American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association (ACPA) is providing you with information about our privacy practices in this Privacy Policy. This applies to the use of all portions of acpacares.org

ACPA does not knowingly collect, use or disclose personally identifiable patient information on its website. You should not post any material in any area of our website that could be used to identify a patient. If ACPA learn that personal information of a patient has been collected, steps will be taken to delete the information as soon as possible.

By using this site, you consent to the terms of our privacy policy for the purposes set out below. ACPA does not collect, use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than those identified below, except with your consent or as required by law.

Use of Information

ACPA may collect certain standard, non-personally identifiable information that your browser normally provides when you request to view a page from a web server. ACPA uses this information enable certain functions of the site, to provide analytics and to store preferences. ACPA may provide this aggregate information to reputable third-party vendors.  Portions of the ACPA website may use cookies only for security and authentication purposes. This information is used solely to maintain your computer’s session to the ACPA web server. This information is not shared or sold to third party organizations for any purpose.

ACPA uses both session and persistent cookies and uses different types of cookies to run the site. ACPA may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.  If you would like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly. By using this website, you consent to ACPA’s use of cookies.

Personal information, such as your name, personal postal and email address, or personal telephone number is collected only when you voluntarily provide it. The ACPA website may include the option to make purchases, donations or register for events. To process these transactions, ACPA may collect personal information or direct to you to third-party service providers. If ACPA collects personal information, ACPA may share your personal information with agents, contractors, service providers or third parties so that they can provide support services, such as mailing, program management or IT support. By providing personal information, you consent to ACPA providing your personal information to third parties. You agree that ACPA is not responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions.

Personal information you provide to ACPA may also be forwarded to the person or department equipped to handle your request and be used to respond to your inquiry. Personal mailing addresses of current ACPA members and team members may be given to specified event exhibiting and supporting companies, per ACPA’s policy. The opportunity to opt out of such lists will be offered during event registration.

If you have voluntarily provided personally identifiable information, ACPA may, from time to time, send mail or e-mail to you regarding products and services. If you do not want to receive such offers and mailings, you can easily indicate that by following the instructions on the correspondence or email us.

Policy Revisions

Any changes to the ACPA’s privacy policy will be promptly communicated on this website. Policy changes will not alter how ACPA handles previously submitted personal information.

If you have any questions about the ACPA privacy policies or wish to update any of the personal information you have provided, email us. The last date this Privacy Policy was revised is set forth below.

Last Update: August 3, 2023