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BY USING OR ACCESSING THE WEBSITE OR BY PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF THAT INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND APPLICABLE LAW.
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body, Inc. (“CMMC-AB,” “us,” or “we”) is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. We want you to understand how we may collect information about you through our website, and how that information may be used, maintained, and in some cases shared. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets forth the privacy practices and policies governing our data collection practices including relating to data collected via the websites that we operate and that link to this Privacy Policy (including www.cmmcab.org, cmmcab.org, cyberab.org, cyberab.com , cmmccentral.org and thecyberab.org), and any mobile version, portal, interface, or application used in connection with such websites (referred to collectively, as the “Website”).
The following describes the types of personal and other information we may collect about you, and how we use and maintain that information:
We may process your Personal Information for the following purposes in line with this Privacy Policy:
CMMC-AB does not sell, rent or lease Personal Information to third parties. CMMC-AB may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your Personal Information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.
If you have subscribed to or are otherwise receiving CMMC-AB news or similar information from us by email and no longer want to receive such information in the future, you may opt-out of receiving certain types of emails by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of those emails you receive or, if you have an online account, logging in to your account and making changes thereto your communication preferences. Please allow ample time for us to process your request. If you are having difficulty unsubscribing, please contact us directly at the email or phone number listed below under Contact. Please note that even if you opt-out of receiving emails, you may still receive communications related to your interaction with CMMC-AB (such as confirmation of a registration or form submission) or otherwise as required by law. Also, note that we may need to keep information we have collected about you for record-keeping, research and other purposes.
We will not share, rent, sell or otherwise disclose any Personal Information that we collect about you through our Website, except in any of the following situations:
We may also share aggregated or anonymous information that cannot identify you with third parties. For example, we may disclose the number of visitors to our Website or the number of people who have downloaded a particular document, and we may disclose statistical information based on responses to online surveys and other data collection tools on our website.
You should keep in mind that the Website is run on software, hardware and networks, any component of which may, from time to time, require maintenance or experience problems or breaches of security beyond our control. While we take steps to protect your Personal Information and keep it secure, you also play a role in protecting your information. You must maintain the security of your online transactions by not sharing your account information and passwords with any unauthorized parties. Please also be aware that despite our best intentions and the guidelines outlined in this Privacy Policy, no data transmission over the Internet or encryption method can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. CMMC-AB cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our Website.
These terms apply to Personal Information collected by CMMC-AB if you are an EU or UK resident. “Personal Information” as used in this section means any information that enables us to identify you, either directly or indirectly. Where CMMC-AB processes Personal Information about you, such information is controlled by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body, Inc., which is headquartered in the United States at 137 National Plaza, Suite 300, National Harbor, MD 20745-1153. We process your Personal Information for purposes described in this Privacy Policy where we have a legal basis under applicable European and UK data protection law. We will store your Personal Information, in a form that permits us to identify you, for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which the Personal Information is processed. Subject to applicable law, in certain circumstances, you may have the right to access, correct, restrict the processing of, delete or transfer the Personal Information we hold about you. We will generally ask for your consent in line with the applicable law before sending you direct marketing communications related to third party products and services. You can choose to stop receiving direct marketing communications from us at any time by following the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any promotional email. Where you believe that we have not complied with our obligations under this Privacy Policy or applicable law, we ask that you contact us first to see if we can resolve the issue. However, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with an appropriate supervisory authority.
These terms apply to Personal Information collected by CMMC-AB if you are a California resident. Under California law, a California resident with whom we have an established relationship has the right to request certain information with respect to the types of Personal Information we have shared with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, and the identities of those third parties, within the immediately preceding calendar year, subject to certain exceptions. All requests for such information must be in writing and sent to us at the following mailing address: 137 National Plaza, Suite 300, National Harbor, MD 20745-1153.
Our Website contains links to other websites. However, this Privacy Policy only addresses CMMC-AB’s use and disclosure of your information collected on our Website, if any. If you choose to visit an external website linked from our Website, you will leave our Website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked websites. We encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or websites.
This website is not intended for children. It is not our intention to collect Personal Information from anyone under 18 years of age, and we will not knowingly do so. If we are made aware that we have collected any Personal Information from children under the age of 18, and are asked to delete such information from our databases, we will promptly do so.
If you access the Website from outside of the United States, information that we collect about you will be transferred to servers inside the United States, which may involve the transfer of information out of your country of origin. By allowing us to collect information about you, you consent to such transfer and processing of your data.
By choosing to visit our Website or provide information to us, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the law of the State of Maryland. You also agree to abide by any limitation on damages contained in our Terms of Use, or other agreement that we have with you.
We may occasionally amend this Privacy Policy to reflect CMMC-AB activities and user feedback, and we reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. The use of your information is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of use. The provisions contained in this Privacy Policy supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our privacy practices with respect to our Website. Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. We encourage you to check frequently to see the current Privacy Policy to be informed of how CMMC-AB is committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our Website to enhance your experience.