Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

Allied Building Metal Industries, Inc. (“ABMI”), the Steel Institute of New York, Inc. (“SINY”), and the Ornamental Metal Institute of New York, Inc. (“OMINY”), (collectively, “Entities,” "we," "us," or "our") are committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to the steelcovidcenter.nyc website (“Website”), contacts for our members and prospective members, contacts for suppliers of goods and services to the Entities, candidates for employment or engagement, and any other individuals about whom the Entities obtain personal information (each, "you"). Please read the following statement, which sets out the principles governing the Entities’ use of personal information that we may obtain about you, to understand how the Entities collect, use, and otherwise process your personal information as well as the rights that you have in relation to our processing of that information (“Privacy Statement”). In this Privacy Statement, “personal information” means information that (either in isolation or in combination with other information held by the Entities) enables you to be identified or recognized. With respect to California residents, references to "personal information" in this Privacy Statement means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "CCPA").

The Entities are the data controller in relation to any personal information that the Entities process about you and are responsible for ensuring that such processing complies with applicable data protection laws, including the CCPA. Your privacy is important to us. Please be aware that the Entities personnel are required to comply with the Entities' data privacy practices as set out in this Privacy Statement and other data privacy-related Entities policies.

Please click on the link below for the contact details of Entities offices and affiliated entities in your jurisdiction: alliedbuilding.org | siny.org | ominy.org. If you have any comments or questions in connection with this Privacy Statement, or for further information on our processing activities and your rights in relation to your personal information, please contact us via email at info@alliedbuilding.org or by post to Allied Building Metal Industries, Inc., 270 Madison Avenue, Suite 401, New York, NY 10016.

Information Collection

Although you are not required to provide any personal information on the public areas of our Website, you may choose to do so such as by completing certain application forms that may be developed in connection with the Website, such as a newsletter sign-up form. Should you do so, we may, for example, keep a record of your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide to us.

Additionally, we may collect the following categories of personal information from you in the course of business, including through your use of the Website, when you contact or request information from us, when we provide services to you or receive services from you:

We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that we receive or obtain from other sources, such as from our staff or personnel, clients, professional advisers, partners, and agents of Entities, third parties with whom we interact, and publicly available sources.

Information Usage

We may use your personal information for the following purposes and, for each purpose, based on the following legal grounds:

Information Sharing

We may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients:

We are not responsible for the data policies or procedures or content of any linked websites. We recommend that you check the privacy and security policies of each website you visit.

Marketing Choices

We may send you direct marketing messages including by way of email alerts and post provided that we have a lawful ground to do so. If you no longer wish to receive our email alerts, to be part of a mailing list, or to receive any marketing communications, you can opt-out of such communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the relevant communication or contacting us at info@alliedbuilding.org.

Your Rights


If you are a California resident, you have the following rights, subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the CCPA:

If you wish to exercise these rights, you must submit a request by emailing info@alliedbuilding.org. The CCPA requires us to verify requests we receive when one is seeking to exercise certain of the rights listed above. We may ask you to provide certain information in order for us to verify your request.

Note that certain of the rights set forth above do not apply until January 1, 2021 for job applicants, employees, partners, and contractors, and when personal information is transmitted in business-to-business written or verbal communications or transactions relating to due diligence, or providing or receiving a product or service to or from another business, and the personal information concerns an employee, owner, director, officer or contractor of that business.

Sources of Personal Information Collected. We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources: directly from you, such as when you complete forms, indirectly from you, such as observing your actions on our website, and from publicly available sources.

Disclosures for a Business or Commercial Purpose. In the preceding 12 months, Entities has disclosed the types of personal information listed above to its service providers for business purposes.

No Sale of Personal Information. In the preceding 12 months, we have not sold any personal information.

Security

We have implemented technical and organizational security measures in an effort to safeguard the personal information in our custody and control. Such measures include, for example, limiting access to personal information only to staff and authorized service providers on a need-to-know basis for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement, as well as other administrative, technical, and physical safeguards.

We endeavor to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information, but cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose online. Please note that email is not a secure medium and should not be used to send confidential or sensitive information. By providing information online, you accept the inherent security risks of providing information over the Internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security, unless it is due to our negligence or willful default.

Data Transfer

Your personal information may be transferred to or shared across our integrated computer networks with one or more of the Entities. All of our offices adhere to the same procedures with respect to your personal information, including this Privacy Statement.

Cookies

Our website may utilize certain tags, log files, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies from third parties (collectively, "cookies"), of which you should be aware. Please see our Cookie Policy to find out more about the cookies we use and how to manage and delete cookies.

Do Not Track

Please note that we do not support "Do Not Track" browser settings at this time.

Information Retention

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary for the purposes for which that information was collected as set out in this Privacy Statement or for longer as required under any applicable legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements. Should you opt out or no longer wish to receive marketing messages from us, we will securely delete your personal information from the relevant mailing list(s).

Notification of Changes

We may occasionally update this Privacy Statement as our services and privacy practices change, or as required by applicable legal or regulatory requirements. Where it is practicable, we will notify you by email of any significant changes. However, the last update date is posted below, and we encourage you to review this Privacy Statement periodically to be informed of how we use your personal information.

Location:

270 Madison Avenue, Suite 401
New York, New York 10016
Tel: 212.697.5551
Fax: 212.818.0976

info@alliedbuilding.org
www.alliedbuilding.org