The Accelerate Group is committed to promoting and protecting the privacy rights of individuals. It is the policy of The Accelerate Group, in its role as Policy+Innovation Coordination Group (PICG) Project Coordinator, to limit the collection of personal information and to safeguard the privacy of personal information collected or maintained by the The Accelerate Group on this website.

The Accelerate Group follows these principles in collecting and managing personal information on this website:

The Accelerate Group collects personal information on individuals only as allowed by law. The Accelerate Group limits the collection of personal information to what is relevant and necessary to accomplish the conduct of the PICG effort under the law. Personal information, as defined in the State of California Information Practices Act, is information that identifies or describes an individual including, but not limited to, name, Social Security number, physical description, home address, home telephone number, education, financial matters and medical or employment history.

The Accelerate Group does not collect home, business or e-mail addresses, or account information from persons who simply browse our Internet website. The information that the The Accelerate Group automatically collects includes the domain name or Internet Protocol address that relates to the machine used to access the website, the type of browser and operating system used, the date and time when the website is visited, web pages displayed, and any forms that are uploaded. Such electronically collected information is exempt from requests made under the Public Records Act.

The Accelerate Group may use session cookies in some areas of this website to improve the overall usability of the site. Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, often without your knowledge, while visiting certain sites on the Internet used to identify your computer. For example, cookies are used by some sites to greet you personally, to post a list of your favorite books to purchase, to remember what you had in your shopping basket the last time you visited. On this website, a temporary cookie may be placed on your computer for certain applications such as online complaint forms which can be sent electronically. The session cookies are used to facilitate the interaction between you and the fields in the form. The cookies are not used to collect or store information about you and do not track you if you return to our website. The cookie is temporary and will be deleted when you exit your browser. You can prevent cookies from being placed on your computer by accessing your browser's preferences menu and deleting existing cookies. There also are commercial programs available to help you manage cookies. Before taking such steps, you should be aware that some websites may not work properly if you choose to block the placement of cookies on your computer. You will need to decide whether enabling cookies outweigh privacy concerns.

The Accelerate Group strives in each instance to tell people who provide personal information to The Accelerate Group the purpose for which the information is collected. At the time of collection, we also strive to tell persons who are asked to provide personal information about the general uses that we will make of that information.

The Accelerate Group uses personal information only for the specified purposes, or purposes consistent with those purposes, unless The Accelerate Group gets the consent of the subject of the information, or unless authorized by law or regulation.

The Accelerate Group uses information security safeguards. The Accelerate Group takes reasonable precautions to protect the personal information on individuals collected or maintained by The Accelerate Group against loss, unauthorized access, use, modification, or disclosure. The Accelerate Group has security measures in place to protect against loss, unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure of the information under its control. Information that is located with The Accelerate Group is protected by various security measures which may include the following: On our Web sites, The Accelerate Group uses encryption software to protect the security of individuals' personal information during transmission of such information throughout The Accelerate Group websites. Personal information is stored in secure locations. Our staff is trained on procedures for the management and release of personal information, and access to personal information is limited to those staff whose work requires it.

This policy is effective July 28, 2020. Please note that our Privacy Policy reflects The Accelerate Group's current business practices and changes will be reflected on the website.

The Accelerate Group will provide additional information on our privacy policy if requested. If you have further questions, comments, or complaints about The Accelerate Group's privacy policy or policy compliance, you may contact us at:

The Accelerate Group
PICG@theaccelerategroup.com