Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.automateshow.com and Association for Advancing Automation and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Association for Advancing Automation include www.automateshow.com and Automate Show. The Automate Show website is an event information website. By using the Automate Show website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of Your Personal Information
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) registering for an event or webinar; (c) subscribing to receive email communications such as newsletters; (d) completing online surveys; (e) downloading whitepapers or other electronic documents (e) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (f) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (g) sending us an email message; (h) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Automate Show does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. When registering for events in which any of our member companies or other organizations participate, the following information may be shared with the sponsor(s) and/or exhibitor(s):
Automate Show may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you 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 Automate Show, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or privacy practices of third parties.
Automate Show may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 Automate Show or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Automate Show; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Automate Show, or the public.
When registering for events in which any of our member companies or other organizations participate, the following information may be shared with the sponsor(s) and/or exhibitor(s):
1. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Job Title
4. Email Address
5. Street Address
6. Phone Number
7. Organization
If our event features hotel/housing room blocks, hotels will share with A3 rooming lists for the event. You may contact us to be removed from these webinar or event registration lists at any time.
Tracking User Behavior
Automate Show may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Automate Show, in order to determine what Automate Show services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Automate Show to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Automate Show. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Automate Show website.
Use of Cookies
The Automate Show website may use "cookies" to help 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 Automate Show pages, or register with Automate Show site or services, a cookie helps Automate Show 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 Automate Show website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Automate Show 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 Automate Show services or websites you visit.
Security of Your Personal Information
Automate Show secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Automate Show uses the following methods for this purpose:
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
Automate Show does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
A3 Communications
From time to time, A3 may contact you via email, SMS and/or postal mail for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email or read a text message from A3 or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email, SMS or print from A3 , you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the opt out, unsubscribe links or follow the opt-out of SMS instructions provided in these communications. To stop receiving printed mail, email, fax or mail a request to be removed from our list. You may also make a request to us for any of the above at the contact information listed below.
Changes to This Statement
Automate Show reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
EU Data Subjects
For individuals located within the European Union ("EU Data Subjects"), Automate Show is the data controller for the processing of personally identifiable ("personal data") and non-personally identifiable information ("non-personal data") collected through the Automate Show website. All information collected on EU Data Subjects, both personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable, is used for the purposes outlined above
EU Data Subjects have rights to control the collection of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
- Right of access: Upon request, we will confirm whether we are processing your personal data and, if so, provide you with a copy of the data collected.
- Right to rectification: If your personal data is incomplete or incorrect, you may request Automate Show update or complete your personal data.
- Right to erasure: You are entitled to have your personal data deleted or removed. If you ask, we will inform you where personal data has been shared, when possible, so that you may contact these parties.
- Right to restrict processing: In certain circumstances, such as when you object to having your personal data processed or contest the accuracy of your personal data, you may ask us to restrict or block the processing of your personal data.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to obtain any personal data from us that you have given with consent, whether voluntarily on our site or necessarily through a contract.
- Right to object: You may ask us at any time to stop processing your personal data. We will do so unless compelling grounds for legitimate interest are made for the processing of your personal data.
- Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling: Unless it is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations, you have the right to be free from decisions based solely on automated processing of your personal data.
- Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent to having your personal data processed at any time.
- Right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority: If you're concerned about the way we've handled your personal data, or about our privacy policies in general, you have the right to report this to the data protection authority that is authorized to hear those concerns.
Automate Show may exercise legitimate interests to process personal data of EU Data Subjects. "Legitimate interests" apply when the processing of personal data is essential for managing our organization, such as when we're determining how our products and services are being used. Automate Show will always respect EU Data Subjects' extensive data rights and weigh any potential impact before exercising legitimate interests for processing personal data.
EU Data Subjects may exercise their data rights by contacting Automate Show.
Contact Automate Show: info@automateshow.com
Choice/Opt-Out
This site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from Automate Show.
To no longer receive correspondence from Automate Show:
E-mail: info@automateshow.com
Call: 734/994-6088
Fax: 734/994-3338
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
Webmaster
Automate Show
900 Victors Way, Suite 140
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734/994-6088
734/994-3338
webmaster@automateshow.com
Effective as of September 21, 2020
