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Privacy Policy

Welcome to www.abperio.org. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and share your information when you visit our website. 

1. Information We Collect 

We may collect and process the following types of information: 

  • Personal Information: Name, address, email address, phone number(s), company name, and any other information you provide directly through our forms or communications. 

  • Usage Information: Data about your activities on our website, such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on each page, and referring website addresses. 

  • Membership Information: Information you provide when creating an account, including email address, password, and educational information. 

  • Financial Information: Your credit card number is collected on our website by a third-party service provider solely for transaction processing only. The credit card number is not collected or processed by us, nor is it stored in our database. 

  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience and collect data about how you use our website.  For more information about how we use cookies and other tracking technologies, please see the Cookies Section below.

2. How We Use Your Information 

We use the information we collect to: 

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our services. 

  • Respond to your inquiries and communicate with you. 

  • Personalize your experience on our website. 

  • Send you marketing communications, if you have opted in to receive them. 

  • Analyze and improve our website’s performance and user experience. 

  • Comply with legal obligations. 

3. Sharing Your Information 

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with: 

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf, for example, hosting and operating the Website, conducting our business, processing transactions, servicing you or sending email communications. We obligate these service providers not to use or disclose the information they receive from us except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.   

  • Legal Authorities: When required by law or to protect our rights, we may disclose your information to comply with legal processes or requests from governmental authorities, or when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity. 

  • Consent: We may share information you submit with you consent or at your direction. 

  • Business Transfers: In connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale, or other transfer of assets, we will transfer information, including personal information, provided that the receiving party agrees to respect your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Policy. 

4. Your Choices and Rights 

You have the following rights regarding your personal data: 

  • Access and Update: You can access and update your personal information by contacting us. 

  • Opt-Out: You may opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by following the unsubscribe link in our emails. 

  • Cookies: Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies. You can set your preferences by adjusting your browser settings.  Additionally, you can set your cookie settings under the Cookie Preferences link in the footer of the website

5.  Cookies 

Like many websites, we collect certain information by automated means when you visit the website, such as how many users visit the website and other related analytics. We collect this information to learn how to improve the website and how to best tailor it to our visitors. When you visit the website, we may automatically collect some information about your visit using cookies, log analytics software, and other aggregate tracking technologies.  

Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit certain websites. We may use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before. If you wish, you may decline cookies or set your browser to refuse cookies. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. 

This site may use the following categories of, or particular, cookies or tracking technologies, including but not limited to the following: 

First-party cookies: On the website we use certain First Party cookies. Refusal of these cookies may result in your inability to access some pages or use some of the features and functions of our website. If you accept but then decline cookies, please note that some First Party cookies will remain on your computer’s hard drives unless and until you manually delete the cookie file. However please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. First Party cookie files generally do not contain personal information or track your movement outside of our site. 

Analytics: The website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage for us. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

6. Security of Your Information 

We use a variety of security measures, including encryption and authentication tools, to protect your personal data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. 

7. Retention of Your Information 

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with legal requirements. 

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal information. 

9. Children’s Privacy 

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child, please contact us immediately via the Contact Us information below. 

10. Do Not Track 

The major browsers have attempted to implement the draft “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) standard of the World Wide Web Consortium (“W3C”) in their latest releases. As this standard has not been finalized, this website is not compatible with DNT and so, does not recognize DNT settings.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy 

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page. Please review this policy periodically for any changes. 

12. Contact Us 

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at: 

  • Address: 737 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611