Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices.
Who We Are
This website, https://itrcweb.org (“ITRC Website”), is owned by the Environmental Research Institute of the States (ERIS) and operated by the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC), a program of ERIS (“ITRC” and the terms “ITRC,” “we” and “our” as used herein refer to such organization). ITRC is a national coalition focused on developing tools and strategies to reduce interstate barriers to the deployment of innovative environmental technologies.
The use of the ITRC Website is primarily a public activity and much of the information you post to the ITRC Website may become publicly viewable. Therefore, you should not submit information that you consider confidential. In general, other than payment and credit card information, you should consider information you provide to be non-confidential and available for viewing by others.
The Information We Collect and How We Use It
General Users and Visitors
ITRC does not collect any personal information from users browsing its website. Only aggregate data, such as the number of hits per page, are collected. Aggregate data are only used for internal purposes and do not provide any personally identifying information.
When you access this website, our servers automatically record information that your browser provides. This may include, among other data, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, device identifiers and location, the date and time of your access, web pages visited, files accessed, and other information of this nature. We do not link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information. This means that user sessions will be tracked, but the users will remain anonymous. Logs of IP addresses are retained on a temporary basis, and then deleted from our system.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information that assists us in better understanding our site visitors, such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit, and what sites refer visitors to the ITRC. You may choose to block cookies with your browser, but if you do, you may not be able to take advantage of all of this site’s features. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, and the Google Privacy Policy.
ITRC Members
Individuals who have an interest in participating in ITRC’s work process, are qualified to contribute to the organization, and meet other ITRC membership requirements, may establish a membership profile with ITRC and become ITRC Members. Information about ITRC membership is available on the ITRC Website.
ITRC utilizes Member365 to collect profile information from Members. Read Member365 Terms of Service for more information.
ITRC utilizes Microsoft to collaborate with Members and produce ITRC products. Read the Microsoft Policy Statement.
ITRC Members may set up a membership profile and provide other information concerning themselves and their organizations, which is visible to other ITRC Members, ITRC staff/contractors, and the ITRC Board of Advisors. ITRC and other ITRC Members and staff/contractors may use this information to contact ITRC Members, to assist in carrying out ITRC responsibilities, and for other legal purposes. Your ITRC Member profile password and other usage information will only be accessible by certain ITRC staff (e.g. ITRC Website management staff).
Persons registering as ITRC Members are representing and agreeing: (i) that all information they submit in connection with such registration is accurate and complete, (ii) that they agree to comply with guidelines for ITRC membership that the ITRC may establish from time to time, (iii) that they will not publish the information found within sections of the ITRC Website provided for ITRC Members only without permission and unless they have the right to such publishing, and (iv) that they will not spam or harass other ITRC Members or otherwise use ITRC Member contact information for illegal or abusive purposes.
All ITRC Members must review and agree to the ITRC Code of Conduct annually upon membership registration.
Please note that information you enter for your ITRC Member profile or in any other forum for submission to the ITRC Website can potentially be accessed and viewed publicly and therefore you should not post information that you consider confidential or that you do not want distributed publicly. Although in some areas of the ITRC Website you will have the ability to edit or delete information, please note that even this information may have been cached on servers, cut and pasted, or otherwise incorporated into other posts or for other uses. Once information is posted on the ITRC Website, you should consider that it may be publicly available perpetually and in different locations or media than your original submission.
Any information gathered by us is used to customize the experience for you as the user and is not shared or sold to any third parties, except as expressly provided for in this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, and applicable rules and guidelines for ITRC Members. ITRC may provide customized and/or targeted announcements and advertisements to you based upon your data (including usage statistics and characteristics), in which case we may allow third party applications to access such data for the purpose of customizing messages or communicating with you. For example, ITRC provides information by email on the ITRC Training Program to ITRC members and others who have participated in ITRC training courses in the past.
Where applicable, we may share information with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) or other organizations or individuals, with whom we are working in connection with facilitating training classes or other programs/events/projects.
We may also collect IP addresses and cookies for the primary purpose of assisting with ease of use of the ITRC Website by you. However, except as legally required, we will not sell or provide your email address, IP address, cookies, address or phone number to third parties for advertising.
ITRC uses electronic payment processing to collect payments for ITRC activities. We process payments by submission of financial information (e.g. credit card numbers) a number of ways, including via the ITRC Website, third-party software, telephone, and/or email. We use third-party software and systems to assist in some functions of the payment processing. ITRC Website contractors and other third-party software firms have access to some of the payment information to enable them to complete the processing, but they are not provided access to full account or credit card numbers. Only ITRC accounting staff has access to full payment information, including bank account or credit card numbers, and other identifying information. ITRC accounting staff uses reasonable and industry-standard means to safeguard electronic payment information. However, when transmitting information, please be aware that internet, phone, and email transmissions may be insecure and subject to breach.
Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access and maintain data accuracy, we use industry standard methods to safeguard and secure the information we collect online, although you recognize that data transmitted online or stored in a facility to which online access is provided cannot be made to be 100% secure. We believe in protecting your information, just as we would want our information protected. In the event that personal non-public information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised, as may be required by applicable law.
Notifications
It is our policy to provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business related purposes, to our users via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notice on the ITRC Website, as determined by us in our sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to our users.
Third-Party Websites
This website contains embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) from third-parties. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
ITRC has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of such sites.
Child Protection
We do not offer services to, or target, persons under the age of 13. In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we will purge any information we receive from people we believe to be children under 13 from our database and cancel the corresponding accounts.
How You Can Access or Correct Your Member Information
ITRC Members can access their Membership profile and other personally identifiable information and edit or maintain it by logging in to the Member365 and Microsoft platforms using your user name and password. You may not be able to edit or delete past entries and information collected regarding past updates.
To protect your privacy and security, we may also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. The main form of identity management is your email address and other contact information. Please always use a valid and up-to-date email address and make sure your contact information is up-to-date.
What Rights Do You Have Over Your Data?
If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If any user suspects ITRC has handled its personal information in a manner that does not comply with this privacy statement, please contact us via email.
How to Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please email us at itrc@itrcweb.org or contact the ITRC Director at (202) 266-4939.