United Trades Association

United Trades Association ("UTA", "we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows:

Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, date of birth and gender.
Contact Data: includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
Financial Data: includes bank account and payment card details.
Transaction Data: includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Marketing and Promotional Communications: To send you information about special offers, discounts, upcoming events, training opportunities, new services, and other promotional materials that may be of interest to you (with your consent where required by law).
Event Notifications: To inform you about industry events, trade shows, networking opportunities, and UTA-sponsored activities.

You can opt out of marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails, replying STOP to text messages, or contacting us directly at [email protected].

3. SMS/Text Message Communications (A2P 10DLC Compliance)

By providing your phone number to United Trades Association, you consent to receive text messages (SMS/MMS) from us regarding:

Membership updates and account notifications
Project opportunities and assignments
Training alerts and continuing education
Marketing promotions, special offers, and member discounts
Upcoming events, trade shows, and networking opportunities
Industry news and advocacy updates

Message and data rates may apply.

Consent and Opt-In

You provide consent to receive messages when you:

Submit a contact form on our website with your phone number.
Register for membership or an account.
Explicitly opt-in via a keyword or checkbox.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Opt-Out

You can opt-out of receiving text messages from us at any time by replying STOP to any message you receive from us. You may also contact us at [email protected] to request to be removed from our SMS list.

Help

If you need assistance, reply HELP to any message you receive from us, or contact our support team at [email protected].

4. Cookie & Tracking Practices

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
Marketing Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

Third-Party Tracking

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website, including:

Google Analytics: A web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.
Facebook Pixel: A tracking tool that helps us measure the effectiveness of our advertising and understand user actions on our website.
CRM Integration: We use customer relationship management tools that may track your interactions with our website and communications.

Managing Cookies

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, to object to processing, to portability of data and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: