Statement of Privacy
The RP Group is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that provides you with the most powerful and secure online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to The RP Group website and social media accounts, and governs data collection and usage. By using The RP Group website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of Your Personal Information
The RP Group collects personally identifiable information, including your name, place of employment, job title, and email address.
The RP Group also automatically collects information about your computer hardware and software, which may include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. The RP Group uses this information to operate the website, maintain its quality, and provide general statistics regarding the use of its website.
Please note that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The RP Group’s public message boards, such as the RP listserv or social media pages, this information may be collected and used by others.
The RP Group encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from The RP Group so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. The RP Group is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of The RP Group and The RP Group’s website.
Use of Your Personal Information
The RP Group collects and uses your personal information to operate The RP Group website and deliver the services you have requested. The RP Group also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The RP Group and its affiliates. The RP Group may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
The RP Group may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In addition, The RP Group may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you emails, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The RP Group, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The RP Group does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
The RP Group tracks the websites and pages our customers visit to determine which services and/or resources are the most popular. These data are used to deliver customized and promotional content within The RP Group to customers whose behavior indicates interest in a particular subject area.
The RP Group website will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The RP Group website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The RP Group; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The RP Group website.
Use of Cookies
The RP Group website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a website server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the website server that you have returned to a specific page. A cookie helps The RP Group website recall your specific information on subsequent visits and simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same RP Group website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use The RP Group website features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of The RP Group’s website or other websites you visit.
Security of Your Personal Information
The RP Group secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The RP Group secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to This Statement
The RP Group will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The RP Group encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The RP Group is protecting your information.
Contact Information
The RP Group welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The RP Group has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the organization at communications@rpgroup.org. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly identify and resolve the issue.
Last updated February 16, 2026.