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Throughout this website, there are forms for apply online for membership,
post content and request information. These forms may ask for contact information
(such as your phone number or e-mail address), unique identifiers (usually
your SHRM membership number, if one is available), financial information (such
as your credit card number), or demographic information (for example, your
age, location, PHR/SPHR designation, etc.). Contact information from these
forms is used to provide the information, service, or memberships that you
request. Forms on our site that request financial information do so in order
to bill you for products or services ordered. Unique identifiers (specifically,
your SHRM member number) are collected from website visitors to verify the
user's identity for access to restricted content or features on the site.
This Online Privacy Policy discloses HR/NY's privacy practices and contains
detailed information about the following:
All memberships and services on HR/NY Online are made available subject to
this Privacy Policy. By using this website, you agree, without limitation
or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy. HR/NY Online will update
this policy from time to time, so please check back periodically.
1. What information of yours does HR/NY Online collect?
Our goal is to become your destination for HR-related information by providing
information, services, and product offerings that are most relevant to you
in the most convenient way. To achieve this goal, HR/NY Online collects information
about site visitors.
Information collected online is usually defined as being either anonymous
or personally identifiable.
Anonymous information refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific
individual. HR/NY collects some information each time a visitor comes to a
HR/NY website, so we can improve the overall quality of the visitor's online
experience. For example, HR/NY collects the visitor's IP address, browser,
and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Windows platform). Gathering
this data helps us to learn what browsers we need to support. Other anonymous
information helps us determine what sections of HR/NY Online are most popular
and how many visitors come to our site(s). You do not have to register with
HR/NY Online before we can collect this anonymous information.
Personally identifiable information refers to data that tells us specifically
who you are (e.g., your name and postal address). You are only required to
provide such information if you want to take advantage of optional products
and services provided through our website(s).
HR/NY collects personal information in the following ways from different parts
of its website(s):
2. What are "cookies" and how does HR/NY use them?
A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that
is transferred from a website to the hard drive of your computer. This unique
number identifies your web browser—but not you—to HR/NY computers
whenever you visit HR/NY Online. A cookie will not provide personally identifiable
information about you, such as your name and address. The use of cookies is
now an industry standard, and cookies are currently used on most major websites.
Most web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you
can reset your browser to notify you when you have received a cookie. You
can also set your browser to refuse to accept cookies altogether. While HR/NY
does not require you to use cookies, keep in mind that certain services will
not function properly if you set your browser to refuse all cookies.
To help serve you better, HR/NY generally uses cookies to:
3. What organization collects the information and who has access
to it?
Data collected through HR/NY's website(s) is generally collected and maintained
solely by HR/NY. More specifically:
4. What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against
the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?
HR/NY Online has security measures, such as firewalls, in place to attempt
to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under
our control. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to
data will not occur, we take many precautions to prevent such unfortunate
occurrences. Any other particularly sensitive information, such as your credit
card number, collected for a commerce transaction is encrypted prior to transmission.
You are ultimately responsible for the security of your HR/NY member ID and
password. You may not share your HR/NY member ID and password with colleagues
or friends so they can access content or features on HR/NY Online that are
restricted to HR/NY members only. You should log out of your browser at the
end of each computer session to ensure that others cannot access your personal
information and correspondence, especially if you share a computer with someone
else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet
cafe.
5. How does HR/NY use the information it collects?
HR/NY collects information to provide you with the services you request and
to improve our website(s).
If you join HR/NY or renew your HR/NY membership through our website(s), we
use the personally identifiable information you provide in the membership
application to send you HR/NY publications, information about member benefits
and special offers, and other information that HR/NY believes is relevant
and useful to its members. HR/NY also sells mailing lists (names and mailing
addresses) of members to selected HR service providers. You may opt out of
mail list sales at any time during your membership, as described in Item 6
below. HR/NY does not sell member e-mail addresses to third-parties.
As mentioned above, HR/NY uses the aggregate, anonymous data collected to
let our sponsors/advertisers know the number of impressions or views and the
number of "click throughs" on their advertisement(s). HR/NY also
uses this aggregate, anonymous data to perform statistical analyses of the
collective characteristics and behavior of our site visitors; to measure user
interests regarding specific areas of the HR/NY Online; and to analyze how
and where best to use our resources. Without such data, we would not know
which parts of HR/NY Online are the most popular, and we would not be able
to change and update the content and services appropriately.
HR/NY may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide
information on individual users to the appropriate governmental authorities.
In matters involving a danger to personal or public safety, HR/NY may voluntarily
provide information to appropriate governmental authorities.
For more information, please contact
us.
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