InfoBioSys and International Pectinid Workshop Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been compiled to serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable.

Who is InfoBioSys?

InfoBioSys is the DBA (Doing Business As) name for Eric Heupel, a PhD student. InfoBioSys was contracted to create and maintain the International Pectinid Workshop website(s) and to provide technical assistance at the conference.

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our website and when?

When submitting an abstract, applying for student assistance, or registering for the workshop as appropriate, you will be asked to enter your name, email address, organization, mailing address, phone number or other details to help process your request.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you submitting an abstract, applying for student assistance, or registering for the workshop to quickly process your transaction.

How do we protect your information?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

All monetary transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

We do not use cookies for any tracking or analytic purposes

Third-party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties any Personally Identifiable Information.

Third-party links

We do not include or offer third-party products or services on our website.

Google

We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA requires any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.

This privacy policy will remain linked under the words “Privacy Policy” from our home  and all pages requesting PII information from a user.

Users will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page

Users can change their personal information by emailing us

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?

We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?

We do not allow third-party behavioral tracking

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

Fair Information Practices

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via email within 1 business day of discovery of a data breach.

CANSPAM

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

      • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.

      • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.

      • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.

      • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.

      • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

pectinidworkshop.com

84 Tower St

Westerly, RI 02891

United States

eric@heupel.com