PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

This Statement serves to explain how the Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation (“WBL” or “we” or “us”) collects and processes your Personal Data. Each time you visit our Website (referring to wbl.org, or subsites wblsummit.org, wblboundless.org or my.wbl.org), the current version of this Statement will apply. When you use our Website, you should check the date of this Statement and review any changes since the last version. This Statement is applicable to all Website visitors, registered users, and all other users of our Website.

“Personal Data” is any information that enables us to identify you, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as your name, identification number, location data, online identifier or one or more factors specific to your physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

By visiting our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accept the processes and policies referred to in this Statement. If you do not want us to use your information as described in this Statement, please do not use our Website.

Who we are

This Website is primarily intended for use by those based in the United States, as is the majority of WBL’s membership.

How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Statement, please contact us using the Contact Us section on our Website or contacting privacy@wbl.org.

How we collect personal data

Personal Data that you give us

We may collect and process the following Personal Data:

• Contact information, which you provide when corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you participate in discussion boards or forms on our Website. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, photograph, career information, board information, biographical statement, financial information and/or credit card information. Contact information may be provided to us by a Nominator on your behalf as part of WBL’s nomination process.
• Membership information, about your membership including your name, contact details such as address, phone number and email address (business or personal), age, job title, any other information related to your membership. Membership information may be provided by you during the registration process, or by your colleagues on your behalf.
• Due payment information, including financial information such as credit/debit card and account numbers used to register or renew your membership.
• Purchase information, relating to purchases you made for event participation, books, recordings, memberships, or other items via our Website. Purchase information will include financial information, contact information, as well as information concerning the content and time of the purchase.
• Demographic information, provided by you only at your option, as part of WBL’s self-identification campaign in order to study and improve the diversity of WBL’s membership and variety of WBL’s offerings. While WBL staff may use such data for its internal analytics purposes, such statistics will only be shared beyond the staff in a bulk aggregated manner, with sample sizes fewer than three (3) considered too small to report for privacy reasons.

From time to time we may provide public forums for you to post your comments in public areas of the Website. These “User Contributions” are posted by you at your own risk.  Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.  Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Personal Data we collect from you

With regard to each of your visits to the Website, our Google Analytics will automatically collect the following information:

• Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer or device to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, geolocation data, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
• Information about your visit, including time of log in, errors encountered, forms partially completed, and time of log-out.

To see how Google uses this data, go to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. They may enhance your experience as you navigate our Website. A “session cookie” disappears after you close your web browser, or may expire after a fixed period of time. A “persistent cookie” remains after you close your web browser and may be accessed every time you use our Website. We may use both session and persistent cookies. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
• Web Beacons. Pages of our the Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or (opened an email) and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
• There may be other tracking technologies now and later devised and used by us in connection with our Website. Further, third parties may use tracking technologies with our Website. We do not control those tracking technologies, and we are not responsible for them. However, you consent to potentially encountering third party tracking technologies in connection with your use of our Website and accept that this Privacy Policy does not apply to the tracking technologies or practices of such third parties. In such cases, you must check the third party websites to confirm how your information is collected and used.

Personal Data we collect from others

We may receive information about you from Nominators, usually a friend or colleague, who may recommend you for membership or services that may be of interest to you. 

How we use your Personal Data

Personal Data that you give us

We may use Personal Data that you provide directly to us for the following purposes:

• to carry out our obligations arising from your membership, or any other contract entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and membership services that you request from us;
• to organize events that you have purchased or registered for, and to provide you with information, and other materials, relating to the content of the event, the speakers, sponsors and other attendees;
• to provide our newsletter and other mailings, provided you have given your consent;
• to respond to your questions and provide related services;
• to provide you with information about other events, products and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased;
• to transfer your information as part of a merger or sale of the business;
• to notify you about changes to our membership service;
• to ensure that content from our Website is presented most effectively for you and your computer; and
• for purposes that you otherwise consent to.

When we share and who can access your Personal Data

We may share your Personal Data for the purposes described in this Statement with:

• a member of our group;
• partners, suppliers and sub-contractors, for the performance of obligations arising from your membership, or any other contract we enter into with them or you or to provide you with the information, products and membership services that you request from us;
• a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or any other disposition of all or any portion of our business;
• a third party as we believe necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public or government authorities; (d) to enforce our Terms of Use; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, or that of our affiliates, you or others; (g) at our discretion under emergency circumstances, to notify emergency services or your family members, personal representative or other individuals of your location and condition; or (h) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

We will only transfer your Personal Data to trusted third-parties who provide sufficient guarantees in respect of the technical and organizational security measures governing the processing to be carried out and who can demonstrate a commitment to compliance with those measures.

