South Shore Astronomical Society is
committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you
the most powerful and safe online experience. This
Statement of Privacy applies to the South Shore Astronomical Society Web site
and governs data collection and usage. By using the
South Shore Astronomical Society website, you consent to the data practices
described in this statement. Collection of your Personal Information South Shore Astronomical Society
collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address,
name, home or work address or telephone number. South
Shore Astronomical Society also collects anonymous demographic information,
which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences,
interests and favorites. There is also information about your
computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by South Shore
Astronomical Society. This information can include:
your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web
site addresses. This information is used by South Shore
Astronomical Society for the operation of the service, to maintain
quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of
the South Shore Astronomical Society Web site. Please keep in mind that if you
directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive
data through South Shore Astronomical Society public message boards, this
information may be collected and used by others. Note:
South Shore Astronomical Society does not read any of your private online
communications. South Shore Astronomical Society
encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to
link to from South Shore Astronomical Society so that you can understand how
those Web sites collect, use and share your information. South
Shore Astronomical Society is not responsible for the privacy statements or
other content on Web sites outside of the South Shore Astronomical Society
and South Shore Astronomical Society family of Web sites. Use of your Personal Information South Shore Astronomical Society
collects and uses your personal information to operate the South Shore
Astronomical Society Web site and deliver the services you have requested. South Shore Astronomical Society also uses your
personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or
services available from South Shore Astronomical Society and its affiliates. South Shore Astronomical Society may also contact you
via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of
potential new services that may be offered. South Shore Astronomical Society
does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. South Shore Astronomical Society may, from time to time,
contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular
offering that may be of interest to you. In those
cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name,
address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, South Shore Astronomical Society may share
data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you
email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited
from using your personal information except to provide these services to
South Shore Astronomical Society, and they are required to maintain the
confidentiality of your information. South Shore Astronomical Society
does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race,
religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. South Shore Astronomical Society
keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within South Shore
Astronomical Society, in order to determine what South Shore Astronomical
Society services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within South Shore Astronomical Society to customers whose behavior indicates
that they are interested in a particular subject area. South Shore
Astronomical Society Web sites will disclose your personal information,
without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief
that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or
comply with legal process served on South Shore Astronomical Society or the
site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of South Shore
Astronomical Society; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of South Shore Astronomical Society, or the public. Use of Cookies The South Shore Astronomical Society
Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed
on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies
cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned
to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the
cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of
cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that
you have returned to a specific page. For example,
if you personalize South Shore Astronomical Society pages, or register with
South Shore Astronomical Society site or services, a cookie helps South Shore
Astronomical Society to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal
information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same South Shore Astronomical
Society Web site, the information you previously provided can
be retrieved, so you can easily use the South Shore Astronomical
Society features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or
decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline
cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline
cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the
interactive features of the South Shore Astronomical Society services or Web
sites you visit. Security of your Personal Information South Shore Astronomical Society
secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. South Shore Astronomical Society secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled,
secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number)
is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through
the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Changes to this Statement South Shore Astronomical Society
will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and
customer feedback. South Shore Astronomical Society
encourages you to periodically review this Statement
to be informed of how South Shore Astronomical Society is protecting your
information. Contact Information South Shore Astronomical Society
welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
If you believe that South Shore Astronomical Society has not adhered
to this Statement, please contact South Shore Astronomical Society at info@ssastro.org. We
will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem. |