Privacy Policy

 The West Michigan Public Purchasing Alliance (the Alliance and/or its member agencies) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information that you provide to us. Our goal is to deliver content that will be useful to our constituents. In order to provide you with relevant information, be responsive to your specific requests, and enhance your experience while utilizing our website, we may from time to time request certain information from you. This statement explains our policies and practices regarding the use and disclosure by the Alliance of the personal information you provide us. It is important for you to understand that the Alliance periodically reviews and updates this privacy policy as it deems appropriate without notice to you. As a result, you should review this policy from time to time to make sure that you are aware of how we are using the personal information you provide us. By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information by the Alliance as explained below.

The Alliance provides links to other sites we believe may be of interest to you. These sites are provided as a convenience and are beyond our control, and the Alliance is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content on these web sites. You should check the privacy policies of those sites before providing your personal information to them.

Collection of Information
In general, you can visit our web site without providing us with any personal information. However, at various times during navigation across our web site, there are instances where we must have your personal information in order for us to grant you access to our protected and secured sites. This information may include registration data, such as your name, address, email address, and phone number. The Alliance may collect information from you through the use of user request forms to send you information you have specifically requested from us. The Alliance may also request information that will assist you in better using our services. This information may include information about your organization and your responsibilities within that organization. Please do not submit any personal information to us if you are less than 18 years of age.

Use of Information
We may use the information provided by you for various purposes to enhance your business relationship with the Alliance, including engaging in transactions or communications with you and your employer, verifying compliance with the agreement between the Alliance and your employer, providing future service and support, responding to user inquiries and requests for information, and informing you of new service offerings as they become available.

Disclosure of Information
Although the Alliance does not sell, trade, or transfer your information to third parties, we may share the information with our business associates for various reasons, including marketing, advertising, or product and service offering purposes. We would also disclose this information if we are required to disclose it by court order or other legal process.

Security
The accuracy and security of your personal information is important to the Alliance. If you contact us to make any changes to your information, we will attempt to make those changes in a timely manner. The Alliance is concerned with the security of your information and has in place reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to that information. To that end, we put in place the appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to secure your personal information.

Usernames and Passwords
Access to certain content on our website may be allowed under a written agreement between you or your employer and the Alliance and will require a username and/or password. In some cases, failure to provide personal information may prevent you from accessing certain parts of our website which may contain certain confidential information.

General
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please don't hesitate to contact one of our officers.