The Federal Circuit Bar Association and its Charitable and Educational Fund  (Association) own and operate the Web site www.fedcirbar.org, a companion to the Association publications (e.g., the Newsletter, the Digest, and the Journal).  In addition to other contents, the website includes the electronic version of these documents. 

Continued use of the Web site indicates the user's and the member's agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions included in this Statement and the accompanying Disclaimer.  If the user or member does not agree to be bound by those terms and conditions, please exit the site promptly.   By using the Association Web site, the user or member consents to our use of his or her information as described in this Privacy Policy Statement. 

The Association is committed to respecting and protecting your personal privacy.  The Association will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. The Association reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy Statement at any time without advance notice.  Should any new policy go into effect, the Association will post the revision on the Web site, and the revised Statement will apply only to information collected thereafter.   See "Notification of Privacy Policy Changes."

Information Collected, Its Use, and Consent

Registrations and Orders

In order to use certain features of our Web site, a user will need to be a member of the Association.  In addition to hard paper registration, on-line membership application is available.  During registration, a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). We also request information from the user in conjunction with any user's registration to participate in a variety of programs announced on the Web site.  Here a user must provide contact information (like name and billing address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.  We use a billing service which provides confidentiality for this financial information.  http://www.verisign.com.

Web Traffic Statistics

Visits to the Web site are tracked through a standard web traffic statistics program.  It keeps records of traffic on the site, as well as numerical counts of visitors by domain, URL, search engine, keywords used, and other standard web measurements.

Cookies

This site recognizes the use of browser cookies. Cookies are messages written in your browser. The messages store information so that our site immediately recognizes you each time you visit. This permits us to personalize our site for members, allows access to the secure parts of our site for which members are registered, provides members with up-to-date information about their own account, and allows us to track and/or revise the use and effectiveness of the Web site in light of the purposes of the Association.

Log Files

In conjunction with the Web traffic statistics, we collect information from cookies, identify visitor preferences, record session information, such as user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, customize web page content based on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends, and assess and/or revise the use and effectiveness of the Web site in light of the purposes of the Association..

Third Parties

We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. This company will also perform a card authorization and fraud check, but this company securely maintains the confidentiality of transaction related information. http://www.verisign.com.   See "Security."

The Association may, from time to time, announce services tailored by third-party organizations to meet the interests of Association members.  In conjunction with such member services, the Association may provide sufficient information for the third party provider to contact the members.  If the member indicates that he or she desires not to be included in such member promotions or wishes to be removed from the list provided to third parties in conjunction with such promotions, the member's information will be removed from those lists.  Any request for removal should be forwarded to info@fedcirbar.org.  See "Special Member Offers."  

Special Member Offers

We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. The Association may, from time to time, announce services or products tailored to meet the interests of Association members.  In conjunction with such member services, the Association or the service provider may contact the members.  If the member indicates that he or she desires not to be included in such member promotions, the member's information will be removed from those lists.   

Users and members who no longer wish to receive promotional materials from us may opt-out of receiving these communications by contacting webmaster@fedcirbar.org.

Opt-out

Web site users and our members are given the opportunity to "opt-out" of having their information used for purposes of the Association sending them offers of interest. Users and members who no longer wish to receive promotional materials from the Association may opt-out of receiving these communications by contacting info@fedcirbar.org.

Changing Personal Information

If your personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if you no longer desire to use our service, please contact info@fedcirbar.org.

Supplementation

In order to fulfill properly our obligations to our members, it is sometimes necessary for us to supplement the information the Association receives with information from third party sources. Also, in order to enhance the Association's ability to assess and/or revise the effectiveness of the use of the Web site, the Association may combine information about the purchasing habits of users with similar information from sources. 

Additionally, to bring users and members offers and registrations that may be of interest to them, the Association has relationships with certain other companies with links on www.fedcirbar.org.  The technology used by those other companies themselves to service users and members may collect and store information such as your domain type, your IP address, and click-thru information via cookies.  The Association is not responsible for that collection and/or use of data.

Security

This Web site takes precautions to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, that information is protected both online and off-line.

When the Association's registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and protected. http://www.verisign.com. While on a secure page, such as our registration form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.

Users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing, membership, or customer representative staffs) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use passwords to access this information. Furthermore, Association employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance the Association places on privacy, and what they can do to ensure that the Association's customers' information is protected.

If you have any questions about the security at our Web site, you may inquire at info@fedcirbar.org.

Notification of Privacy Policy Changes

If the Association decides to change its privacy policy, it will post those changes on the Association Homepage, www.fedcirbar.org, so that users and members are advised of the information collected, how the information is used, and, under what circumstances, if any, the information is disclosed. In the event the Association decides to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time the information is collected, the Association will notify by posting on the Homepage noting a change of practice and by email to our members.  Except where the privacy policy is updated, we will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

FEDERAL CIRCUIT BAR ASSOCIATION DISCLAIMER

The Federal Circuit Bar Association and its Charitable and Educational Fund  (Association) own and operate the Web site www.fedcirbar.org, a companion to the Association publications (e.g., the Newsletter, the Digest, and the Journal).  In addition to other contents, the Web site includes the electronic version of these documents.  Continued use of the Web site will indicate the user's agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions included in this Disclaimer and the accompanying Policy Statement.  If the user or member does not agree to be bound by those terms and conditions, please exit the site promptly. 

The information provided on this website is for informational purposes only.  Neither the Association, the Web site, nor information provided on the Web site is intended to offer legal advice; and, such information does not establish any form of attorney-client relationship. 

The Association grants a limited non-exclusive license (subject to the terms and conditions of releases on file in the Association office) to current members only to use Association documents (the Newsletter, the Digest, the Journal, the Conference materials, the amicus briefs, writing contest papers, and status of petitions for certiorari before the Supreme Court from the Federal Circuit) posted on the Web site, provided that (1) the use notes that the source of the information is the Association, (2) the member will not, for compensation received, provide the material either to another party or post the material on any network computer or broadcast the material in any media, and (3) no modification will be made of the material or such part of it as is used.  Use inconsistent with these terms will be subject to applicable legal recourse.

The Association attempts to provide scholarly and accurate information; however, the information on the Web site may contain errors or omissions, for which the Association disclaims any liability. Visitors to the Web site should not take any actions, or refrain from acting, based on information contained on the Web site without first consulting their own attorneys. 

For the convenience of our members, on the Web site the Association provides links to web sites maintained by certain organizations, agencies, and businesses.   The provision of a link should not be taken as an endorsement, sponsorship, or approval of any third-party content, which may be accessible through the link, and the Association is not responsible for a link's content. Product and company names, which may be included in the Web site, may be trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.  The Association logos, including those on the Web site, may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part.

The risk of the use of the Web site remains with the recipient.  In no event will the Association be liable for any direct, consequential, incidental, special, punitive, or other damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, or loss of business information).  The user's sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the site, site-related services, documents, and/or hyperlinked Web sites is to cease use of the site and/or those services.  Applicable law may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages to a given user; so, the limitation may not be applicable.