Introduction
Here at Affect Phobia Therapy we understand that you are aware of and care about your own personal privacy interests, and we take that seriously. This Privacy Notice describes Affect Phobia Therapy’s policies and practices regarding its collection and use of your personal data, and sets forth your privacy rights. We recognize that information privacy is an ongoing responsibility, and so we will from time to time update this Privacy Notice as we undertake new personal data practices or adopt new privacy policies.
How we collect and use (process) your personal information
Affect Phobia Therapy collects personal information about its members and other customers. With a few exceptions, this information is limited to the kinds of information that can be found on a business card: first name, last name, job title, employer name, work address, work email, and work phone number. We use this information to provide members and customers with goods and services, including membership services, certification, training, and the like. We do not sell personal information to anyone and only share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery of Affect Phobia Therapy services.
Use of the affectphobiatherapy.com website
As is true of most other websites, the Affect Phobia Therapy website collects certain information automatically and stores it in log files. The information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, the region or general location where your computer or device is accessing the internet, browser type, operating system and other usage information about the use of the Affect Phobia Therapy website, including a history of the pages you view. We use this information to help us design our site to better suit our users’ needs. We may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website, analyze trends, track visitor movements, and gather broad demographic information that assists us in identifying visitor preferences.
When and how we share information with others
Information about your Affect Phobia Therapy purchases and certification status are maintained in association with your membership or profile account. The personal information Affect Phobia Therapy collects from you is stored in one or more databases hosted by third parties located in the United States. These third parties do not use or have access to your personal information for any purpose other than cloud storage and retrieval. On occasion, Affect Phobia Therapy engages third parties to mail information to you, including items like books you may have purchased, or material from an event sponsor.
Transferring personal data from the EU to the US
Affect Phobia Therapy has its headquarters in the United States. Information we collect from you will be processed in the United States. The United States has not sought nor received a finding of “adequacy” from the European Union under Article 45 of the GDPR. Affect Phobia Therapy relies on derogations for specific situations as set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR. In particular, Affect Phobia Therapy collects and transfers to the U.S. personal data only: with your consent; to perform a contract with you; or to fulfill a compelling legitimate interest of Affect Phobia Therapy in a manner that does not outweigh your rights and freedoms. Affect Phobia Therapy endeavors to apply suitable safeguards to protect the privacy and security of your personal data and to use it only consistent with your relationship with Affect Phobia Therapy and the practices described in this Privacy Notice. Affect Phobia Therapy also enters into data processing agreements and model clauses with its vendors whenever feasible and appropriate.
Data subject rights
This Privacy Notice is intended to provide you with information about what personal data the IAPP collects about you and how it is used. If you have any questions, please contact us at privacy@affectphobiatherapy.com.
If you wish to confirm that the IAPP is processing your personal data, or to have access to the personal data the IAPP may have about you, please contact us at privacy@affectphobiatherapy.com.
Security of your information
To help protect the privacy of data and personally identifiable information you transmit through use of this Site, we maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to your personal data to those employees who need to know that information to provide benefits or services to you. In addition, we train our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your information. We commit to taking appropriate disciplinary measures to enforce our employees’ privacy responsibilities.
Data storage and retention
Your personal data is stored by Affect Phobia Therapy on its servers, and on the servers of the cloud-based database management services that Affect Phobia Therapy engages, located in the United States. Affect Phobia Therapy retains data for the duration of the customer’s or member’s business relationship with Affect Phobia Therapy and for a period of time thereafter to allow members to recover accounts if they decide to renew, to analyze the data for Affect Phobia Therapy’s own operations, and for historical and archiving purposes associated with Affect Phobia Therapy’s history as a membership association. For more information on where and how long your personal data is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact us at privacy@affectphobiatherapy.com.
Changes and updates to the Privacy Notice
As our organization, membership and benefits change from time to time, this Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use is expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than the posting of the amended Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use at this Site. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions and will e-mail Affect Phobia Therapy members of material changes thereto, but you should check our Site frequently to see the current Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use that is in effect and any changes that may have been made to it.
Privacy Notice