Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
The Brookmont Civic League ("we," "our," or "us") values the privacy of our residents and website visitors. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
2. What Information Do We Collect?
We collect two types of information from our specific visitors and users:
Non-personal Information: We collect un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to a user ("Non-personal Information"). We do not know the identity of the user from which the Non-personal Information was collected. This may include your IP address, browser type, and time spent on specific pages.
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Personal Information: We collect individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual. This includes:
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Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and street address (collected when you join the league, sign up for newsletters, or fill out a contact form).
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Payment Information: If you pay dues or donate, we collect payment details. Note: We typically utilize third-party payment processors (such as PayPal or Stripe) and do not store full credit card numbers on our own servers.
3. How Do We Collect Information?
We collect information in two main ways:
Information you provide voluntarily: When you register for membership, sign up for our email list, purchase event tickets, or send us a message through a contact form.
Information collected automatically: When you access our website, we may receive and record information from your browser, including your IP address and cookie data.
4. Why Do We Collect Such Information?
We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:
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To provide and operate the services (e.g., processing your membership).
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To provide our users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support.
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To be able to contact our visitors and users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages (such as the Brookmont Community Newsletter).
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To create aggregated statistical data which we may use to provide and improve our respective services.
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To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
5. How Do We Store, Use, Share, and Disclose Information?
Our company is hosted on the [Insert Host Name, e.g., Wix, WordPress, Squarespace] platform. Your data may be stored through their data storage, databases, and general applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
Third-Party Services: We may share your data with third-party service providers (such as payment gateways or email marketing platforms like Mailchimp) only to the extent necessary for them to perform their services for us. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
6. Cookies and Tracking Tools
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information.
Session Cookies: To operate our service.
Preference Cookies: To remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies: For security purposes. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
7. Communications
We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, or to send updates about our organization. For these purposes, we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.
Opt-Out: You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us directly.
8. Privacy Policy Updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.