A CPO® has made a professional, educational and financial investment in BCPO certification. In order to maintain the integrity of BCPO certification, as well as the respect associated with the CPO® designation, BCPO is committed to established policies designed to protect that investment.

Non-Discrimination Policy
BCPO does not discriminate among applicants on the basis of age, gender, race, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

Religious Beliefs
Should a candidate desire to sit for an examination in which the date conflicts with religious beliefs in any way, BCPO recommends the candidate check the list of examination events at www.certifiedprofessionalorganizers.org for an alternate date or an alternate location with an examination scheduled on a conforming date. If an alternate date or location is not available, the candidate should notify SMT immediately.

Disabilities
BCPO provides special accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. If a disability prevents you from taking the examination under normal conditions, you may request special accommodations. You must submit along with your application form a written request for special accommodations that explains the nature of the disability and the type of accommodation you feel is appropriate. In addition, you must provide supporting documentation of the diagnosis from a licensed health care professional.

English as a Second Language
The CPO® examination is offered in English only. If English is not your primary language, BCPO recommends (but does not require) that candidates sit for the TOEFL® (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination prior to sitting for the CPO® examination. Your scores on the TOEFL will provide a useful gauge for you to ascertain whether reading and comprehending English will present problems for you on the CPO® examination. The TOEFL examination is offered at multiple locations both domestically and internationally throughout the year. More information is available at www.ets.org. For reasons of examination security, BCPO does not allow translation dictionaries in the examination room.

Contact Information Changes
CPOs and CPO® candidates are required to keep BCPO informed of updates to their contact information as a requirement of certification. CPOs must update their directory information on the CPO-Only section of this site. Changes to contact information for candidates must be submitted to SMT.

Privacy Policies

The Board of Certification for Professional Organizers (BCPO) has created these Privacy Policies in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices.

BCPO reserves the right to change these policies at any time by notifying users of the existence of a new privacy statement.

Collection of Data
BCPO does not collect personal data about individuals except when such individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis. Users should also be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of BCPO's Internet servers or through the use of "cookies."

Purpose of Processing
The personal data collected is used by BCPO and third parties acting on its behalf for customer administration and marketing-related purposes. If you do not wish to receive any direct marketing from BCPO, please inform us using the instructions below.

In some cases, such as to apply for the CPO® examination, BCPO does require the collection of home address and telephone numbers. It has been our experience that residential contact information is more constant than business contact information because of the mobility of professionals through their careers. This information is only used to contact individuals about upcoming examinations and training seminars.

BCPO will occasionally perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site. BCPO will provide only aggregated data from analyses to affiliated third parties. BCPO also uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our web site.

As BCPO is an organization based in the United States, your personal data will be collected and processed in the United States by BCPO and third parties acting on its behalf in accordance with and for the purposes set out in these Privacy Policies. If you do not wish your personal data to be handled in this way, please inform us using the instructions below.

Your Rights
BCPO is a certification organization and maintains information on those who possess its certifications or have expressed an interest in them. If you would like to see the information BCPO retains about you or would like to be removed from the BCPO database, please write to us at the address below. Be aware that if you possess any BCPO certification and request to be removed from its database, you will correspondingly lose your certification. In those cases when you want BCPO to provide a copy of the information held on you, BCPO may require the payment of an administration fee of $15. Additionally and upon your written request, BCPO will update/correct personal information previously submitted which you believe to be inaccurate. Requests regarding your personal information may be sent to:

BCPO
2494 Bayshore Blvd. Suite 201
Dunedin, FL 34698
(727) 734-9578 (fax)

Opt-Out
BCPO must maintain contact information on all certificants to communicate relational or transactional information. BCPO also sends promotional material promoting conferences, education opportunities, or other offerings. From time to time, BCPO collaborates with other organizations and companies to promote other programs that may be of interest to professional organizers and BCPO certificants. In such cases, BCPO does not provide these organizations with any mailing information or otherwise disclose any contact information but distributes the organization's information on its behalf to those who have elected to receive such information. If, at any time, you do not wish to receive marketing material, every marketing e-mail will include an opt-out link at the bottom, or you may notify BCPO in writing at the address below. This does not include opting-out of BCPO (meetings, newsletters, CEU notices) or transactional notices (called "official" communications.)

Third Parties
Occasionally, BCPO out-sources administration and other functions to contractors. In such cases, BCPO may provide these third parties with contact information for the sole purpose of performing BCPO-sanctioned tasks under the supervision of BCPO employees. These contractual relationships specifically address the manner in which they may use contact information and that they may not copy or disseminate that information or use it for any purpose other than that specified in the contract. Additionally, upon termination of the contract, they must return all information to BCPO and destroy any copies that they might possess.

BCPO Public Directory
As a service to the general public and BCPO certificants, BCPO publishes, on the public side of its web site, a public directory listing of certificate holders. Listing in this directory is entirely voluntary. Those who elect to be listed should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (e.g., user name, email address) on the CPO® Directory for the BCPO sites, such information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the Directory, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of BCPO.

URL Links
This site contains links to other sites. BCPO is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. Users should check the applicable privacy policy of such a party when providing personally identifiable information. In any event, users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal data (e.g. user name, email address) on the CPO® Directory for the BCPO sites, that such information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the Directory, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of BCPO.

CPO® Lists for Employers
Periodically, BCPO is asked by an employer to verify that those CPO® who are employed by their organization hold BCPO credentials. To that end, we provide names of those CPOs who list the requester as their employer. No information, other than name, is revealed, and it is provided only to the employer upon written request. If you are a CPO® and do not wish to be identified as such to your employer, do not list your employer in your contact information, as this is the information used to identify you for inclusion to such a list.

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Copyright and Trademarks
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Certified Professional Organizer, CPO, The Board of Certification for Professional Organizers and the CPO logo and type treatment, are either trademarks or registered trademarks of BCPO. Other product and company names mentioned on the Site may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Copyrights and Copyright Agents
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Limited Right to Use
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Indemnification
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Disclaimer and Limits of Liability
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Privacy Policies
Our Privacy Policies, as they may change from time to time, are a part of this Agreement.

Links to Other Websites
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Information and Press Releases
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Miscellaneous
This Website (excluding linked sites) is controlled by BCPO, with offices within the state of Florida, United States of America. By accessing this Website, you agree that the statutes and laws of the state of Florida, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles, will apply to all matters relating to the use of this Website and that any disputes arising hereunder will be decided in the courts of the State of Florida, including the federal courts therein. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of said courts, consent to extraterritorial service of process and hereby waive any jurisdictional or venue defenses otherwise available to you. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. The language in this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party. Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that anything in or associated with the Site is in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence. Our failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.