Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This privacy policy sets out how the Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (QABA) uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.

QABA is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

QABA may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from February 9, 2012.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Controlling your personal information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you at any time. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to info@qababoard.com

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

To understand how we handle data, we advise you to read our entire privacy and policy statement.

2. Data Collected

Data Storage Location

We are based in the United States. Our hosting provider A2 Hosting adheres to the EU/US Privacy Shield, ensuring that your data is securely stored and GDPR compliant. For more information on A2 Hosting privacy policy, please see here: A2 Hosting Privacy Policy

Registration Data

If you register on our website, we store your chosen username and your email address and any additional personal information added to your user profile. You can see, edit, or request to delete your personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

Comments

When you leave comments on the website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Contact Form

Information submitted through the contact form on our site is sent to our company email, hosted by Google Workspaces which is a part of Google Cloud. Google Cloud adheres to the EU/US privacy policy and you can find more information about this here: Google Cloud Compliance Resource Center.

Newsletter Registrations

Our visitors are only added to our newsletter list with their consent. We use SendInBlue as our email marketing platform. SendInBlue adheres to the EU/US privacy policy and you can find more information about this here: SendInBlue Privacy Policy

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalized data is stored. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics monitoring your behavior on our website please use this link: Google Analytics Opt-out.

Cases For Using The Personal Data

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service and in particular for the following reasons:

We are required by various accrediting bodies to provide particular information in order for users’ completion of courses and programs to be recognized for approval by that body.
Internal record keeping.
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers, or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes.
We may contact you by email, phone, or mail.
We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
We may provide your information to our third party partners for marketing or promotional purposes. We will never sell your information.

3. Embedded Content

Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:

Youtube

We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.

4. Cookies

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.

5. Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

6. Who Has Access To Your Data

If you are not a registered user for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself. If you are a user with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:

Our system administrators.
Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.

7. Third Party Access To Your Data

8. How Long We Retain Your Data

When you submit a support ticket or a comment, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. If you register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or request to delete your personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

9. Security Measures

We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personally identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization. In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.

10. Your Data Rights

General Rights

If you have a registered account on this website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to info@qababoard.com

GDPR Rights

Your privacy is critically important to us. We support the GDPR standard. QABA permits residents of the European Union to use its Service. For more details please see here: EU GDPR Information Portal.