Privacy Policy

Current Concepts in Joint Replacement® (hereinafter “CCJR®”), CCJR®, The Hip Society, The Knee Society and The Knee Society are committed to protecting any personal information that you may provide to us. In particular, we believe it is important for you to know how we treat information about you that we may receive from this Website. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information CCJR® collects from visitors to this Website, what we do with this information and how visitors can update and control the use of information they provide on the Website. CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY understand how important our visitors’ privacy and safety are to them and respect each visitor’s privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY collect, use, and safeguards information on www.hipsoc.org, invoices, registrations, attendee profiles, and any other digital and print services and properties officially operated or used by CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY from time to time.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

As CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY , its programs and services change from time to time, this Privacy Policy may change as well. CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY Board of Directors reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason. The date of the last revision to the Privacy Policy will be indicated by the "Last updated" date at the bottom of this page. Any material changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated to our membership immediately.

Information We Collect

1. Personally Identifiable Information: We may collect information that identifies you (“Personally Identifiable Information”) when you interact and provide such information to CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY which includes but is not limited to, registering for an CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY event or program, purchasing CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY products or services, submitting educational proposals (i.e. abstracts, posters, etc.), requesting information, etc. The types of Personally Identifiable Information collected will vary based on the services offered, but may include, among other things, your name, address, phone number, birth date, gender, billing and delivery information, e-mail address, credit card information, educational background, participation in events and programs, and NPI identification number.

2. Non-Personal Data: We may also collect data that is not Personally Identifiable Information but may disclose other aspects of your browsing history or certain other information about you through the use of a variety of technologies, including, but not limited to, cookies, tags, beacons, Internet Protocol (IP) address tracking/URL tracking, and other tools. "Cookies" are pieces of code/text that gets placed on your computer when you browse our Sites. Cookies may be placed by us or thirdparty advertisers contracted by us. “Tags” and web beacons refer to code scripts that are primarily used to track visitors’ activities on our Sites by web analytics software. The types of non-personal data collected on our Site through the use of these, and other tools as CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY may add from time to time, may include: the search terms you used, new or returning user, browser information, computer type, operating system, internet service providers, website usage, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, number of clicks, ads viewed, etc.

How We Use and Share Personally Identifiable Information

Once collected, we may use your Personally Identifiable Information in a variety of ways including (but not limited to):

• Providing service communications such as invoices, reminders, order confirmations, program registrations, and customer service messages • Answering your emails, online requests, or correspondence

• Delivering and processing surveys

• Personalizing and improving the usability of CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY Web site

• Fulfilling and/or delivering CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY products and services

• Registration lists as described within this Policy • Sharing with third parties as required by law or to protect CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY as described within this Policy

• Sharing your email address as permitted under CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY Email Policy as described within this Policy

Registration Lists

Registration Lists will not include email addresses or sensitive information, such as credit card or financial information, unless you opt in to share your email address. Users may request their information be suppressed from Registration Lists by contacting CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY .

Sharing your Personally Identifiable Information to Fulfill Service Requests

When fulfilling service requests initiated by you, we may share your Personally Identifiable Information with certain third parties to fulfill the requests, if required.

Sharing Your Personally Identifiable Information When Legally Necessary or to Protect the CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY ’s interests

CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process served on CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY ; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY ; or (c) protect the personal safety of CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY members of the public in appropriate circumstances.

Sharing Your Personally Identifiable Information for Surveys

CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY does not provide CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY visitors’ contact information for survey distribution purposes.

Sharing Your Email Address

We do not distribute, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside of CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY . CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY neither will offer email addresses to third-parties or affiliates nor do we encourage or endorse visitors sharing CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY member directories with other organizations or individuals for any purpose.

How to Manage the Sharing of Your Personally Identifiable Information

You can manage your profile and email preferences, including opting out of email by contacting CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY . Visitors may direct CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY to exclude themselves from the following: • CCJR®, correspondence, such as CCJR® announcements

California Privacy Rights

In addition to the rights as explained in this Privacy Policy, under California’s "Shine the Light" law, California residents who provide personal information (as defined in the statute) in obtaining products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us once a calendar year information about the personal information we shared, if any, with other businesses for marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of personal information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared such personal information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g. requests made in 2013 will receive information about 2012). To obtain this information please write to us. Please include your full name, address, and CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY member number, if applicable.

General Data Protection Regulations (GDRP) – For Citizens of the European Union

In addition to the information provided in this Privacy Policy, as of May 25th, 2018 regulations in the European Union state that any organization the does business with citizens of the EU must provide information to them regarding what type of personal data we collect and how it is used. These regulations were designed to support privacy as a fundamental human right and to give individuals rights over how their personal data is processed or otherwise used. GDPR defines personal data as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”. For more details about these regulations you can visit www.eugdpr.org. To ensure that CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY maintains compliance with these regulations we provide our Privacy Policy to all EU citizens and request that they sign and return a consent form. Since the information CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY collect is vital to the services provided, any citizen of the EU that does not agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy will not be able to obtain or do business with CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY . GDPR also gives EU Citizens the right to be forgotten. Upon request, CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY must remove all personal data of said individual from our database (as well as any third-party data processing companies) within one month of notification.

User ID and password

Certain areas of CCJR® website site may require the use of a user ID, email address, or password as an additional security measure that helps protect your information. To help you protect your privacy, CCJR® site has tools to help you log in and log out.

Linking and Suggested Resources

This Privacy Policy applies solely to CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY , its database, and its electronic communications. You should be aware that www.CCJR.com contains links to other sites and these sites may contain privacy provisions that differ from this Privacy Policy. CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY is not responsible for the privacy policies of other sites. We recommend that you review the privacy statements of linked sites, applications, or other digital properties.

How you can access and change information

If you are a registered user of CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY site, you may review and update/correct your information directly on CCJR® website, www.CCJR.com, or by contacting us. Children We do not knowingly solicit data online from or market online to children. No Guarantee CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY takes every precaution to protect our information. We use SSL encryption to protect information online. We also do everything in our power to protect our database off-line. All information is restricted in our office. Our management team must use password-protected screens when they enter the database. The server on which we store personally identifiable information is kept in a secure environment. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, and despite our efforts, CCJR®, THE HIP SOCIETY, THE KNEE SOCIETY cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information transmitted. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us. Contact Us: For more information, please contact us at 847.698.1632 or ccjrmeetings@hip-knee.org Last updated: April 22, 2025