Penn West Conference is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Penn West Conference Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Penn West Conference website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Penn West Conference collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Penn West Conference also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Penn West Conference. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Penn West Conference for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Penn West Conference Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Penn West Conference public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Penn West Conference does not read any of your private online communications.

Penn West Conference encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Penn West Conference so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Penn West Conference is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Penn West Conference and Penn West Conference family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Penn West Conference collects and uses your personal information to operate the Penn West Conference Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Penn West Conference also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Penn West Conference and its affiliates. Penn West Conference may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Penn West Conference does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Penn West Conference may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Penn West Conference may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Penn West Conference, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Penn West Conference does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Penn West Conference keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Penn West Conference, in order to determine what Penn West Conference services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Penn West Conference to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Penn West Conference Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Penn West Conference or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Penn West Conference; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Penn West Conference, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Penn West Conference Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Penn West Conference pages, or register with Penn West Conference site or services, a cookie helps Penn West Conference to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Penn West Conference Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Penn West Conference features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Penn West Conference services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Penn West Conference secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Penn West Conference secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Penn West Conference will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Penn West Conference encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Penn West Conference is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Penn West Conference welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Penn West Conference has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Penn West Conference at . We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.