This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy below carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for insulationinstitute.org and its’ subdomain information.insulationinstitute.org. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by these websites. It will notify you of the following:

  1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
  2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your personally identifiable information.
  3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
  4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. When you provide us with personally identifiable information (i.e., email address, physical address, or your contact information), we will secure and use that information as described in this notice. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone for marketing purposes. In the event we were to merge or be acquired by another entity, we may share your information with that entity; however, we will exercise reasonable efforts to cause that entity to comply with this notice or notify you in the event this privacy notice changes.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We may also use information regarding your interactions with the website to troubleshoot problems, customize, measure, and improve our services, and enhance the website’s layout and content. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization. 

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new legislation, installation regulations or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act, a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to the following:

  • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses
  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
  • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used
  • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of each email, and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change/correct any data we have about you.
  • Have us delete any data we have about you.
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as email), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon next to our website address or looking for https at the beginning of the address of the web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Please be aware that third parties outside of our control may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions. So, while we work very hard to protect your privacy, we cannot promise that your private communications or personal information will always remain private.

Cookies

We use cookies (small files placed on your hard drive) on certain pages of the website to help analyze our web page flow, customize our services, measure website effectiveness, and promote trust and safety.

A few important things you should know about cookies are that:

  • We offer certain features that are only available through the use of cookies.
  • Cookies are used to help us understand your browser preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services.
  • We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
  • You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of the site.
  • You may encounter cookies from third parties on certain pages of the site that we do not control. (For example, if you view a web page or advertisement created by another user or third party, there may be a cookie placed by that web page or advertisement.)

California Online Privacy Protection Act

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously
  • We offer certain features that are only available through the use of cookies.
  • Cookies are used to help us understand your browser preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Notice at any time by posting the amended terms on our site. All amended terms automatically take effect after that are initially posted on the website unless a change in any applicable law requires immediate amendment. In addition, we will undertake reasonable efforts to notify you of the amendments via email communication at the last email address provided to us.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately.

Last edited on 12-12-19