Washington Health Care Association (together with its affiliates and subsidiaries, the “Company”, “us”, “our” or “we”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”). This Policy describes the types of information that we may collect from you or that you may provide when you access or use our website whca.org, including any content, functionality, or services offered on or through our website (collectively, the “Website”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This Policy applies to information we collect on the Website and in email and other electronic messages between you and the Website. It does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, or any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will handle it. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to not use our Website.
What information do we collect?
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other identifiers by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
- That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as gender, retirement status, and job history;
- About your membership, donations, and purchase history; and
- About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you provide it on or through our Website. This information may include:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes, but is not limited to, information provided at the time of creating an online account, posting a job, submitting an application, uploading your resume, signing up for alerts or the CEU Retrieval Tool, paying your dues, registering for events, or requesting further services.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
- Responses to surveys or marketing communications. You can unsubscribe from receiving surveys or marketing emails at any time by sending us an email stating your request to the email listed at the end of the Policy.
- Your search queries on the Website.
As you navigate through our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include Cookies (or Browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
How do we use your information?
We use information we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present our Website and its contents to you.
- To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
- To provide you with notices about your account.
- To process your orders.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
- To notify you about changes to our Website.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
How do we disclose your information?
We may disclose information that we collect to:
- Our subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
- Any buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
- Fulfill the purpose for which you provide the information or any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- With your consent.
- Comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
- Enforce our policies and any agreements we have entered into with you.
- Protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our applicants, apprentices, or grantees, or others as we deem necessary or appropriate, including for purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Third-party information collection
When you use the Website, certain third parties, such as advertisers, ad networks, and ad servers, may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about you or your device. These third parties may use the information they collect to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
However, these third parties may provide you with ways to limit the collection and use of your information in this way. For example, you can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on NAI’s website (https://thenai.org/opt-out/). You can also set preferences for how Google advertises to you by using the Google Ads Settings page, or prevent Google Analytics from using your data by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.
How does our site handle “Do Not Track” signals?
We do not currently respond to Do Not Track signals.
How do we protect your information?
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Children under the age of 18
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information on or through the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under age 18. If you are under age 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us by using the contact information provided below.
Changes to this Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. Your continued use of the Website or services following the posting of any changes means that you agree to those changes. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Policy to check for any changes.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions regarding this Policy, you may contact us using the information below:
Washington Health Care Association
303 Cleveland Avenue SE, Suite 102
Tumwater, WA 98501 USA
Tel (360) 352-3304
[email protected]
Last updated: July 22, 2024