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Terms & Conditions of Registration

Membership Verification and Account Creation Process

Participants must be accepted as either a Washington Education Association (WEA) member or nonmember by WEA-Washington Instructional Network (WEA-WIN) before signing a Registration Agreement (described below) with WEA-WIN. To be accepted, the participant must complete all steps and requirements within the account verification and creation processes. Participants must receive an official Account Confirmation email before completing the Registration Agreement process.

Participant Identification Verification Policy

WEA-WIN adheres to a Participant Identification Verification policy to comply with regulations requiring verification of a participant’s identity within a distance education course or program. WEA-WIN has established processes to verify that a participant registered in a course or program is the same participant who participates in and completes the course or program and receives a certificate of completion. The Participant Identification Verification policy is applicable to all WEA-WIN participants from the membership verification and account creation process through all course completions for which a participant is responsible.

WEA-WIN uses the following nonexclusive methods to verify the identity of participants enrolled in the distance education programs:

A. Union Membership Verification

Participants will provide their first name, last name, and month and day of birth to verify their union membership.

B. Individual: Participant ID, Secure Login, and Password

Participants are assigned a participant identification number upon creating an account. Participants will establish a secure login by using a non-work email address of their choosing and a secure password of their choosing. These assigned identifiers are used to access WEA-WIN’s learning management system (LMS) where participants complete assignments and coursework. 

Any misuse of accounts (including sharing account information with another individual, attempting to obtain or obtaining an account for malicious use, and false identification or attempted false identification) shall be a violation of the Terms and Conditions of Registration and/or Use. Such violations may result in account suspension, account deletion, loss of registration fees, loss of graduate credit through WEA WEA-WIN partner universities, and possibly legal action.

C. Identification by Instructor

Instructors will verify participant identity on the first day of instruction using the name on the identification provided at the time of admissions and registration.

Pre-Registration Disclosures

Before signing a Registration Agreement, the participant must receive the following information and understand all terms and conditions associated with registration at WEA-WIN registration policies; refund information; terms of use policies; copyright policies; and privacy policies.

Registration Agreement for Educational Services

The WEA-WIN Registration Agreement is an agreement for educational services provided by WEA-WIN. To activate and maintain registration, the participant must acknowledge the Registration Agreement, which then must be accepted by an authorized employee of the Washington Education Association. The Registration Agreement becomes legally binding when acknowledged by the participant and accepted by the institution.

Registration & Fees Payment Policy

Participants will pay registration fees upon adding event selections to their carts. Participants will be responsible for procuring any required materials for the classes in which they choose to enroll.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

A participant has the right to request a course or program cancellation two weeks prior to the event. Participant may process their cancellation requests through their My Events page on the WEA-WIN site. If participants have questions regarding cancellations, they may contact the following address:

Email to weapd@washingtonea.org

To expedite your request, please include your first and last name, the event title and date for which you want to cancel your registration, the transaction ID and amount to be refunded from your receipt.

If a participant chooses to withdraw from a course or program, the participant is responsible for adhering to WEA-WIN policies and procedures regarding withdrawal and cancellation.

Cancellation Period & Withdrawal Policy

Event registration cancellations are granted until two weeks prior to the event start date. If a participant makes the decision to cancel from his or her event two weeks prior to the event, WEA-WIN will provide the participant a full refund. Refunds are credited to the credit card with which they were purchased. If a participant makes the decision to cancel from his or her course or program within the two weeks prior to the event cancellation period, the participant will not receive a refund. If a participant makes the decision to withdrawal from his or her course or program after the event starts, the participant will not receive a refund.

For WEA-WIN purposes, participants are considered "withdrawn" when we receive cancellation notification via email to weapd@washingtonea.org.

Terms of Use

Acceptance of the Terms of Use

These terms of use are entered into by and between You and Washington Education Association ("WEA," "we," or "us"). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, "Terms of Use"), govern your access to and use of WEA-WIN including any content, functionality and services offered on or through WEA-WIN (the "Website"), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Website.

This Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with WEA and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.

Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when posted and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Governing Law and Jurisdiction will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Website.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Accessing the Website and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.

To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the Website or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. 

Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by WEA, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website for your personal, educational, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, or transmit any of the material on our Website.

If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than for your individual educational purpose, please address your request to: weapd@washingtonea.org.

No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by WEA. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Trademarks

WEA’s name, the terms WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING ONLINE TOGETHER, WEA-WIN, WEA’s logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of WEA or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of WEA. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:

  • In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation.
  • For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way.
  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material or any other solicitation.
  • To impersonate or attempt to impersonate WEA, a WEA employee, another user or any other person or entity.
  • To engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm WEA or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.

We have the right to disable any account, including the user name, password or other identifier associated with said account at any time in our sole discretion for any reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

 

User Contributions

The Website may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features (collectively, "Interactive Services") that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, "post") content or materials (collectively, "User Contributions") on or through the Website.

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.

Any User Contribution you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

You represent and warrant that:

  • You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns.
  • All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.

You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not WEA, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness.

We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right to:

  • Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any reason in our sole discretion.
  • Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public or could create liability for WEA.
  • Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
  • Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
  • Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS WEA AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

We do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Website and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

Content Standards

These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:

  • Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
  • Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
  • Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
  • Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
  • Be likely to deceive any person.
  • Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.
  • Cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
  • Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.
  • Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter or advertising.
  • Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any User Contributions violate your copyright, please see our Copyright Policy for instructions on sending us a notice of copyright infringement. It is the policy of WEA to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.

Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Website includes content provided by third parties. All statements and/or opinions expressed in any materials other than the content provided by WEA, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of WEA. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Changes to the Website

We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content will not necessarily be complete or up-to-date at any given time. We are under no obligation to update such material and undertake to do so at our sole discretion.

