Privacy Policy
Information We Collect
In this section the different types of information collected about users of this website are discussed.
Information collected from unregistered visitors
Visitors to thecdwg.org can access the website's home page and browse some areas of the site without disclosing any personally identifiable information. You must register with us to use the entire site. Information about your visit will be tracked including the time and date of access.
Information collected from registered users
Users registering to use thecdwg.org are asked to provide identifying information, such as name, contact information, and other personal information. On the registration screens, the mandatory information required for registration is clearly labelled, and which information is optional and may be given at your discretion. You will also be given a choice about whether or not you want to receive e-blasts and other information that is distributed from time to time to inform users of updates to the website.
All personal information supplied to thecdwg.org is kept strictly confidential. thecdwg.org does not supply this information to other parties. Users of this website may however receive communications by email or post from thecdwg.org from time to time.
Continuing Medical Education
When you register for a Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity through thecdwg.org, certain personally identifiable information about you is collected such as your name, email address and mailing address. In addition to personally identifiable information, aggregated non-personally identifiable information is collected about the activities undertaken by users of the website.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are a technology used to keep track of users as they move through the website. Your browser allows information to be placed on your computer's hard drive that is associated with the computer you are using. Cookies are used to personalize the website and to track your usage across the website.
Although cookies do not normally contain personally identifiable information, if you are a registered user, we may elect to associate your registration information with cookies our website places on your computer's hard drive. Associating a cookie with your registration data allows us to offer increased personalization and functionality. For example, you can elect to have our websites "remember" your user name and password and bypass the sign-in process on each visit to the site. Without cookies, this functionality would not be possible.
Protection of Information
In this section of the Privacy Policy, the security measures we take to protect information that is collected is discussed.
General policies
Technology and security policies, rules and other measures have been implemented to protect the personal data that is under our control from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss. Your information is also protected by requiring that all those associated with the administration of thecdwg.org who have access to or are associated with the processing of your data respect your confidentiality.
Security methods are used to determine the identity of the website's registered users, so that appropriate rights and restrictions can be enforced for that user. Reliable verification of user identity is called authentication. Both passwords and usernames are used to authenticate users. Users are responsible for maintaining their own passwords.
Access to Information and Choices
In this section of the Privacy Policy, you are informed about how to obtain and correct information we have about you, and how to choose what types of information you may share with us.
Correction of information we have about you
If you believe that registration information collected by the website is in error, you may edit your personal profile any time that you like. You can directly edit your user profile on the website. Requests for deletion of your record will result in your removal from the registry.
CDWG administrators
Those involved with the development and administration of thecdwg.org are required to keep information private.
Privacy Questions or Concerns about Our Website
For privacy questions or concerns about our websites, please send an email to contactus@thecdwg.org.
Terms of Use
Our Terms of Use agreements can be found here.
Effective date: March, 2007
