MSCARE.ORG

Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following sections describe the information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Please review this document for any concerns about privacy, the information we keep on file, and our protection policies.

Information Automatically Logged

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information and track the number of visits to the site. From your IP address, we obtain the country from which you visited in addition to other information, such as operating system, web browser, monitor settings, and plug-ins. Detailed information is never distributed to third parties; however, the CMSC may use broad demographic information in our web site reports to our affiliates, partners and sponsors.

Cookies

Our site uses cookies to deliver content specific to your interests. Our web server may send you a cookie to keep track of your visits to our web site. We only use this information for statistical purposes. Our cookies do not retrieve your email address.

Registration Forms

Our site’s registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and postal address). Contact information from the registration forms is used to get in touch with you when necessary. We will always obtain prior consent before sending your contact information to third parties. If your information is automatically forwarded to a third party, the registration form will clearly indicate the name and contact information for the third party.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites or the content contained in those web sites.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We use standard security measures to protect the information you submit to us as well as the information that is automatically collected by our server. Although the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers strives to maintain a secure web site, the CMSC cannot be held liable for any damages or other liabilities resulting directly or indirectly from a failure of a security measures.

Data Quality/Access

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided: You can send email to the Web Master. You can visit use our feedback form to ask for your information to be changed.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact the Web Master at info@mscare.org

Email Blasts

What Information We Collect

We collect your contact information such as your name, address, phone number, or email address.

How We Collect Information

We collect information on our website when you register to be a member, through online and on-site event registrations, and when you sign-up for emails.

How to Withdraw Your Permission to Receive our Emails

You can withdraw your permission to receive our emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of every email you receive from us.

Annual Meeting

Data Privacy Policy Disclosure

Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (“CMSC”) Annual Meeting
Phoenix Convention Center
100 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 262-6225
5/28/2025 – 5/31/2025

The CMSC believes in protecting your privacy and personal data. The purpose of this disclosure is to provide tools for collaboration through the flow of information between CMSC, its partners, and its participants regarding the 2025 meeting. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information CMSC may collect from you or that you may provide when you register for the meeting, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, and disclosing that information.
By registering, you acknowledge and agree to the privacy practices set forth in this Privacy Policy.

How to Contact Us Regarding this Notice

If you have questions or concerns about this Notice, please contact us by phone at 201-487-1050 or by sending an email to info@mscare.org or by mail to CMSC, 3 University Plaza Drive, Suite 116, Hackensack, NJ 07601.

Collection of Your Information

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our
meeting and the value of the meeting to CMSC, its partners, and its participants.

Personal Information That We Collect

The information we collect is generally name, medical credentials and affiliation to be displayed on name tags, addresses, emails/phone numbers for the CMSC to send important information about the annual meeting, e.g., a special announcement about a symposia or about a specific topic, and for the system to use as a unique identifier of you.

Personal Information We Collect from Others

There is a possibility that we may obtain information about you from third-parties or publicly available databases. We will obtain your consent before doing so if required by law of the country in which you are located.

How We Use Your Information

As stated, we will use your information to provide information to you. We may also share your
information as an attendee for those participants wishing to contact you directly for some reason. You may direct us not to communicate with you at any time.

How We Share Personal Information

We may share your data in order to deliver our services and/or to enhance your participant experience.
Below are examples of how we share your information:

  • In order to serve you as a member or participant of CMSC’s 2025 annual meeting.
  • With third parties who perform functions on our behalf, including support service providers, such as hosting, email and postal delivery, analytics services or other functions.
  • We may share information to prevent, detect, or investigate security concerns, including fraud.
  • We may share information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or industry requirements.
  • We may share your information with law enforcement if required by law or in order to prevent fraud or other potential wrongdoing.
  • We do not share your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

We will only share your personal information with third-parties who provide us with adequate guarantees and processes that ensure the safe handling of your personal information.

Security

Although we use security measures to help ensure the protection of your Personal Information, no method is 100% secure. While your information is stored on secure servers and any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL Technology, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

For Participants in the European or U.K. Economic Area

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or U.K., we provide you the following
information and notification of rights in accordance with the European Union’s and/or U.K.’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Data Controller

When you provide information to CMSC, we serve as a data controller. When we act as a data controller, we determine how Personal Data, as defined by the GDPR, will be utilized in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

CMSC’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the personal data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. CMSC may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract or transaction with you
  • You have given us permission to do so
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and is not overridden by your rights
  • To comply with the law
Your Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area or U.K., you have certain data protection rights. CMSC aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • Request access to your Personal Data. You may request access to any Personal Data we hold about you as well as related information, including the purposes for processing the Personal Data, the period for which the Personal Data will be stored and/or the source of the Personal Data.
  • Request correction of your Personal Data. You may have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of any inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data we hold about you.
  • Request erasure of your Personal Data. You may have the right to request that Personal Data held about you is deleted. If you ever wish to correct or remove any personal information from our records, you may do so by contacting info@mscare.org.Also, if you wish to opt-out, you may do so by phoning 201-487-1050, or by sending an email to info@mscare.org or by mail to CMSC, 3 University Plaza Drive, Suite 116, Hackensack, NJ 07601.
  • Object to processing of your Personal Data. You may have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data when we are processing your personal data based on our legitimate interests and we cannot demonstrate compelling grounds to continue such processing or for our direct marketing.
  • Request restriction of processing your Personal Data Request. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information:
    • During the pending period of time where we verify the accuracy of any personal data that you claim is inaccurate
    • Where the processing of your personal data is unlawful but you oppose erasure and instead request that we restrict the use of your personal data
    • If we no longer need your personal data but it is required for you to make or defend legal claims
    • During the pending period of time where we verify our legitimate interest to process your data when you object to such processing
  • Right to Data Portability. Where we process your personal data by automated means that you have provided to us based on consent or through contract, you have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine readable and commonly used format.
  • Withdraw your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where CMSC relied on your consent to process your personal information.

You also have the right to make a complaint to an EU Data Protection Authority if you believe that CMSC has not complied with its obligations under this Notice or European law, or to First Contact Team, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF if you believe that CMSC has not complied with its obligations under U.K. law.

Retention of Data

CMSC will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. CMSC will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or when we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

**FOR USERS IN SWITZERLAND OR THE EUROPEAN UNION OR OTHER LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES** INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

CMSC stores personal information in the United States. If you provide us information, it will be
transferred to and accessed in the United States. This Privacy Policy shall apply even if CMSC transfers personal information from non-United States countries to other countries.

YOU AGREE THAT THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE AND SUBMIT IS BEING SENT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOU ARE INFORMED THAT THE UNITED STATES
PRESENTLY DOES NOT HAVE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
AS DETERMINED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S ADEQUACY DECISION ON OCTOBER 6, 2015 (Case C-362/14) AND ARTICULATED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION’S GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION AND HAS NOT RECEIVED A SIMILAR DESIGNATION OF ADEQUACY BY ANY OTHER FOREIGN DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY. YOU AGREE TO THE TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA AND PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE UNITED STATES, HOWEVER, TO BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Changes to This Notice

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. CMSC will provide by email notice to you with any appropriate changes to this Privacy Policy. If you have not provided an email to CMSC, you may notify CMSC in writing of a request to receive notice of change by mail.