Albershardt & Associates, Inc.

Strategic Management Solutions

At Albershardt & Associates, Inc. we know you care about your personal privacy and about the terms and conditions that govern your use of AAI’s website. Because we are dedicated to serving your needs and respecting your preferences, we have adopted the policies and practices described in this Privacy Statement.

This Privacy Statement covers AAI’s treatment of personal information that AAI gathers when you are on AAI’s website and when you use AAI services.

This Privacy Statement does not apply to content you post or otherwise make available to other users or the public via the website. You acknowledge that your name and contact information may be displayed to other users when you post content.

This Statement does not apply to the practices of third parties that AAI does not own or control or individuals that AAI does not employ or manage.

Because of the nature of our business, our services are not designed to appeal to minors. We do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children.

Why We Collect Information

In general, we collect and use information about you for the purposes of:

• Providing our services, including displaying customized content such as delivery of news and newsletters that you request;
• Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services and ensure our web site is relevant to our customers’ needs;
• Allowing you access to updated information where relevant; and
• Developing new services and products.

Information We Collect

To provide our services, we may collect the following types of information:

• Information you provide - When you sign up for a service account or an AAI promotion that requires registration, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address and possibly an account password). We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other AAI services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information. In addition, when you send email or other communication to AAI, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
• Cookies, Web Beacons and Log Information – AAI does not collect information about your computer hardware or software, such as an IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below. When you use AAI’s website, our server does not record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website such as your web request, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.

How We Use Collected Information

We process information we collect about you in accordance with this Statement. AAI only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of AAI in the following limited circumstances:

• We have your consent.
• We provide such information to our affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Statement and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
• We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (d) address emergencies or acts of God, (e) address disputes, claims or persons holding a beneficial interest, or (f) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of AAI, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

We may also gather aggregated data about website visitors and disclose the results of such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to our partners, service providers, advertisers and/or other third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.

From time to time we may partner or enter into arrangements with another IIB Accredited Executive not employed by AAI to provide specific benefits and/or services to our website users. Any such person is not bound by this Privacy Statement, but is subject to confidentiality restrictions under the IIB Code of Ethics.  In addition, separate non disclosure agreements may be put in place when required.  We will provide such partners with the information that we believe is reasonably necessary for them to provide these benefits or services to you. We will provide you with a means to opt out of receiving such marketing communications from our partners or us you; you may express your preference to not be so contacted by sending a letter, calling or emailing AAI at the contact information below informing us of your preference.

In connection with AAI-hosted training, conferences or other events, AAI provides an attendee list to the sponsors and exhibitors for their respective use in one pre- and one post-conference mailing. If you do not wish to receive the information from such sponsors and exhibitors, you may express your preference to not be so contacted by either checking the appropriate box on the registration form at the time of registration or by sending a letter, calling or emailing AAI at the contact information below informing us of your preference.

If AAI becomes involved in a merger, acquisition or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy Statement.

AAI stores and processes personal information on its servers located in the United States of America.

Except as described in this Statement, we do not sell, rent or otherwise share or disclose your private, personally identifiable information to third parties.

Our Security Measures to Protect Information

To help protect the privacy of data and personally identifiable information you transmit through use of AAI’s website, we maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards.

Accessing and Updating Personal Information

When you use AAI’s website, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

Enforcement

Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Statement or AAI’s treatment of personal information by contacting us through this web site or writing to us at the address specified below. When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is our policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between AAI and an individual.

Changes to Our Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to make occasional changes to this Privacy Statement at any time, for any reason, without notice to you other than the posting of the amended Privacy Statement on the AAI website.  For materials changes to this statement, AAI will notify you by placing a prominent notice on this website.  Changes will be effective when posted. The provisions contained in this Privacy Statement supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our privacy practices and the terms and conditions that govern the use of the AAI website.

Questions Regarding the Privacy Statement

We welcome any comments or questions about our Privacy Statement, or hearing your concerns about privacy at AAI or the use of AAI’s website.  Please contact us by email at info@albershardtassociates.com, call 407-339-1730, or write to Albershardt & Associates, Inc., 333 Pineview St., Altamonte Springs, Florida, 32701.