Effective November 1, 2025
This Privacy Policy is an agreement between you and the I.A.T.S.E. National Benefit Funds (“I.A.T.S.E. Funds” “we,” or “us”) and is governed by and incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions, set forth separately on this website.
By using our website (Site), you accept and consent to the practices described in this policy, as updated and amended from time to time. If, for any reason, you do not agree to the terms of this policy, please stop using the Site immediately. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, which amendment will be posted on this Site. Please periodically review Site to see the controlling version of the Policy. By continuing to use this Site after we post an amended version, you thereby acknowledge, agree and consent to such amendment.
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
We respect your privacy. We are committed to protecting any personal identifying information about you including any of the following: (1) first and last name; (2) physical address, including without limitation a street name and name of a city or town; (3) e-mail address; (4) telephone or fax number; or (5) any other identifier that permits a specific individual to be contacted ("Personal Information") that you provide to us. We have created this Privacy Policy (this "Policy") to explain what information we collect about you and what we do with it. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time and without notice, but we will post any new policy here. By using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by this Policy or any modified or substituted policy as posted, and agree to the collection of your Personal Information as described herein. If you have any questions regarding this Policy, please contact us by telephone at 212-580-9092, or by email at nationalbenefitfunds@iatsenbf.org. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use or visit our Site.
We will do our best to keep the personal information we maintain secure. However, no program is totally secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will prevent every attempt at unauthorized access or use, or the disclosure of any Personal Information. If you become aware of a security breach, please notify us immediately at nationalbenefitfunds@iatsenbf.org.
Please note that this website Privacy Policy is separate and apart from the I.A.T.S.E National Health & Welfare Fund’s Privacy Notice pursuant to the privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), posted separately on the Site.
What Personal Information We Collect and How It Is Used
We do not collect your Personal Information on this website unless you voluntarily provide it to us. In general, you can visit our Site without providing us with any Personal Information. However, to use certain features of our Site, such as online benefits payments, you must provide us with information such as your name, email address, street address, and credit card information. We generally collect this information on our registration forms when you choose to sign up to receive services from or participate in certain aspects of our Site, such as online benefits payments. The Funds do not store credit card information.
We may also collect information from optional online surveys, such as age, gender, and income level. We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 18 years of age, and reserve the right to reject any Personal Information submitted by (and to refuse certain services or access to certain Site features to) anyone known to us to be under 18 years of age. By using this site you represent that you are at least age 18.
We collect IP addresses, browser types and anonymous demographic information (such as ZIP codes), and may use this data for system administration, troubleshooting, and to examine overall traffic trends.
We use Personal Information you provide to us to provide you with information about us and some of our partners and third party companies in which you have expressed an interest, to contact you when necessary, to provide you with services you have selected or are eligible for, and to administer the I.A.T.S.E. Funds’ plans of benefits. We also use Personal Information to process benefits payments via credit card (including through third party credit card processors) when you choose to participate in that program and to verify your identity.
Additionally, we may disclose your Personal Information when required or permitted by law.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small summary text file that is stored by your mobile phone (e.g., iPhone or Android) or by your browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Safari or Firefox). Cookies allow a website to store some information about users, allowing the website to recognize a user and respond appropriately.
Our Site utilizes cookies to ensure basic functionality for authenticated users, including but not limited to initiating and terminating valid sessions. Our Site may use cookies to collect anonymous usage statistics to track site utilization. Identifiable visitor usage information may also be stored in internal log files. We use this information to troubleshoot issues, improve our online services, and for analytical purposes, such as analyzing trends, administering the Site, tracking user movements and gathering broad demographic information.
Registration
Users do not have to register to use the public pages of our Site. You are required to register in order to enter the participant, local, or employer portals.
Links to Other Websites
Our site contains links that lead to other websites. If you click on these links IATSE National Benefit Funds is not held responsible for your data and privacy protection. Visiting those websites is not governed by this privacy policy agreement. Make sure to read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to from our website.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Changes will be posted on this site.