Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) Privacy Policy
Last Updated: (10/24)
Texas Veterinary Medical Association is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Texas Veterinary Medical Association site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Texas Veterinary Medical Association site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Texas Veterinary Medical Association collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Texas Veterinary Medical Association also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Texas Veterinary Medical Association. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Texas Veterinary Medical Association for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Texas Veterinary Medical Association public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Texas Veterinary Medical Association does not read any of your private online communications.
Texas Veterinary Medical Association encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Texas Veterinary Medical Association so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Texas Veterinary Medical Association is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association and Texas Veterinary Medical Association family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Texas Veterinary Medical Association collects and uses your personal information to operate the Texas Veterinary Medical Association Web site and deliver the services you have requested. As part of these services, Texas Veterinary Medical Association may use your personal information to communicate with you via phone call, text message, email or postal mail regarding topics of interest to the veterinary profession in Texas. Texas Veterinary Medical Association also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Texas Veterinary Medical Association and its affiliates. Texas Veterinary Medical Association may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Texas Veterinary Medical Association does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Texas Veterinary Medical Association may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Texas Veterinary Medical Association may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you text messages, email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Texas Veterinary Medical Association, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Texas Veterinary Medical Association does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Texas Veterinary Medical Association keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Texas Veterinary Medical Association, in order to determine what Texas Veterinary Medical Association services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Texas Veterinary Medical Association to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Texas Veterinary Medical Association Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Texas Veterinary Medical Association or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Texas Veterinary Medical Association; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Texas Veterinary Medical Association, or the public.
SMS Privacy Policy
This SMS Privacy Policy describes how Texas Veterinary Medical Association ("TVMA," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects information obtained through your enrollment in and use of our SMS text messaging services. By subscribing to our SMS communications, you agree to this policy.
Information Collection
We may collect personal information, including but not limited to your name, mobile phone number, and other relevant details necessary for sending SMS messages. This information will be collected at the time of opt-in through our website or other methods explicitly authorized by you.
Use of Information
We use your mobile number solely to send relevant text messages regarding:
- TVMA-related updates
- Membership information
- Event notifications
- Promotions and special offers
Your information will not be shared, sold, or used for any other purposes beyond the scope outlined here.
Message Frequency
Message frequency may vary depending on your subscription preferences and the nature of the information provided. You can expect to receive messages based on your chosen services and options.
Opt-Out
To stop receiving SMS messages from TVMA, you may reply "STOP" to any of our messages. Upon doing so, you will receive one final confirmation message of your optout status, after which you will no longer receive SMS messages.
Data Security
We implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect the personal information associated with your SMS subscription. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our SMS services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under 13 through SMS communications.
Data Retention
We retain the information collected via SMS services only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this SMS Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this SMS Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA)
Email: admin@tvma.org
Phone: 512-743-6898
Use of Cookies
The Texas Veterinary Medical Association Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Texas Veterinary Medical Association pages, or register with Texas Veterinary Medical Association site or services, a cookie helps Texas Veterinary Medical Association to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Texas Veterinary Medical Association Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Texas Veterinary Medical Association features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Texas Veterinary Medical Association secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Texas Veterinary Medical Association secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Texas Veterinary Medical Association will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Texas Veterinary Medical Association encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Texas Veterinary Medical Association is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Texas Veterinary Medical Association welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Texas Veterinary Medical Association has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Texas Veterinary Medical Association at admin@tvma.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.