Selling your Personal Data

We will never sell your Personal Data to third parties without your opt-in consent.

Security

Although we use security measures to help protect your Personal Data against loss, misuse or unauthorized disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to us over the internet.  All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.

Transfer of Personal Data outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and International Users

We are headquartered in the United States. Your Personal Data may be accessed by us or transferred to us in the United States or to members worldwide. If you are visiting our Website from outside the United States, be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our software companies’ servers are located, and our central database is operated. By using our Service, you consent to any transfer of this information.

How long we store your Personal Data

We will store your Personal Data, in a form which permits us to identify you, for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which the Personal Data is processed. For example, we will retain your Personal Data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with access. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your Personal Data to provide you service, contact us at privacy@wbl.org.   We may retain and use your Personal Data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and rights, or if it is not technically reasonably feasible to remove it. We may keep such information indefinitely. Consistent with these requirements, we will try to delete your Personal Data upon request.

Where we store your Personal Data

The Personal Data that you provide to us is generally stored on servers located in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction, you should be aware that once your Personal Data is submitted through our Website, it will be transferred to our servers in the United States and that the United States currently does not have uniform data protection laws in place

Children’s Privacy

Our Websites are not directed to children under the age of 18.  If you are not 18 years or older, do not use our Website. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 18. If we learn that Personal Data of persons less than 18 years-of-age has been collected through our Website, we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child or a minor under the age of 18 has posted, submitted or otherwise communicated Personal Data to our Website without your consent, then you may alert us at privacy@wbl.org so that we may take appropriate action to remove the minor’s Personal Data from our systems.

Links to Third Party Websites and Services

Our Websites may contain links to third party websites, applications and services not operated by us. These links are provided as a service and do not imply any endorsement by us of the activities or content of these sites, applications or services nor any association with their operators. WBL is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party including websites or services directly linked to our Service. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party site that you link from our Service.

Your rights

Correction and removal

If you are a current or former Member of WBL, you can modify some of the Personal Information you have included in your profile or change your username by logging in and accessing your account. Upon your request, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your account and the Personal Information in your profile; however, it may be impossible to remove your account without some residual information being retained by us, and we may be required by law or our agreement with your health plan to retain certain information. To have us assist in removing Personal Data, please contact privacy@wbl.org.

Opting Out

Additionally, if you prefer not to receive messages from us, please let us know by clicking on the unsubscribe link within any marketing message that you receive. You may further specific your communications preferences within the portal, particularly with regard to notices about regional events.

Your European Rights

FOR EUROPEAN RESIDENTS ONLY. This Website is primarily intended for use by those based in the United States.  If you are visiting our Website from outside the United States, you consent to any transfer of your information. Under European data protection law, in certain circumstances, you have the right to:

• Request access to your Personal Data. You may have the right to request access to any Personal Data we hold about you as well as related information, including the purposes for processing the Personal Data, the recipients or categories of recipients with whom the Personal Data has been shared, where possible, the period for which the Personal Data will be stored, the source of the Personal Data, and the existence of any automated decision making.
• Request correction of your Personal Data. You may have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of any inaccurate Personal Data we hold about you.
• Request erasure of your Personal Data. You may have the right to request that Personal Data held about you is deleted.
• Object to processing of your Personal Data. You may have the right to prevent or restrict processing of your Personal Data.
• Request restriction of processing your Personal Data Request transfer of your Personal Data. You may have the right to request transfer of Personal Data directly to a third party where this is technically feasible.
• Withdraw your consent.

You can exercise any of these rights by contacting us using the Contact Us section on our Website.

Your Californian Rights

FOR RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA ONLY. Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code requires select businesses to disclose policies relating to the sharing of certain categories of your Personal Data with third parties. If you reside in California and have provided your Personal Data to WBL, you may request information about our disclosures of certain categories of Personal data to third parties for direct marketing purposes. Contact us at privacy at WBL dot org.

Changes to this Statement

If we make any material changes to this Statement or the way we use, share or collect personal Data, we will notify you by revising the “Effective Date” at the top of this Statement.

Any changes we make to this Statement in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Statement.