Privacy Policy

The Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) has created this
privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to
privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and
dissemination practices for the web site:

www.benthos.org


Personal Information

The forms used on this web site require visitors and participants to
provide contact, biographic, demographic and payment information when
applying for membership, renewing membership or otherwise
participating in the SFS web site.

Participants' contact information is used to contact the participants
when necessary.

Please be aware that due to the nature of this scientific meeting web
site, personal information (most usually contact information for
papers, presentations and organizers) is likely to appear in the
day-to-day functioning of this site such as as well as corollary publications.


Links to Other Sites

This site contains links to other sites. The North American
Benthological Society is not responsible for the privacy practices or
the content of such web sites.


Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control. Online access to
membership records, including address information, is available to
the North American Benthological Society and The Schneider Group,
Inc. and is password-protected via encrypted, secure internet connections.


Choice/Opt-Out

This site gives members the following options for removing their
information from the mailing/contact list. The same contacts can be
used to change or modify information previously provided.
    * You can send e-mail to info@benthos.org.
    * You can send mail to the following postal address:
    * SFS Member Servcies
    * 5400 Bosque Blvd., Suite 680
    * Waco, TX 76710 USA
    * You can call the following telephone number: +1 254-776-3550
    * You can send a fax to: +1 254-776-3767


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
SFS Member Services aka The Schneider Group, Inc. at the address below.

info@benthos.org