Privacy Policy
This webpage sets out when and how we use your personal information that you or others provide to us. This is largely adapted from the privacy policy of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS is largely, and ultimately, responsible for the handling of your data, and its privacy policy can be accessed at https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/privacy.html . Here, we detail only the unique ways in which the local section will make use of your data.
Who We Are
We are the Cornell Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS is an American federally-chartered, non-profit organization (Federal ID No. 53-0196572). References in this policy to “the Society” are to the American Chemical Society, and “we”, “us”, or “our” are to the local section specifically.
Our registered address of the Society is 1155 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
How Do You Use My Data?
When you become a member
When you become a member of the American Chemical Society, if you live in the area of our local section (roughly Tompkins county) we will gain access to information including your name, address, and email address, which you supplied to the Society.
We will only ever use this information to send infrequent emails detailing items of interest to members of the Society, in line with the policies of the Society for the use of email.
When you attend one of our educational sessions, sign-up for our webinars, or contact us directly
When you attend one of our educational sessions, short courses, workshops, (such as Short Courses Learning Management and Classroom sessions) webinars, or other events, or contact us directly, we may collect the following information from you: name, address, and employer/academic institution. This information will be used only to understand expected attendance, and to determine demographic information which may help us design improved content in the future.
Children’s Guidelines:
The Society (www.acs.org) meets the guidelines of TRUSTe’s Children’s program.
Where Is My Data Stored? How Long is it Retained?
The Society ultimately hosts your data. Its privacy policy is available at https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/privacy.html. The local section will obtains new data monthly for its membership, along with instructions from the society about e.g. who to remove from email lists. Thus, when your data is removed from the Society, it will be removed from the Local section within a month.
Your Right To Object Under Data Protection Laws
Depending on your location, you may have the right to object to us handling your personal information when:
- we are handling your personal information based on our legitimate interests (as described in the “How do you use my data” section above). If you ask us to stop handling your personal information in this way, we will stop unless we can show you that we have compelling grounds as to why our use of your personal information should continue; or
- for marketing purposes. If you ask us to stop handling your personal information on this basis, we will stop. We will then only hold very limited data about you to make sure we do not contact you again.
What About Websites To Which We Link?
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites.
Our site connects you to different websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites or use our services, please note that you have left our site and these websites have their own privacy policies.
We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or websites. Please check their policies before you submit any personal information to these websites.
When Will You Change Your Privacy Policy?
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail or post.
Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
How Do I Contact the Society With Feedback?
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to us by mail at ACS Legal Department, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 or by email at privacy@acs.org
The representative we have appointed in the EU is ACS International Ltd. You can contact ACS International by email at acsiprivacy@acs-i.org or by writing to ACS International Ltd., Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HT, United Kingdom, and Attention: ACSI Legal Department
This privacy policy was last updated on May 5, 2022.