PRIVACY

It is AAAM's general policy to collect only such personal data as our members, Course and Congress delegates and other visitors knowingly provide. AAAM does not collect personal information from those merely browsing this website. Most information collected on the website is used to better enable AAAM to serve its members and customers. We may also contact you regarding a website problem or other customer or member service-related issues.

Those joining AAAM^® as members or registering for AAAM courses on this website provide personal information as requested for those actions. The categories of personally identifiable information collected may include names, titles, companies and their addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses. Individuals are requested to provide similar information when they sign up by offline methods. AAAM does not market to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children on AAAM websites.

In order to use many features of AAAM websites, you may be asked to create or provide a user name and pass code, which is used to determine whether you are an AAAM member.

AAAM uses the data collected to improve its services to members and for marketing purposes which also relate to the provision of goods and services to members, customers, and registrants. Member and registrant contact information is not made available to other members and registrants. This includes the compilation of such information in hard copy directories which are made available to participants and, in limited circumstances, to others.

AAAM members will receive electronic and printed communications regarding the AAAM courses and congresses, and other information necessary to provide membership services. By the action of obtaining an AAAM membership these member communications are delivered as part of your membership agreement.

AAAM may provide limited information to exhibitors with which AAAM does business. While this information may include names, titles, companies and their addresses, it does not include telephone numbers, fax numbers or e-mail addresses.

We may monitor how you use our websites including search terms you enter, pages visited and documents viewed. If you are a registered user, this information is stored with your registration information. It is unique-number identifiable, and is used solely for purposes of enabling us to provide you with a personalized website experience. Aggregated (not personally identifiable) forms of this data may also be used in order to help us understand areas for future research and to identify future features and functions to develop for the websites.

This data may also be used by AAAM, in the aggregate, to identify appropriate membership offerings.

When you place an order or register for an AAAM course, we may request additional information such as credit card number and expiration date. This information is used for confirmation and billing purposes. The contact information you provide is used to service the order. Also, when you register for an event, we may request additional information about your hotel, meal and other travel preferences. This information is used only for the specific event.

AAAM uses third-party service providers such as credit card processing companies, shipping companies, mailing houses and event coordinators together with other service providers as required to satisfy customer requests.

When you register for an AAAM event, we provide necessary information to hotels and to facilities hosting events. These parties are allowed to use that personal information only to provide services relevant to the event.

AAAM Members and Nonmembers may decline to have their information shared with non- AAAM third parties.

If you are a member of AAAM or not a member of AAAM, and you wish to your update your record, and/or to make your record private, please send an email to: info@aaamed.org.

"Cookies" are pieces of data that a website may send for storage by your web browser on your computer's hard drive. When a user registers on the AAAM website, the user is asked whether a cookie may be attached. If the user declines, the user may not have full access to the website. Registration, and attachment of a cookie, allows the website to provide more relevant information to the user. AAAM does not use cookies to distribute or analyze information about the user.

AAAM provides its users with a secure online experience. To do this, we use a variety of security measures to maintain the safety and confidentiality of personal information about you. All user registration information is contained behind a firewall and is accessible only by AAAM employees and contractors, who have signed nondisclosure agreements with AAAM. The database is protected behind a firewall. If you have any questions about the security at our websites, please send an e-mail to info@aaamed.org

AAAM's website contains links to websites not within the AAAM domain. AAAM is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such sites. We encourage our users to be aware of when they leave our sites and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by AAAM web-sites.

We will notify members and other users about material changes to our privacy policy by posting the privacy policy as changed on our website. Thus, users of the website may want to periodically review the policy for changes.

The effective date of the current privacy policy is September 1, 2008

If you have any additional questions, please contact Ellen Dahlin, AAAM at +1 310 944-1790.