We utilize safeguards designed to protect the privacy of all personal and professional information that you provide to us. We will not use your information in any manner not previously disclosed in this privacy and security statement.

Anyone can visit Santa Barbara CAMFT's site without disclosing any personal information about themselves. We may track the Internet addresses of the individuals who visit our site to analyze trends, administer the site, and track user's movement within the site. This data is not linked to personally identifiable information. The information we collect is used to continually refine our Website and improve our services.

When you apply for membership Santa Barbara CAMFT collects a wide range of information about you and your professional activities. Some of the information is used only for internal purposes. Other information is used to help you present your professional presence on the Internet and in our printed publications. We ask you to indicate which of your information is public and which is private.

1. Online Therapist Directory
   An important benefit of membership is the ability to be listed in our Online Therapist Directory. This feature can be accessed by anybody that visits our Website. Of the information that you provide us, you can decide which information will be presented.

2. Online Membership Directory
   In the private section of the Website is our Online Membership Directory. This directory is intended for use by members of the organization. Visitors must have a valid user name and password to access this feature. Of the information that you provide us, you can decide which information will be presented.

3. Printed Membership Directory
   The Printed Membership Directory is distributed to Santa Barbara CAMFT's members and contains a subset of the information from the Online Therapist Directory

4. Chapter Mailing Labels
   From time to time Santa Barbara CAMFT sells or makes available to interested third parties, lists or mailing labels of its members. This is done as a means of fundraising and as a service to members. The third parties are advertisers interested in sending their literature to members.

Santa Barbara CAMFT collects basic contact information (such as name, address, phone number and e-mail address) when you register on our site to make a purchase, attend an event or advertise. We use this information for internal purposes only.

You must enter your user name and password every time you access a restricted area of the Website. Your user name and password serve as your personal key to the restricted areas. The system is designed so that without this information, no other visitor can access your information.

Lost passwords may be retrieved automatically. You may change your password at any time.

When you log on to the Website with your user name and password you make make changes to your personal and professional information.

A cookie is a small text file, stored in memory on your computer, that can be read by our system when you return to our site. The cookies are encrypted and are used to keep track of you as you move through our site. Cookies can also provide you the ability to re-access a restricted area without retyping your password. While cookies allow you ease of use by entering your password less frequently, there are no functional differences if the site is accessed and used with the cookies disabled. We will not use cookies for any other purposes.

When you enter into a financial transaction with us you can usually elect to pay by check or pay online. When you indicate that wish to pay by check, the transaction will not be completed until we have received your check and it has cleared the banking system.

When you wish to pay online, we refer your transaction to our online merchant services provider, PayPal, Inc. The only information we send to the online merchant services provider is the amount you are paying and a transaction ID so that we can be informed when payment is made. You are then automatically transferred to the service provider's secure Website, where you enter sensitive data such as your bank card account number. When you do so your information is subject to the privacy and security policies of the online merchant services provider.

Santa Barbara CAMFT's network administration team uses safeguards designed to protect the privacy of all personal information.

If we make any changes to our privacy policy, we will post the changes on our Website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you via e-mail. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. Consent will be deemed to have been given when we receive communication from you in response to our e-mail. If no such consent is given we will only use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose private information if and when required by law, including a subpoena, warrant or court order.

We welcome your comments. Please send comments regarding this Privacy & Security statement to webmaster@santabarbaratherapy.org.