The Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) respects the privacy of its members and other visitors to its Web site or use our mobile conference applications (each an “App”). The Site and App are collectively the “Services.” LCA strongly believes that if electronic commerce and online activities are to flourish, consumers must be assured that information provided online is used responsibly and appropriately. To protect online privacy, LCA has implemented the following policy.
If there are material changes to our privacy policies, LCA will notify you by posting the updated policy on our site, and for registered users, by sending an email. LCA reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review this page frequently for any changes. Amendments to this privacy policy will be effective when posted. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted, the changes to any amended or revised privacy policy by your continued use of our services or the sites.
LCA collects information from you when you choose to provide it to us. This may include when you submit a membership application or request information from us, register for a conference or other event, or purchase a product.
The information we collect may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, mobile telephone number, photos or videos, user name and, if you are an LCA customer or member, credit/debit card number or other financial information.
From General Users. LCA does not automatically collect any personal information from users browsing its websites.
From LCA's Members, Conference Registrants, and Other Customers. To gain access to members-only resources and personalization features on lacounseling.org, members and other users are asked to register and provide some limited information. LCA asks users to provide their name, organization name, business phone, and email. Similar information may be submitted to LCA through membership applications, conference or seminar registration.
Disclosures to Third Parties. LCA also makes member contact information available through the LCA Membership Directory or the Find a Counselor and Find a Supervisor to other members using its websites and to those who register for its conferences. You are asked to accept inclusion in these three services. On occasion, LCA may also provide limited data to third parties that offer products and services. These limited data include names, job titles, companies, business addresses, and email addresses, but do not include business phone or fax numbers. LCA does not sell personal information of our members. Your personal information will be released by LCA to the divisions of which you are a member.
Credit Card Account Information. When members and customers choose to pay using their credit cards, LCA submits the information needed to obtain payment to the appropriate third-party payment vendors for the limited purpose of processing your payment. LCA does not otherwise disclose your credit card information. Credit card information is not maintained on the LCA website.
Compliance with Law. We may provide access to your information, including personal information, when legally required to do so, to cooperate with legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our websites, to limit our legal liability and protect our rights or to protect the rights, property or safety of visitors of these websites or the public.
Your personal information is stored on servers in the United States. You understand and agree that LCA may collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process the information you provide as described in this Privacy Policy. Your personal information may be disclosed in response to inquiries or requests from government authorities or to respond to judicial process. We will retain your personal information for as long as it is needed to provide you Services, or to fulfill any legal or contractual obligations we may have.
To make this site work properly, LCA website sometimes places small data files called cookies on your device. Most websites do this too. By choosing to continue to use this site without changing your cookie setting, we will assume that you are consenting to receiving cookies.
Cookies. Cookies are files that contain information created by a web server that can be stored on a user’s hard disk for use either during a particular session (“per-session” cookie) or for future use (“persistent” cookie). Users may instruct their Internet browsers to opt out of accepting a “persistent” cookie and rather accept only a “per-session” cookie, but will need to login each time they visit the sites to enjoy the full benefits. If the user declines the attachment of any cookie, the user may not have access to the full benefits of the websites. Registration enables the sites to better determine users’ interest areas and provide the most relevant information.
This website contain links to other websites. LCA has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of such sites. In addition, our privacy practices may differ from those of these other sites. If you provide personal information at one of those sites, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that site, not the LCA’s privacy policy. Please make sure you understand the other site's privacy policy before providing personal information.
If any user suspects LCA has handled its personal information in a manner that does not comply with this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mailing to lca_austin@bellsouth.net or by calling 318 861-0657. Please include “Web Privacy Policy Question or Comment” in the subject line. August 6, 2018
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