THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES has created this privacy notice to explain how
we use information that you may provide while visiting our website and to demonstrate our firm commitment to
Internet privacy. THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES may modify this policy from
time to time so we encourage you to check this page when revisiting this website.
How We Use Your Information
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES is committed to protecting your privacy
online.
When you register, contribute, sign up to volunteer, or take any other action on our site, we may ask you to give us
contact information, including your name, address, telephone number and/or e‐mail address. We may obtain
information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this
site. We use this information to operate this site, send you news and information to you about THE
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES & to solicit your participation in THE
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES programs, events and activities, and obtain and
confirm RSVP’s to events and programs. We use your e‐mail address to send such information by e‐mail and may use
your telephone number to call you for these purposes.
We will never provide any personal information submitted to this website to any other person or organization, for any
purpose. If you decide to purchase tickets to an event or to make a contribution online, we may also ask for your
credit card number and its expiration date. That information is used solely for processing your contribution; is not
maintained by our organization; and is never disclosed to anyone, for any other purpose other than for processing
your contribution, under any circumstances.
How We Protect Information You Provide
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES uses industry standard security measures to
protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked,
secure environment. Permission to access your information is granted only to you and THE INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES employees or contractors who need to know that information to
provide services to you. Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected by this website in a
secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security.
Links to Other Websites
This privacy policy covers this website and its subdomains. These sites may link to third‐party websites. We are not
responsible for the content or privacy policies of these third‐party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy
policies and review the practices of all websites you visit.
Other Disclosure of Your Information
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when we have
a good‐faith belief release is appropriate to comply with the law (for example, a lawful subpoena), to protect our
rights or property, or to protect our donors, artists and supporters from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful conduct, or if
we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any
person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay.
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR PARENTS:
We want to help you guard your children’s privacy. We encourage you to talk to your children about safe and
responsible use of their personal information while using the Internet. THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES does not knowingly collect, use or distribute children’s personally identifiable
information to any third parties. If you have any reservations, questions or concerns about your child’s access to this
site or how information that your child provides is used by us, please contact us.
About Cookies, IP Addresses and Log File Data Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. The THE
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES website uses a cookie for measuring aggregate
web statistics, including number of monthly visitors, number of repeat visitors, most popular webpages and other
information. THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES will also use cookies to facilitate
your online visit by maintaining data that you provide for online activism activities so that you will not need to
resubmit certain information.
We may also use third‐party services such as Google Analytics. This helps us understand traffic patterns and know if
there are problems with our Site. We may also use embedded images in emails to track open rates for our mailings,
so that we can tell which mailings appeal most to our supporters.
Advertising
We may place online advertising with third‐party vendors, including Google, which will be shown on other
Sites on the Internet. In some cases, those third‐party vendors may decide which ads to show you based on your prior
visits to the Site. At no time will you be personally identified to those third‐party vendors, nor will any of the
information you share with us be shared with those third‐party vendors. If you prefer to opt out of the use of these
third‐party cookies on the Site, you can do so by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.
Server Log Files
We log standard technical information, such as your IP address and the kind of browser you use. We log this
information for troubleshooting purposes and to track which pages people visit in order to improve the site. We do
not use log files to track a particular individual’s use of the website.
How to Unsubscribe or Opt Out
People who subscribe to e‐mail lists via this website will receive periodic updates from THE INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES by regular mail, fax and/or e‐mail. You may opt out of receiving future
information via e‐mail by using the unsubscribe procedure specified on the e‐mail message.
How We Notify You About Privacy Policy Changes
We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if we change our practices, add new site features, or change existing site
features. We will notify registered users by email and post notice to this site of any substantive changes to our Privacy
Policy. Your use of this site following such changes constitutes your agreement with regard to information collected
from you in the past and in the future.
How To Contact Us
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be emailed to gmcdonald@iupat.org.