MD GFOA Privacy Statement

Commitment to Privacy

The Maryland Government Finance Officers Association ("MDGFOA") has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.

Security Measures

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control by contracting with Bank of America to provide various security measures to protect personal information used in credit card transactions. Encryption is utilized by Bank of America to prevent data from being understood by an unintended party, and to insure that data was not altered in transit. This web site does not employ "Cookies," which could potentially allow a website to track information about browsing habits during multiple visits to a website.

E-mail Address

Our site’s registration form requires you, the user, to enter certain information, such as your name and e-mail address. We retain the content of your e-mail, e-mail address, and our response so that we can more efficiently handle any follow-up questions that you may have. In addition, your e-mail address helps us identify you and your needs, and also it may used to gather demographic and survey information.

Other personal information/Payments over the Internet

In addition, we require you to include your other personal information, such as your credit card number. MDGFOA does not release that information to other parties, except in the event we are required to do it by law or as a part of a MDGFOA contract. For example, MDGFOA is currently under a contract with Bank of America, an entity that provides various mechanisms enabling secure credit card payments over the Internet.

On-line surveys

In the event we send on-line surveys, we may ask you for your contact information, such as your e-mail address. This information is not sold or made public.

Other sites

This site contains links to other sites. MDGFOA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other web sites. These links are provided as an information service only.

Parent Approval

MDGFOA’s web site does not accept or request information from children - we do not have any means of age identification. We do not collect online or offline contact information without prior parental consent. In the event we receive unsolicited online information without prior parental consent, that information will only be used to respond directly to the child’s request and will not be used for any other purposes.

Electronic Registration

As you may be aware, MDGFOA provides certain users with the opportunity to renew or update their membership, make legal name changes, and query active memberships. Certain information is made public as displayed on our web site.

You can send mail to the following postal address:

Maryland Government Finance Officers Association
7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 215E
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

In addition, you may call the following telephone number: (301) 718-9754.

Contacting the Web Site:

If you have questions or comments with regard to the MDGFOA web site, please contact our Webmaster.