Terms & Conditions for Use of
the SignatureMeasurements.org Web Site
(http://www.SignatureMeasurements.org or http://www.RCSCertification.org)
This privacy policy and security information ("Privacy Policy") constitutes a part of the Terms and Conditions ("Terms and Conditions") of the SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org web site, which governs your use of this web site and our efforts to protect your privacy. The Terms and Conditions, including this Privacy Policy, may be amended by SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org at any time by posting the amended Terms and Conditions on this web site. These Terms and Conditions were last revised on 30 January 2009.
In addition to this Privacy Policy, certain SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org services on or accessible from this web site may have Supplemental Terms that form a part of the Terms and Conditions and will govern your use of such services.
Regardless of the precautions taken by you, SignatureMeasurements.org, RCSCertification.org, or our third-party hosting company, perfect security does not exist on the Internet. SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org takes reasonable precautions, but cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to this site or SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org, and you transmit such information at your own risk.
Information We Collect From You, How We Use the Information and Opt-out Choices: There are a number of areas in the SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org web site where we ask for and collect information about you, including personally identifiable information. Where we do, it is in order to serve you better, or is necessary to accomplish the service you are requesting. Examples include registration information (which may include name, employer or affiliation, address, email, telephone numbers, subject areas of interest to you, and educational and professional experience information), and security identifiers (e.g., a user-selected password). We may also collect shipping information, and product or service purchase information. We do not collect credit card-related information, though we may link to a secure third-party transaction service such as PayPal.
Information provided to this web site may be processed and stored on computers principally located in the United States, however, may be processed and stored on computers in various other countries.
Registration information is used both in the SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org mailing lists and in the SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org subscriber directory.
Opt-in and Opt-out Opportunities: To better serve our registrants, the SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org contacts database, in part or as a whole, may be released from time-to-time to other signatures-related not-for-profit entities for the purpose of providing to you information on technical products and services related to your profession or topics of interest (if you provide such information), or that we otherwise believe is useful to our subscribers. In particular, information may be shared with the National RCS Measurement Facilities Certification Program, the Space Dynamics Labooratory (SDL) at Utah State University (USU), the Range Commanders Council Signature Measurements Standards Group (RCC SMSG), and similar organizations. In addition, the contacts database may be used in connection with informing you about services, products, conferences, meetings, and events sponsored by or supported by SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org, or services, products, conferences, meetings, and events of other not-for-profit organizations. You may instruct us to not share with third parties information about you maintained by SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org by indicating this preference when you register on the SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org web site, or by modifying your registration information via our subscriptions page. Your choice to opt-out of third party mailings is effective until you otherwise modify your opt-in-opt-out selections.
Security identifiers, such as encrypted passwords, are not disclosed to third parties or affiliated persons or entities. Shipping information (except subscribership information as noted above) and product purchase information stored in online shopping carts is not disclosed except in connection with the fulfillment and processing of your orders and requests.
Use of Cookies: Cookies are implemented in various parts of the SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org web site. In most instances, the use of Cookies is discretionary by you, and declining Cookies will usually result only in loss of certain conveniences such as session continuity and re-authentication during current or future sessions (enable/disable discreitionary Cookies via the subscriptions page). Various types of Persistent and Per-Session (Transient) Cookies may be used with any one service, and their implementations, behaviors, and effects will vary. If you enable Cookies for this site, an encrypted version of your email address is stored on your computer in a Cookie named signaturemeasurements. It is the policy of SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org that Cookies do not carry any other personal information (e.g., name, address) or identification/password-type data that allows access to such personal information on SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org servers. All personal, transaction, and security rights are housed on SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org servers, and follow the policy described in the "Information We Collect From You and How We Use the Information" section above.
General SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org Web Server Security: The SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org web servers are provided by a third-party hosting company (DreamHost Web Hosting / New Dream Network, LLC) in California, USA. We rely on their profit motive and expertise to ensure general web server security. Regardless of the precautions taken by you, SignatureMeasurements.org, SignatureMeasurements.org, or our third-party hosting company, perfect security does not exist on the Internet. SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org takes reasonable precautions, but cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to this site or SignatureMeasurements.org, or RCSCertification.org, and you transmit such information at your own risk.
Personal Protection of Your Access Rights and Authentication: There is a common registration process that allows you to receive the services available through SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org. The registration involves the use of a unique user name (your email address) and a password that you select and which we encrypt.
The user name and password will be used to authenticate you when you enter privileged services that are offered by SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org. After authentication, the service being requested will be allowed based on your current status as a subscriber to SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org, or specific electronic services for which you requested through the subscription process.
Links to Third Parties: This Site contains links to other sites. SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org is not responsible for the terms or privacy practices of such other sites and you should read their terms and privacy policy carefully before using them.
Credit Card Transactions: The SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org web site does not collect or otherwise process credit card information. Secure credit card processing is accomplished using third-party processing services provided by PayPal, an eBay company. Your entry of credit card information on that site, which is not a part of nor controlled by SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org, is encrypted when transmitted in secure mode. If you are behind a firewall, the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) feature of your browser and the processing of the credit card may be blocked. In such cases, or if for any reason you feel uncomfortable submitting credit card information over the Internet, you have the option of mailing your payment to SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org using a check drawn on a U.S. bank.
Using Encryption: In certain transactions you are given the option of running in a secure (SSL) mode or unsecure mode. In cases where a firewall is causing a situation that cannot be corrected, the use of the unsecure mode is given. The unsecure mode is used by you at your own risk.
In addition, there are constantly changing restrictions in the use of encryption software and schemes that are used in various countries. The use of appropriate software and encryption options are your responsibility, and SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org assumes no risk or liability in ensuring your compliance to local law.
Legal Requests: SignatureMeasurements.org / RCSCertification.org cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties, to enforce laws. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us, service or content providers we work with, or you to possible legal liability.
Questions: Please send email to with any questions you have about Privacy and Security, including our Terms and Conditions).
Last revised: 30 January 2009
