TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE OF ISACALA.ORG

The ISACALA.ORG web site (the “Site”) is produced by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Los Angeles Chapter (ISACA-LA). All use of the Site is subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth below. By entering and using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood such Terms and Conditions and that you agree to abide by them. Also, you agree that ISACA-LA may use information that you supply to it in any manner consistent with the Privacy Policy set forth herein.

Section 1. Disclaimer

The Site may include or provide links to other web sites on the Internet. These other web sites may provide opinions, recommendations, or other information from various individuals, sponsors, organizations or companies. In providing such links, ISACA-LA does not investigate the content of such information. ISACA-LA does not endorse, guarantee, warrant, or recommend the accuracy of such information or necessarily subscribe to any such opinions or recommendations. Further, to the extent that you make use of any link to any other web site on the internet, the disclosure, reproduction, sale or distribution of the information contained thereon may be prohibited. Links to other web sites are provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide professional advice of any kind. Except for ISACA chapters that may maintain links on this site and the IT Governance Institute, ISACA-LA neither sponsors nor is affiliated with any other web site to which this web site links.

Section 2. Advertisements

The Site may contain links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement or recommendation by ISACA-LA of the content on such third-party web sites or as an indication of any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of or by such third-party web sites. ISACA-LA is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the privacy practices of, or the content or accuracy of materials on, such third-party web sites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third-party web sites is subject to the terms of use for such sites. The site may also contain from time to time advertisements by third parties. ISACA-LA may receive royalties or fees from such advertisers. ISACA-LA does not endorse, guarantee, warrant, or recommend any products or services contained in advertisements.

Section 3. Hold Harmless and Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold ISACA-LA, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your use of the Site in a manner that violates or is alleged to violate these conditions. By entering the site you hereby expressly agree that ISACA-LA, and its officers, directors, agents and employees, shall not be liable to you for any damages, claims, demands or causes of action, direct or indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive, as a result of your use of the site or any information you obtain on it or any other interaction with ISACA-LA. In doing so, you agree that you are waiving voluntarily and unequivocally any liability of ISACA-LA.

Section 4. Privacy Use of Personally Identifiable Information

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our web site unless you chose to provide that information to us. We will not forward your information to any other party without your specific consent (except as may be required by law, such as a court-ordered subpoena, search warrant, or other court order; or required by exigent circumstances). We will only use the information you give us for the purpose for which it was collected. Please be aware of this risk when providing information via unencrypted channels. As with any Internet transmission that is not encrypted, the risk of disclosure to unintended third parties exists.

ISACA-LA reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behavior (on an aggregate basis) in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the Site. ISACA-LA may permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through the Site. In this event, ISACA-LA is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties and users should check the applicable privacy policy of such party before providing personally identifiable information.

ISACA-LA may store some online registration data for some events. This information will only be used to facilitate registration for the particular local event. PayPal services may be provided as an option on such events to allow credit card payments. PayPal is a third-party and is the world’s largest online payment service. To see PayPal’s Privacy Statement, click here. ISACA-LA does not have access to credit card information. ISACA-LA passes specific event information to PayPal; this information is included in an e-mail receipt that is sent by PayPal to the registrant and to the chapter’s event registrar.

Section 5. Cookie Technology

ISACA-LA does not collect non-personal identification information through the use of “cookie” technology and/or Internet Protocol (“IP”) address tracking. Cookies are small text files a web site can place on a user’s computer which are used to recognize repeat users and facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site. Non-personal identification information might include the browser used by the user, the type of computer, the operating systems, the Internet service providers and other similar information. ISACA-LA cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers or third parties. Users should consult the policies such sites maintain regarding the use of cookies or similar technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

Section 6. Links to other Sites

Users may find advertising or other content on the Site that enables linking to the sites of ISACA-LA advertisers, sponsors and other third parties. These third-party sites may have their own privacy policies or no policy at all. The ISACA-LA Privacy Policy does not apply to such other sites. ISACA-LA has no control over the content displayed on such sites, nor over the measures, if any, that are taken by such sites to protect the privacy of user information.

Section 7: General

If any clause or provision set forth above is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, then, in that event the clause or provision so determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable shall be severable without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or provisions.

Questions regarding these TERMS & CONDITIONS of USE statement should be directed to ISACA-LA by email to the chapter’s Chief Privacy Officer at [email protected].