Privacy Statement for SMEI Academy of Achievement Web Site

The SMEI Academy of Achievement has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for the SMEI Academy of Achievement Web site.

Cookies

Our Site uses cookies to deliver content specific to your interests. We also use cookies to maintain your preferences.

Advertisers

We display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by the advertiser, and we do not have access to this information.

Registration Forms

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and postal address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

The member's contact information may also used to send promotional material from some of our partners to our members, and to get in touch with the member when necessary.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Unique identifiers are collected from Web site visitors for use as account numbers in our record system.

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

Surveys & Subscriptions

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like email address), and demographic information (like zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the surveys & subscriptions is used to ship purchases, information about our company, and to send promotional material from some of our partners to our members. The member's contact information is also used to get in touch with the member when necessary in order to deliver services provided for in membership.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis. We use this data to provide netcasters and advertisers with qualitative and quantitative information about their readers/viewers. This information may affect both programming and advertising.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. The SMEI Academy of Achievement is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Special Relationships

The SMEI Academy of Achievement provides some partner sites with co-branded information. These sites collect all of the above data.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

Supplementation of Information

This site supplements the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties.

Children's Guidelines

This site DOES NOT MEET the Online Privacy Protection Act guidelines

The following criteria are violated:

1. This site allows children to post or distribute any personally identifiable information without first obtaining verifiable parental consent.

Data Quality/Access

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:

1. By unsubscribing to newsletters
2. By non-renewal of paid membership
3. By contacting our administrative offices

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact: webmaster@academyofachievement.org

This web site is designed and managed by Old Clayburn Marketing & Management Services Inc.