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The Washington Convention Center Authority ("the Center") has created
this privacy statement ("Statement") in order to demonstrate our
commitment to customer privacy. Privacy on the Center's web site (the "Site")
is of great importance to us. Because we gather important information from
our visitors and customers, we have established this Statement as a means
to communicate our information gathering and dissemination practices. We
reserve the right to change this Statement and will provide notification of
the change at least thirty (30) business days prior to the change taking effect.
We require customers who register to use the services offered on our Site
to give us contact information, such as their name, company name, address,
phone number, and e-mail address, and financial qualification and billing
information, such as billing name and address, credit card number, and the
number of users within the organization that will be using the services. At
the time you express interest in obtaining additional information, or when
you register for the service, we may also ask for additional personal information,
such as title, department name, fax number, or additional company information,
such as annual revenues, number of employees, or industry. Customers can opt
out of providing this additional information by not entering it when asked.
The Center uses the information that we collect to set up services for individuals
and their organizations. We may also use the information to contact customers
to further discuss customer interest in the Center, the services that we provide,
and to send information regarding the Center, such as promotions and events.
Customers are invited to receive an email newsletter by providing an email
address. Customer email addresses will not be distributed or shared. Customers
can opt out of being contacted by us, or receiving such information from us,
at any time by sending an email to our support
staff. Separately, customers
are also asked to provide an email address when registering for the service,
in order to receive a username and password. We may also email information
regarding the Center updates to the service, and will send a Customer Newsletter.
Again, email will not be distributed or shared and customers can opt out of
receiving any communication by emailing support@DCconvention.com at the time
it is distributed, or at the time any customer registers for the service.
Except as we explicitly state at the time we request information, or as provided
for in the Center's Terms of Use, we do not disclose to any third party the
information provided. All financial and billing information that we collect
through the Site is used solely to check the qualifications of prospective
customers and to bill for services. This billing information is not used by
the Center for marketing or promotional purposes. The Center uses a third
party intermediary to manage the credit card processing. This intermediary
is solely a link in the distribution chain, and is not permitted to store,
retain, or use the information provided, except for the sole purpose of credit
card processing. Other third parties, such as content providers, may provide
content on the web Site but they are not permitted to collect any information
nor does the Center share any user information with these parties.
Customers of the service will be using the Site to host data and information.
The Center will not review, share, distribute, print, or reference any such
data except as provided in the Center's Terms of Use, or as may be required
by law. Individual records may at times be viewed or accessed only for the
purpose of resolving a problem, support issue, or suspected violation of the
Terms of Use, or as may be required by law. Of course, customers are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality and security of their user registration
and password.
The Center may also collect certain information from visitors to and customers
of the Site, such as Internet addresses. This information is logged to help
diagnose technical problems, and to administer our Site in order to constantly
improve the quality of the service. We may also track and analyze non-identifying
and aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and
customers and provide such information to third parties.
Cookies are files that Web browsers place on a computer's hard drive and
are used to tell us whether customers and visitors have visited the Site previously.
The Center uses a persistent cookie to help save and retrieve user names of
customers accessing the Site. The Center issues a session cookie only to record
encrypted authentication information for the duration of a specific session.
The session cookie does not include the username or password of the user.
If the cookie is rejected, access to and usage of the service will be denied.
Third Party Sites
The Site contains links to other web sites. The Center is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites. Customers
and visitors will need to check the policy statement of these others web sites
to understand their policies. Customers and visitors who access a linked site
may be disclosing their private information. It is the responsibility of the
user to keep such information private and confidential.
Our Site has security measures in place to help protect against the loss,
misuse, and alteration of the Data under our control. When our Site is accessed
using Netscape Navigator, or Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0 or higher,
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects information using both server
authentication and data encryption to help ensure that Data is safe, secure,
and available only to you. The Center also implements an advanced security
method based on dynamic data and encoded session identifications, and hosts
the Site in a secure server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced
technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders. Finally,
the Center provides unique user names and passwords that must be entered each
time a customer logs on. These safeguards help prevent unauthorized access,
maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of data.
If customers need to update or change registration information they may so
by editing the user profile. To update a User Profile, log on to DCconvention.com's
Exhibitor Services section and select My Account to add or update information.
Questions regarding this Statement or the practices of this Site should be
directed to the Center's Security Administrator by e-mailing such questions
to our support staff.
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