National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues - Privacy Statement

Welcome to the Web site of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues (NCVEI).  This privacy statement covers the site www.ncvei.org and its mirror sites: www.ncvei.com, www.ncvei.nl, and www.examroom.org.   These Web sites are owned and operated by the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues. Our address is:

National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues
1931 N. Meacham Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us at the above address, or by e-mail at info@ncvei.org, or call us at 847-925-1230.

Overview

The following information reflects the NCVEI’s commitment to maintain our Web site visitors' rights to privacy and the confidentiality of personal information. The NCVEI takes extensive measures to ensure the safety and security of its Web site servers and the information contained on them and to guard against divulging private information.

Information Collection

The National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues is the sole owner of the information collected on www.ncvei.org, www.ncvei.com, www.ncvei.nl, and www.examroom.org. NCVEI collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Registration

In order to use this Web site, a user must first complete a user profile (registration form.) During registration a user is required to give contact information such as name and postal address. The NCVEI Board of Directors has stipulated that membership within one of these organizations by a member of the practice is required to gain access to the tools. We use the AVMA and the AAHA membership database to verify a user's membership within these organizations. This verification helps ensure the legitimacy of those using the website. Veterinary students may access the site with a SAVMA membership number.

Information Use

The NCVEI takes every reasonable precaution to protect the confidentiality of users' personally identifiable information. The information will be used exclusively by the NCVEI as data for its Pricing and Benchmarking tools. Systems have been put in place to ensure that this information cannot be viewed individually by other members or third parties, but only used as part of an aggregation of data from other veterinary practices. No individual practitioner's data will be shared, rented, sold, traded or otherwise made accessible to any other user, to any of the founding associations or sponsors or to any other third party unless required by law. Aggregate data about practice activities or trends may be used in seminars or publications. No personally identifiable information will be used in such a manner.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. We use session ID cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply expires.

Third Party Advertising

The association and corporate logos appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by NCVEI founding organizations and corporate sponsors. Information about users' visits to this site, such as number of times they have viewed the associations' or sponsors' Web sites (but not user name, address, or other personal information), is used solely as general information to those organizations, in aggregate form only, and not tied to any personally identifiable information. The NCVEI does not share, rent, or trade personally identifiable information with third parties including the NCVEI founding organizations and sponsors for any purpose.

Log Files

Like most standard Web site servers, we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We use a tracking utility called Control Center that uses log files to analyze user movement.

Special Offers and Updates

Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, and updates to the website. Individuals may choose to opt out of any communications from the NCVEI from the "User Profile" section of the Web site.

Service Announcements

On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service-related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personally identifiable information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Links

This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, NCVEI, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Enhancement of Marketing Profile

We may purchase third-party marketing and census data and add it to our existing user database to better display and analyze data submitted by each user. We may use this information to enhance or overlay the profile of individual users. This aggregate marketing data is therefore tied to the users' personally identifiable information.

Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information

If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable information. This can be done by logging into the NCVEI Web site and clicking on the User Profile link or by emailing our Customer Support at info@NCVEI.org.

Notification of Changes

Changes to the NCVEI’s privacy policy, will be posted to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places deemed appropriate. In some cases when we post a notice, we will also email users, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices

Disclaimer

The contents of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues ("NCVEI") Web site are provided as general information only, and are not intended as medical or management advice. NCVEI MAKES NO WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, OR CURRENCY OF THIS INFORMATION NOR ITS SUITABILITY FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THIS SITE ALSO CONTAINS LINKS TO WEB SITES CREATED AND CONTROLLED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THESE LINKS ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND ARE NOT INTENDED AS AN ENDORSEMENT BY NCVEI NOR OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING THESE SITES NOR AS A WARRANTY OF THE INFORMATION THEY CONTAIN.