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Privacy
Statement and Terms of Use
Women Business
Owners (WBO), a non-profit organization, is dedicated to helping
women-owned businesses succeed. WBO’s
activities are guided by its commitment to educating women in business
development, to building a welcoming, supportive community among
its members, and to providing information, resources, and referrals
through its network of members, guests, and speakers. WBO’s
strength lies in its business referral network, which is supported
by personal interaction at monthly meetings and events as well
as by enhanced Web site capabilities.
PRIVACY
STATEMENT
This
privacy statement will inform you about the information WBO collects
about members and visitors and how WBO uses that
information.
Questions about this privacy statement should be directed to
info@womenbusinessowners.org. Please specify “Privacy Statement” in
the subject line of your email when contacting us.
Membership Applications
WBO collects contact and business information from individuals
who wish to become WBO members. WBO may contact members about
WBO and other events and opportunities that are considered
to be of
interest to women business owners. Authorized WBO personnel
may review individual payment information submitted by applicants
for membership management purposes. WBO will not share this
payment
information with other parties except for purposes of fund
collection and WBO operations. To protect your data, payment
information
submitted
on the Web site is transmitted using industry-standard Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) and other encryption technologies.
Online
Membership Listings
WBO Membership Listings are published on the WBO Web site,
updated monthly, and open to visitors for viewing. The purpose
of the
Online Membership Listings is to facilitate networking
and business promotional
opportunities for participating WBO members. Members submit
contact information and business descriptions to WBO and may
authorize
WBO to publish them on the Web site. Members may elect
not to publish their contact and business information in the
Online
Membership
Listings. Members may also elect to remove their contact
and business information from the Online Membership Listings
by contacting
the
WBO office; their opt-out requests will be implemented
in the next scheduled update. Members may contact the WBO office
to
update
their information contained in the Online Membership Listings;
their requests will be implemented in the next scheduled
update.
Membership
Directory
A WBO Membership Directory is published in a members-only
area, updated monthly. Access to the members-only area
is obtained
by using a password issued to WBO members. The purpose
of the WBO
Membership Directory is to facilitate networking and
business promotional opportunities among WBO members. Members
submit
contact information
and business descriptions to WBO and may authorize WBO
to publish them in the Membership Directory on the Web
site. Members may
elect not to publish their contact and business information
in the Membership
Directory. Members may also elect to remove their information
from the WBO Membership Directory by contacting the WBO
office; their
opt-out requests will be implemented in the next scheduled
update. Members may contact the WBO office to update
their information
contained in the Membership Directory; their requests
will be implemented in the next scheduled update.
WBO
ListServ
WBO maintains a members-only WBO ListServ. The purpose
of the WBO ListServ is to facilitate networking and
information sharing
among
WBO members. Members may subscribe to the WBO ListServ,
and may also un-subscribe from it by contacting the
WBO office. Their
requests will be implemented in the next monthly subscription
update.
Event
Registration
Members and visitors may register for WBO events on
the WBO Web site. WBO will collect their information
for
the purposes of
event planning and organization, may use their information
for the purposes
of future event planning and membership development,
and may add their contact information to the WBO
email list.
Authorized
WBO
personnel may review individual payment information
submitted by attendees for event management and WBO
operations
purposes. WBO
will not share this payment information with other
parties except for purposes of fund collection and
event management.
To protect
your data, payment information submitted on the Web
site is transmitted using industry-standard Secure
Sockets
Layer (SSL) and other
encryption technologies.
WBO Keep Me Posted Email List
Visitors may request to join the WBO email list to
receive reminders about WBO events and other
events and opportunities
of interest
to women business owners. They may unsubscribe
to the list by contacting the WBO office.
Visitor
Information
Visitors may contact WBO by phone, by e-mail, or
by filling in an online form. Their information
may be
used by WBO
to respond
to the inquiries, and their contact information
may be added to the WBO mailing list used to promote
WBO and
other events
and opportunities
of interest to women business owners. Visitors
may contact the WBO office to opt-out of receiving notices
sent to
the mailing
list.
Web
Site Visitor Statistical Information
The WBO Web server may automatically collect
certain statistical information about visitors
to the WBO
Web site. This information
is used for statistical aggregation only,
and does not personally identify you. Examples
of statistics
WBO may
monitor are which
pages people visit, how many people visit
our site, when people visit, the domains and/or
IP addresses
used to
visit, and the
software (e.g., browsers) people use to visit.
TERMS OF USE
Membership
Listings and Membership Directory
WBO publishes and maintains Membership Listings and a Membership
Directory for the purpose of facilitating networking among members.
Information about individual members is provided voluntarily
by members and is not verified by WBO or other third parties.
WBO
and its respective sponsors make no representations about the
accuracy and suitability of the information contained in the
Membership
Listings and Membership Directory. All such information is provided “as
is” without warranty of any kind. WBO and its respective
sponsors do not endorse any of the individuals or businesses
listed on the Web site. In no event shall WBO and/or its respective
sponsors
be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages
or any damages whatsoever resulting from the use of information
available
from this site. Please use good sense in evaluating information
contained in this site.
WBO ListServ
WBO ListServ is provided to facilitate networking and information
sharing among WBO members. This is an unmoderated ListServ;
subscribers are asked to observe the WBO ListServ Guidelines.
Information
contained in the ListServ correspondence is provided by members
and is not
verified by WBO or by other third parties. WBO and its respective
sponsors make no representations about the accuracy and suitability
of the information contained in the ListServ correspondence.
All such information is provided by the authors and does not
represent
the views or have the endorsement of WBO. WBO and its respective
sponsors do not endorse any of the individuals or businesses
participating in the ListServ, or any of their offers and views.
In no event
shall WBO and/or its respective sponsors be liable for any
special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages
whatsoever
resulting from the use of information resulting from the ListServ.
Please
use good sense in evaluating information contained in ListServ
correspondence.
Links to Third
Party Sites
There are links in certain areas which will let you leave the
WBO Web site. The linked sites are not under the control
of WBO and
WBO is not responsible for the contents of any linked site
or any link contained in a linked site or any changes or
updates to such
sites. WBO is providing these links to you only as a convenience,
and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement
by WBO
of the site.
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