Privacy Policy
The Rheumatology Nursing Society (RNS) respects the privacy needs and concerns of its customers. That is why protecting any personal information, such as your name, address, e-mail address or phone number (Personal Information) that a customer provides in connection with this website is important to us. We respect your privacy in handling any personal information relating to you and your transactions with us. This Privacy Statement describes the Personal Information we gather about you, what we do with it, the safeguards we have in place to protect it, and how you can control our use of it. By using this site, the user agrees, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Statement.
When you provide Personal Information on this site, you are consenting to the manner in which RNS will collect, use, disclose, and otherwise manage your Personal Information, as set forth below.
Who May Use the Sites:
This site is not intended or designed to attract those under the age of 18 years. We do not collect personally identifiable data from any person we know to be under the age of 18 years and instruct children under age 18 years not to send us any information.
This site is designed for users from the United States. Users from other countries are advised not to disclose personal information to us unless they consent to having their information used as set forth in this Privacy Statement, rather than under the law of user's home country. You transmit data to servers located in Maryland, in the United States, which is subject to United States law. You should not send any personal information to the site unless you agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement and by United States and Maryland law.
Collection and Use of Personal Information:
This site provides various opportunities for customers to share Personal Information. Some examples include communicating via List Serves, membership directories, event registrations, and subscription requests to electronic newsletters. We may collect Personal Information that you provide us when you utilize our site’s functions including the following: membership registration, purchase, order, return, exchange, or requests for certain information about our membership, products, and services; participation in an advisory panel, mentoring program, steering committee, acting as a journal-article editor, or any other activity or project sponsored by RNS; visiting or registering with our site or participation in another feature of our site, such as our virtual communities; response to one of our surveys; or providing us with comments or suggestions. We may also collect Personal Information about you from our service providers such as web hosts. RNS may provide information or provide access to Personal Information to any of our affiliated organizations.
Purchasing Membership, Products, & Services at RNS:
When you purchase products and services, including memberships, journal subscriptions, and symposia registrations via mailing in a check or using a credit or debit card for any of your purchases online, via phone or mail, we will collect your credit or debit card information and keep a history of your purchases. In addition, you may be asked for Personal Information that identifies you, with additional information deemed necessary to contact you about the transaction. We use this information to process your orders and to assist you when you order from us again. When you return items or request a refund or exchange, you may be asked to give your name, address, phone number, and show information that identifies you in order to help prevent fraud.
Access to Personal Information by Companies That Work With RNS:
Some RNS operations may be managed by unaffiliated companies. These companies may have access to customer information to perform their functions. RNS will require these companies to agree that they will not use customer information for any purpose other than to provide services for RNS.
Security:
RNS recognizes you may be concerned about the security of your Personal Information, and we are committed to employing reasonable technology in order to protect the security of our site. Even with such technology, no website is 100% secure. We will take reasonable measures that we believe are appropriate to protect your information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction, and, where possible, will ask that any third parties to whom we may transfer your information take comparable steps to protect that security. If you use the site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your access information including user name and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your password. RNS will never ask you for your user name or password in any unsolicited communication, including unsolicited correspondence such as letters, phone calls, or e-mail messages.
We are the owner of the data you supply to us.
Our Privacy Statement and Outside Links:
This Privacy Statement only applies to our site. Our site contains links to other websites outside our control. Please be aware that these websites may collect information about you, and operate according to their own privacy practices that may differ from those contained in our Privacy Statement. Remember to consult each website's own privacy statement; any information you submit to a different website is not under our control.
Privacy Statement Modifications:
From time to time, we may modify or amend this Privacy Statement in order to comply with new laws or regulations or to reflect future changes in our business practices. Any changes in our policies will be communicated in this page, so please check back on occasion.
Comments by Users Endorsed by RNS
RNS does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify, or agree with the comments, opinions, or statements posted in the List Serves or otherwise contained within the site. Any information or material placed online, including advice and opinions, are the views of those who post the statements and do not necessarily represent the views of RNS.
User Identity:
All users who register for members-only areas of the site are required to provide accurate name and electronic-mail–address information. As a site user, your right to use the service is personal to you—you may not authorize others to use the site with your account; further you are responsible for all use of the site through your account, whether or not you actually authorized such use. Accordingly, you should not supply or allow access to your password to anyone. If you want to change your password, you may do so at any time by accessing your account and selecting a new password. It is recommended to change your password on a regular basis.
Indemnification of Trustees and Officers:
Each trustee or officer, whether or not then in office, and his/her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by or imposed upon her/him or her/his estate in connection with or resulting from any action, suit, or proceedings, civil or criminal, to which he/she or his/her estate shall or may be made a party, or with which she/he or it shall or may be threatened by reason, directly or indirectly, or his/her being or having been a trustee or officer of the Corporation, except in relation of matters as to which she/he shall be finally adjudged in such action, suit, or proceeding to be liable for malfeasance or gross negligence in the performance of his/her duty as such trustee or officer, and shall also be indemnified against any costs or expenses reasonably incurred by or imposed upon him/her or his/her estate in connection with or resulting from the settlement of any such action, suit, or proceeding in which such trustee or officer was not liable for malfeasance or gross negligence in the performance of his/her duty as a trustee or officer.
Access, Editing, and Deletions RNS reserves the right to, without notice, at any time and for any reason, remove or disable access to all or any portion of the site, and included in same is the right to: (1) review, edit, move, or delete any inappropriate or inaccurate material provided for display or posted in the List Serves; and (2) to limit, restrict, or deny access to those who violate the Terms of Use or otherwise do not observe appropriate professional decorum, all as determined at its sole discretion.