Privacy Statement
Welcome to the American Neuromuscular Foundation (Foundation) website. The Foundation is committed to taking all reasonable measures for safeguarding the information obtained from its website visitors. The following Privacy Statement outlines how
user information is collected, stored, and protected from unauthorized access.
Collection of Information
The Foundation uses information voluntarily submitted by contacts and others to provide you with personalized service and to enable the Foundation to improve the convenience and functionality of the website. Information is also used to connect you
with social media accounts, send emails, surveys, or any other necessary business activity. Information we collect includes information such as, but not all inclusive - name, address, telephone number, email, specialty, certification
information, training information, supervisor, photographs, payment information, etc. You have the ability to unsubscribe from emails/surveys at any time through the process described in the emails or surveys.
General Users
The Foundation does not collect any personal information from users browsing the Foundation website. If you are not logged into the site, you are browsing anonymously. The Foundation's web server tracks the domain names and IP addresses (not the individual
e-mail addresses) of all visitors to the site to measure the general number of visits, pages visited, average time spent on the site, etc., but it does not use this information to determine any user's identity.
If you log into the Foundation
website as with a unique user ID and password, you are able to view your demographic information on file with the Foundation. Providing the Foundation with updated information allows you to receive information about the AANEM, American Board
of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (ABEM), or the American Neuromuscular Foundation for Research and Education. Demographic information also is used to contact you when necessary. Information regarding method of payment is collected to process
orders for products and services.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are files that contain information created by a Web server to track information regarding users of the site. The Foundation website uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart, maintain user session identity, and, in some nonmember areas,
to store your user name and password locally for ease of access. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but, if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future.
Disclosure of Information
The Foundation does not release, sell, or rent member e-mail addresses for solicitation purposes in accordance with our privacy policy.
E-mail Lists
The Foundation maintains an e-mail list of contacts to keep you informed about important events. Contacts are given the option to unsubscribe at anytime. The Foundation does not release, sell, or rent the e-mail addresses on the list for solicitation purposes. In addition, the list server software is configured to refuse to divulge the e-mail addresses of our list subscribers to anyone but authorized Foundation staff, including other list subscribers. Your e-mail address will only be used within the Foundation and its entities.
Some e-mails sent in HTML format by Foundation through its electronic newsletters, collect specific information regarding what the recipient does with that email. For those emails, Foundation monitors whether a recipient subsequently clicks through to links provided in the message. Other information collected through this tracking feature includes: email address of a user, the date and time of the user's "click," a message number, name of the list from which the message was sent, tracking URL number and destination page. The Foundation only uses this information to enhance its products and distribution of those products to its members. This information is not sold or distributed in any other manner.
Links to Other Sites
The Foundation website contains links to other sites. The Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. Inclusion of links to an outside website, whether in an advertisement or content area of the Foundation, is not an
endorsement of the website or a guarantee that the information it contains is accurate. If you share content through Facebook, Twitter, or other social media channels, the Foundation is not responsible for the data that is shared. You should
review the privacy statement of social media outlets prior to sharing.
Credit Card Security
The Foundation’s credit card process is designed to protect your privacy. When you register for meetings online, purchase products, or supply your credit card information for any other reason, all of your order information, including your credit card number and delivery address, is passed through our secure server. The Foundation uses Secure Sockets Layer software (SSL), which encrypts your order information and transmits it to us. SSL technology, the industry-leading standard, is designed to prevent someone other than the Foundation from viewing and downloading your information.
The Foundation employs digital certificates through VeriSign, the industry leader in Web security. As a VeriSign Secure Site, visitors can verify the site's authenticity and communicate with the Foundation securely using SSL encryption that protects confidential information from interception and hacking.
When you register online, purchase products, etc., and provide credit card information, the Foundation submits the requisite information to the appropriate clearinghouse to verify and validate the credit card information. The Foundation does not disclose credit card account information for any purpose.
While we're confident your registration information is secure, if you feel at all unsure about providing credit card information online, please contact the Foundation for information about supplying this information by mail or fax.
Other Security
We implement a variety of security measures to protect the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. While the Foundation takes reasonable measures to protect the information you submit via the
website against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification, the Foundation cannot guarantee its absolute security. No internet, email, or mobile application transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Email or other
messages sent through the website may not be secure. You should use caution whenever submitting information through the website and take special care in deciding with which information you provide the Foundation. Any information collected
through the website is stored and processed in the United States. If you use our website outside of the United States, you consent to have your data transferred to the United States.
Changes in Terms of Privacy Statement
The Foundation reserves the right to alter its privacy statement. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this page.
Contact Us
We want to assure you that the Foundation is dedicated to protecting your privacy. If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, please send us an e-mail at foundation@aanem.org; call us at 507.288.0100; fax us at 507.288.1225; or write us at: American Neuromuscular Foundation, 2621 Superior Dr NW, Rochester, MN 55901.