United States Energy Association,. (sometimes referred to as "USEA," "we," "us," or "our") takes your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy discloses our information collection and dissemination practices.
Privacy Protections and Use of Information
We will not disclose or share personally identifiable information collected on our web site with any third party (except as required by law or pursuant to a governmental request).
Aggregate Data. We may share reports with third parties based on aggregated data of our Members ("Aggregated Member Data"). Aggregated Member Data does not include any personally identifiable information about Planners or Invitees. For example, these reports will not include your personal or organization name. Information about Members is aggregated for the purposes of determining successful event benchmarks and other similar activities.
Event Registration. When you register for an event on our site, you have granted us permission to release the information you entered as an Invitee to the Planner.
Special Circumstances. We may disclose personal information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with other USEA users or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.
Cookies. A cookie is a small data file that some web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie may contain information like a user ID that allows the site to track which web pages you have visited. The only personal information a cookie contains is information you decide to supply. A cookie cannot read data from your hard drive or cookie files created by other web sites. We use cookies to save your username so you do not have to retype each time; and to "time-out" your session if it is idle for a long period of time.
IP Addresses. We may use your IP address to diagnose problems with our servers and administer our web site.
eCommerce
USEA outsources its paid website registration to Cvent. If you are registering for a paid event as an Invitee, Cvent may request payment information to conclude the transaction as well as your mailing address or other contact information to ensure authentication and proper delivery. Cvent uses industry-standard secure socket layer (SSL) encryption. Neither USEA nor Cvent sell or rent your personal financial information.
When you engage in an eCommerce transaction on our site using a credit card, your credit card information, including the number and expiration date and your billing addresses, is passed from Cvent onto USEA; only USEA and the registration service provider (Cvent) have access to your credit card information. Your credit card information is stored with each order in the Cvent system just long enough to fully process your transaction. After the transaction has completed, your credit card information is removed from Cvent's system for security reasons.
You can decline to provide credit card information and any other information at our site at anytime. If you should choose to withhold requested information; however, we may not be able to provide you with the full spectrum of our services.
Web Site Links
Our site contains links to other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these web sites.
Security Procedures
USEA's does not accept credit cards through its website. All credit card transactions are processed through Cvent. Cvent's website has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. Cvent protects secure data with industry-standard firewall and password protection systems. Cvent periodically reviews and improves its security and privacy policies as necessary. Cvent only allows pre-authorized individuals access to our servers and to information provided by our Members.
To view Cvent's Privacy Policy in it entirety, click here.
We do everything we can to protect the privacy of our Members. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or dealings with this site, please contact us at:
United States Energy Association
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 550, Mailbox 142
Washington, DC 20004-3022
Telephone: (202) 312-1230
email: info@usea.org
