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Privacy Policy for AASHTO ERM Portal

First off, thanks for reading this privacy policy and for your interest in erm-portal.com. If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected]. At erm-portal.com we take the privacy of our visitors seriously. This document describes the types of personal information collected and recorded by erm-portal.com and how we use this info. The two most important elements are your email address, which we use to maintain an opt-in monthly email newsletter, and cookies which we use to keep track of the options you select on the site and to generate our own anonymous records of how users interact with the site. You never have to provide your email unless you specifically opt in to our email list or include it when submitting a new resource. And you can disable all cookies used by erm-portal.com in your web browser by following the instructions here. The rest of the information below just provides some additional detail on these and other aspects of our privacy policy.

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Your Email

We collect your email only if you provide it while submitting a resource to the site or if you want to subscribe to our monthly updates on the new resources added to the site. We don't use your contact information for any other purpose and will not use it or share it for marketing or other purposes. Our email updates contain clear unsubscribe links and you can always unsubscribe at any time.

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Log Files

Like many other websites, erm-portal.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site - usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services's analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

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Cookies and Web Beacons

erm-portal.com uses cookies to store information about visitors' preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

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Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

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Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.

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Update

This Privacy Policy was last updated on: August 13th, 2020. Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.