Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy details what information Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts gathers about you and how we use it.
The terms of our Privacy Policy apply to Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts members and customers, and whether Society of Petrophysicists and
Well Log Analysts collects the information in electronic form through our
website, our online services, or other internet processes or by paper.
Types
of information we may gather
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts collects information such as your address, telephone number(s),
and other contact, demographic, and billing information only by voluntary
disclosure directly from you. The Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts database contains information on members and nonmembers, including
authors, exhibitors, advertisers, service providers, for the purpose of
conducting official Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business.
Examples
of ways we collect your information
The Membership Application Form
requires individuals to provide contact information such as address(es), phone
number(s), and email address(es). This together with demographic information
(i.e., job title, education, and business focus), Society of Petrophysicists
and Well Log Analysts uses the information to provide member services, such as
the Journal of Petroleum Technology, as well as catalogs and promotions
of publications, meetings, and other products and information of interest to
you.
Information can be collected on an order
form, an event registration form, or in another manner when information
is requested or products and services purchased from Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts collects contact information (address, phone number, etc.), payment
information (an account or credit card number) and other information. This
information is used to fulfill orders and to contact the customer as necessary.
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts.org automatically records the Internet Protocol (IP)
address of the computer accessing the site as well as the time and date of
access. This information does not identify you personally, nor does it contain
your name or email address. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
uses this information solely for the purpose of diagnosing problems with the Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts server and to administer the website,
or for some corporate subscribers, to determine access rights.
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts uses internet cookies to deliver content that is specific
to your interests and to keep track of your preferences. When your browser
accesses the site, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's server
checks your browser settings to see if it is permissible to store this
identification information on your computer. The cookies set by Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts do not personally identify you; they
simply permit Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's web site to
know what your preferences are. Cookies are also used to help determine how
many unique users access pages on the web site and may direct specific
advertising content to you on selected pages.
How
we use your information
The information Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects is intended to allow Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts to communicate with you, process your
transaction effectively and efficiently and plan future programs and services
to better serve you. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects
electronic information solely for the purpose of diagnosing problems with the Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts server and to administer the website,
or for some corporate subscribers, to determine access rights.
Members and customers may elect to
have Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts not use their email
address for Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts communications;
however, an email address is required for the completion of certain
transactions. Even when Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
members request that Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts restrict
use of their personal information, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts may still use this information to contact you in connection with Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts official business.
If you choose to restrict use of
your information, you may not receive certain communications from Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts that may be of interest to you. Because
of the nature of computer data storage, any information that you restrict will
remain stored but will not be accessed in the normal course of business. Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts will comply with any court orders that
may be received requiring us to disclose information from our database,
regardless of whether you have requested that the information be restricted.
How
we disclose your information
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts allows certain non-staff individuals access to this information in
support of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business. For
example, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts may provide access to
data to an Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts committee, Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts ConnectSM (online communities), or
section officers and others for the purpose of conducting Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business.
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts operates email list servers and Online Communities to facilitate
communication among groups conducting Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts business. These tools are useful in communicating technical and
non-technical information. Information in discussion forums or online
communities is available to anyone with access to this area. Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts cannot control what others may do with
information that you disclose using these tools.
From time to time, Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts will permit companies, who, in Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's estimation, have something of value to
offer to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts members to rent
mailing lists. However, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts does
not make available the email addresses of Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts members or customers for non-Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts business. Members and customers may choose to restrict use or
disclosure of their name, address, or telephone number on mailing lists that
may be rented to others.
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts makes information from its membership database available to other
members through the online Membership Directory.
- Permission to access and use the information contained
in the Membership Directory is restricted to Society of Petrophysicists
and Well Log Analysts members. Members may not provide their login
information to anyone else, authorize others to use information obtained
from the Membership Directory, or assign or transfer any Membership
Directory information to any individual or organization.
- The Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
Membership Directory is provided as a service to members to permit them to
contact other members for noncommercial personal and Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business (section activities,
committee work, etc.). Use of Directory information for recruiting,
commercial, political, or promotional (marketing and sales) purposes is
strictly prohibited. For information about the availability of mailing
labels for such purposes, please contact Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Customer
Service.
- Your right to access the directory and use the
information is conditioned on compliance with Society of Petrophysicists
and Well Log Analysts's policies. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts reserves the right to limit or terminate your use of this
Directory at any time if, at Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts's sole discretion, it believes that you are using Directory
information in a manner that is prohibited by these policies.
- Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts does
not undertake to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information in
the Directory and makes no representation or warranty concerning the
accuracy of the information included in the Directory. Society of
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts makes no representation or warranty
concerning the inclusion or omission of any individual from this
Directory.
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts collects payment information (such as a credit card number) for
the purpose of completing transactions. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts does not disclose credit card or other financial information to any
other individual or organization.
How
to access and maintain your information we collect
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts members or customers may review or modify their information by
accessing their profile online or contacting Society of Petrophysicists and
Well Log Analysts Customer Service. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts also provides members and customers the opportunity to request that Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts restrict the use of personal
information. This request may be made when the information is provided or at a
later time by contacting Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
Customer Service.
Policy
changes
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policies and practices
without notice. We may modify, alter, or update our Privacy Policy at any time,
so we encourage you to review this page frequently.
Secure
Transactions
Society of Petrophysicists and Well
Log Analysts uses industry-standard measures to protect your submission of
credit card information to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts. Society
of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts uses a secure server and encrypted
data transmission using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Technology. SSL Technology
encrypts the transmitted information to make it very difficult for anyone other
than Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts to decode the
information. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's implementation
of SSL is authenticated by VeriSign.
You can verify that you are in a
secure-transmission portion of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's
website in one of two ways:
- Look for an unbroken key symbol or lock symbol at the
bottom status bar of your browser. This shows that you are in a secured
mode.
- Look at the URL address in your browser window. When in
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Last Updated: June 2013