The Pacific Northwest Chapter of the ACFE is committed to protecting personal information that it collects and uses regarding our members, customers, website users and other respective parties. This privacy policy notifies you of the following:
To manage your membership and provide you with educational opportunities, we need to collect various types of data. We use your personal information to identify when you joined or left the ACFE PNW Chapter and for similar membership management practices. The CFE credential is an achievement that the public relies on to identify a person with anti-fraud experience, knowledge and professionalism, so we also have a duty to the public to verify whether you are a CFE in good standing.
Additionally, we provide a host of live and virtual trainings, conferences, online learning and other anti-fraud educational materials. We collect your information to process purchases, fulfill orders, issue refunds and provide other customer service functions. It is also necessary to collect transactional data to meet our accounting and regulatory requirements.
Most of the data we collect comes from what you provide to us directly. This may include name, contact information (email, physical address, phone number, etc.), payment information, employer or school, job title and professional interests. When necessary, we also collect information from you to verify that you meet the qualifications to become an associate, Chapter, student, or retired member, which can include your membership status with the ACFE, or your student enrollment details. In addition, we retain information about your attendance at our Chapter training and forward that information to the ACFE for your benefit in retaining your ACFE certification.
In addition to the personal information, we gather directly from you, we also use some or all of the following sources to collect information about you.
Website and email navigational behavior
We use WildApricot to collect information on how you interact with communications we send you, such as whether you click on a link in an email or how you navigate on our website. We use this navigational data, along with information that you have provided about your professional interests, to build a user profile. The purpose of this profile is to help us send useful information that is tailored to your professional field and interests while eliminating unwanted or unhelpful messages. This helps us be efficient in how we communicate with you and limit the number of messages you receive from us. This information is collected through the use of cookies, and you can choose to block these cookies if you wish (see below).
Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites that you visit to provide certain website functionality and provide information to the site owners. We use cookies to improve our marketing, including tracking activity to/from other websites. We also use cookies to improve technical administration of our website. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is placed on your computer, or you can choose to block all cookies. This is done through your internet browser settings. Each browser is different, so refer to your browser's help menu to learn how to modify cookies.
PNW Chapter Forums
Members have access to the PNW Chapter forum. We collect your member status, email, and city/country, and you can also choose to share your contact information, educational history, company name and professional interests to help you connect to other chapter members with similar interests. You can control what is displayed to others. Access to the PNW Chapter Forum is included with membership, but you may opt out at any time by modifying your directory preferences.
Text Traffic
We use WildApricot to send and track text messages to members and the system will log the phone numbers used to contact you. You can opt out of this service at any time.
Our general policy is that we do not share personal data with third parties unless you ask us to. There are, however, certain limited exceptions to include but not limited to those described below.
Service providers
We use third parties to perform services on our behalf, including printing, payment processing (including credit card processing), marketing, advertising and customer service. These service providers are only allowed to process your personal information for the purposes requested by us or required by law.
ACFE
We retain information about your attendance at our Chapter trainings and forward that information to the ACFE for your benefit in retaining your ACFE certification.
Right to access personal information
Our goal is to be transparent about the information we store about you. Many jurisdictions provide individuals with a right to require organizations holding their personal information to provide them access to it. In addition to complying with those requirements in specific jurisdictions, we will do our best to honor any request for access to personal information. Upon request, we will describe the information we have about you, explain the purpose for which we hold it, explain what parties we disclose it to, and let you have a copy in an intelligible form. To request access to all the information we hold about you, you must submit your request in writing using the contact information at the bottom of this page.
Withdrawing consent
In instances where our ability to process your personal information is based on consent, including marketing purposes, you have the right to revoke that consent at any time. You may make such a request in writing to the address at the bottom of this page, or by changing your settings on our communications preferences page.
Erasure or "right to be forgotten"
Some jurisdictions provide individuals with a right to require organizations holding their personal data to erase it. In addition to complying with such requirements in specific jurisdictions, we will do our best to comply with any request to delete information we have collected about you at your request. Note that some information, such as litigation records or personal information required to verify whether an individual has ever been a CFE, must be retained. Additionally, exercising your right to be forgotten may mean that we are no longer able to provide you with certain benefits or services that you have requested. Please submit your request in writing using the contact information at the bottom of this page.
Changing or correcting data
If you are a member or have a user account on our website, you can log in to the website to edit your account information. If you believe that any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may contact us using the email address at the bottom of this page.
Objecting to processing
If you believe that we are improperly processing your personal information, you may submit a request to change it using the contact information at the bottom of this page. We will review the request and respond to you promptly.