PMDAlliance places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of our members and website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by the PMDAlliance website, www.pmdalliance.org, and how this information is used.

Individuals that register for www.pmdalliance.org events and individuals that sign up to receive e-communications voluntarily provide us with contact information. We may use this information for specific, limited purposes as outlined below. You may always “opt out,” either now or at any time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages.

PMDAlliance uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer www.pmdalliance.org and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.

www.pmdalliance.org uses “cookie” messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you’ve done and told us before. The “cookie” is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you’re particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.pmdalliance.org so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your Web browser accordingly.

PMDAlliance does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.

www.pmdalliance.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.pmdalliance.org domain, and PMDAlliance is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

For close to five years, PMD Alliance has used Zoom Video Communications exclusively for our live-stream educational, social and support services, as well as all internal organizational meetings. Over those years we have developed a deep knowledge base and appreciation for practices that keep meetings and workshops safe online. Our knowledge of technical management of meetings means we respond quickly to any potential threats or disruptors. 

To keep our livestream space clean, safe, and accessible, we: 

• Pay a monthly fee to use Zoom Pro, which offers advanced administrative and meeting controls 
• Never post Zoom meeting links in public spaces 
• Require registration for all our online events, including support groups and other entities using our Zoom account for their meetings 
• Train our staff members in use of the management safety features, many of which have always been included with Zoom but until now, not widely accessed by the general public. These features include screen sharing management, muting, blocking, and removing people 

• Deploy multiple staff members to various roles during every meeting to ensure a smooth and secure process 
• Use Zoom subscription add-ons as appropriate, including HIPAA–compliant encrypting 

Although we can never fully ensure that every PMD Alliance Zoom meeting will be free of the occasional glitch, unstable connection or participant disagreement, we remain confident in Zoom and its efforts to keep its services secure.