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Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Privacy Policy 

Effective: September 17, 2024

 

Introduction
Welcome to www.sgo.org, operated by the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (“SGO,” “we,” or “us”). At SGO, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. 

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information when you visit www.sgo.org or any website operated by SGO, or access or use any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the websites and/or services that reference this privacy policy (collectively, the “Service(s)”). 

This policy applies to the information we collect: 

  • On this Service. 
  • In email, text, and any other electronic messages between you and this Service. 
  • When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy. 

It does not apply to information collected by: 

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other service operated by SGO or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or  
  • Any third party (our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Service. 

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Service. By accessing or using this Service, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Service after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.


Children Under the Age of 18
Our Service is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Service. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Service. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at the information below.


Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Service, including information:

  • By which you may be personally identified (collectively, “personal information”), such as:
     

    • Contact information, such as name, address, email, and telephone number; 
    • Financial information, including types and amounts of donations and credit card information over the Internet or by direct mail. We do not disclose credit card account information provided by our donors except for the proper processing of donations; 
    • Information on events attended and publications received; 
    • Any other information provided by the donor to SGO, such as public comments or posts on our website. 
    • The IP address of your device, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline, or your payment card information; 
  • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Service, and usage details. 
  • Business or commercial account information 

We collect this information: 

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us. 
  • Automatically as you navigate through the Service. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies. 
  • From third parties, for example, our business partners. 

Information You Provide to Us 
The information we collect on or through our Service may include: 

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Services. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Services, subscribing to our Services, posting or providing material, or requesting further services.  
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us. 
  • Details of transactions you carry out through our Services and of the fulfillment of your requests.  
  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research and/or membership benefit purposes. 
  • Details of transactions you carry out through our Services and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Services. 
  • Your search queries and activities on the Services.  

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies 
As you navigate through and interact with our Service, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including: 

  • Details of your visits to our Service, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Service. 
  • Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type. 

The information we collect automatically may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Service and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to: 

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns. 
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Service according to your individual interests. 
  • Speed up your searches. 
  • Recognize you when you return to our Service. 

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

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate settings on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Service. 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 Service.  
  • Pixel tags. Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used to, among other things, track the actions of users of the Services (including email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns, serve you with advertisements, and compile statistics about usage of the Services and response rates.  
  • Analytics. We may use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and exercise the opt-out provided by Google by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. 

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information: 

  • To present our Service and its contents to you. 
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us. 
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it. 
  • To provide you with notices about your account. 
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including billing and collection. 
  • To notify you about changes to our Service or any products or services we offer or provide through it. 
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service. 
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service. 
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information. 
  • For any other purpose with your consent. 

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties’ goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please: 

  1. Check the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (e.g., the order form or registration form); 
  2. Adjust your user preferences in your account profile; or 
  3. Contact us at sgo@sgo.org. 


Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users without restriction.  

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy: 

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates. 
  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. 
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of SGO’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by SGO about our Service users is among the assets transferred. 
  • To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures. We contractually require these third parties to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. 
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, when using our Service, you may contact us to request information about SGO or our products and services. Members or other users of our Service may also be able to sign up for events, request specific information about programs or register, or apply for various programs or services. In choosing these options, you may provide us with information that we use to send you the information, evaluate and process your request or application, or provide you with the services you request.  
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information. 
  • With your consent. 
  • We may also use for other purposes and disclose to third parties information that does not constitute personally identifiable information.  

We may also disclose your personal information: 

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request. 
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements. 
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of SGO, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. 


Updating Your Information
If you are a user who has a registered account on the Service, you can review and change some of your personal information by logging into the Service and visiting your account details page or contacting us at the information below. 


Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information: 

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly. 
  • Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (e.g., the order form or registration form). You can also always opt out by logging into the website and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile, checking or unchecking the relevant boxes, or by sending us an email with your request to sgo@sgo.org.  
  • Promotional Offers from Us. If you do not wish to have your email address used by SGO to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (e.g., the order form or registration form) or at any other time by logging into the website and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes, or by sending us an email stating your request to sgo@sgo.org. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to SGO as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience, or other transactions. 

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.


Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page or with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the Service home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account or through a notice on the Service home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Service and this privacy policy to check for any changes.


Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at sgo@sgo.org.


Your Privacy Rights
You may have certain rights related to your personal information under data protection laws depending on the jurisdiction you are or reside in. In particular, you may have a right to: 

  • Request a copy of personal information we hold about you; 
  • Ask that we update the personal information we hold about you or independently correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete; 
  • Ask that we delete personal information that we hold about you from live systems or restrict the way in which we use such personal information; 
  • Object to our processing of your personal information; and/or 
  • Withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information (to the extent such processing is based on consent and consent is the only permissible basis for processing). 

If you would like to exercise these rights or understand if these rights apply to you, please contact us at the information above.


International Privacy Rights
Although our website may be accessible to persons outside the United States, we do not intend to offer the Services to those outside of the United States. Thus, for those visiting the website who may reside in areas protected by other privacy laws, such as residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) protected by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we ask that you contact us at the information provided below for further information about this policy and our privacy practices.