve our legitimate interest in verifying your identity and your professional attainment and qualifications for various nass activities. to provide you with the benefits of membership, we process certain membership-related information such as your membership category, purchases, member id, date joined, last sign-on, and last disclosure. we also process membership and personal information in connection with a public member directory at www.knowyourback.org and through a private members-only directory on our site. you may adjust what information is shared and to whom through your member profile. we also archive membership information for historical purposes.
- video library and continuing medical education certificates
when you access our video library, we collect information relating to the ondemand courses you select and the meetings and conferences you participate in for the purpose of delivering your requested content and to further our legitimate interest in better understanding your interests in our educational subjects so we can improve our future offerings. similarly, when you register for an event, we process personal information, such as special accommodations requested, in order to reserve your space at the event and to further our legitimate interest in preparing for the event. we also track your continuing medical education certificates attained through our site or through a third party provider as applicable for the purpose of allowing you to maintain your credentials and meet your continuing education requirements.
in some cases, you may be required by nass or the accreditation council for continuing medical education to voluntarily disclose certain conflict-of-interest or financial-related information. for example, you may be required to make a disclosure if you serve on a nass committee or the nass board of directors, or if you publish or present with nass. nass processes personal information in connection with these disclosures, and in some cases, may publish the disclosure. for example, nass may publish your name, a funding partner’s name, and funding amount received in connection with a publication or presentation. for more information, please review our disclosure policy.
when you purchase a membership, subscription, register for an event, or buy products from us, third-party service providers acting on our behalf process payment information, including payment card details and billing and shipping addresses, to help us fulfill your orders.
- information collected through various forms
we gather information from online forms that are often similar or identical to the information we gather from traditional printed forms. when you submit information through forms, whether offline or on the site, you voluntarily provide us with the information requested, and we will use the information in order to take the action requested, to complete a requested transaction, or for other reasons related to the purposes for which you provide the information.
for example, an application for membership form allows individuals to apply for certain categories of membership. we use information submitted through application for membership forms to confer membership benefits based on category selected. as another example, we post career-related forms to attract qualified candidates for various positions. we provide forms on our site via hyperlink to a static pdf or through a dynamic form entry process.
in addition, we may check the information a user has provided via any forms against any information we have about the user in its customer database. we do this to help further our legitimate interest in maintaining the most current and accurate information about its customers.
b. information we automatically collect through our site
we collect the following types of information automatically when you use the site:
when you use our site, our servers automatically record information, including your internet protocol address (“ ip address”), browser type, referring urls ( e.g., the site you visited before coming to our site), number of clicks, and how you interact with links on the site, domain names associated with your internet service provider, pages viewed, and other such information (collectively, “ log file information”). we may also collect similar information from e-mails sent to you which then help us track which e-mails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. we use log file information collected from our implementation of the site to further our legitimate interests in securing the site by identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities, and in analyzing the effectiveness of our site to improve the site’s function and content.
- cookies and similar technology
when you use or access the site, we use cookies, device identifiers, and similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons, and local storage to collect information about how you use the site. we process the information, including personal information, collected through such technologies to further our legitimate interests in operating the site, enhance your experience through personalization, and help us better understand the features of the site that you and other users are most interested in.
some of our service providers (described in section 4, below) and third parties from which we receive content (such as your membership, a career services manager and provider) use cookies or other methods to gather information regarding your use of our site. for example, we use your membership to allow you to easily identify career opportunities on the site, and your membership uses cookies which you can opt out of, or learn more about, by reading its privacy policy. such third parties may use these cookies or other tracking methods for their own purposes by relating information about your use of our site with any of personal information that they may have. the use of such information by a third party depends on the privacy policy of that third party. if you would like more information, please see section 12 for our contact information.
we and our advertisers (through the advertising network, feathr) use cookies and similar technologies to collect information for advertising purposes, such as which advertisements were viewed, how often they were clicked, and device location information to provide you with content and advertising that might be of particular interest to you. to opt out of feathr’s use of cookies, please visit its privacy policy here: https://privacy.feathr.co/. for further information on how to request to opt-out of an advertiser’s use of cookies, visit the national advertising initiative or the digital advertising alliance. if you opt out of such cookies, you will continue to receive advertisements, but those advertisements will no longer be personalized for you.
most browsers provide you with the ability to block, delete, or disable cookies, and your mobile device may allow you to disable transmission of device identifiers. if you choose to reject cookies or block device identifiers, some features of the site may not be available or some functionality may be limited or unavailable. please review the help pages of your browser or mobile device for assistance with changing your settings.
nass does not track site users over time and across third-party websites to provide targeted advertising. accordingly, we do not currently respond or take any action with respect to web browser "do not track" signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personal information about an individual consumer's online activities over time and across third-party web sites or online services.