GEAO Privacy Guidelines

The Global Enterprise Architecture Organisation (GEAO) is committed to protecting your privacy. The following guidelines explain what personal information we ask for and why, how we use and protect it, under what circumstances it may be disclosed by us, and how you can correct or change it. Any changes to these guidelines will be posted on this website.

What personal information is collected

This site logs IP addresses, pages accessed, and information about your computer, such as the browser and operating system. We collect personal information about you when you apply to become a member, request certain products or services, or otherwise contact or do business with us. When you apply at this site to become a member of GEAO, we ask for your name, address, other contact information, employment information and educational background. As an organisation of Enterprise Architecture professionals, GEAO requires this information to determine your level and qualifications for membership. The membership application at this site also requires credit card information for payment of membership fees and subscriptions.

How we use your personal information

The information we collect is used to serve you better. It is also used to provide you with membership services, including the processing of membership applications and renewals, and maintaining accurate membership records. We may also use this information to provide you with information about services, training and events that we believe you may be interested in.

What happens if you do not provide this information

If you do not provide the information required, we may be unable to process your membership application or provide membership services or other information to you.

How we protect your information

We have security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse and / or alteration of the Information under our control, including firewalls, password protections and other security mechanisms within our database.

Who we disclose information to

Information held by us may be disclosed to the following parties for the following purposes: We will confirm your membership of GEAO to members of the public and to other professional bodies upon request. We may provide information to our suppliers and business partners to enable additional membership services or other information to be provided to you. You must notify us if you do not wish this information to be disclosed. We may incorporate some information into aggregate (ie. not individual) reports, which may be used by us or by our business partners to review statistics or analyse trends. These reports will not include any personally identifiable information.

We also provide membership information to other members. Members will be able to see the names of other GEAO members, and get additional information about a member where that member has indicated in their profile what other information they want to "publish" (ie. disclose) to the other members.

How you can update or correct your information

You can contact us at any time to obtain access to and update or correct any personal information held by us, or request that you be removed from any of our mailing lists.