Privacy Policy

The American Academy of Dermatology (the Academy) is committed to maintaining the privacy of the personal information of visitors to its sites. Our policies are designed to disclose the information collected and how it will be used. This policy applies solely to the information provided while visiting this Web site. The terms of the privacy policy do not govern personal information furnished through any means other than this Web site (such as by telephone or mail).

Email addresses and other personal information

Personal information such as postal and e-mail address may be used internally for maintaining member records, marketing purposes and alerting customers or members of additional services available. Phone numbers may also be used by the Academy when questions about products or services ordered arise. The Academy will not reveal any information about an individual user to third parties except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file stored on the site user’s computer or Web server and is used to aid Web navigation. Session cookies are temporary files created when a user signs in on the Web site or uses the personalized features (such as keeping track of items in the shopping cart). Session cookies are removed when a user logs off or when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies are permanent files and must be deleted manually. The only persistent cookie used on the aad.org site is created when a user asks to save the user name and password to prevent the need to sign in for each visit. Tracking or other information collected from this persistent cookie or any session cookie is used strictly for the user’s efficient navigation of the site.

Information provided on a form (such as registering for the Annual Scientific Meeting) is maintained at the Academy solely for that intended use.

Links

This site may contain links to other sites. The Academy is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. The user will know when he is leaving aad.org because a different browser window will open.

The Academy welcomes your feedback. If you have questions or comments about this site, please contact us at info@aad.org.

Legal Notice


Copyright

All materials posted on this site are subject to copyrights owned by the American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) and other individuals or entities. Reproduction, retransmission or reprinting is prohibited without prior written permission from the American Academy of Dermatology or the other copyright owner.

Trademark

The Academy name and logo, and all related product and service names, are the Academy’s proprietary trademarks and service marks, and may not be used by any other party without the prior express written permission of the Academy.

No medical advice

The information posted here by the Academy or any third party should not be considered medical advice, and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified dermatology professional. The Academy does not answer specific medical questions or refer people to a particular dermatology professional.

Disclaimer of Liability

The user assumes all responsibility for the use of this Web site, and the American Academy of Dermatology disclaims all warranties, express or implied. By using this website, each user agrees that under no circumstances, including negligence, shall the American Academy of Dermatology, its officers, directors, employees, agents or anyone else involved in creating or maintaining this Web site be liable for any DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL or CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, or LOST PROFITS that result from the use or inability to use the Web site and/or any other Web sites which are linked to this site, including, but not limited to, reliance by a member or visitor on any information obtained via the Web site; or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, viruses, errors, defects, or any failure of performance, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access.

In states which do not allow some or all of the above limitations of liability, liability shall be limited to the greatest extent allowed by law.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

Reference to any product, service, hypertext link to a third party or other information by trade name, trademark, supplier or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by the Academy.

Online Conduct

Members and visitors agree to use the Web site only for lawful purposes and are prohibited from posting on the Web site any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.

Third Party Content

The Academy is a distributor of the content supplied by third parties. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content made available by third parties are those of the respective author(s), and the Academy is not responsible for any material posted by third parties. The Academy cannot and does not endorse in any way, nor does it vouch for, the accuracy or usefulness of such material. Furthermore, the Academy expressly disclaims any liability associated with material posted by third parties.

Make Sun Safety Your Goal! ® Giveaway
Official Rules

Sponsor

This promotion (the "Sweepstakes") is sponsored by the American Academy of Dermatology and the United States Soccer Foundation.

ELIGIBILITY

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter, complete an official entry form, which is displayed on the registration page located at makesunsafetyyourgoal.org. You will be asked to provide your date of birth and e-mail address. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. Multiple entries are automatically disqualified.

The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States (except residents of U.S. Territories and Possessions), excluding employees and immediate family members of the American Academy of Dermatology, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, advertising, promotional and fulfillment agents, attorneys, and other representatives and the persons with whom each of the above are domiciled. Offer void wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

Each entrant in the Sweepstakes must be the rightful owner or have authorized use of the e-mail account indicated by the entrant's e-mail address. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the winner submitting an entry, the winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the e-mail account is opened. The e-mail account must be opened prior to the commencement of the Sweepstakes.

