GISCI Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.gisci.org (the “Site”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  • “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

As you register on site, you provide us with your name, address, phone number, and email address.

As you start to complete the Portfolio Application, additional information is stored in your profile in a user-password protected format.  When you pay for services offered, you can either provide payment information online, or in a separate transaction.  In neither case, do we store credit card or payment information.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not share your Personal Information with third parties, nor do we sell any information to other parties.

When you become a GISP Certified Professional, you are added to a searchable registry, available to the public, but the information provided for public view is limited to your name (first, middle, last), Title, Company, City, State, Zip, Certification Date, Expiration Date, and Certification Number.    

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@gisci.org.