PRIVACY POLICY
THIS WEBSITE IS OWNED BY The NATIONAL CHIMNEY SWEEP GUILD (“NCSG”) AND THE CHIMNEY SAFETY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (“CSIA”).  NCSG AND CSIA PROVIDE THIS PRIVACY POLICY to inform you about the information THAT IS collectED at thIS website, why we collect such information, and how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our Website.  YOUR USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES your assent to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy, please do not use this site.  YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS ALSO SUBJECT TO OUR WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Please note that when you visit our site any personal or non-personal data you provide will be transferred to the U.S. where our site is located.  By using this site you consent to the collection, processing, transfer and storage of such data to the U.S.

OUR PRIVACY COMMITMENT
We are committed to protecting your privacy while you visit our website.  We have developed the following principles to assure your privacy, as well as protect the personal information or data you supply to us.  We respect the information you provide to us and we treat it carefully.  If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use much of this website, but you will not be able to access areas that require log-in. 

INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
As a general matter, each time a visitor or user enters this website, the website hosting company's server collects basic technical information, including the visitor's domain name, e.g., aol.com; referral data, e.g., the last URL a user visited prior to entering the website; and browser and platform type, e.g., Netscape browser or a Macintosh platform. We may use anonymous tracking technologies to collect, store and sometimes track information for statistical purposes and to improve the products and services we provide.  We aggregate this information and use it to evaluate and improve our site.

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE USER INFORMATION
When you use this site we may collect personally identifiable information voluntarily provided by you, such as your first name, last name, credit card number, mailing address, e-mail address,  telephone number, password, or login or user name.  The information requested and collected depends on the feature offered.  Your participation in these features and your sharing of your personally identifiable information with us constitutes your agreement to such sharing. 

HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect personal data about our users to facilitate use of this site, process purchases and transactions made through the site, and respond to e-mails, comments, requests, or complaints.  We may use the personal information you provide to send an e-mail message to confirm a purchase or other transaction or respond to your questions.  

INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES
We do not share personally identifiable information with third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent except (i) to safeguard this website, intellectual property, users, or the rights of third parties, (ii) to investigate violations of our Terms and Conditions, or (iii) as required by law or in response to a court order or legal request. In addition, we may share your mailing address with suppliers of chimney cleaning products and equipment with whom we have written agreements. 

SECURITY
This website may offer opportunities for you to renew you NCSG membership, register for NCSG and CSIA events and review sessions, purchase publications and brochures, and perform similar transactions.  When you provide personal information through this site in connection with such transactions, the security of the personal information you provide, such as credit card information, is protected during transmission through the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software.  This ensures that any information traveling between your browser and our web servers is protected from being read by those who might attempt to intercept the transmission.  We also employ encryption and other internal procedures to safeguard your personal information in our system.  Users are warned, however, that the Internet is not a secure medium, any information that you provide may be subject to interception, and you provide such information at your own risk. 

COOKIES
Some of the pages on this site utilize “cookies” so that we can better serve you when you next return to the site.  Cookies are identifiers that a website places on your computer’s hard drive in order to facilitate the interaction between your computer and the website.  Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
NCSG and CSIA reserve the right, in their complete discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time.  Any changes to this policy will take effect upon posting, provided that the use of any information previously collected will continue to be governed by the policy in effect when the information was collected.  Please check back periodically for any changes we may make, as your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept these changes.

CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact the National Chimney Sweep Guild at 2155 Commercial Drive Plainfield, Indiana 46168, or by e-mail at office@ncsg.org, or the Chimney Safety Institute of America at 2155 Commercial Drive Plainfield, Indiana 46168, or by e-mail at office@csia.org.

Effective Date:  August 2007

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