Privacy Policy

 

 

The CDMA Certification Forum has created this "Privacy Statement" in order to explain what information we gather from you on our web site (globalccf.org), how we use that information, and with whom we share it. The CDMA Certification Forum (referred to below as "CCF," "we," "our" and "us"), is a not-for-profit organization organized under the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., with a business office at [ ], U.S.A. Your use of our web site means that you accept and are legally bound by this Privacy Statement and our separate Terms of Use. If you do not wish to accept our Privacy Statement and/or our Terms of Use, you must not submit any information to us and you must leave this web site immediately.

What information is collected
When you register with our site, we will ask you for your name, job title, and company or organization's name, and your business address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. This information is your "contact information." If you are registering for an event, paying membership fees, making a contribution, or placing any order through our site, we will also require additional financial and billing information (such as credit card information, billing and delivery addresses, etc.). This type of information is your "financial information." Forms requiring your financial information are encrypted. When you visit our site, some information such as your Internet or IP address, Internet Service Provider, the site or most recent sites that you visited prior to arriving at our site, and the time and date of your visit, may be collected automatically as part of the operation of the site. Once collected, this information (which we call "aggregate information") is not linked to your personally identifiable information such as your contact or financial information.

How your information is used
Contact Information. We use your contact information to send you information about our organization and its activities, upcoming events, and to communicate with you concerning events for which you have registered or other requests that you have submitted to us. We share your contact information with third parties whose activities, services, or products may interest our visitors. If you do not want us to share your contact information with any third parties, please indicate your preference by checking the appropriate box on the form that you use to submit your information, or contact us at any time at .

Financial Information. We use your financial information only to complete the registration, donation or other transaction for which you have submitted your financial information. We may store your financial information for archival purposes or to comply with any legal data retention requirements that may apply. Your financial information is processed and stored using industry-standard encryption and security measures. We will not share your financial information with any third party other than our current third party credit card processing service provider.

Aggregate Information. Aggregate information is used to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our web site. This information may also be used to compile aggregate statistics about the number of visitors to our site and how visitors use our site, so that we can improve our web site.

Cookies. Our web site may use "cookies" to store and obtain certain information relevant to your use of our site, such as your password and site preferences. A cookie is a small data text file, which our site places on your computer’s hard drive (if your web browser permits) that can later be retrieved to identify you to us. Cookies were designed to help a web site recognize a user as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. We use cookies for the limited purposes of enhancing your visit to our site and to enable us to track and target the interests of our users. A cookie cannot be read by a web site other than the one that set the cookie. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on a computer virus, or capture your email address. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser to notify you when you have received a cookie, or alternatively, to refuse to accept cookies. It is important to note that you may not be able to use certain features on our site if you choose not to accept cookies.

Legally required disclosures. We may disclose any of your information when we believe that such release is reasonably advisable to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions or to protect the rights, property and safety of our users, others and ourselves. Also, we will disclose information upon receipt of a court order or subpoena or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation or any duly authorized request from any governmental entity.

Third-party web sites
This site contains links to other sites for your convenience. These third-party sites may also request personal information from you. Third-party sites are not covered by this Privacy Statement and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. Third-party sites may have their own privacy policies or statements and we encourage you to learn about their practices before providing information.

Security
This site has security measures in place intended to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. However, we cannot guarantee that your information will be secure under all circumstances.

Contacting us about privacy concerns or to update your information
If you wish to update your information, or if you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Statement or the practices of this site, please send an e-mail to . Alternatively, you may write to us at:

Att: Privacy Compliance Officer

Irene Solorzano
Barsa & Company
 - San Diego, CA 92130
Office:    - eFax:   

Children under age thirteen
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act took effect on April 21, 2000, and imposes certain requirements on web sites. You understand and acknowledge that our site is not directed toward children under age 13, nor does our site attempt to ascertain the age of our users. You hereby certify that you are at least 13 years old. It is our policy not to collect and maintain personal information from any person under age 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently gathered and maintained personal information about any child under the age of 13, we shall make reasonable efforts to notify such child’s parent or guardian and erase such information from our records.

Changes to this Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Statement at any time, but will alert you that changes have been made by indicating on the Privacy Statement the date it was last updated. When you visit this web site you are accepting the current version of this Privacy Statement as posted on the site at that time. We recommend that users re-visit this Privacy Statement on occasion to learn of any changes.

Last revised: May 9th, 2005.