Welcome to PMCTrack! Your privacy is important to us. Please read this policy carefully, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding its contents or concerns about the use of your information:
Lisa Faust, Lincoln Park Zoo
LFaust@lpzoo.org
Phone 312-742-7227
Lincoln Park Zoo and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) reserve the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time for any reason. If this occurs, you will be prompted to Accept the policy at your next login to the site.
This site (www.pmctrack.org) is administered and maintained by Lincoln Park Zoological Society, 2001 North Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614, USA, for the benefit of zoo and aquarium population management programs of the AZA. The site was developed in collaboration between Lincoln Park Zoo (LPZ), AZA’s Population Management Center (PMC) based at LPZ, and AZA.
The site collates data from:
All data are used to monitor and understand the AZA cooperative management system with an ultimate goal of developing sustainable animal populations.
A select group of authorized users has access, via secure login, to the data on this site. Each user has restricted access based on their institution and the role they serve in the AZA cooperative management system. The viewable access levels and associated data subsets are:
AZA encourages participation in PMCTrack because it enhances the ability to use PMCTrack data to improve the AZA cooperative management system in the long-term and, ultimately, will enhance the sustainability of animal populations.
We will never share your personal information (e.g. contact information) with other organizations. Information collected by us or submitted during registration or use of this site is only for the purpose of maintaining this site and the material contained on it and for internal purposes including customer support, website administration, and feedback purposes.
Data submitted by or on behalf of a participating institution in PMCTrack surveys will be maintained confidentially and will be accessible by that participating institution (through their IR/IL), the relevant Program Leader, TAG Chair, and APM Liaison, and the AZA, PMC, and RMC. It will not be viewable by other institutions’ Institutional Liaisons or Institutional Representatives.
Data collected from AZA’s public website (Breeding and Transfer Plans) and from the Studbooks will be restricted to relevant Program Leaders, TAG Chairs, and APM Liaisons, and the AZA, PMC, and RMC.
Data summaries and scientific publications based on the full dataset (across all AZA programs) will maintain anonymity of institutions and specific programs (SSPs, TAGs, etc.) unless permission is specifically requested from the relevant parties.
AZA and AZA Board-Level Committees and Scientific Advisory Groups working on its behalf may analyze and act upon PMCTrack data to improve the cooperative management system. The RMC may utilize summarized data from PMCTrack for Reproductive Viability Analyses.
Requests to the PMC for summarized output from PMCTrack by interested parties will be handled on a case-by-case basis. For any requests for data exports, Lincoln Park Zoo and AZA will require review of a brief project proposal or description of planned data use. Lincoln Park Zoo and AZA may request closer involvement in the research project and/or review of any manuscripts depending on the complexity of the data processing or interpretation. If exports are provided, the interested party will sign a user agreement that conforms to the above policy about maintaining anonymity of institutions and specific programs unless specifically requested from the relevant parties.
PMCTrack uses generally accepted, industry-standard security systems, software, and encryption technologies to protect against unauthorized access to PMCTrack servers, equipment, and other components of our online presence. This includes using industry-standard security systems to authenticate users on login, preventing unauthorized access to other user’s data based on the roles as described in Participation & Access.
Users are encouraged to establish a password and to change that password regularly. Users should not provide their account information or password to anyone other than Authorized Users on their account. When accessing information online, users should sign off when finished using a shared computer and always log out of any Web site after viewing Personal Information.
As a part of authenticating users, PMCTrack uses session "cookies." Session cookies are small files that are stored on a user's computer for the duration of their session on a web site. PMCTrack also uses a persistent cookie to store user acceptance of this privacy policy. A persistent cookie remains on a user’s PC after their session ends. PMCTrack’s use of cookies is exclusively for maintaining a user’s session and storing the privacy policy acceptance. PMCTrack does not collect any behavioral or navigation data. Once you log out of the site and close your browser, the session cookie is deleted unless you opt to have the site “remember you.” In this case, a cookie remains stored on your machine to allow PMCTrack to “remember” your user ID. The persistent cookie will remain on your computer until it is deleted.
In addition to PMCTrack’s use of cookies, the web site implements Google Analytics to enable us to better understand how the site is being used. For more information on how Google uses cookies and any data collected about your online behavior, please refer to their privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/privacy-policy.html. You may configure your browser not to accept cookies, but if you do so, you will not be able to access PMCTrack.