Disclaimer and Privacy Statement

The following policy is used by permission from ISACA

Disclaimer

Information from Others. ISACA Houston 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 Houston does not investigate the content of such information. ISACA Houston 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 information contained thereon may be prohibited.

Links to other web sites are provided for informational purposes only. Links are not intended to provide professional advice of any kind. ISACA Houston neither sponsors nor is affiliated with any other web site to which this web site links. Information provided on this web site should not be considered inclusive of any proper procedures or tests or exclusive of other procedures or tests that are reasonably directed to obtaining the same results. In determining the propriety of any specific procedure or test, the user should apply his or her own judgment to the specific issues presented by his or her particular systems or information technology environment.

Advertisements. The site contains 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 Houston 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 Houston 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.

Hold Harmless and Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold ISACA, 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 Houston, 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 Houston. In doing so, you agree that you are waiving voluntarily and unequivocally any liability of ISACA Houston.

Privacy

Use of Personally Identifiable Information. Please be aware of this risk when providing information via unencrypted channels. ISACA Houston will not sell or otherwise intentionally transfer or disclose personally identifiable information to third parties without the user's prior 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). However, as with any Internet transmission that is not encrypted, the risk of disclosure to unintended third parties exists.

ISACA Houston may permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through the Site. In this event, ISACA Houston 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.

Cookie Technology. ISACA Houston may 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. Using cookies, ISACA Houston may gather information about the areas the user visits on the Site and about the links the user may select from within the Site to other sites.

ISACA Houston 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.

Links to other Sites. Users will find advertising or other content on the site that enables linking to the sites of ISACA Houston advertisers, sponsors, and other third parties. These third party sites may have their own privacy policies or no policy at all. The ISACA Houston Privacy Policy does not apply to such other sites. ISACA Houston 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.

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to ISACA Houston by email to the webmaster