BOARDnetWORK™ Privacy Policy


At The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group (NIA) we recognize the sensitive nature of your personal and business information. For your protection, all information transmitted by you to us while visiting this website is secured using the latest technology in software encryption and security.

NIA provides this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy and to make you aware of our privacy practices, and of the choices you can make about the way your personal and business information is collected and used by NIA.

Use of this website signifies your consent to NIA’s on-line privacy policy.

How NIA Uses and Collects Information About You

Some transactions require that we obtain information from you, personal as well as non-personal.

This policy explains:
  1. What information we collect
  2. How we use that information
What We Collect

As a matter of practice, we collect and log to a database the domain name, e-mail address, Uniform Resource Locator (URL), Internet Protocol (IP) address, and full set of web browser environment variables (those pieces of information your web browser provides to web servers when requesting a web page) of users who log into this website. We ask for information when you sign up for publications or services and on any page on which you can order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The types of personal information that may be collected at these pages, and the types of information covered by this policy, are: name, nonprofit name/company name, title, address, e-mail address, phone number, fax number.

The Way We Use This Information

The information we collect is used to serve members and potential members' needs and to improve features and functions of this website. We will not disclose any of your personal information, except as described below.

When submitting a request for information or publication, your information will be stored on our system in order to complete the requested transaction and confirm delivery of the requested item. When visiting this site, your IP address is recorded. We use this information to create aggregate statistical reports, track errors on the site and for security reasons.

We use e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail we receive and may also use your e-mail address to provide updated information about our site only if you request such information. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.

We may use external service providers to operate our website and employ other persons to perform work on our behalf, such as sending postal mail and e-mail. These persons, as well as our own employees, may have access to the personally identifiable information you submit through the website, but only for the purpose of performing their duties and may not use if for any other purpose.

We will not provide any personally identifiable information to any other persons, except if we are required to make disclosures to the government or private parties in connection with a lawsuit, subpoena, investigation or similar proceeding. We can (and you can authorize us to) disclose any such information in those circumstances.

Cookies

“Cookies” are small files placed on your hard drive; each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser preferences allow it.

Cookies are necessary for user authentication and also help us to provide customized services. We use cookies to tell us how and when pages in our website are visited, what our users’ technology preferences are (such as what type of web browser they use) and whether our website if functioning properly.


Last Revised:3/28/2006