The Greater Charleston Pest Control Association (hereafter GCPCA) is committed to keeping any and all personal information collected of those individuals that visit our website and make use of our online facilities for membership registration, training class registration, etc.  confidential, secure, and private. Our privacy policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with Greater Charleston Pest Control Association of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed most existing privacy standards. THEREFORE , this Privacy Policy Agreement shall apply to the GCPCA, and thus it shall govern any and all data collection and usage thereof.  Through the use of the GCPCA.net website, you are herein consenting to the following data procedures expressed within this agreement.

Collection of Information
This website collects various types of information, such as:
*Voluntary provided information which may include your address, email address ,billing info etc which may be used when you register as a member, register for training classes etc.
* Information automatically collected when visiting our website, which may include cookies, third party tracking technologies and server logs.
Please rest assured that this site shall only collect personal information that you knowingly and willingly provide by way of surveys, completed membership forms, emails, training classes etc. It is the intent of this site to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was requested and any additional uses specifically provided on this site.
GCPCA may have the occasion to collect anonymous demographic information. We may also gather information about the type of browser you are using, IP address or type of operating system to assist us in providing and maintaining a superior quality website. 

Use of Information Collected
Greater Charleston Pest Control Association may collect and may make use of personal information to assist in the operation of our website and to ensure delivery of the services you need and request.  At times, we may find it necessary to use personally identifiable information as a means to keep you informed of other possible products and/or services that may be of interest to you.  If you consent or show interest in presented offers, then, at that time, specific identifiable information, such as name, email address and/or telephone number, may be shared with the third party.

Greater Charleston Pest Control Association  may find it beneficial to share specific data with our trusted partners in an effort to conduct statistical analysis, provide you with email and/or postal mail, deliver support and/or arrange for deliveries to be made.  Those third parties shall be strictly prohibited from making use of you personal information, other than to deliver those services which you requested, and as such they are thus required, in accordance with this agreement, to maintain the strictest of confidentially with regards to all your information.

Greater Charleston Pest Control Association may deem it necessary to follow websites and/or pages that our users may frequent in an effort to gleam what types of training and/or products may be the most popular to customers.

Greater Charleston Pest Control Association may disclose your personal information, without prior notice to you, only if required to do so in accordance with applicable laws and/or in a good faith belief that such action is deemed necessary or is required to an effort to:
*Remain in conformance with any decrees, laws and/or statutes  or in an effort to comply with any process which may be served upon Greater Charleston Pest Control Association and/or our website;
*Maintain, safeguard and/or preserve all the rights and/or property of Greater Charleston Pest Control Association; and
*Perform under demanding conditions in an effort to safeguard the personal safety of users of GCPCA.net and/or the general public.

Unsubscribe or Opt-Out
All users and/ or visitors to our website have the option to discontinue receiving communications from us and/ or reserve the right to discontinue receiving communication by way of email or newsletters.  To discontinue or unsubscribe to our website, please send an email that you wish to unsubscribe to gcpca01@gmail.com.  If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe and/or opt-out.

Refunds
Any  refunds requested  by our members prior to any training classes or within 3 months of membership renewal will be donee on a case by case basis determined by circumstance and after review and approval of the GCPCA Board. All refunds will be reviewed and considered for approval by the board at the following months board meeting.

Links to Other Websites
Our website does contain links to affiliate and other websites.  Greater Charleston Pest Control Association does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites.  Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.  The aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website. 

Changes to Privacy Policy Agreement
Greater Charleston Pest Control Association reserves the right to update and/or change the terms of our privacy policy, and as such we will post those changes to our website homepage at GCPCA.net, so that our users and/or visitors are always aware of the type of information we collect, how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose such information.  If at any point in time Greater Charleston Pest Control Association decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially  collected, the user or users shall promptly notified by email.  Users at that time shall have the option as to whether or not to permit the use of their information in this separate manner.

Acceptance of Terms
Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement.  If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites.  In addition, your continued uses of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.

​How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy Agreement related to our website, please feel free to contact us at the following email and/or mailing address:

Greater Charleston Pest Control Association
PO Box 61749
North Charleston, SC 29419
United States of America
                    Or
Elizabeth McKee
2202 Bill Davis Road
Manning SC 29102
United States of America

Email at GCPCA01@gmail.com

Please see board member page for additional contact information.  
Effective 09/15/2016


GCPCA Online Privacy Policy Agreement