Introduction

The Retirement Board of Allegheny County (RBAC) respects your privacy and is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Our Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect and use the personal information you provide to us. When you visit and navigate our site, we will not collect personal information about you unless you provide us that information voluntarily. By “personal information,” we mean data that is unique to an individual. We take appropriate physical, electronic, and other security measures to help safeguard personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.

Information collection and use

We may use any email address you provide to send you periodic information and updates from the RBAC, but we will never provide or sell your contact information to another party.

This website automatically collects your IP address when you visit it, without you doing anything at all. Your IP address tells us both your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the general geographic location from which you are connecting. Your IP address is used internally for security reasons.

As always by virtue of your participation in the overall Retirement Plan of Allegheny County, the information is used by the Retirement System and its board, agents and service providers to manage the pension system on behalf of all members and retirees.

Cookies

This website may store a small file, or a “cookie,” on your computer to improve your experience while navigating and utilizing the resources of our website. These cookies contain no personally identifiable information, and are only used to identify one unique website visitor from another and to improve the quality of the information and services offered through this site. The RBAC collects this information, but never sells or enters into any arrangement to provide this information to a third party. You may choose to delete or decline cookies by changing your browser settings, although if you do so, some of the features or services of our website may not function properly.

Emails and Texts

This website may send you emails and texts for additional verification and validation. Personal data, including but not limited to phone numbers and emails submitted to RBAC for use with emails and text messaging originator opt-in and consent will not be shared with any third parties or used for promotional purposes.

Third party links

This website includes links or references to third party websites that are not controlled or maintained by RBAC. Links to other sites are provided merely as a convenience to users. These third party websites are not maintained or endorsed by the RBAC, and RBAC is not responsible for the accuracy, content, information, security or Privacy Policy of any external website. RBAC does not bear any responsibility for the content of other sites or make any representations or warranties with respect to any information on other sites. RBAC is not responsible for any damages or injuries arising from the contents of other sites.

Changes to our Terms of Use and Online Privacy Policy

The RBAC reserves the right to change this Terms of Use and Online Privacy Policy without advance notice. However, this web page always will feature RBAC’s current Terms of Use and Online Privacy Policy