ENTRY PERIOD

The Sweepstakes will commence on July 18 at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The last entry will be accepted on October 1, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. (EST). THIS DATE WILL CHANGE TO MATCH LAUNCH OF WEB SITE

SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS

Winners will be selected by a random drawing from all the entries. Winners will be chosen every week starting July 30, 2007. All potential winners will be notified by e-mail. Failure to respond within 14 days of notification will deem the potential winner to have forfeited the prize, and an alternate potential winner will be chosen.

PRIZES

Four (4) match tickets to an MLS regular season game of their choosing (subject to availability) donated by the U.S. Soccer Foundation. Winner’s can choose the match they’d like to attend – with at least two (2) weeks advance notice (not-eligible: tickets to Los Angeles Galaxy games).

A total of 300 regular season MLS match tickets have been generously donated by the U.S. Soccer Foundation as part of the program. Estimated prize value: $25.00. Total contest value of $7,500.

The American Academy of Dermatology reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal value for the prizes.

All prizes will be awarded, provided there are at least 25 entrants. Only one prize will be awarded per individual, family, or household. All prizes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash.

CONDITIONS

By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the results of the random selection of the winners, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes and/or these Official Rules. All federal, state and local tax liabilities arising from this Sweepstakes will be the sole responsibility of the winner. Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission to use the winner's name, likeness, biography, and prize won for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation, except where prohibited or restricted by law.

The entrants release, discharge, and hold harmless the American Academy of Dermatology and its officers, directors, employees, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, attorneys, representatives and agents, including advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, from any and all liability or damages arising from the administration of the Sweepstakes and the use or misuse of any prize received in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the following: (i) late, lost, incomplete, delayed, misdirected or unintelligible entries, (ii) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes, (iii) any damage to the entrant's computer, related equipment, data files, and software resulting from entrant's downloading of information regarding the Sweepstakes or participation in the Sweepstakes; and (iv) any personal injury or property damage incurred while in transit to and from any MLS soccer game or while in attendance at any MLS soccer game.

The American Academy of Dermatology may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at http://www.makesunsafetyyourgoal.org/privacy.htm.

The American Academy of Dermatology reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond the American Academy of Dermatology's control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. The American Academy of Dermatology may prohibit you from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking or employing other unfair practices or by abusing other entrants or the representatives of the American Academy of Dermatology.

ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND, IN SUCH EVENT, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

Any dispute arising from the Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State of Illinois, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in the State of Illinois and County of Cook over them and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

THE ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.

For the names of the prize winners, e-mail your request to info@aad.org after November 3, 2007 or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to American Academy of Dermatology, Attn: Communications Department, 930 E. Woodfield Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173. All requests for a list of winners must be received by December 1, 2007.

If you have any problems entering this contest or have questions about this contest, please e-mail info@aad.org
KIDS AND INTERNET SAFETY

We at the American Academy of Dermatology understand that the Internet presents an opportunity for us to reach the public in new and exciting ways with information about our programming, fun games, exciting sweepstakes and contests, email, bulletin boards, and other forms of interactivity. The American Academy of Dermatology also recognizes the privacy concerns of parents, and the importance of protecting the privacy of the information we collect from children on our Web sites. Parents of children can be confident that any personal information that may be provided to our Web sites will be collected and maintained in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). The American Academy of Dermatology encourages parents to supervise their children's activities online and to participate with their children's online activities whenever possible. However, we understand that parents may not always be able to supervise their children's activities on the Internet. That's why the American Academy of Dermatology has developed Web sites that parents can feel are safe for their children and kids will find cool, informative, educational, and fun! Because there's always room for improvement, the American Academy of Dermatology welcomes any suggestions on how to make the Site a better, safer place to hang out.

