Note: Required for new members, not shown for renewing members. It is optional for administrators signing up on behalf of a member, as the member will still need to agree to the statement.
In accordance with international privacy regulations, new members must certify that they have read the Privacy Policy and they must agree to have their personal data stored and processed in the USA; to receive transactional messages from the organization (such as payment confirmation notices); and to share their personal data with third parties for the official business of the organization, such as for credit card processing (see Compliance).
If they do not agree, they will not be permitted to continue the sign-up process. If they do agree, the screen will be updated to show at least one and possibly two additional questions:
Members also may receive general purpose emails from the organization, such as newsletters, event notices, etc. They have the option to receive or decline these important emails.
Some organizations may display a third question. This question deals with sharing member personal information with third parties for marketing or other purposes. Members have the option to be included in this data sharing.
This third question is defined on the Privacy Options page. On this page, organizations can also enter custom text to be shown as part of this question, perhaps explaining how and why personal data is shared for marketing or other purposes.