The North Carolina Parent Teacher Association is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and has adopted the following policy about the gathering and dissemination of personal information at the NC PTA's Web site, www.ncpta.org .
In general, you may visit the NC PTA Web site without submitting any personal information. However, to provide certain services, the NC PTA may request personal information in one or more of the ways listed below. Users are told when information is to be collected, and you have the option to not submit this information. Any information provided at the Web sites is kept secure.
1. Online membership, registration, and forms. As a convenience to members, the NC PTA provides online forms for transactions such as award and grant applications, and conference registration. The information collected on these forms may be shared with a third party for business purposes, such as a convention housing bureau that helps process the hotel reservation transactions. Users have the right to request that their personal information not be shared with such third parties. Contact information is provided at the Web site so that users may notify the NC PTA membership office at any time of errors in the information provided or to request that personal information not be shared with third parties.
2. Online credit card transactions. As a convenience to members, the NC PTA accepts online credit card transactions through its secure server (https://www.ncpta.org). The credit card information provided by users at the site is submitted to Nova Information Systems, the company the NC PTA has contracted with to process the secure electronic transaction. This information is not used for any other purpose.
3 . Web site administration. The NC PTA Web server maintains a standard log file of visitors to the site that automatically records your IP address or that of the service you use to connect to the Internet (such as AOL). No personal information is attached to this address. The NC PTA may use this IP address to help diagnose problems with the server and to administer the Web site. This address is not shared with any third parties or used for any other purpose.
4. Other sites. The NC PTA Web sites contain links to other Web sites. The NC PTA is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other Web sites.
If you have questions or comments about the NC PTA privacy policy, please write to office@ncpta.org