Information About You and Your Visits to the Website

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Online Purchases and Other Terms and Conditions

All purchases through the Website or other transactions for the sale of services formed through the Website, or as a result of visits made by you are governed by our Terms of Registration, which are hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.

Additional terms and conditions may also apply to specific portions, services or features of the Website. All such additional terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by this reference into these Terms of Use.

Linking to the Website and Social Media Features

You may link to the Website’s homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part.

This Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to:

  • Link from your own website to certain content on this Website.
  • Send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website.
  • Cause limited portions of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own website.

If you use the Website’s social media features other than as expressly permitted herein, you agree to cooperate with us to cease such impermissible use immediately. Such actions may include you disabling any unauthorized framing or linking to the Website. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the State of Washington in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER WEA NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH WEA MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER WEA NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH WEA REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

WEA HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WEA, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WEA, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website's content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Washington without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Washington or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal or state courts located in King County, Washington. We retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your county of residence or any other relevant county. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Limitation on Time to File Claims

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Waiver and Severability

No waiver by WEA of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of WEA to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

The Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, Terms of Registration, and Copyright Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Washington Education Association with respect to the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website.

Your Comments and Concerns

This website is operated by Washington Education Association, 32032 Weyerhaeuser Way S, Federal Way, Washington 98001.

All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent to the copyright agent designated in our Copyright Policy.

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: weapd@washingtonea.org.

  

Privacy Policy

Washington Education Association (“WEA” or “We”) is committed to protecting your privacy and the security of all information and data collected via this Website, WEA-WIN. Because we share your concern about privacy, we are letting you know how we collect information about you, what information we collect, how we use the information, under what circumstances we disclose it, and what choices are available to you regarding such data collection. 

Our Privacy Policy explains:

    • What information we collect and why we collect it.
     • How we use that information.
     • The choices we offer, including how to access and update information.

Children under the age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the Website. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at weapd@washingtonea.org.

Information we collect

We collect information to provide better services to all of our users – from identifying information such as which local association represents you to things like which classes you might be interested in or how we can connect you better with your colleagues.

We collect information in the following ways:

    • Information you give us. Many of our services require you to sign up for a WEA-WIN account. When you do, we’ll ask for personal information, like your name, email address, month and day of birth, and telephone number. If you want to take full advantage of the collaborative features we offer, we might also ask you to include a photo of yourself in your profile.

    • Information we get from your use of our services. We collect information about the services you use and how you use them, such as when you register in an event, what resources have been downloaded, and when you leave reviews about course offered through WEA-WIN.

Information we collect when you are signed in to WEA-WIN, in addition to information we obtain about you from partners may be associated with your WEA-WIN Account. When information is associated with your WEA-WIN Account, we treat it as personal information. 

How we use information we collect

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, protect and improve our services, to develop new ones, and to protect WEA-WIN and our users. We also use this information to offer you tailored content and personally relevant product features, such as customized search results and spam and malware detection.

We may use the name you provide for your WEA-WIN Profile across all of the services we offer that require a WEA-WIN Account.  

If you have a WEA-WIN Account, we may display your Profile name, Profile photo, and actions you take on WEA-WIN or on third-party applications connected to your WEA-WIN Account in our services, including displaying in user reviews.

When you contact WEA-WIN, we keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements.

WEA-WIN may use the information collected by this Website’s cookies in an aggregated form to measure number of visits, average time spent on this Website, pages viewed, and other relevant statistics. WEA-WIN collects this information to measure the overall visitor traffic, use of this Website and to improve the operation of this Website. 

A “cookie” is a small data file that this Website can send to the Internet browser you are using, which may then be stored on the hard drive or server of the computer you are using to help this Website remember information about you when you return to this Website, such as your preferences for this Website and if you desire, your account identification. The Website’s cookies do not read data from the hard drive of the computer you are using, read cookie files created by other Websites, or track any personal information about you. You may have the option of setting the Internet browser (e.g., Google, Yahoo!, etc.) you are using to reject cookies however doing so may negatively impact the performance of this Website or restrict WEA-WIN in better serving your use of this Website. 

We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy.

Information we share

We do not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of WEA-WIN unless one of the following circumstances applies:

With your consent

We will share personal information with entities outside of WEA-WIN when we have your consent to do so. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.

With domain administrators

Your WEA-WIN Account is managed for you by a domain administrator who is a WEA employee and has access to limited personal data (name, email address, physical address, phone number, date of birth, purchase history). This person can do the following tasks:

    • view statistics regarding your visits to the Website; 
     • change your account password;
     • suspend or terminate your account access;
     • access or retain information stored as part of your account;
     access your account information pursuant to applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request; and
     • restrict your ability to delete or edit information or privacy settings.

For external processing

We provide personal information to our affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

For legal reasons

We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of WEA-WIN if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:

    • meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request;
    • enforce applicable Terms of Use, Terms of Registration, including investigation of potential violations; and/or
    • detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.

Information security

We work hard to protect WEA-WIN and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold. In particular:

    • We encrypt many of our services using SSL.
     • We review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorized access to systems.
     • We restrict access to personal information to WEA employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

When this Privacy Policy applies

Our Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered by WEA-WIN.

Our Privacy Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, including products or sites that may be displayed to you in search results, sites that may include WEA-WIN services, or other sites linked from our services. Our Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of other companies and organizations who advertise our services, and who may use cookies, pixel tags and other technologies to serve and offer relevant ads.

Changes

By accessing this Website, you are indicating your agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy, which may be updated from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes).  Changes will become effective on the date the updated terms are posted to this Website. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to change for any changes.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by sending an email to weapd@washingtonea.org.