PRIVACY POLICY

User Privacy

PartnerFirst is a website that lets you register for a specific certification course. Like any website that offers a service where you register and provide information about yourself or your opinions, it is wise to pay attention to your personal information. At PartnerFirst we understand this, and have established this Privacy Policy to explain how information is collected on our website, and how this information is used.

User Information Collected by PartnerFirst

Personally Identifiable User Information

All users begin using PartnerFirst's services by registering on the PartnerFirst website. When registering, users provide personally identifiable information, which includes their first and last name, email address, mailing address, a user-chosen password, and other personal information. To complete the registration process, PartnerFirst sends a validation email message to each user, with a URL link back to our website. This URL contains an alphanumeric identifier and a user-specific numeric passcode that allows us to confirm the user's identity.

Cookies and Passive Data Collection

PartnerFirst logs standard user information and clickstream data for all users, including a user's IP address, operating system, and page views. When users visit particular pages within PartnerFirst, a UserID may be placed in the URL, allowing customized features for the user. Users should be aware that other websites visited before entering PartnerFirst might place personally identifiable information within a user's URL during a visit to their website, and PartnerFirst has no control over such websites. Accordingly, some of this information may be logged by a subsequent website that collects URL information. In addition to the standard log information, PartnerFirst uses a variety of technologies to create a more personalized experience for its users. Cookies are small data files sent by websites to a user's browser and hard drive that identify the computer to the website. We use cookies to allow enhanced features, such as allowing registered users to bypass typing their passwords before entering the website. We may also use cookies to enable customizable content for users, as they become available. Users have the option, within their Internet browsers, to disable cookies and continue to access the PartnerFirst website. Pixel tags are tiny graphic files that are included in HTML-encoded e-mail messages. We use pixel tags to gather information about the e-mails we send to our registered users. When such a message is opened in an HTML-capable e-mail program, the recipient's computer accesses our server to retrieve the pixel tag file, and allows us to record and store the date and time, the recipient's e-mail address, and other standard logging information. The pixel tag also may read cookies. PartnerFirst web pages may also contain similar pixel tags that allow us to count users who have visited those pages, to compile aggregated statistics about site usage, and to deliver co-branded services as they become available. PartnerFirst pixel tags collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the pixel tag resides. PartnerFirst web pages may also contain pixel tags placed there by third party ad servers, to monitor the effectiveness of their advertising.

PartnerFirst uses cookies, IP address, clickstream and URL information to improve the content of the PartnerFirst website, the quality of PartnerFirst servers, and to provide enhanced features to users, where available. We use cookies to save UserIDs, session validators, and on users' browsers and hard drives, and may use them to provide tailored products or services to those users, as they become available. We also cross-match user information with information collected from cookies and clickstream data in order to test features of the PartnerFirst website, and to better personalize our various offerings for users. IP Addresses also help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the PartnerFirst site, and to otherwise provide the PartnerFirst service to its users. IP addresses may be disclosed to a third party if we believe in good faith that the law or legal process so requires, or to protect the rights or property of PartnerFirst or others. From time to time we may extend various offers from various partner companies, including news or additional details on products and services. A user's usage history may result in specifically tailored special offer screens or products. We may also produce aggregate reports for advertisers. For example, we may report to advertisers the number of users who clicked on an ad, or the number of users that visited different portions of the PartnerFirst website. This information will not include personally identifiable information about a user, or a specific user's online usage patterns.

How PartnerFirst Uses the User Information

Personally Identifiable Information

PartnerFirst uses personally identifiable user information for the purposes of the PartnerFirst website. We use email addresses to send registration confirmations and useful information to all registered users regarding the PartnerFirst website. From time to time, PartnerFirst may share the email address and/or other personally identifiable information of any registered user with third parties for marketing purposes. In addition, PartnerFirst may share a registered user's email address with third parties to target advertising and to improve user experience on PartnerFirst's pages in general.

Surveys

At various times we may offer surveys to users. Surveys may ask for contact, demographic or unique identifying information to increase the value of the results. Users' demographic and/or personally identifiable information and responses to surveys may be used by PartnerFirst and/or shared with third parties in order to provide specifically tailored news and information, special offers or advertisements. PartnerFirst will not share a user's email address with third parties unless the user specifically opts-in to such sharing during the completion of registration or a survey.

Third Party Links and Ad Servers

Please be aware that links to third party websites and third-party ad server advertisements that are found on PartnerFirst may, or may not, use cookies, pixel tags and web tags. PartnerFirst may provide links to third party websites, which may, or may not, use cookies, pixel tags and web tags. Ad servers may also use these tools to compile information about where users saw particular advertisements, and to determine which ads were clicked on. We are not responsible for, or have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites and ad servers, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited when linking directly from PartnerFirst.

Protection of PartnerFirst and Others

PartnerFirst may disclose personally identifiable user information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process. PartnerFirst may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Service; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of PartnerFirst, its users or the general public.

Security

PartnerFirst uses industry standard security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Although we make good faith efforts to store the information collected by the PartnerFirst website in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security. Further, while we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this information.

Updating or Removing User Information

As a registered user, you may choose to correct or update the information you have submitted to us. This may be done by the following method:  TBD

As a registered user, you may, at any time, cancel your account by following the instructions set forth here: http://members.partnerfirst.org/my-profile

Opt-Out

Users can manage their mailing preferences to specify which type of email to opt out of on their Update Account Info page when they are logged in, simply by un-checking the boxes indicating which type of email they would not like to receive. Canceling one's account will also prevent a user from receiving future communications from PartnerFirst, and PartnerFirst will not share the user's information with third parties for marketing purposes.

No Spam Policy

We at PartnerFirst.org are opposed to spam. Our No Spam Policy and Terms of Service prohibit all users from engaging in any activity involving spam on our service. Violations of these policies may result in immediate termination of service and legal action against any spammer. PartnerFirst's Terms of Service expressly prohibit users from uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available junk mail, commercial advertisements, or other form of commercial solicitation on the PartnerFirst website or through PartnerFirst's services. Any violation of our policies, by sending unsolicited email advertisements to or through PartnerFirst.org computer systems, will use or cause to be used PartnerFirst.org servers, located in California. Accordingly, any unauthorized use of PartnerFirst.org computer systems is a violation of our policies and certain federal and state laws, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. sect 1030 et seq.), Section 502 of the California Penal Code and Section 17538.45 of the California Business and Professions Code. Such violations may subject the sender and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties.

Other Disclosures

Change of Ownership

In the event of a change in ownership, or a direct merger or acquisition with another entity, we reserve the right to transfer all of PartnerFirst's user information, including email addresses and postal addresses, to a separate entity. All registered users will be notified of any change in ownership, merger or acquisition of PartnerFirst's assets by a third party, and may choose to modify any of their registration information at that time.

Revisions to This Policy

PartnerFirst reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. Notice of any revision, amendment, or modification will be posted on the website, and a user's continued use of PartnerFirst will signify agreement to such changes.

USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE PRIVACY POLICY.