As part of the Project Management Institute, we are committed to protecting your privacy and to developing technologies that provide a safe and secure computing experience.  In general, we will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you. For example, personal information is generally requested when you are asked to register before using our VIP services, ordering e-mail newsletters, or when registering for PMI Portland events.

The amount of personal information you are required to supply will normally be limited to that which is necessary to supply the service or carry out the transaction that you have requested. If other information is requested, it will be labeled as optional.

Use of Your Personal Information
The personal information we collect from you will be used by PMI Portland to provide the service or carry out the transaction you have requested or authorized. This may include using the personal information for the following purposes:

• To provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications;

• To make a site or service easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the site or service to your particular interests or preferences;

• To improve the product or service and to provide better customer service to users.

The privacy statement of the specific product or service you are using will disclose how the personal information that is collected will be used.

PMI Portland does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. PMI Portland may disclose personal information 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 PMI Portland or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PMI Portland, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PMI Portland, its Web sites, or the public.

Personally identifiable information collected by PMI Portland may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which PMI Portland or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities.

Controlling and Accessing Your Personal Information
All PMI Portland website users have complete control of and access to their membership information via the main PMI website.  Simply log in to administer your data.  Additional email lists are maintained by the Portland Chapter, and feature full Opt-in/Opt-out services. 

Security of Your Personal Information
PMI Portland carefully protects the security of the personal information you provide. Personal information we collect is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access, and we protect this information from loss or misuse, and from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. When sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted over the Internet, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Use of Cookies On The PMI Portland Site
PMI Portland does not make use of "cookies" except to compile aggregated statistics about web site usage. 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 or your computer, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

While they are only used for internal tracking purposes, 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.

Contact Information
At PMI Portland, your privacy is very important to us. Our privacy principles represent our commitment to ensuring that your personal information is safe and secure. If you believe that PMI Portland has not adhered to these policies, please contact us by email or postal mail and we will engage all reasonable efforts to promptly identify and remedy the problem.

PMI Portland Chapter
P.O. Box 5966
Portland, Oregon 97228-5966