Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

This website is offered Compliments of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois ("BCBSIL") and powered by Cvent, LLC.

Data privacy and security is important. Therefore, please review the following statement that explains what data may be collected on this website, how it is collected and how it is kept secure. "Personal information" refers to data that is unique to you such as name, birth date, address, e-mail address, IP address and telephone number. If you encounter a screen or page that requests information you do not want to share with us, do not enter the information and do not proceed with that screen or page.

Information Collected and Used by Cvent or BCBSIL and How it is Used

For purposes of this site, we may collect and use your e-mail or phone/text number that you provide in order to respond to your inquiry or to send you information about a service or resource that you expressed interest in. We will continue to send you information unless you request us to stop or opt out.

In addition, to the information listed above, we also collect electronic data about you in order to provide a positive website experience and report on user activity.

Electronic data is collected for a variety of reasons. The tools that are used are listed below. Please be aware that none of these tools provide us with the ability to read any data residing on your computer.

Cookies and tags are used on websites to gather information about how individuals use and navigate the website. Neither cookies nor tags can extract any personal information about you, nor can they read any data that resides on your personal computer or device. The data collected from these sources are used to recognize repeat users and track usage patterns. Specifically, we use "cookies," which are small pieces of information sent by a web server and stored by a user's web browser. Cookies allow the web server to maintain an active "session" with an individual user and track what users are accessing on the site.

The following are examples of how we use the information collected from these cookies and tags:

• Providing information that you have requested
• Tracking user's access to resources and data on the site
• Recording general site statistics and activity
• Troubleshooting website problems
• Combining collected information with other data for data analytics purposes, as permitted by law

Cookies and Advertising/Remarketing

Third-party vendors display our advertisements on sites across the internet, and we use cookies to tailor advertising to you through these third-party ad vendors based on your past visits to our sites in a process called "remarketing."

If you don't want us to establish cookie, you can choose to change your browser settings to disable cookies; additionally, you can opt out of the ads displayed as a result of your visit to our site by changing your settings at sites such as http://www.google.com/settings/ads. You can also find information about opting out of cookies at http://www.usa.gov/optout-instructions.shtml.

Use of E-mail

For purposes of this site, e-mail can be used either as a mechanism to provide information you requested or as a way we can communicate with each other.

In some situations, you may have provided your e-mail address to us so we can send you information about a service or resource that you requested. Unless you opt out of receiving these types of e-mails, we will continue to send you information. In addition, we may use third-party vendors to determine if you open and use any information that we share via e-mail, as well as to solicit your feedback through online surveys. Responding to these surveys is always optional.

E-mail can also be used as a mechanism for you to ask questions and provide comments about our website or services. You are encouraged to provide this feedback. We do share these messages with those in the organization who can appropriately respond to the specific e-mail. In addition, we may preserve the content of your e-mail, your e-mail address and our response.

It is important to use good judgment when sending information via the Internet to an e-mail address. E-mail sent via the Internet may pass through private and public networks with varying levels of security. Some networks may have taken steps to secure e-mail transmissions while others have not, thereby compromising the privacy and integrity of an e-mail.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about the Terms of Use or Privacy Statement, please contact us.

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