Privacy Statement

(For further details about our privacy policies, please review the latest privacy addendum.)

AAPT is committed to protecting your privacy and values your trust. This Privacy Policy describes the information that we collect from you, how we collect this information, and what we do with it after we collect it.

What information is collected

Personal Information. We collect Personal Information that you provide to us, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, etc.

Non-Personal Information. We also collect non-personal information from you, such as your browser type, your Internet Service Provider, operating system, and your Internet Protocol (IP) address. This enables us to know how many users visited our website, which pages were accessed, and other information about site usage that will help us to improve our offerings. Non-Personal Information cannot be easily used to personally identify you.

The information we ask for is voluntary, although some services are only accessible by registering user details.

Notice to EU Users: The server for www.aapt.org is located in the United States. By entering information on this site, you are consenting to the transfer of that information to the United States. Your information will be handled in accordance with AAPT’s Privacy Policy.

How collected information is used

The primary purpose of gathering information is to allow AAPT to link a name and contact information to a user ID or to enhance your browsing experience. Once you have provided appropriate information, you will be enabled to use a variety of products or personalized services, and to access online help or support.

AAPT has a policy to use or rent its customer lists only for the delivery of information deemed of potential relevance or interest to members of the physics community. AAPT offers an option to remove your information from any list that might be sold or given to another organization. To do so, please contact us.

We may share aggregated (i.e., non-individual) demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This aggregated information cannot be related to identifiable individuals.

How we keep information secure

AAPT is committed to safeguarding your information. We make commercially reasonable efforts to protect your information both online and off-line.

Data security
To maintain data security we have put in place appropriate procedures to safeguard all sensitive information.

All online purchases you make with AAPT are secured with SSL (secure socket layer) encryption using encryption certificates issued to AAPT by well-known and reputable certificate authorities such as COMODO. You will know that you are in a secure session because the "http" in the URL box of your browser will read "https."

AAPT continually monitors the security status of its networks and has taken appropriate measures to ensure intrusion prevention.

Ecommerce

AAPT adheres to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard developed to protect account and transaction information of cardholders. We partner with a secure and reliable payment system provider and employ industry-standard anti-fraud measures.

Opt-out for European Union and other users

In accordance with EU and other guidelines, you may decline to provide the information requested by AAPT. Please be advised, however, that AAPT may be unable to provide certain services unless such information is provided for security and identification purposes.

Cookies

AAPT uses cookies, which are plain text files that are placed on your computer when you first visit a webpage. Cookies allow you to move through the site more smoothly and enhance your user experience by making it more seamless.

There are several types of cookies, each serving a different purpose. AAPT uses the following types of cookies:

Session cookies

Session cookies are designed so that once you close your browser, the cookie will simply terminate. They help you navigate the site by acting like placeholders or bookmarks to temporarily store information. Session cookies assist you in performing functions such as filling your shopping cart.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies are permanent, meaning they remain on your computer after you terminate your session. Your ability to customize settings based on your own preferences is dependent on persistent cookies. Each time you return to our site, through the use of persistent cookies, your preferences are retained so you don’t have to re-enter the same information again. In this way AAPT is able to tailor our site to meet your needs.

Third-party cookies

AAPT uses third-party cookies to enable our trusted partners to bring increased functionality to our site. Use of third-party cookies assists us in creating a profile of you as a user. For example, AAPT has partnered with a service that allows for the collection of usage data for our own marketing purposes. The information we obtain may be used to offer you assistance, to help us make improvements to the website, or to send you special offers that relate to the content you’ve viewed. No personal data is collected, and we do not sell the information we collect to others.

You can control what types of cookies you wish to allow through the settings in your browser. You have the option of deleting or disabling cookies, however, if you do so, you won’t obtain the optimum benefit of the site’s functionality or be able to access all of its content.

More information about the nature of cookies and how they work may be found at
www.allaboutcookies.org.

Links

AAPT sites contain links to other sites, and other sites have links to AAPT. Please be aware that AAPT is not responsible for the privacy practices (or other practices, goods, services, or content) of other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by AAPT.

Online discussions, blogs, commenting

User-generated comments and postings to AAPT sites will be moderated by editorial staff who retain the right to edit and to remove inappropriate submissions. By commenting or participating in an online discussion, you consent to our use or disclosure of any content you submit.

Protection of Children's Personal Information

AAPT sites are general audience sites and do not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

Notification of changes

If we make material changes to our privacy policy, these changes will be posted or linked to this page. You should review this page regularly for updates. For a more detailed statement about our privacy policies, please review the latest privacy addendum.      

 

Last updated: May 22 2018