Privacy Statement
This is the American Surgical Association's E-Commerce Privacy Statement.

Information Collection and Use
The American Surgical Association is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell this information to others in ways other than those outlined in this statement.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes the browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie from our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If users reject the cookie, they may still use our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users as they visit difference section of our site.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. All of our users' information is restricted in our offices. Sensitive data such as credit card information is protected by VeriSign that uses high industry standards to encrypt and transmit your information.

Site and Society Updates
We periodically send members society and site updates via email. The content of such mailings is typically meetings and other events information along with new site options and upgrades.

Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as a zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will make our best effort to provide a way to correct, update, or remove that user's personal data from our records.

Notification of Changes
The Privacy Statement is a continuously revised document and may therefore change at any time. Please contact our offices if you have any questions or comments.