Privacy Policy

WPA recognizes that respecting user privacy over the Internet is of utmost importance. This privacy statement is designed to provide information about the privacy and data collection practices for the site: www.westernpallet.org. The Site is operated by The Western Pallet Association. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our site coordinator at wpa@westernpallet.org or by postal mail to:

Western Pallet Association
1902 Wright Place - Suite 200
Carlsbad, CA 92008

Identifying Information

In general, you can visit the Site without telling us who you are or providing any information about yourself. In some areas of the site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to process an order, offer services that require registration, assist you with technical support issues or to follow up with you. Generally, Western Pallet Association requests identifying information when you:

Register on of our web site.
Place an order.
Provide feedback to an online survey or tell us about an idea or suggestion.
Request a special service.
Request information or files from technical support or the Association.

In these instances, the Western Pallet Association will ask for your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other appropriate information needed to provide you with these services. In all instances, if you receive a newsletter or other mailing from us, you will always be able to "unsubscribe" to these mailings at any time.

What the Western Pallet Association does with your information

If you choose to give us personal information for any of the purposes above, this information is retained by the Western Pallet Association and will only be used by the Western Pallet Association to support your customer relationship with us. We will not add you to a mailing list, or newsletter without your registration for this service. We will only contact you if further information is required from you to complete a service.

What others may do with your information

The Western Pallet Association does not share, rent, or sell any personally identifying information provided through our site (your name or email address etc.) to any outside organization for use in its marketing or solicitations.

From time to time the Western Pallet Association may use agents or contractors who will have access to your personal information to perform services for the Western Pallet Association (such as database management), however, they are required by us to keep the information confidential and may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services for your company name.. In addition, your company name may also share aggregate information about its customers and its web site visitors to advertisers, business partners, and other third parties. For example, we might share that our users are x percent PCs users and y percent Macintosh users. None of this information, however, will contain personal, identifying information about our users.

Western Pallet Association On-line Registration

Western Pallet Association on-line registration is designed to give you options concerning the privacy of your identifying information. To protect your privacy, we have designed the site to include certain steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections in an account.
When registering or paying dues through our web site, the order form will request a daytime telephone number. However, the telephone number is only used to quickly resolve questions relative to an order, such as to clarify customer email addresses that are inactive, or entered incorrectly.

Third-party links

WesternPallet.org does provide links to other sites. Other Internet sites and services have separate privacy and data collection practices. Once you leave WesternPallet.org, the Western Pallet Association cannot control, and has no responsibility for, the privacy policies or data collection activities at other sites.

Cookies

At times, we will use a feature on your web browser to send your computer a "cookie". We do not use cookies to retrieve any personal information from your computer. We only use cookies to learn ways to enhance our site, and to give you better, more personalized service while in our web site. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is sent. However, some functions of the sites will not function if you refuse cookies. These areas of our web site will have information posted about cookies, and when a cookie will be uploaded to your computer.

Children's Privacy Protection

The Western Pallet Association is sensitive to the heightened need to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13. The vast majority of the material on our web site is not intended for children and is not targeted to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children and, if we learn that we have received personal data from a child, we will remove this information from our database.

Changes to this Policy

The Western Pallet Association may from time to time revise its privacy policy. You should therefore periodically visit this page, so you are aware of any such revisions. We will not, however, use your existing information in a manner not previously disclosed. You will be advised and have the opportunity to opt out of any new use of your information.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy and/or the practices of our web site, you can write to:

Western Pallet Association
1902 Wright Place - Ste 200
Carlsbad, CA 92008

Credit Card Security

We know customers are concerned about credit card security. We use secure electronic payment processing through Growthzone.

In addition,

SMS/MMS Mobile Messaging Marketing Program Privacy Policy

Western Pallet Association (hereinafter, “We,” “Us,” “Our”) is offering a mobile messaging program (the “Program”), which you agree to use and participate in subject to the Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy (the Terms and Privacy Policy are referred to collectively as the “Agreement”). Western Pallet Association respects your privacy. We will only use information you provide through the Program to transmit your mobile messages and respond to you, if necessary. This includes, but is not limited to, sharing information with platform providers, phone companies, and other vendors who assist us in the delivery of mobile messages. WE DO NOT SELL, RENT, LOAN, TRADE, LEASE, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER FOR PROFIT ANY PHONE NUMBERS OR CUSTOMER INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THE PROGRAM TO ANY THIRD PARTY. Nonetheless, We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any legal, regulatory or governmental request, to avoid liability, or to protect Our rights or property. When you complete forms online or otherwise provide Us information in connection with the Program, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and true information. You agree not to use a false or misleading name or a name that you are not authorized to use. If, in Our sole discretion, We believe that any such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, or you have opted into the Program for an ulterior purpose, We may refuse you access to the Program and pursue any appropriate legal remedies.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits Users of the Program that are California consumers or residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of the information you provide through the Program to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

To make such a request, please contact us at the following address: