PERA Privacy Policy

PERA User Community Privacy Guaranteed

Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will never share your personal information with anyone for any reason without your explicit permission. Please read the following policy to understand how your information will be treated as you make full use of our site. By this Web Site, you consent to the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do make changes, we will post those changes on this Web Site so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use it, and to whom we may disclose it. You should review this Privacy Policy from time to time to make certain that you remain up to date in the event changes to this Privacy Policy are made.

What information do we collect?
The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your user group experience. Here are the types of information we gather:

  • Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of some of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future content, improving our forums and communicating with you.
  • Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many web-sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses this site. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit web-sites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.
  • Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.

What are cookies and how are they used?
"Cookies" are small alphanumeric identifiers and text files that are written to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide personalized features. Cookies are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can configure your browser to decline all cookies. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on a case-by-case basis. If you choose to decline cookies, your web browser will be directed to a message suggesting that you upgrade your browser to a recommended version. You will not be able to view certain personalized information on our web-site if you decline cookies.

Generally, we use cookies to:

  • Remind us of who you are during your on-line session.
  • Help you minimize repetitive tasks in data entry forms.
  • Track your submissions in the discussion forums.

How is your information used?
Our primary goal in collecting information is to provide you with a personalized experience and to communicate, via email and at your opt-in discretion, relevant events, notices and other communications regarding this user community. Except for opt-in promotional events, we do not share your information - even if you opt-in for email notifications - with advertisers or any third-parties.

Who is collecting information?
When you are on this web-site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with us alone. Some data collected during a promotion may be shared with a sponsoring partner. You can decide not to participate in such events if you don't want your information to be shared. Our web-site also contains links to other third-party web-sites. Even if a relationship may exist between such a third-party and us, we exercise no authority over, and do not control linked sites, so that if you click on one of these links, you will be leaving our web-site and entering another, different web-site. These linked web-sites may maintain their own independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures, and we assume no responsibility or liability for these independent web-sites or their particular policies and procedures. These links are provided for your convenience, and as such, you access them at your own risk. We recommend you carefully review the privacy and data collection policies and procedures of any linked site that you may visit, because those policies and procedures may be very different from our own.

Will information be shared with 3rd parties?
OUr standard policy is that we will not disclose your personal information to third-parties - even if you opt-in for regular email notifications about our organization. The one exception to this standard policy is for voluntary, opt-in promotions, which we may agree, from time to time, to promote via our web-site on behalf of a third party. We use our reasonable efforts to ensure that these parties will also protect your personal information. We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others except under the following circumstances: (a) to protect the security of our Web Site and our rights as set forth in our Terms and Conditions, (b) in response to legal process or proceedings, to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims (c) when we believe in good faith that the law requires such action, (d) in connection with a sale of our business or company.

What choices are available to you regarding the collection, use, and distribution of your personal information?
You have choices about how the information you have provided us may be used by us. You can direct us to have your name and address removed from our mailing list and database. Should you choose this option, you will not receive any future communications from us. You may opt-out of receiving such future communications by sending an e-mail to info@peraonline.org, stating your request to be removed from our lists.

How can you access, update or delete your information?
You may access and update your Account Information at any time by using your account username and password. You may have your account removed from the our website by sending an email request to info@peraonline.org. If your account is removed, you will no longer be able to access the website using that username and password.

What kinds of security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?
We are committed to safeguarding your information. We utilize security technologies and we assess new technology, from time to time, for protecting your information. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. When you access the secure portion of our web-site (those areas accessible after loggin in with your username and password), your information is protected through the use of encryption technology, generally known as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. SSL makes it difficult for information to be intercepted or stolen during transmission. Additionally, all pages and data accessed or written from witin your account (once you log into the application using your username and password) are protected through the use of SSL encryption.

Additional questions regarding our Privacy Policy?
If you have additional questions or comments regarding this policy, please send them via e-mail to info@peraonline.org, with the words "Privacy Policy" in the subject line.