The Information We Collect

When you visit our Website, you may provide us with personally identifying information (such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, position, institutional affiliation, and/or credit/debit card information) and other information on a voluntary basis, as more particularly described below. We do not knowingly collect sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers or personal health information. Please do not send sensitive, personal or confidential information to us directly through the Website, or by email to any of the contact email addresses listed on the Website.

In order to process payment transactions made through www.pituitarysociety.org and charge your credit card, our third-party payment processor, Authorize.Net, requires that you provide certain personal information. Such information includes your name, billing address, email and credit card information. While The Society does not store your credit card information, some or all of the information you provide may be retained by Authorize.Net for a period of time.

The Society is not affiliated with Authorize.Net, and is not responsible for Authorize.Net’s privacy practices or procedures. Authorize.Net represents that it takes various precautions to protect your information, and that Authorize.Net is compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard ("PCI DSS") as a Level 1 service provider. Any information that you provide in conjunction with, or related to, a payment transaction, will be treated in accordance with Authorize.Net’s privacy policy, located at https://usa.visa.com/legal/privacy-policy.html, and we recommend that you review this policy for additional information regarding Authorize.Net’s privacy and security practices.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION:
In order to apply for membership in The Society, you will be asked to complete a membership application and to provide certain personally identifying information, which may include your name, title, email address, mailing address, institutional affiliation, institutional address, phone number, and fax number. You will also be asked to provide information regarding your educational degree, area(s) of specialty, and membership qualifications. We will use this information to process your membership application, and, if your application is accepted, to contact you regarding your membership and to provide you with occasional updates and information that we believe to be of interest to our members, such as information regarding upcoming meetings or events. We may also share your contact information with our trusted partner organizations, in order to allow them to contact you about meetings, events, or promotions that we believe may be of interest to you.

As a member, you will also be given the option to have your contact information appear in our “Find a Specialist” directory, which is a searchable database of medical providers made available to the general public on the Website. If you opt to have your information included in the “Find a Specialist” directory, you may later request that your contact information be removed by emailing info@pituitarysociety.org. We will respond to such requests in a timely fashion, but please note that it may take up to 30 days for your information to cease appearing in the directory.

Our membership application and membership database is powered by Cvent. Some or all of the information you provide through the membership application or in connection with your membership may be accessible to and retained by Cvent for a period of time. The Society is not affiliated with Cvent, and is not responsible for Cvent’s privacy practices or procedures. Any information that you provide in conjunction with, or related to, your membership in The Society, will be treated in accordance with Cvent’s privacy policy, located at https://www.cvent.com/en/cvent-global-privacy-policy, and we recommend that you review this policy for additional information regarding Cvent’s privacy and security practices.

VIDEO EDUCATION SERIES:
In order to participate in our video education series, you will be asked to create an account, and to provide us with certain personally identifying information, which may include, without limitation, your first and last name, email address, institutional affiliation, and country. We will use this information to respond to your requests to enroll in the video series, and to communicate with you regarding the series, including by sending your certificate of completion by email. We may also send you occasional newsletters and other information that we believe may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving such communications from us at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in any of our emails. We reserve the right to use the information that you provide to verify your eligibility to participate in the video series, including by contacting your institution.

PUBLICATIONS:
You may order certain print booklets through the Website by providing your name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. We will use this information to send you the requested booklets.

MAILING LISTS:
When you register an account, register to attend an event, or take certain other actions on the Website, you will be added to our mailing list to receive occasional email updates. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from our email list, you may do so by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of all our mass emails or by emailing info@pituitarysociety.org with "unsubscribe" in the subject heading and we will remove your name from our lists. We will act quickly to implement such requests but please note there may be time lags of up to a month to remove names from our database.

Contact Us:
If you contact us through the contact form on the Website, we will ask that you provide certain personally identifying information, which may include your first and last name, company/organization name, address, email address, telephone number, and fax number, as well as any additional information you provide in your question or comment. We will use the information you provide to respond to your questions or requests.