NACHC Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10/30/2023
NACHC’s policy is to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. NACHC will not sell, trade, rent or release your personal information (name, email address, postal address, telephone, etc.) to others without your consent. This site contains links to other sites, NACHC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
We respect and work to protect your privacy. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with NACHC you may contact us.
Policy Details
This privacy notice for The National Association of Community Health Centers (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your information when you use our services (“Services”), such as when you:
- Download and use our mobile application NACHC Mobile, or any other application of ours that links to this privacy notice
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Prior to accessing, using, or engaging with our services, we strongly recommend a thorough review of the terms and conditions outlined in this privacy policy for your complete understanding and assurance.
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at here.
Personal information you disclose to us. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
- names
- phone numbers
- email addresses
- mailing addresses
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases. such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Paypal. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://www.paypal.com/myaccountiprivacy/privacyhub.
Application Data. If you use our application(s) we also may collect the following information if you choose to provide us with access or permission:
- Geolocation Information. We may request access or permission to track location-based information from your mobile device, while you are using our mobile application(s), to provide certain location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
- Mobile Device Access. We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device’s calendar, camera, contacts, storage. and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your devices settings.
- Push Notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the application(s). If you wish to opt out from receiving these types of communications, you may tum them off in your devices settings.
This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our application(s), for troubleshooting, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information. such as your device characteristics, operating system, device name, device model and other technical information. This information is primarily needed for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses. we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:
- Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your phone. tablet you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your application identification numbers and system configuration information.
- Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention; and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies. and other similar information. Additionally, we utilize this data to gain insights into your preferences and interests, enabling us to refine and customize our products and services to better cater to your unique requirements.
- To save or protect an individual’s vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
- Payment Processing: We gather purchase-related data when you opt to buy our products or services. To facilitate payments, you may furnish specific information, including your credit or debit card details (comprising card number, expiration date, and CVV code), billing address, and shipping address.
We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents (“third parties”) who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. They also commit to protect the data they hold on to our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.
The third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:
- Web and Mobile Analytics – Google Analytics
Our website incorporates interfaces with various social media platforms, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and others. Should you opt to ‘like’ or share content from our website using these services, we recommend reviewing the privacy policy of the respective service. If you are a member of a social media platform, these interfaces may facilitate a connection between your site visit and your personal data on the social media site.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
“Cookies” are compact text files that a website employs to identify returning users, streamline the user’s continued access to and utilization of the site, and enable the tracking of usage patterns. This, in turn, facilitates the compilation of aggregated data for the purpose of enhancing content and delivering targeted advertising. It’s important to note that cookies are not programs that infiltrate a user’s system and harm files. Typically, cookies function by assigning a unique identifier to the user, which holds no significance beyond the site that assigns it. Users should be aware that NACHC does not have control over the utilization of cookies or the resultant data by advertisers or third parties responsible for hosting data on behalf of NACHC.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice unless a longer retention period is required.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example. because your personal information has been stored in backup archives) then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we deem that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us here.
In certain situations, you may request to review, update, delete your personal information. To do so please submit a request here.
Click below to view the NACHC Summary of Data Security and Privacy Practices