Privacy Policy

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

• Personal Information: Information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“Personal Information”).
• Non-Personal Information: Information that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your company name, professional license number, and/or information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us (e.g., by filling in forms on our Website, such as when you apply for membership).
• Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies.

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information:

• To present our Website and its contents to you.
• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
• To fulfill the purposes for which you provide it, such as processing your membership application.
• To manage your membership account and provide you with access to member-only resources.
• To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

We are a non-profit professional association, and we do not sell your Personal Information to third parties.

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

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 to support our organization (e.g., payment processors, website hosting).
• 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.

We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

You may send us an email at info@thelapa.org to request access to, correct, or delete any Personal Information that you have provided to us. 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.

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.

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.