CIMSEC Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate CIMSEC’s firm commitment to the privacy of our members and website users. This policy explains what types of information are collected by our website, www.cimsec.org, and how this information is used.

What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected

CIMSEC members that register for www.cimsec.org and individuals that sign up to receive CIMSEC e-communications voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name, affiliation, and email address). We may use this information for specific, limited purposes. You can always opt out by sending us an email at membership@cimsec.org, either now or at any time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages.

IP addresses

CIMSEC uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer www.cimsec.org, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.

Cookies

Our website www.cimsec.org uses “cookie” messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you’ve done and told us before. The “cookie” is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you’re particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.cimsec.org, so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your Web browser accordingly.

How Your Information May Be Used

We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service, to send email alerts to you, to answer your requests, to process your membership application, etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our users’ needs. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties.

Email Privacy

CIMSEC does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.

External Links

www.cimsec.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.cimsec.org domain, and CIMSEC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

Modifications

We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

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