The American Orthopaedic Association, which includes all programs of the organization including the Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors and Own the Bone, and affiliated organizations such as OMeGA Medical Grants Association (collectively “AOA”, “us” or “we”) understands that you may be concerned about the privacy of personal information that you provide to us through the AOA website located at www.aoassn.org (the “site”), and we respect your right to protect your personal information. Accordingly, we have developed this Privacy Policy to inform you of AOA’s policy and practice regarding information we collect about you on the site. Please contact AOA if you have additional questions about this Privacy Policy.
Information we collect

We collect two types of information: personally identifiable information (PII) and non-personally identifiable information (Non-PII), which is also referred to as aggregate and anonymous data. Generally, you may visit our website without revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself. You have the option not to provide any personally identifiable information to us. However, to access certain options and services we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information and without providing such personally identifiable information, you may be unable to access certain services, programs, offers, and specific content on the site.

PII – Voluntary information provided by you: AOA will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you unless you provide it to us voluntarily such as when you email us, submit a registration for an event, submit a membership or fellowship application, or fill out a survey. The PII you provide can include such items as your name, company, e-mail and U.S. mail addresses, your ethnicity, gender, your credit card number, and your telephone and fax numbers.
Non-PII – Cookies, IP addresses and logs. We employ “cookies” to collect information about you and your usage of the site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer and collects information about how you use our site. We also gather information about your individual use of our services, such as types of data accessed, times and volume of use, duration of sessions and other similar usage or system data. In addition, we log IP addresses and domain names. We cannot use this technical Non-PII to identify you personally. However, if you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information (such as your e-mail address), that information could be linked to the data stored in the cookie.

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We use PII to provide information you request, provide products, programs, and services to you or contact you when requested. We may also use it for reasonable business purposes, such as contacting you, via e-mail or regular mail, to provide you with information we believe may be of interest.

Non-PII is aggregated for system administration and to monitor the site’s usage. It is utilized to measure the number of visits to our site, average time spent, number of pages viewed and to monitor various other site statistics. This monitoring helps us evaluate how visitors use and navigate our site so we can improve the content. AOA may use this information to analyze and enhance the website.

AOA may also use PII and Non-PII to investigate security breaches or cooperate with authorities pursuant to a legal matter.