MSIA knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. MSIA strives to respect and protect the privacy of individuals that visit our web sites. This notice describes our "Privacy Policy" for this web site.

What Personal Information About Web Site Visitors Does MSIA Gather?

1. Automatic Information

For each visitor to this web, our web server automatically recognizes only the consumer's IP address, but not their e-mail address. We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, the e-mail addresses of those who make postings to our chat areas, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, user-specific information on what pages consumers access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

The information we collect is used for internal review and is then discarded, used to improve the content of our web pages, used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes, and not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

2. Information You Give Us

If you supply us with your postal address or e-mail address via this web site we will not add you to our mailing list unless you request it.

3. Cookies

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits. Most common browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can manually reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

We use cookies to record session information, such as to record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit or customize web page content based on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Since we use cookies to make your web site visit more user friendly, be aware that refusing cookies may not allow you to take full advantage of some our web site features.

Does MSIA Share the Information It Receives?

MSIA does not sell or distribute information collected on this web site to third parties unaffiliated with MSIA and its activities. With respect to Ad Servers: we do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

Protection of MSIA

We will release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law, or protect the rights, property, or safety of MSIA, our web site users, or others.

How Secure Is Information About Me?

We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving sensitive (e.g., credit card) consumer data exchanged with our site, which encrypts information you input except for domain name data.

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions

By visiting this web site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. MSIA may decide to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect and how we use and disclose it. Information collected prior to any changes is to be governed by the previous Privacy Policy in effect at the time of collection.

Who can I ask if I have additional questions?

Please feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions or comments.
By e-mail: webmaster@msia.org

Postal mail:

MSIA
Attn: Webmaster
P.O. Box 513935
Los Angeles, CA 90051-1935

Telephone: (323) 737-4055