Effective Date: Feb. 1, 2024 (updated 12/2025)
Introduction
The American College of Cardiology and American College of Cardiology Foundation (collectively referred to herein as “ACC” or “we” or “us” or “our”) is committed to responsible information handling practices. This Privacy Notice describes how we collect, use, share and otherwise process the information we collect on the sites (as defined herein). This Privacy Notice applies to learnacc.org and each sub-domain associated with this URL) (collectively, the “Sites”).
Changes to the Privacy Policy
As ACC, its membership, products, and services may change from time to time, this Privacy Notice is expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Notice at any time, for any reason. We will notify you as required by law, and indicate the date of the last revision to the Privacy Notice.
Information We Collect
We collect personally identifiable information when you voluntarily disclose it to us. This information may include your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, social security number, credit card information, and other information that identifies you personally. We also collect information about your use of the Sites, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and the pages you visit.
How We Use Personal Information
We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and improve our Sites and services, to communicate with you, to process transactions, to send you marketing or promotional materials (where permitted), and to comply with legal obligations.
Sharing of Personal Information
We may share your personal information with third parties only in the ways described in this Privacy Notice, or with your consent. We may share information with trusted service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, and customer service. We require these third parties to agree to keep this information confidential and to use it only for the purposes we specify.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and to improve your experience on the Sites. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, but some parts of our Sites may not function properly if you do so.
Your Consent
In various places on the Sites, when we ask for your consent to collect and use your personal data, you will be asked to “accept” or “deny” such collection or use. You may withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain services to you.
International Data Transfers
Please be aware that the personal data we collect may be transferred to and maintained on servers or databases located outside your state, province, country, or other jurisdiction, where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your location. If you are located outside of the United States, please be advised that we may process and store personal data in the United States.
Your Rights
You have a right to the following:
- To request access to your personal data held by ACC;
- To request that we correct or erase your personal data;
- To request that we restrict or block the processing of your personal data;
- Under certain circumstances, to receive your personal data held by ACC and have such data transmitted to a third party without hindrance from us, including requesting that we provide your personal data directly to another, i.e., a right to data portability; and
- Where we previously obtained your consent, to withdraw consent to processing your personal data.
To exercise these rights, contact us via the “Contact” section below. Please be aware that ACC may be unable to afford these rights to you under certain circumstances, such as if we are legally prevented from doing so. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint against us. To do so, contact the supervisory authority in your country of residence.
Retention of Personal Information
We retain the Personal Information we collect from you for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the information was collected and as outlined in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, or until you request that we remove the information by contacting us via the “Contact” section below. The criteria used to determine the period of storage of Personal Information is the respective statutory retention period or as set forth in ACC’s Document Retention Policy. After expiration of that period, the corresponding information is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or process or enforce any of our agreements.
Third-Party Advertisers
We may contract with third-party advertisers who post advertisements on the site, which may link to other websites that are not under our control. These third-party advertisers may use cookie technology to measure the effectiveness of their ads or may otherwise collect personally-identifiable information from you when you leave our site. We are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials offered from such third-party advertisers. Transactions that occur between you and the third-party are strictly between you and the third-party and are not our responsibility. You should review the privacy policy of any third-party advertiser, as its policy may differ from ours.
Data Security
We use commercially reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of Personal Information. Furthermore, our internal practices help protect your privacy by limiting access to and use of Personal Information only to employees, agents, or third parties who need the data to operate, develop, or improve our services as set forth in this Privacy Notice.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, despite our reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, ACC cannot guarantee or warrant the security of the Personal Information you transmit to us, or to or from our online site.
Certain areas of the site may require the use of a user ID and password as an additional security measure that helps protect your Personal Information. To help you protect your privacy, these Sites have tools to help you log in and log out.
Digital Advertising & Analytics
We may partner with ad networks and other ad serving providers (“Advertising Providers”) that serve ads on our behalf and others’ on non-affiliated platforms. Some of those ads may be personalized, meaning that they are intended to be relevant to you based on information Advertising Providers collect about your use of the site and other sites or apps over time, including information about relationships among different browsers and devices. This type of advertising is known as interest-based advertising.
We adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles in connection with this interest-based advertising activity. You may visit www.aboutads.info to learn more about this type of advertising and how to opt-out of this advertising on websites by companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) self-regulatory program. If you delete your cookies or use a different browser or mobile device, you may need to renew your opt-out choices exercised through the DAA tool. Note that electing to opt-out will not stop advertising from appearing in your browser or applications. It may make the ads you see less relevant to your interests. Additionally, your browser may offer tools to limit the use of cookies or to delete cookies; however, if you use these tools, our site may not function as intended.
We may also work with third parties that collect data about your use of the site over time for non-advertising purposes. We use Google Analytics and other third-party services to improve the performance of the Sites and for analytics and marketing purposes. For more information about how Google Analytics collects and uses data when you use our Sites, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and to opt-out of Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
About This Privacy Notice
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice, please contact the ACC Member Care, in its current role as data controller for the ACC, using the contact information detailed below:
American College of Cardiology Foundation
Member Care/Data Protection Officer
2400 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone (Toll free in US/Canada): (800) 253-4636 x5603
Telephone (outside of US/Canada): (202) 375-6000 x5603
privacy@acc.org
If at any time you believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Notice or you have a complaint regarding the way your Personal Information is being handled, please contact us. Disputes under this Privacy Notice will be resolved by the ACC, who will use reasonable efforts to promptly investigate and, if necessary, to correct any problem.
Last Updated: December 2025