The information available on this site is managed by U.A. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 286 (hereinafter “UA Local 286”).

When you share information with us, we want you to be clear how we’re using information and the ways in which you can protect your privacy. Our Privacy Policy explains:

• What information we collect and why we collect it.
• How we use that information.
• The choices we offer, including how to access and update information.

We’ve tried to keep it as simple as possible, please do take the time to get to know our practices – and if you have any questions contact us.

Please note: This site links to other websites. UA Local 286 is not responsible for the privacy policies of these sites, which may be different from ours.

Information we collect

• Information you give us When you do, we'll ask for personal information, like your name, email address, telephone number or credit card, which may include your photo.
• Information we get from your use of our services We may collect information about the work that you do and how you perform.

How we use information we collect
We use the information we collect from all of our services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect UA Local 286 and our users. When you contact us, we may keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements. We may combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other services. We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy.

Accessing and updating your personal information
Whenever you use our services, we aim to provide you with access to your personal information. If that information is wrong, we strive to give you ways to update it quickly, unless we have to keep that information for legitimate business or legal purposes. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request. We may reject requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, risk the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical. Where we can provide information access and correction, we will do so for free, except where it would require a disproportionate effort. We aim to maintain our services in a manner that protects information from accidental or malicious destruction.

Information we share
We do not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of the UA Local 286 family and partnerships unless one of the following circumstances apply:

• With your consent We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of the UA Local 286 family and partnerships when we have your consent to do so. We require your consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
• For external processing We provide personal information to our affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
• For legal reasons We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of UA Local 286 if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
• meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request.
• enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations.
• detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
• protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of others, our users or the public as required or permitted by law.

We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information publicly and with our partners – like publishers, advertisers or connected sites. For example, we may share information publicly to show trends about the general use of our services. Information security We work hard to protect us and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold. In particular:

• We review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorized access to systems.
• We restrict access to personal information to employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

Enforcement
We regularly review our compliance with our Privacy Policy. When we receive a formal written complaint, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up. We work with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that we cannot resolve with our users directly.

Changes to the Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page.

This Privacy Policy does not supersede the Terms & Conditions. Any conflict between this Policy and the Terms & Conditions will be resolved in favor of the Terms & Conditions. UA Local 286 reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time. Any changes to this Policy will be effective upon posting.