Normal website usage
You can visit our website at www.goldenkey.org and view information about Golden Key, its chapters, corporate and nonprofit partners, etc. without telling Golden Key who you are and without revealing any personal information. When users visit our website, we track only the following information:
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Pages requested by each user
- Time and date of user requests
Electronic mail sent to us that contains personal information
From time to time, Golden Key members may send Golden Key personal identifying information via email. Golden Key will only use this information to update our member database unless expressly requested otherwise.
Use of Member Information
Golden Key members may update their personal information by signing in to the site and clicking "My Profile" in the toolbar above. At this time, members may also select preferences for the types of communication they wish to receive or not receive from Golden Key and its corporate and nonprofit partners. For assistance in this area, please contact us at memberservices@goldenkey.org or at 1.800.377.2401 (toll free in US and Canada).
Golden Key is the sole owner of the information collected on www.goldenkey.org. Golden Key collects personally identifiable information from our members once they have logged into the member only area of the site with their provided membership ID number.
In order to use some portions of this website, you must first become a member of Golden Key by completing the Membership Acceptance Form and submitting the payment fee. A member ID has been provided to all Golden Key members which enables access to member only areas of the site. During membership registration, members were asked to provide contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact you about the benefits and services available on our site of which members have expressed interest.
You have the option to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender) to us; we encourage you to submit this information so we can provide you a more personalized experience on our site.
Once membership begins, members are opted in to receive a monthly eNewsletter as well as other benefits and services relevant to communication from Golden Key and its partners. Members can opt-out from receiving any types of communication from Golden Key and its partners at any time by signing in to the site and clicking "My Profile" in the toolbar above.
Use of Student Directory Information
Golden Key International Honour Society has very strict policies and procedures for the handling and use of student information, to make certain that participating colleges or universities are in full compliance with FERPA (U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974). Based on FERPA, it is interpreted that eligible or qualifying students’ directory information (FERPA §99.3), for the strict purposes of eligibility notification for honor society membership or honors recognition (FERPA §99.31), may be forwarded to Golden Key for specified limited use.
- Golden Key is only provided with student directory information, which includes name, address, email and phone number. Golden Key will not accept social security numbers or GPA’s of students. The information released by the university is for the sole purpose of honor society notification.
- Eligible students’ contact information and email addresses received from a college or university are used solely for sending letters and messages of notification and invitation to join Golden Key International Honour Society at the particular university or college. Information received from the college or university is not used for any other purpose.
- Golden Key acts as a service agent on behalf of the local Golden Key chapter to issue notifications of membership eligibility to students who are identified by the local chapter.
- At the end of the membership drive period, all information and files received from the college or university are destroyed.
Disclosures
Golden Key is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site www.goldenkey.org. Because this website wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the Golden Key webmaster at webmaster@goldenkey.org. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process served on our website.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We share aggregated demographic information about our user base with our partners and advertisers. This information does not identify individual users. Potential and current corporate and nonprofit partners are provided with access to aggregate demographic information in seeking potential new hires from the membership base of Golden Key, one of the benefits of membership.
We do not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information.
Personally identifiable information
We share personally identifiable information with current corporate and nonprofit partners.
Golden Key uses the personal information provided by members upon joining to provide such members with information about the benefits and services of Golden Key which members agreed to upon membership payment. Partners that provide discounts and benefits to Golden Key members are provided with demographically driven member information for those members who have expressed interest in relevant benefits and services. Only Golden Key owns and controls member personal information. Members can opt-out of any communication from Golden Key partners.
We do not share any personally identifiable information with third parties nor do we use other third parties to provide any services on our site.
Tracking or passive information collection technologies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.
We use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser.
If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, will be limited.
Security Practices
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (credit card number) on our registration or order forms, Golden Key does not retain your credit card information in our system.
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our website, you can send an email us at webmaster@goldenkey.org.
Other information
If for any reason you believe that Golden Key has not adhered to this privacy policy, please notify us by email at webmaster@goldenkey.org, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem. If you have any specific questions regarding your information and/or our privacy policy, please notify us by email at webmaster@goldenkey.org.
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Notice. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our homepage. A revised Privacy Notice will apply only to data collected subsequent to its effective date.
Golden Key International Honour Society Contact Information
621 North Ave. NE, Suite C-100
Atlanta, GA 30308
United States of America
Toll Free Phone: 800-377-2401
Phone: 404-377-2400
Fax: 678-420-6757
Email: memberservices@goldenkey.org
Privacy Policy Addendum -- Australia
Golden Key International Honour Society is committed to protecting private and personal information of our members. Golden Key is in compliance with amendments to the Australian Privacy Act 1988 that guides how private sector organisations may collect, use, disclose, keep secure and provide access to individual personal information.
Effective Date: 29 November 1977
Last Updated: 15 February 2008