Privacy Policy 

ASE Website's Privacy Philosophy

ASE Website values your privacy and recognizes the sensitivity of your personal information. Our employees share the same concerns. Together, we work towards protecting your privacy. We have carefully crafted our Privacy Policy to address any concerns you might have, and to assure you that your personal information, if provided to us, will be treated carefully and appropriately.

Collection and Use of Information

The ASE Website site requires you to provide certain personally identifiable information in order to use certain "Members Only" features and functions of the site. By providing such information, you consent to our collection and use of it, as described in this Privacy Policy.

The information you provide may include information provided during the registration process, including contact information, (such as your name, address and email address) and financial information, such as a credit card number, if you order products or services through the site. This information will be used to process order and if necessary, to contact you regarding the status of your order. For your protction, your credit card number is deleted from our system (except for the last 4 digits) upon completion of a credit card transaction. You agree and acknowledge that your order may be processed, fulfilled or serviced by third parties other than ASE and you understand that such third parties are not limited by ASE in their use of the information provided to them to process, fulfill or service your order. Therefore, in order to process, fulfill or service your order, you expressly consent to our sharing your information with any necessary third parties.

The ASE Website may use your contact information to get in touch with you regarding the status of your membership, registration or any orders you may place, for instance. You may also be contacted by us or our agents regarding additional services and features, or requesting your feedback about your experience with ASE Website. We also reserve the right to make your contact information available to third parties whose products and services you may find useful. If you prefer that we do not use your contact information as described in this paragraph, you may send us an email at any time to: webmaster@asecho.org

The ASE Website site may provide you with email capabilities and/or moderated forums for your use. In the event you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information using such convenience services, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in your communication or post, can be collected, correlated and used by third parties. This may result in unsolicited messages from third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of ASE Website.

Cookies

Like most web sites, the ASE Website may use "cookies" to allow you to move more quickly through the ASE Website site. Cookies are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users and facilitate their ongoing access to and use of the site. We use this information for purposes of planning and tracking, for determining member status and member discounts, as well as assessing the technical function of our site. By understanding how our site is accessed, we can continually improve it to respond to user's interests. However, ASE Website cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers or third parties hosting data for ASE Website. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature. Please note that cookies may be necessary to enable you to use certain features on the ASE Website site.

ASE Website reserves the right to perform statistical analyses and profiling of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site and to inform third parties of such information. ASE Website will provide only aggregate data from these analyses to third parties; no personally identifiable information will be disclosed. ASE never sells or gives emails to third parties.

The ASE Website may provide you with links to the web sites of third parties. In the event you choose to access such web sites, ASE Website is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. We recommend that you check the applicable privacy policy of such party before providing personally identifiable information to it, as its privacy policy may differ from ASE Website's.

Correcting Your Information

By following the simple instructions on the ASE Website site, you may correct or update any of the information you provide to us at any time.

Changes in our Privacy Policy

Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this page so that you are always aware of our policies. We may also contact you by email with any changes.

How to Contact Us

We invite your comments and questions about the ASE Website site, your experience with our site and services, and our Privacy Policy. Please contact us at : webmaster@asecho.org.