Privacy Policy

Please review our Privacy Policy which constitutes the Agreement between you and National Community Pharmacists Association ("NCPA"). The Privacy Policy describes how we collect and handle any information gathered from users NCPA's communications tools. By accessing or using NCPA's communications tools, including browsing the website (“Site”), you expressly consent to the collection, use, storage, processing, and disclosure of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. For purposes of this Policy, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Policy shall have the same meaning as defined in the Terms and Conditions.

Introduction

NCPA's Privacy Policy contains information about collecting Customers, Visitors and other data subjects (like Agents or End-users) Personal Data and other information, products and Services offered. We respect the right to privacy of our software users and take reasonable steps for the Visitors and Customers to be familiar with the manner in which rendered accessible information via www.livechat.com and applications are processed.

Scope

This Privacy Policy is effective to all information collected by NCPA from which an individual can be identified (Personal Information/Personal Data).

Notice

NCPA is responsible for the processing of Personal Data it receives. With respect to Personal Data received, we are subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose Personal Data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. Please be aware we may disclose Personal Data to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We may also disclose Personal Information if it is necessary in order to prevent, investigate or take action regarding illegal activities, or as otherwise required by law.

Questions and concerns

If you have any questions or concerns, or if you wish to access, update, amend, correct or delete, any of your Personal Information we store and process, please contact us at [email protected].

What information we collect

The scope and purpose of gathering and processing Personal Data and other information by NCPA is:

  • to provide, maintain and facilitate the Services as well as to ensure safe and guaranteed Service performance, upgrade and improve the functionality of the Services,

  • to secure (establish, investigate or defend) Member's or interested individual's as well as Company's claims that may arise due to the Services,

  • to ensure quality control and quality services to our members and interested individuals,

  • to stay connected with Members or interested individuals to present up-to-date information about NCPA.

Communication

We will occasionally send you push notifications in order to make you aware of NCPA's efforts. You may opt-out of receiving these types of communications by turning off push notifications on your computer or any mobile device (together “Device”). We may also send you some e-mails from our blog. If you wish not to receive such notifications you have an option to 'unsubscribe' from this type of communication anytime. We will also send you notifications related to some important updates. The purpose of sending you such e-mails or messages is to keep you informed of the latest improvements, features and other developments.

Cookies and Web Beacons

In order to help enhance the performance and functionality of the Site, we utilize session, persistent and third-party “cookies” that store a small piece of data on a users' Device and collect certain information about the users' visit to our Site. We also use cookies to understand users' browsing and buying activities so that we can measure the success of online advertising campaigns we run on the Site. Our Site also uses web beacons (either directly or from our partners), along with cookies, to determine if a user has visited a particular Site. These beacons aid in providing more relevant advertising to the user, as well measuring the success of an advertising campaign, but provide no personally identifiable information.

Cookies are small text files that web servers typically send to users' Device when they visit a Site. Cookies are stored as text files on users' Device, and can be accessed by web servers when the user visits a Site or views an advertisement. A session cookie is a cookie that stores information as a user is using the Site but is deleted once the browser session is finished. A persistent cookie is a cookie that stores information as a user utilizes the Site and stores and uses that information in connection with future visits of the user to the Site. Third-party cookies and/or web beacons are cookies or web beacons provided by our technology and/or advertising partners. Any third-party cookie or web beacon that we authorize for use on the Site only collects that information described herein for the same stated purposes as if we were directly collecting the information. For a third-party cookie or web beacon, the third-party will have access to the collected information in order to provide us with information or services to enhance the performance and functionality of the Site.

The cookies and web beacons we use collect non-personally identifiable information about users of the Site, including: browser used to access the Site, date and time, the URL of the page being loaded, users who have visited a particular Site(s), any previously assigned cookie identification (a unique identifier assigned to a user to identify repeat visitors), browser window size, the geographic location of the user, device and operating system used to access the Site. The information we collect from these cookies and web beacons is used to determine information about a user's visit to our Site, including the number of visits, average time spent, pages viewed, navigation history through the Site, and other statistics. This information is used to enhance the users experience while visiting our Site and to improve the performance of our Site by, among other things, allowing us to monitor Site performance, making the Site easier to use, measuring the effectiveness of promotional placements, and tailoring the Site (including the ads and offers a user receives) to better match a user's interests and preferences.

Users who prefer not to accept cookies can set their Internet browser to notify them when they receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being placed on their Device. If you consent to our collection of cookies and you subsequently wish to withdraw your consent, you will need to manage the settings on your web browser to delete all cookies and disallow further acceptance of cookies. Please note that disabling cookies on your browser will prevent us from tracking your activities in relations to our Site, however, it may also disable some of the functions and features of the Site and the Site may not work properly.

Alternatively, you may opt out of our site's use of cookies by clicking this link.

If you do not wish to accept cookies or web beacons in connection with your use of this Site, please discontinue use of the Site or update your settings as set forth herein.

By continuing to use our Site without modification to your Device as set forth herein, you are agreeing to our placing cookies and/or web beacons on your Device.

Privacy Policy modification

We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any significant material changes we will notify you by means of a notice on the Site. We encourage you to periodically review this Site for the latest information on our privacy practices.