#1 ALERT Privacy Policy
It is the policy of the National Licensing Association to ensure that its treatment, custodial practices, and uses of 'Personally Identifiable Information' are in full compliance with all related federal and state statutes and regulations, and demonstrate a rigorous commitment to core values of maximizing trust, integrity, and respect for privacy. In addition to fulfilling all mandatory compliance obligations, the NLA is committed to do the utmost to ensure the privacy of 'Personally Identifiable Information' on individuals
Personally identifiable information is defined as data or other information which is tied to, or which otherwise identifies, an individual or provides information about an individual in a way that is reasonably likely to enable identification of a specific person and make personal information about them known.
Personal information includes, but is not limited to, information regarding a person's home or other personal address, social security number, driver's license, credit card numbers, gender, home or other personal phone numbers and so on.
The scope of individuals covered includes all individuals on whom the NLA, or any part of the company, or any employee, student, volunteer or contractor etc. of the company, has or maintains personal information. This includes students, trainers, employees, donors, alumni, individuals identified in research files, volunteers and others.
Information we collect:
General Users
When you visit the National Licensing Association Web site to browse information it contains, you do so anonymously unless you choose to provide us information about yourself. If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site—reading pages, viewing photographs, or downloading information for example—we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally.
Information gathered automatically is used for, among other things, site management, compiling reports of usage statistics, and, in the case of suspected unauthorized activity, for law enforcement and possible criminal prosecution.
The following are representative of the types of information automatically collected and stored about your visit:
- The Internet domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you access our Web site;
- The type of Internet browser and the operating system of the computer you use to access our site;
- The date and time you visit our site;
- The pages you visit on our site;
- If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that Web site;
- If you linked to our Web site from a search Web site, the address of that Web site and the search term you used.
Registered Users
The NLA's registration sites, such as our #1 ALERT, NLA Store, Partner, Student and Trainer Webs, require visitors to provide contact information and/or unique identifiers when they register. Information collected may include a users name, address, email address, as well as unique identifiers, such as their social security number or student ID number. Contact information is used to contact our visitors if necessary. Unique identifiers are utilized to verify the user's identity prior to granting visitor access to some of the services available online. Opt-out policy: You can choose NOT to register. While you will be able to access most of our sites, you will not be able to access areas that require registration.
Voluntary Information
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Anonymous Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Users' personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use users' personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Public Forums
This site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas, including your name, contact information and opinions expressed, may become public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose such information.
Use of Personal Information
NLA does not sell the information it collects from you on its Web site. NLA is not responsible for use of the shared data with any of the other entities. Is some state, the law requires NLA to share personal information you submit with appropriate State Authority in order to process the service you requested.
You may review and approve the information we collect from you upon registration in our database. We will remove the information from our customer database or change/correct personal information that you state is erroneous upon your request. If you have any questions about changing your personal information, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Website Security:
SSL Encryption
This NLA Web site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We use industry standard SSL encryption when accepting your credit card information during our processing of online forms. SSL encryption is a method by which information transmitted across the Internet is scrambled to the point where it's virtually indecipherable by anyone who should intercept the data before it reaches its destination. Most reputable online stores make use of SSL encryption to request credit card information and other sensitive data from their customers. A lock or key symbol displayed somewhere in your browser typically identifies Web pages where SSL encryption is activated.
Cookies
A cookie is a text file placed on the hard drive of a computer by some Web pages or Web servers. Cookies cannot run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. They are uniquely assigned to a visitor and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie. Visitors can accept cookies (generally their browser's default setting) or decline them through their browser settings. Persistent cookies remain on a computer's hard drive until the visitor deletes them. Session cookies are deleted automatically when the visitor closes his or her browser.
Links to Other Sites
Links to third-party web sites on NLA sites are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the NLA site. NLA does not review all third-party sites, nor does it control or assume responsibility for the content or privacy policies of any of these sites. Thus, NLA does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access a third-party site linked to a NLA web site, you do so at your own risk.
Service Providers
We partner with other third parties to provide specific services (e.g., PayPal). When the user signs up for these particular services, we share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. Service provider forms may ask for contact information (such as name, e-mail, address) and sensitive information (such as date of birth and social security number) for in order to perform their service (such as to verify previous student loans). These third parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Privacy Statement Modification
NLA reserves the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time without notice. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this page. Your continued use of this Web site will be deemed conclusive acceptance of such modification.
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