Privacy, Disclaimer, and Accessibility Notice

Effective Date: 01/14/2025

Thank you for visiting the National Basketball Physical Therapy Association’s (“NBPTA”) website, located at www.NBPTA.com (our “Website”). This page privacy, disclaimer, and accessibility notice (“Privacy Notice”) describes our policies and procedures surrounding the collection and handling of data about any living individual who can be identified from that data or from that data and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession (“Personal Data”).  

This Privacy Notice applies only to our Website and to the products and services provided through our Website. It does not apply to any third-party site or service linked to our Website or recommended or referred by our Website, through our products or services, or by our staff.  You should also review the NBPTA’s Terms and Conditions for use for the Website.

By use of our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information described in this Privacy Notice.

Personal Data We Collect

We may collect certain personal information from you such as your name, email address, and address. Additionally, we gather data on how our website is used, including the number of page visits, duration, type of browser, etc. (collectively, “Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include personal data, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, and operating system. We also use “cookies” to collect certain information from all users, including Web visitors. Data collected through cookies may include Usage Data (whether or not personal) and Personal Data. A cookie is a string of data our system sends to your computer and then uses it to identify your computer when you return to our Website in order to enable the site to deliver personalized services or to provide persistent authentication. You can set up most browsers to refuse all cookies or to notify you of any cookies you receive. But if you don’t accept cookies, you won’t be able to make as efficient use of our Website, and you may not be able to use some features at all. Our Website is not intended to collect data from children or from anyone under the age of 18.

Our use of personal data

We may use your Personal Data in a variety of ways; to create an account for you, to communicate with you about the NBPTA, and to offer you additional NBPTA services. This includes publishing membership directories and registration lists and sharing your email address with companies to deliver communications on our behalf among other things. We also use that information to the extent necessary to enforce our Website terms of service and to prevent imminent harm to persons or property. We use cookies so that our Website can remember you and provide you with the information you’re most likely to need. We also use information gained through cookies to compile statistical information about use of our Website, such as the time users spend at the site and the pages they visit most often. If you register on the Website to attend an event, we may provide an attendee list to other attendees and to entities that collaborate with the NBPTA on the event. Keep in mind that the NBPNA maintains directories of athletic trainers that may include information you submit via our website. These directories are shared with NBPTA members and state and local athletic training societies. 

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a setting in a web browser that directs websites not to track your behavior. You can activate DNT settings through most browsers. We have not authorized any third party to track consumers or visitors on our Website, and we are aware of no such tracking.

Retention of personal data

We retain your Personal Data so long as it serves the purposes listed in this Privacy Notice, including to operate our services, send you notices other general messages (unless you’ve unsubscribed), to collect and monitor traffic and other usage statistics at our Website, to resolve disputes, to enforce the terms of this Website’s contracts, and to comply with our legal obligations.

Transfer of personal data

We may store or process your data outside your city, province, state, or country. Data storage venues include, without limitation, the United States. These and other data storage jurisdictions may operate under privacy and data protection laws different from those of your home jurisdiction. Your submission of data to our Website and your consent to this Privacy Notice include consent to such storage and processing outside of your jurisdiction.

Contractor and Other Third-Party Access to Personal Data

We give certain independent contractors access to Personal Data. Those contractors assist us with Website and database management. All those contractors are required to sign contracts in which they agree to protect Personal Data using procedures reasonably similar to ours. (Users are not third-party beneficiaries of those contracts.) We also may disclose Personal Data to attorneys, or law enforcement authorities to address potential AUP violations, other contract violations, or illegal behavior. And we disclose any information demanded in a court order or otherwise required by law or to prevent imminent harm to persons or property.  Except as set forth in this Privacy Notice, we do not share Personal Information with third parties.

Protection of personal data

We employ data security tools to protect Personal Data. We also take reasonable steps to select vendors who make limited and legal use of your Personal Data. Unfortunately, even with these measures, we cannot guarantee the security of Personal Data. By using our Website, you acknowledge and agree that we make no such guarantee, and that you use our Website at your own risk.

Disclaimer

The information provided on the Website is for general informational purposes only. While we strive to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the content, we make no warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, about the reliability, suitability, or availability of the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website.

External links

The Website may contain links to external websites that are not controlled or maintained by us. We do not endorse or assume responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites.

Accessibility policy

At the NBPTA, we are committed to ensuring that our Website is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. We strive to provide an inclusive and user-friendly experience for everyone.  Our Website complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards. We also adhere to the Georgia Accessibility Code and other applicable state laws concerning website accessibility.

Amendment of This Privacy, Disclaimer, and Accessibility Policy

We may change this policy at any time by posting a new version on this page or on a successor page. The new version will become effective on the date it’s posted, listed at the top of the page as the new Effective Date.