Privacy Policy
The National Athletic Trainers’
Association (“NATA”) is the sponsor and
provider of www.NATA.org. NATA.org provides information
and resources designed to enhance the quality of health
care for athletes and those engaged in physical activity,
and to advance the profession of athletic training through
education and research in the prevention, evaluation,
management and rehabilitation of injuries.
This privacy policy only applies to the information
collected on the Web site located at www.NATA.org.
Privacy statement
NATA takes your privacy seriously. Because we gather
certain types of information about our users, we want
to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding
the collection and use of that information. This privacy
policy discloses the types of information we gather,
how we use it, and how to correct or change it.
1. What personally identifiable information does NATA
collect?
NATA’s primary goal in collecting personal information
is to advance NATA’s mission and to maximize your
online experience when using our site.
NATA collects personally identifiable information when
you provide it to us by logging in to the site as a
member. Once you log in to the site, you are no longer
anonymous to us.
2. What anonymous information
does NATA collect?
Your Internet browser has a feature called “cookies”
which stores small amounts of data on your computer
about your visit to our site. However, cookies tell
us nothing about who you are unless you specifically
give us personally identifiable information. You do
not need to have cookies turned on to visit www.NATA.org.
In addition, you may elect not to allow cookies to be
collected by selecting certain options on your browser.
NATA also automatically receives and records information
from our servers and from your browser, including your
IP address, the time, and information about the page
you requested.
We may use tracking technologies in a variety of ways,
including:
- keeping count of return visits to our site
- accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass), statistical information on site usage
- determining which features users like best
- saving your password so you don’t have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.
3. How
does NATA use the information?
NATA may use your information to process transactions
and to alert you to new information, products and
services, events and other opportunities. We may from
time to time make your contact information available
to other reputable organizations whose products or
services we think you might find of interest. Additionally,
we may use tracking information to determine how much
interest a page generates overall based on aggregate
user demographics and traffic patterns to those pages.
This helps us continue to better understand our users
and their needs.
4. Is my use of the site
secure?
We use industry-standard encryption technologies when
transferring and receiving your information. Additionally,
we implement commercially reasonable security measures
at our physical facilities to protect against loss
or misuse of your information.
5. What are my options?
Users who would rather not provide the user data requested
by our membership application process or provide the
required log in information do not need to join or
log in to the site. You can still view some of the
content and use some of the services offered by our
site without being a member of NATA. We also give
users the choice to opt not to provide certain personal
information when joining.
6. How
will I know if the privacy policy is changed?
Any modifications to our privacy policy will be reflected
first in this notice of our privacy policy. If there
is a material change in our privacy practices, we
will indicate on our site that our privacy practices
have changed and provide a link to the revised privacy
policy. If we intend to use information collected
from users in a manner materially different from that
stated at the time of collection, we will send affected
users written notice of the change.
7. How can I update my personally identifiable information?
You can correct or change the information collected
when you joined by logging on to the site with your
ID and password and following the online directions.
Users who are experiencing problems or who have questions
about how our services work can contact us by e-mailing webmaster@nata.org.
Currently, we do not offer users a means by which
to completely delete personal information established
at the time of joining.
8. Privacy of children
NATA.org is not directed to children under the age
of 13. We operate our site in compliance with the
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and
do not permit application by, and will not knowingly
collect or use personally identifiable information
from anyone under 13 years of age.
Questions, comments
Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding
any other aspects of NATA.org, should be sent via
e-mail to webmaster@nata.org.
We try to reply promptly to every message. We may
also file your comments to improve the site and program,
or review and discard the information.
Updated September 2004