Privacy Policy
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It is important for the San Diego Independent Scholars (SDIS) organization and its related website https://sdis-scholars.org or https://sdscholars.org to provide visitors with a comprehensive privacy policy, as concerns about the protection of personal information are increasing worldwide.
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How Do We Store, Use, Share, and Disclose Personal Information?
Wix.com hosts SDIS on its platform. They will store data using their data storage, databases, and general applications on secure servers behind a firewall.
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What Type of Information Do We Collect?
When you interact with our website, such as renewing membership or joining as a new member, we collect personal information you provide, such as your name, address, and email address. We will use this information only for the specific reasons stated and store personal profiles under password protection.
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We also collect payment details (including credit card information), comments, and feedback. All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and us adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our site and its service providers.
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In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information. We may use software tools (e.g. Google Analytics) to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.
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Why Do We Collect Such Information?
We collect this information for the following reasons:
To provide and operate the services that SDIS offers.
To provide our members and visitors with ongoing assistance and technical support.
To contact our members and visitors with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages.
To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred non-personal information, which we or our partners (e.g., Wix.com, Google Analytics) may use to provide and improve our respective services.
To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
How Can You Withdraw Your Consent?
If you want to access, correct, amend, or delete any personal information we hold about you, please contact us at info@sdis-scholars.org, sdisask@gmail.com or send snail mail to: PO Box 314, 1140 Wall St., La Jolla, CA 92037.
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We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy, so please review it as needed. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we change this policy, we will notify you here about the update to keep you informed about the information we collect, how we use it, and the circumstances under which we use and/or disclose it.