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Privacy Statement of the
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (PCOSA)

Information about our Organization and Web site

Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an organization like the PCOSA.

We are based in the United States of America.
Our principal activity is: Nonprofit
Our privacy policy covers the PCOSA and its Web sites:

Organization Name: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (PCOSA)
Address: PO Box 3403
City, Zip: Englewood, 80111
State: CO
Country: USA
Controller: Board of Directors
Web Sites(s): www.pcosupport.org
www.pcolist.org
www.pcoteen.org

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our Web site

Our Web site enables you to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect your data.

Our Web site does not include links to third party Web service providers.

Automatic Collection of Information

We use very few cookies on our Web site. They are used only to eliminate redundant actions, such as having our quiz pop up every time you visit!
We do not automatically log personal data nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services.
We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.

To access the table of personal data collected and purposes for which they are used, please click here.

We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated in the table below.

If we wish to use our visitors' personal data for new purposes, we make every effort to give them the opportunity to consent to those new purposes.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
We do not take specific steps above and beyond those we take for all individuals to protect the privacy of children who disclose their personal data to us.
We do not provide information about our personal data practices in relation to children on our home page, or at those sites on our Web site where we collect personal data.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice

We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organizations.

Confidentiality / Security

We give you the option of using a secure transmission method to send us the following types of personal data:

  • identifiers (such as credit card details, Web site password)
We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:
  • unauthorized access
  • improper use or disclosure
  • unauthorized modification
  • unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We do ensure that our visitors' personal data will only be disclosed to State institutions and authorities where required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you

You may enquire by:

  • sending an email (info@pcosupport.org)
  • sending postal mail to this address (PO Box 3403 Englewood, CO 80111)
if we are keeping personal data about you. We will provide you, upon request, with a readable copy of any personal data we have about you, within one business week.
- We may require proof of your identity prior to releasing your records. -
We will provide the information without any charge.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data:

  • erased

We do not reserve the right to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Compliance

There are no national laws or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organization.

There are no global or regional regulatory or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organization.

Privacy Support

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact:
Name/designation : Director
Department : Member & Inquiry Services
Address : PO Box 3403 Englewood, CO 80111
Email address : info@pcosupport.org

If you are not satisfied with our response to your concern, you may wish to contact:
PCOSA Board of Directors (board@pcosupport.org).

Table of personal data collected and purposes for which they are used

Primary personal data/Business information

x volunteered by each visitor
- collected from public records or bodies
- collected from private organizations

Primary personal data

Technical administration of the Web site Research & development Customer Administration Marketing Trading in personal data
Name

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x

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Gender

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Address

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E-mail address

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Phone/Fax number

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other (describe)

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Business Information

Technical administration of the Web site Research & development Customer Administration Marketing Trading in personal data
Employer/organization

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Job title

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Address

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E-mail address

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Phone/Fax number

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other (describe)

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Other personal details and profiling data

- volunteered by each visitor
- collected from public records or bodies
- collected from private organizations

Technical administration of the Web site Research & development Customer Administration Marketing Trading in personal data
Personal details

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Physical description

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Family characteristics

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Education and skills

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Life style or personal tastes

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Financial resources

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other (describe)

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Identifiers

- volunteered by each visitor
- collected from public records or bodies
- collected from private organizations

Technical administration of the Web site Research & development Customer Administration Marketing Trading in personal data
On-line identifiers

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Financial identifiers

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identifiers assigned by Public bodies

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Biometrics identifiers

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other (describe)

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Specific Data

- volunteered by each visitor
- collected from public records or bodies
- collected from private organizations

Technical administration of the Web site Research & development Customer Administration Marketing Trading in personal data
Racial or ethnic origin

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Political opinions

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Religious or philosophical beliefs

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Trade union membership

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Health/Medical data

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Sex life

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Police/Justice data such as civil/criminal actions brought by or against the visitor

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other (describe)

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