PRIVACY STATEMENT PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION – 2026
The Pennsylvania Telephone Association (PTA) is committed to protecting your privacy and providing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the PTA website and governs data collection and usage. By using the PTA website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
PTA’s site is hosted by a third party which, from time to time, collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home, or work address, or telephone number as well as anonymous demographic information that is not unique to you, such as ZIP code, age, and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected for the website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of services, to maintain quality of the services, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PTA website.
USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Pennsylvania Telephone Association (PTA ) does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.
PTA does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
The Pennsylvania Telephone Association (PTA) will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on PTA or the website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PTA; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the PTA website, or the public.
USE OF COOKIES
The Pennsylvania Telephone Association (PTA) website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize any PTA pages, or register with the PTA site, a cookie helps to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same PTA website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the PTA website or services you visit.
CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
The Pennsylvania Telephone Association (PTA) will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. PTA encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how PTA is protecting your information.