Cookie Policy
We may place cookies on users’ computers. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser when you use our Services. Cookies can save data about individual users, such as the user’s name, password, username, screen preferences, and the pages of a site viewed by the user. When the user revisits the website, we may recognize the user based on any cookies placed on their computer and customize the user’s experience accordingly.
You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit or use our Services. You can refuse cookies by turning them off on your web browser. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your web browser from accepting new cookies, how to have your web browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. For specific information on how to do so, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. If you want to access webpages on our Services that require you to log in to your account, you need to accept a mandatory cookie, which you can delete after you leave our Services.
Supplemental California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Policy
In this Supplemental California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Policy (“CCPA Privacy Policy”), we, AACMEPlus™, American Association of CME, disclose information about our personal information processing practices as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA“) and supplement the disclosures in our other privacy notices. We use the term “Services” to mean the websites and online newsletters that we operate. This CCPA Privacy Policy is addressed to California residents only and was last updated May 15, 2023. This CCPA Privacy Policy does not reflect our collection, use or disclosure of California residents’ personal information where an exception under the CCPA applies.
1. Your Right to Know About Personal Information Collected, Disclosed, or Sold
We describe here the personal information we collect, use, disclose and sell about California residents. You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose and sell about you specifically (“right to know“). To submit a request to exercise the right to know, please submit an email request to privacy [at] aacmeplus [dot] com and include “California Request to Know” in the subject line. Please specify in your request the details you would like to know, including any specific pieces of personal information you would like to access.
We will ask that you provide certain information to verify your identity, such as a code sent to an email address we may have on file for you. If you have a password-protected account with us, we may verify your identity through our existing authentication practices for your account. The information that we ask you to provide to verify your identity will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue. We will respond to your request in accordance with the CCPA. If we deny your request, we will explain why.
2. Our Personal Information Handling Practices over the Preceding 12 Months
We have set out below the categories of personal information we have collected about California residents in the preceding 12 months and, for each category of personal information collected, the categories of sources from which that information was collected, the business or commercial purposes for which the information was collected, and the categories of third parties with whom we shared the personal information.
Category of personal information
We collected such personal information for the following purposes:
We collected such personal information from the following categories of sources:
We shared such personal information with the following categories of third parties:
Identifiers such as a real name, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address or other similar identifiers.
- Upon request, create an account for you for the Services;
- Respond appropriately to your inquiries;
- Update you regarding your account;
- Provide you with, maintain, secure, and improve our Services;
- Provide you with a customized experience in connection with our Services;
- Improve the accuracy and relevance of the results you see when you interact with the search engine and the search engine’s integrated chat-bot functionality that is part of our Services;
- Discharge our contractual obligations to you;
- Comply with any legal obligations that apply to us; and
- Send you communications according to your preferences.
- Directly from you;
- Where permitted by applicable law, we may also collect information about your specialty, hospital affiliation, and academic or scientific publications from public resources.
- We may share your personal information with affiliated and hon-affiliated service providers to help us fulfill the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy;
- If you participate in a medical education activity that we publish and thereby obtain a continuing medical education or similar certificate, we may disclose the fact that you participated in the activity to the medical school or institute that accredited the activity for the purposes of complying with professional accreditation recordkeeping requirements;
- We may disclose your personal information to government entities as required by applicable law or necessary to protect against harm; and
- If you respond to a market research survey, we do not share your personal information with the third parties on whose behalf we are conducting such research except with your consent or where required by applicable law
Same as Above
Same as Above
Same as Above
- Upon request, create an account for you for the Services;
- Update you regarding your account;
- Provide you with, maintain, secure and improve our Services;
- Provide you with a customized experience in connection with our Services;
- Improve the accuracy and relevance of the results you see when you interact with the search engine and the search engine’s integrated chatbot functionality that is part of our Services;
- Discharge our contractual obligations to you; and
- Comply with any legal obligations that apply to us.
Directly from the you
Same as Above
We collect and store personal information electronically for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy
Directly from the you
Same as Above
- Provide you with a customized experience in connection with our Services; and
- Send you communications according to your preferences.
Directly from the you
Same as Above
3. Disclosures of Personal Information; No Sale
Over the preceding 12 months, we disclosed certain categories of California residents’ personal information to the categories of third parties as shown in the table above.
