ASNT… Creating a Safer World! ™
Effective Date: [2 November 2020]
This webpage sets out when and how we use your personal information that you or others provide to us.
We are the American Society for Nondestructive Testing Foundation (ASNT Foundation), an American federally chartered, nonprofit organization (Federal ID No. 88-2513556). References in this policy to “the Society,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” are to ASNT Foundation. We refer to foundation.asnt.org, and any other microsites or mobile websites we operate or use as our “Website.” “Social Media Pages” are the official social media pages we operate on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, or other social media platforms. This privacy policy is an integrated part of the ASNT Foundation Terms of Use.
Our registered address is 1201 Dublin Road, Suite #G04, Columbus, OH 43215.
We collect different types of information about our members and Website visitors, including:
We may collect the information described above directly from you, from third parties we partner with, or through cookies or other automated means. Such sources include:
We may use your information for the following business purposes:
The Society, our Website, and our Social Media Pages are not fully or partially targeted towards children under the age of 13. COPPA guidelines will be observed and this privacy policy will be updated accordingly if content and marketing changes to fall under these requirements. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for services or send any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. To request deletion of personal information relating to a child under 13, please email privacy@asnt.org.
Our Website may store some information on your device or device hard drive as a cookie, web beacon, pixel, clear gif, tag or other similar technology to collect data related to the use of our Website and for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing your communication and interaction with our Website. Cookies are small text files with information stored on your computer or other device used for visits to our Website. Cookies are used to make websites work more efficiently, for example, by simplifying login processes, but also for providing information to a website owner about how their website is used.
The data collected by cookies on our Website may include: the address of the websites you visited before and after you visited the Website, the type of browser you are using, IP address, what pages in the Website you visit and what links you clicked on. We use this information to help us maintain and enhance the efficiency and usefulness of our Website and may use it and other information for the purposes described in this privacy policy. For a more thorough explanation of what cookies are and how they operate, please visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org. On their own, cookies do not personally identify you; they recognize your Web browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to us by opening an account or becoming a member, you remain anonymous to us. You have the ability to manage the use of cookies on your computer using controls in your browser.
We use cookies that are session-based. Session cookies exist only during one session, i.e., only while you are reading or navigating the Website. These cookies are used to retain your login session or to analyze the performance of our Website, and disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. We also use essential cookies, which are essential to the Website’s functionality. You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website. Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after two years.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we do not have any control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
We (and many of our external third parties) are based in the United States (US) so the processing of your personal information may involve a transfer of data outside of your country and economic region if you are effecting transactions outside of the US.
Whenever we transfer your personal information, we ensure it is protected by making sure the following safeguards are in place:
You can contact the Director of Marketing by mail at 1201 Dublin Road, Suite #G04, Columbus, OH 43215, by email at privacy@asnt.org or telephone at 1-800-222-2768 (US toll free), or 1-614-274-6003 (US direct) for the details as to how we protect the transfer of your data.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers or those of our third-party data storage providers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. You must not share your password with anyone.
We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research, product development or improvement, or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
The United States does not recognize a uniform data protection law. If you wish to access your information, learn how your information is stored, correct inaccuracies, limit marketing use, and/or completely erase your information from ASNT Foundation’s systems (to the extent permitted by law), you can contact our PR Manager, by mail at 1201 Dublin Road, Suite #G04, Columbus, OH 43215, by email at privacy@asnt.org, or telephone at 1-800-222-2768 (US Toll Free), or 1-614-274-6003 (US Direct).
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), European Union consumers have the following rights:
You are entitled to receive confirmation as to whether your personal information is being processed by us, as well as various other information relating to our use of your personal information. You also have the right to access your personal information which we are handling.
You have the right to require that we rectify any inaccurate personal information we hold about you. You also have the right to have incomplete personal information we hold about you completed, by providing a supplementary statement to us.
You can restrict our processing of your personal information where:
Where you exercise your right to restrict us from using your personal information, we will then only process your personal information when you agree, except for storage purposes and to handle legal claims.
You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, standard readable format and to send it to another organization controlling your personal information.
This right only applies to your personal information we are handling because you consented to us using it or because there is a contract in place between us.
You have the right to require us to erase your personal information which we are handling in the following circumstances:
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority within the EU for data protection issues in your territory. As we conduct business globally, we have not set out the specific supervisory authorities for each country in this policy, but please contact us if you would like us to identify who the relevant supervisory authority is in your country or territory.
If the basis on which we rely for processing your personal information is your consent to the processing, you also have the right to withdraw your consent for future processing of that personal information. You can exercise any of your GDPR rights by contacting us using the information in How Do I Contact You With Feedback?, below. Please be aware that we may need to use your personal information if it is relevant to a legal claim that is being pursued.
Our Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from third-party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites or use services that connect you to other websites, please note that you have left our Website and that these websites have their own privacy policies. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or websites. Please check their policies before you submit any personal information to these websites.
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, we will notify you by email or post. Please review this policy from time to time to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy. If we make any material changes to our privacy practices, we will update this policy and change the effective date at the top of this page.
Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to our Director of Marketing and Communication by mail at 1201 Dublin Road, Suite #G04, Columbus, OH 43215, by email at privacy@asnt.org, or telephone at 1-800-222-2768 (US Toll Free), 1-614-274-6003 (US Direct).