Effective Date:  September 5, 2018

This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Associations Inc. (the “PCC”), our website;http://www.pacificcoastcouncil.org; and  the “WESCCON” mobile application. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by the website and application, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you of the following:

• What information we collect;

• With whom it is shared;

• How it can be corrected;

• How it is secured;

• How policy changes will be communicated; and

• How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.

 

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing 

We are the sole owners of the information collected on  the PCC website and WESCCON application..  Basic information, such as name or email address may be published on the WESCCON app, or transferred to WESCCON sponsors.

We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than  to provide updates on WESCCON and PCC events

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy. 

Your Access to and Control Over Information 

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website:

• See what data we have about you, if any.

• Change/correct any data we have about you.

• Have us delete any data we have about you.

• Express any concern you have about our use of your data

 

Registration 

 To register for WESCCON, or sign up for PCC updates a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to prepare for the conference and contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest.

Sharing 

We share select information with our sponsors.

And/or: 

We use an outside company to manage WESCCON registration, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.

Security 

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g. billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Cookies 

We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (e.g., advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

 

Links 

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Notification of Changes

Whenever material changes are made to the privacy notice specify how you will notify consumers.

Other Provisions as Required by Law

Numerous other provisions and/or practices may be required as a result of laws, international treaties, or industry practices. It is up to you to determine what additional practices must be followed and/or what additional disclosures are required. Please take special notice of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), which is frequently amended and now includes a disclosure requirement for “Do Not Track” signals.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 202-783-333 or via email at info@pacificcoastcouncil.org.