Privacy Policy

Who this policy covers

The National Bankruptcy Conference (the “Conference”) is a voluntary, non-partisan organization of bankruptcy judges, scholars and practitioners. This policy describes how the Conference handles information collected through this website, nbconf.org.

Information you give us

You can read this site without telling us anything about yourself. We receive personal information only when you choose to send it:

• Requests for technical assistance. The request form asks for your name, your email address, the office or organization you are writing on behalf of, and your message.
• Email. Anything you send to an address published on this site, including the message and the address you send it from.
• Conferee accounts. If you are a member with access to the members-only area, we hold the account details needed to sign you in.
• Questions put to the library. The text of the questions and searches you enter in Ask the Library and the Document Archive.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, ours keeps standard server records of each visit: the IP address the request came from, the browser and device type, the pages requested, and the date and time. These records are used to keep the site running, to diagnose faults, and to protect it from abuse.

The site sets cookies and similar browser storage only for things it cannot work without — keeping you signed in to the members-only area and remembering the choices you make while you browse. It does not use advertising cookies and does not track you across other websites.

How the information is used

• To answer your request or your message, and to follow up on it.
• To give conferees access to members-only material.
• To return answers and documents from the library, and to understand which questions the library is being asked so that it can be improved.
• To maintain the security, integrity and availability of the site.

Ask the Library and AI

Ask the Library answers questions from the Conference’s own published documents. To produce an answer, the text of your question is sent to the third-party service that provides the underlying language model, together with passages from those documents. Do not enter confidential, privileged or client information in the library’s search or question boxes.

When information is shared

The Conference does not sell personal information and does not share it for anyone else’s marketing.

Information is shared only:

• with the service providers who host this site, deliver its email, and provide the search and language services described above, and only so that they can perform those functions for us;
• with the officers or committee members to whom your request or message is directed; and
• where the law requires it, or where it is necessary to protect the rights or safety of the Conference or others.

How long it is kept

Correspondence and requests are kept for as long as they are useful to the work they relate to, and then deleted. Server records are kept for a short period for security and diagnostic purposes. Account records are kept while the account is active.

Your choices

You can ask for a copy of the personal information the Conference holds about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask for it to be deleted. Write to the Administrative Director at ccschnapp@nbconf.org and we will respond as promptly as we can. You can also ask us to stop contacting you at any time.

Security

The site is served over an encrypted connection and access to the information collected through it is limited to the people who need it. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children

This site is intended for a professional audience. It is not directed to children under 13, and the Conference does not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Links to other sites

The library links to documents and pages held elsewhere, including on congressional and court websites. This policy does not apply to those sites, and the Conference is not responsible for their privacy practices.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or about information the Conference holds, go to the Administrative Director at ccschnapp@nbconf.org. Other ways to reach the Conference are on the Contact page.