Privacy Policy

The Association for Psychological Science values the privacy of its Members and other visitors to this web site. This document details how we gather and disseminate user information. Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy.

Use of Internet Protocol Address

We use your Internet protocol (IP) address for several reasons: to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our web site, and to gather broad demographic information.

Use of Membership Information

The Association for Psychological Science only uses the information collected on the APS web site for the specified purpose.

When you submit a membership application, the Association for Psychological Science requests information such as contact (i.e. name and e-mail address), demographic (i.e. ZIP code and gender), and order information. The contact information you provide is used to send orders and APS information. On occasion, we rent member’s mailing addresses to third-party companies, however we do not divulge any other information (i.e. a user’s e-mail address, telephone number, or birth date) to outside companies.

You may request that your name and address not be provided to third parties by writing:

Association for Psychological Science
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
USA

Telephone: +1 202.293.9300, Fax: +1 202.293.9350

Your financial information is used for the sole purpose of billing you for products and services you have ordered. Credit card information is used only for completing the specific transaction for which the credit card information was supplied.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information.

The Association for Psychological Science’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

  • You have given APS permission to do so
  • Processing your personal information is in APS legitimate interests
  • APS needs to comply with the law

The Association for Psychological Science will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification.
  • The right to object.
  • The right of restriction.
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to withdraw consent

Should you need to contact APS in regards to any of the above rights, please email privacy@psychologicalscience.org.

Security

The Association for Psychological Science features modern security measures including TLS 1.2 and SHA 256 cryptography to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information placed under our control.

This site uses cookies to enhance the visitor’s experience. A cookie is a small text file that our web server places on a user’s computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. Cookies enable Association for Psychological Science to track usage patterns. Members can elect to have their password saved to a cookie for logging into the site. Our cookies do not collect personally identifiable information. Note: your browser must be set to allow cookies for this feature to work.

Please see the full Cookie Policy for more information about specific cookies we use.

Children’s Guidelines

The Association for Psychological Science is a member-based organization and the services, products, and information are not intended for children.

Correct/Update Personal Information

The Association for Psychological Science allows you to change or modify your personal information by visiting member.psychologicalscience.org.

Disclaimer

This site contains links to other sites. Association for Psychological Science is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these sites.

Contact Us

If you have any additional questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us:

Association for Psychological Science
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
USA
Telephone: +1 202.293.9300, Fax: +1 202.293.9350
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