We take information security seriously, you have our word (and our policy)

We value your interest and involvement in our company and the time you spend on our website. In our online communication as in all other interactions, we are committed to informing you of how we use any information you share with us, and giving you choices about sharing it.

This privacy statement explains Cornerstone Interactive’s (Cornerstone’s) privacy practices for the corporate website, www.cornerstoneinteractive.com, and for all sites that are part of the cornerstoneinteractive.com domain. This statement notifies you of:

• Why Cornerstone collects member and customer information
• Activities and programs offered on the Cornerstone website that require you to submit personally identifiable information
• What personally identifiable information may be collected, and how it is used
• What aggregate information is collected, and how it is used
• How cookies are used on the site
• The organization that collects and owns the information, and with whom the information may be shared
• What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
• How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information
• Security procedures protecting the loss, misuse or alteration of information under Cornerstone’s control
• Procedures for notifying you of any changes to this policy

If you feel that Cornerstone Interactive is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should contact us.

Why Cornerstone collects client and guest information

When you become a client of any of our services or get involved in activities on this website or elsewhere, Cornerstone responds to your interest by offering to keep you informed about our events and programs. While print communications are a benefit of our clients, email announcements are available to clients and guests.

You have the choice of whether or not to give us your information or receive email announcements. If you choose to subscribe to these announcements, you have our commitment that they will be topical, timely and relevant to your professional and cultural interests. Furthermore, Cornerstone will never sell or rent your information to another party, or use it in any way other than that described in this statement. We will prosecute any parties who illegally attempt to mine member data from the site.

Clients

If you are a client and you have supplied your email address, you will automatically receive email announcements, along with print communications. If you would prefer not to receive the email announcements, you can always opt out of receiving them.

Guests

If you are a guest, you can use most of the features of the site without supplying any personal information to Cornerstone. If you would like to stay informed about our programs and activities, you can provide your name and email address and opt in to receiving email announcements. If at any time you wish to stop receiving these emails, you can contact us to opt out.

Website features requiring the submission of personal information

Submission of personal information to the Cornerstone website is entirely voluntary, except in the case of members, for whom current names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses must be on file. Most areas of the website may be used without supplying any personally identifiable information.

The following site features do require users to supply personal information:

Clients

When you become a client of Cornerstone, we request your name, address, phone and fax numbers, email address, job title, school or company name. The information you supply is used to ensure that we have the most current contact information so that any publications, mailings and communications arrive as expected. As a client, you can update any of your information on the web at any time.

Site status updates

If you wish to receive information about specific new features or services when they are added, we ask for contact information including your name and email address.

Surveys

From time to time we request information from users of the site via surveys. Participation in surveys is completely voluntary. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and email address), demographic information (such as zip code and age level), and professional information (such as skills, areas of expertise and subjects of interest). This information will not be released under any circumstances in a manner that will identify the respondent. Personally identifiable information is requested only for internal purposes (for example, to avoid asking for the same information more than once). Survey information will be used for monitoring or improving the use of and satisfaction with this site.

Publication orders

If you wish to order publications from Cornerstone, you must provide contact information including your name, email address, phone number, shipping address and financial information including your credit card number and expiration date. This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, your contact information is used to get in touch with you.

Registration for events/activities

If you wish to register for a conference, seminar or other event, we ask for contact information such as your name, school or company name, job title, telephone number, and email address, and financial information including your credit card number and expiration date. Contact information is used to send you important messages regarding the activity or event for which you registered. Financial information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders.

Subscribe to email announcements

If you wish to receive timely information about select programs and events, you may subscribe to email announcements. Announcement subjects include upcoming conferences, exhibitions, publications and new interactive services. Subscribers receive up to 18 email messages per year.

Log files

Cornerstone collects aggregate information in the form of log files recorded by the web server. This information includes how many visits we have had to our webpages, the IP address of the computer that person was using, and the address of the referring page.

We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement through the site, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. None of this information is linked to personally identifiable information.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. The Cornerstone website uses cookies for purposes of session state management-that is, to give users a persistent identity in the database while they submit forms and go through any multi-step processes. Once the user leaves the site, the session information is held for one day only and then purged from the database.

Ownership of information

Cornerstone is the sole owner of the information collected on all areas of this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from those disclosed in this statement.

Correcting personal information

If you wish to correct, update or remove your personally identifiable information from our database, or if you no longer wish to receive communications from us, you have several ways of getting in touch with us.

Update

If you are a client, you can update your information at any time by accessing your profile at my.cornerstoneinteractive.com.

If you are a guest, or you would like assistance using the member directory, you may contact us, call us at [619] 663-HTTP, or send us regular mail at 9855 Prospect Ave, Santee CA 92071.

Choice/opt-out

If you receive communications from Corterstone and you wish to stop receiving them, opt-out mechanisms and instructions exist. You may opt out by replying to any email we send you with the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line. You may also contact us, call us at [619] 663-HTTP, or send us regular mail at 9855 Prospect Ave, Santee CA 92071.

Security

Cornerstone takes every precaution to protect website users’ information. All of our users’ personally identifiable information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information.

Furthermore, all employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees and contractors are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Cornerstone is 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 statement of any website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Notification of changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post a notice of those changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.