We do not sell California residents’ personal information. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.
4. Your Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information
You have a right to request the deletion of personal information that we collected from you. To submit a request to delete personal information, please submit an email request to privacy [at] aacmeplus [dot] com or mail a written request to 1309 Coffeen Ave., Suite 1200 – Sheridan, Wyoming – 82801 and include “California Request to Delete” in the subject line. Please specify in your request the personal information about you that you would like to have deleted, which can be all of the personal information we have collected from you as required by the CCPA.
We will ask that you provide certain information to verify your identity, such as a code sent to an email address we may have on file for you. If you have a password-protected account with us, we may verify your identity through our existing authentication practices for your account. The information that we ask you to provide to verify your identity will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue. Once we have verified your identity, we may ask you to confirm that you wish to have your personal information deleted. Once confirmed, we will respond to your request in accordance with the CCPA. If we deny your request, we will explain why.
5. Third-party links and features
The Site and Offerings may contain links to websites, mobile apps or other services operated by companies not affiliated with AACMEPlus™. In addition, the Offering may be made available to you through third-party systems or other channels. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any non-AACMEPlus™ operated websites, mobile apps or other services and channels, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies or notices published by relevant third parties
6. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we make reasonable efforts to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
7. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Site and Offerings are not intended for use by children, especially those under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.
8. Your Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information
9. Interest-Based Ads Opt-out
To learn more about your rights in relation to interest-based advertising on your browser, including your choice to opt out, you can follow the instructions provided by the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) here and/or the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) here to place an opt-out cookie on your browser. These opt-out cookies enable you to block participating companies from installing future cookies on your computer or browser. If you place opt-out cookies but subsequently clear or delete cookies on your computer or device browser, your opt-out cookies may be deleted and you may have to renew your opt-out choices for that specific browser. To limit interest-based advertising on your mobile device, you can review and adjust the settings provided by your device manufacturer, such as “Limit Ad Tracking” for iOS or “Opt-out of interest-based ads” for Android. These opt-out mechanisms are provided by third parties. AACMEPlus™ does not control or operate these mechanisms or the choices provided through these mechanisms
- To provide the Offerings to Customers, and other information or services requested;
- To communicate with Customers (e.g., administrators) by email including sending informational communications such as product updates;
- To provide technical support requested;
- To maintain, operate and improve the Offerings, and customize the user experience;
- To generate analytic statistics about the use of the Offerings;
- To detect, prevent and respond to violations of this Privacy Notice, applicable terms of use or the Underlying Agreements, violations of law or other misuse of the Offerings; and
- To comply and enforce industry and legal requirements (including legal process such as court orders, warrants or subpoenas) and fulfill contractual obligations.
11. NON-U.S. SITE VISITORS
We operate the Site and Offerings from the United States. Any information we obtain about you in connection with your use of the Site and Offerings may be processed and stored in the United States or other countries
12. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Information collected through the Site and Offerings will be processed in and subject to the laws of the United States, which may not provide the same level of protection for your information as your home country.
13. Your Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of CCPA Rights
You may not be discriminated against because you exercise any of your rights under the CCPA.
14. Authorized Agent
- The authorized agent is a natural person or a business entity registered with the Secretary of State of California; and
- You sign a written declaration that you authorize the authorized agent to act on your behalf.
If you use an authorized agent to submit a request to exercise your right to know or your right to request deletion, please have the authorized agent take the following steps in addition to the steps described in Sections 1 and 4 above
- Mail a notarized copy of your written declaration authorizing the authorized agent to act on your behalf to 1309 Coffeen Ave., Suite 1200 – Sheridan, Wyoming 82801; and
- Provide any information we request in our response to your email to verify your identity and that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit a request under the CCPA on your behalf. The information that we ask you to provide to verify your identity will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue.
If you provide an authorized agent with power of attorney pursuant to Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465, it may not be necessary to perform these steps and we will respond to any request from such authorized agent in accordance with the CCPA.
15. Contact for More Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or, in accordance with applicable laws, you would like to review or request changes to the information collected in connection with your use of the Site and Offerings, please contact us at: privacy [at] aacmeplus [dot] com