Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation, is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation website and governs data collection and usage. By using the NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

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Collection of Your Personal Information

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation, collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. NORM also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by NORM and NORM Ventures for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the NORM Web site.Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

Note: NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation does not read any of your private online communications.

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from NORM and NORM Ventures so that you can understand how those Websites collect, use and share your information. NORM and NORM Ventures is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the NORM and NORM family of Web sites.

Use of Your Personal Information

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation collects and uses your personal information to operate the NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation website and deliver the services you have requested. NORM and NORM Ventures also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from NORM and its affiliates. NORM and NORM Ventures may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation does not release, sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. NORM and NORM Ventures may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, practice name, address, telephone number, HIN #) is not transferred to the third party, without notice to you. In addition, NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to NORM and NORM Ventures, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. If you wish to opt-out please email info@normgroup.org with the subject line NORM – OptOut.

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within NORM and NORM Ventures, in order to determine what NORM services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within NORM and NORM Ventures to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 NORM or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of NORM and NORM Ventures; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of NORM and NORM Ventures, or the public.

Use of Cookies

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstick corporation web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. 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, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize NORM and NORM Ventures pages, or register with NORM site or services, a cookie helps NORM and NORM Ventures to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same NORM and NORM Ventures website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the NORM and NORM Ventures features that you customized.

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.

Security of Your Personal Information

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. NORM and NORM Ventures secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. NORM and NORM Ventures will not share payment information.

Changes to This Statement

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. NORM and NORM Ventures encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how NORM and NORM Ventures is protecting your information.

NORM Ventures, a Virginia nonstock corporation welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that NORM or NORM Ventures has not adhered to this Statement, please contact NORM at info@normgroup.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.