Privacy Policy
This is the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) Internet Privacy
Policy. You can write to us at 407 S. 6th Street, P.O. Box 458,
Columbia, MO 65205. We can be reached by e-mail at
membercare@msta.org
(member-related) or info@msta.org
(business-related) or you can call us at 800.392.0532.
MSTA values your privacy and we want to give you the opportunity to know
what information we collect and how you can limit the use of
personally-identifiable information beyond the purposes for which it is first
provided. At all times, however, MSTA reserves the right to disclose
information where required by law or to comply with valid legal process (such as
a search warrant, subpoena or court order), to protect MSTA’s rights or
property, including without limitation during emergencies when safety is at
risk.
Whenever we change our policy, we will give reasonable notice by posting a
notice on our home page. Since these policy change notices last only for a
limited time, however, you should check this Privacy Policy regularly to see if
there have been any changes.
Data We Collect and How We Use It
Personally Identifiable Information
We collect your email address if you communicate with us by email, as well
as other information that you might supply voluntarily, such as survey
information.
If you purchase a product or service at our site, we will also ask for
your credit card number or other account number you wish to be charged. We do
not give out your credit card or other account information to third parties
unless you authorize us to do so or if it is necessary to fulfill our
responsibilities, including, but not limited to, delivering a product or service
you order.
We may use this information to respond to an email or other inquiry or
request, to help improve our website and our services, to customize your
experience at our website, or to send updates or notices about our organization
and the products we offer that we think may be of interest to you. We may also
combine this information with other generally or publicly available information
to help us identify visitors’ preferences or interests. We may provide
information that identifies you to companies that assist us in these activities,
such as helping us fulfill your request for a product, service or information.
Children’s Privacy
MSTA’s website is intended for adults. MSTA does not knowingly collect
personal information from children under the age of 13. If MSTA obtains
knowledge that it has personally identifiable information about a child under 13
in retrievable form in its files, MSTA will delete that information from our
existing files.
Confidentiality
We consider the contact information that you give us to be some of the
most important information that we have and take active steps to keep it
confidential.
We use state-of-the-art technology to keep any information you provide as
secure as possible. We also have in place privacy protection control contractual
obligations with our vendors designed to ensure that personal data is protected
from unauthorized access or disclosure. All MSTA employees must abide by MSTA’s
Privacy Policy. Only authorized employees are permitted to have access to
personally-identifiable data about website visitors, and that access is limited
to what is reasonably needed to perform an employee’s responsibilities, such as
providing updates or notices or customer service. Employees who violate our
privacy policies are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including
termination.
Cookies & Computer-Related Information
We sometimes use cookies to track your visit to and through the site. A cookie,
which is small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by our web
server and that only has meaning to us, functions as your identification card,
recording your passwords and previous access. It cannot be executed as code or
deliver viruses. We use it mainly to keep track of items in your shopping cart.
This information does not identify you personally and you remain anonymous
unless you have otherwise provided us with personal information. Most browsers
are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when
you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept
it.
Our web server automatically collects information from your computer and
navigation patterns when you visit our site, including your Internet Protocol
(IP) address, the computer’s operating system, the type of browser you use, and
the specific web pages visited during your connection. We may also track data
such as the total number of visits to our website and the number of visitors to
each page of our website. We may use this information, in aggregate form, for
system maintenance and to better understand how our visitors use our site and
services so that we can make them better. ABC may also share statistical or
demographic information in aggregate form with third parties for marketing or
research purposes. This aggregate data will not contain any information that
personally identifies you.
How You Can Control and Update Data About You
We want to be sure that we keep only the most accurate and up-to-date
information about you in our records. Therefore, whenever you believe that our
contact information needs to be updated, you can e-mail us at
membercare@msta.org
or log-in to the members-only section to correct or update your contact
information.
You may choose at any time to remove your name, telephone and fax numbers,
and postal and e-mal addresses from the lists we use to send notices or updates
and elect not to receive correspondence from us by e-mailing at
membercare@msta.org.
Other internet sites you visit—including those linked from the MSTA
website—may have their own privacy policies or not policy at all. Other websites
might use personal information differently than our policy permits. We strongly
encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site before providing any
personal information.
Policy is subject to change without notice.
