Erie Construction Council is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology
that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy
applies to the Erie Construction Council site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the Erie Construction Council site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Erie Construction Council collects personally identifiable information, such as your email
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Erie Construction Council also
collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by Erie Construction Council. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This
information is used by Erie Construction Council for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the Erie Construction Council site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Erie Construction Council public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Erie Construction Council
does not read any of your private online communications.
Erie Construction Council encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from Erie Construction Council so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. Erie Construction Council is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Erie Construction Council
and Erie Construction Council family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Erie Construction Council collects and uses your personal information to operate the Erie Construction Council
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Erie Construction Council also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from Erie Construction Council and its affiliates. Erie Construction Council may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
Erie Construction Council does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Erie Construction Council may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business
partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases,
your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone
number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Erie Construction Council
may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send
you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All
such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to
provide these services to Erie Construction Council, and they are required to maintain
the confidentiality of your information.
Erie Construction Council does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Erie Construction Council keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
Erie Construction Council, in order to determine what Erie Construction Council services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within Erie Construction Council to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Erie Construction Council Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice,
only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on Erie Construction Council or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of Erie Construction Council; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of Erie Construction Council, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Erie Construction Council Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page
server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the
domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Erie Construction Council pages, or
register with Erie Construction Council site or services, a cookie helps Erie Construction Council
to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process
of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses,
and so on. When you return to the same Erie Construction Council Web site, the information
you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Erie Construction Council
features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the Erie Construction Council services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Erie Construction Council secures your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. Erie Construction Council secures the personally identifiable information
you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit
card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use
of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Erie Construction Council will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. Erie Construction Council encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how Erie Construction Council is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
Erie Construction Council welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
If you believe that Erie Construction Council has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact Erie Construction Council at mark@nwpa.net.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.