Privacy Policy

The Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce (“The Chamber”, “we”, or “us”) respects the privacy of its members and other visitors to the Website. The Chamber strongly believes that information provided online is used responsibly and appropriately. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our Website https://cabarrusncchamber.org (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On this Website.
• Through our subscriptions.
• In email and through our electronic newsletters.

It does not apply to information collected by:

• Us offline or through any other means not expressly stated in this policy, including on any other website operated by The Chamber or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries)
• Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you disagree with our policies and practices, you should not access or use our Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may occasionally change (see Changes to our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on or through the Website or on or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at apaladino@cabarrusncchamber.org.

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

• Aggregate information from users browsing our Website.
• Information from users interested in becoming members, for example, the individual’s name, company name, email address, company phone number, and payment information.
• This includes information about your internet connection, the equipment and devices you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We may collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically as you navigate through the Website.
• Information collected may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
• From third parties, such as our payment processor.

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided when subscribing to one of our services or requesting further services.
• Residential addresses, business names, business addresses, and contact information for third parties may include individuals’ names, phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses, some of which may contain personal information.
• We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
• If you contact us, we will keep records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses).
• Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
• You may elect to store a credit card on file, which The Chamber can charge when prompted by the user. Still, The Chamber cannot access the card number and details securely stored by a third-party payment processor.

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your devices, data, equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data, and the resources you access and use on the Website.
• Information about your devices, computer, and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
• Information about the status of devices connected to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies): A cookie is a small file placed on your device or computer to enhance the user’s experience. When you register, the system will ask whether you want your name and password to be remembered. This approves the attachment of a cookie so that you will remain logged into the Website next time you visit. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you must log in each time you visit the site to enjoy full benefits, including member event pricing and content. Login information and information tracked by cookies are not provided to any third parties. They are only accessed by The Chamber staff if a user needs their password reset.
• Flash Cookies: Certain website features may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on the Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices about How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
• Web Beacons: The Website’s pages and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit The Chamber, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or that you provide to us.

As discussed above, because we may track Website usage information through cookies, pixels, and other tracking mechanisms, your selection of the “Do Not Track” option provided by your browser may not affect our collection of cookie information. The only way to completely “opt out” of collecting any information through cookies or other tracking technology is to actively manage the settings on your browser to delete and disable cookies and other tracking/recording tools. However, getting a “Do Not Track” signal to work as you might want is difficult. Using browsers as an example, not all tracking technologies can be controlled by browsers; unique aspects of your browser might be recognizable even if you disable a tracking technology; not all settings will necessarily last or be effective; even if a setting is practical for one purpose data still may be collected for another; and even if one Website observes a “Do Not Track” signal, that Website usually will not be able to control other websites.

We use information voluntarily submitted by members, Website visitors, and other customers in the following ways:

• To present the Website and its contents to you.
• To provide you with information, products, or services you request from us.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
• To register event attendees.
• To better market the brand and its services.
• To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide.
• To determine interests, needs, and preferences.
• In any other way, we may describe when you provide the information, and for any other purpose with your consent.

The Chamber does not disclose individual information from its Website visitors but sometimes consults with a third party on best practices, which may require aggregate analysis of The Chamber’s Website analytics. The Chamber does not disclose or sell its email subscribers’ lists to any third party. Exceptions to this policy are listed below.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties, we use them to support our business.
• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of The Chamber’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by The Chamber about the Website users is among the assets transferred.
• To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information with your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including billing and collection.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of The Chamber, our customers, or others.

You may email apaladino@cabarrusncchamber.org to request that The Chamber refrain from disclosing the data it collects to any third party.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how to manage your Flash cookie settings, visit Adobe’s Flash player settings page. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Website may be inaccessible or not function properly.

The Chamber’s email newsletter and Website may provide links to other websites. The NC Chambers has no control and is not responsible for such sites’ privacy policies or content. We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s Website.

You may email us at apaladino@cabarrusncchamber.org to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information you provided. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

We have implemented measures to secure your personal information from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumventing any privacy settings or security measures on the Website.

The Chamber reserves the right to change its privacy policy at any time. If our privacy policy changes, we will notify users by placing a special announcement that includes an effective date on our Website and, when appropriate, by email. The date the privacy policy was last revised is at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you and for periodically visiting the Website to check for any changes to the privacy policy.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact us at 704-782-4000 or apaladino@cabarrusncchamber.org. Our address is 57 Union Street South, Concord, NC 28205.