The following is a supplement to our Privacy Policy.

COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN UNDER 13

When a visitor to one of our children's Web sites is under the age of 13, the American Academy of Dermatology does not require the disclosure of more personally identifiable information ("PII") than is reasonably necessary for him or her to participate in an activity as a condition of such participation. The American Academy of Dermatology may use different types of PII submitted to our Web sites by children under 13 in a variety of ways, which are described below. In each instance, we will use our best efforts to voluntarily comply with the parental consent requirements of COPPA.

1. Use of a Child's Information by the American Academy of Dermatology

• We may collect a child's email address in connection with a contest, sweepstakes or game for the sole purpose of communicating with the child on a one-time-only basis (i.e., to contact a contest winner). This information will not be used to re-contact the child, and will be deleted from our records when the contest or game is over. Parental consent will be obtained before we send the winner a prize.
• We may collect a child's PII (including name, email address, mailing address and phone number) for such activities as chats, forums, surveys, games, bulletin boards, requests for suggestions, subscriptions to our American Academy of Dermatology newsletter, content submissions, or requests for additional information. In these instances we will initially collect only the child's name and online contact information and the email address of the child's parent. Before using this information for any purpose, we will send the parent an email that (a) informs the parent that we wish to collect and use the child's personal information and need the parent's consent to do so, and (b) provides the parent with a link to access to this Privacy Policy, which describes our information collection and use policies as required by COPPA. If the proposed use of the child's personal information does not involve disclosure to a third party, then the American Academy of Dermatology will ask the parent to provide consent by return email. Upon receipt of the email consent, we will send the parent a confirming email. If the proposed use of the child's PII involves disclosure to third parties, the email we send to the parent will ask the parent either to (i) return by postal mail or fax a consent form that will be attached to the email, or (ii) call a toll-free number where consent can be given over the phone. If parental consent is not obtained by one of these methods within one week, American Academy of Dermatology will delete all of the child's and parent's PII from its records, unless the parent elects the option to allow the collection and use of a child’s PII but without any release to third parties. In addition, parents can revoke a prior consent at any time.
• We may collect a child's name and email address to the extent reasonably necessary to protect the security of this Site, to protect against liability or as required or permitted by law. Information collected for these reasons will not be used for any other purpose.

2. Sharing Children's Personal Information With Third Parties.

The American Academy of Dermatology will not share a child's PII with other affiliates who may send you information about their products or services.

LINKS/CO-BRANDED SITES

As noted in the Privacy Policy, our Web sites may link directly to sites operated by third-party business partners and affiliated companies. Those sites, which are not controlled by the American Academy of Dermatology, may collect PII from your child. Parents should therefore check the relevant site's privacy policy to understand how it collects and uses children's personal information. American Academy of Dermatology will not share any personal information obtained by a site from a child under the age of 13 unless that site follows the requirements of COPPA.

REVIEWING AND MAKING CHANGES TO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN UNDER 13

Parents of children under age 13 may revoke their child's membership in any of our Member Programs and otherwise review or delete personal information about their children from our records at any time. If you would like to know the types of information we collect about children, please contact us at info@aad.org or write to us at American Academy of Dermatology, Attn: Communications Department, 930 E. Woodfield Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173. If you would like to know whether we have collected personal information about your child, please provide us with the sweepstake that he or she participated in at one of our Web sites which requested personal information. After reviewing the relevant databases, we will confirm whether we have collected such information about your child.

Prior to disclosing the information we have collected, revoking a child's membership in a program or changing or deleting personal information collected, we require that you provide us with proof of your name and address, such as a valid driver's license, and proof that your child resides with you or is otherwise in your custody. Once we have determined such information is satisfactory, we will immediately disclose the information requested and revoke your child's membership and/or delete or modify your child's information in our database and/or refrain from collecting any other personally identifiable information from your child in the future, if you so request. However, there may be residual information that will remain within our databases that may or may not contain personally identifiable information. This residual information will not be given to any other third party or used for any commercial purpose.