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Privacy Policy
for childrenmuseum.org Visitors
Thank you for visiting childrenmuseum.org. As an extension of our
mission, we want your visit to childrenmuseum.org to enlighten, inform,
and entertain you. We know you don't want the information you provide
us shared indiscriminately. Here we explain how childrenmuseum.org
collects information, what we do with it, and what controls you have.
We're committed to ensuring the privacy of your personally identifiable
information, and to protecting your ability to make financial
transactions and transmit your personal data with full confidence.
The privacy policy set forth here refers solely to childrenmuseum.org.
Please read it carefully, and if you have any questions or concerns,
please contact us . Also, note that childrenmuseum.org links to other
sites. Please consult those sites to learn more about their policies.
Gathering and
Use of Information
Neither Providence Children's Museum, nor our fulfillment agent who
supports on-line purchase pages, will willfully disclose any personally
identifiable information about our online users to any third party
without first receiving the user's permission, unless required by law.
The childrenmuseum.org Web site and on-line purchase pages only collect
personally identifiable information from our visitors on a voluntary
basis (such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number,
and/or other identifying information). You should recognize that under
certain circumstances, if you choose not to voluntarily submit
requested information, you may not be able to engage in certain
activities for which personally identifiable information is needed.
Registration,
Minimum Requirements, and Security
To serve you better, we may offer visitors the option to sign up for
free e-mail services, and to gain access to information about their
Museum membership (if this applies) -- all by registering a user name
and password. These services are free of charge, entirely optional, and
designed to enhance your enjoyment of childrenmuseum.org.
To administer these services we require a minimum of information from
you. This includes a user name (your e-mail address), password,
acknowledgment that you are 18 years of age or older, and information
about your membership status at the Museum. Our personalized forms are
stored and served from a secure server. This means that each page you
view and any information you submit is encrypted on its way between
computers (yours and ours). In the unlikely event that the information
you send is intercepted, it should not be usable by anyone else. While
no computer system is 100 percent secure, we have taken reasonable
steps to ensure the security of any information you provide to our Web
site. Our goal is to offer service while adhering to the best security
practices possible; to do so requires your shared cooperation and
commitment. Thus, to participate in these optional services you agree
to abide by the following terms and conditions:
* All registration information submitted by you is accurate and updated.
* You will not select or use an e-mail address of another person with
the intent to impersonate that person.
* You will not use the e-mail address in which another person has
rights without that person's authorization.
* You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
password. (Please know that if you choose to share your log-in and
password, you are providing access to your private information.)
Secure Credit
Card Transactions
The childrenmuseum.org Web site offers you the convenience of making
membership contributions and product purchases via credit card.
Providence Children's Museum and our fulfillment agent utilize
state-of-the-art measures to ensure credit card account information
security and to secure any information from your computer to our
server. Our Web financial transaction forms are stored and served from
secure servers. This means that each page you view and any information
you submit is encrypted on its way between computers (yours and ours,
or yours and our fulfillment agent) Even in the highly unlikely event
that your transmission is intercepted, it should not be usable. Your
peace of mind and the safeguarding of your credit card information are
top priorities for us. All online credit card transactions are done
through a secure server using 128-bit SSL; you know you're on a secure
page when the Web address starts with "https" (the "s" is for
"secure"). Your credit card information is used only for your intended
purpose -- that is, for the purchase or contribution you wish to make.
E-mail
Addresses
Providence Children's Museum and our fulfillment agent may maintain
customer databases with e-mail addresses of members, and Web visitors
who have provided them by registering at our site, donors who submit
online membership applications, or online buyers who make a purchase.
We may use these addresses to send information about Museum programs,
Web sites, services, membership or to correspond about a purchase or
product offers.
Providence Children's Museum does not sell, exchange, or lend e-mail
addresses to outside companies, organizations, or individuals except
where required by law. Providence Children's Museum will always provide
a clear and convenient method of unsubscribing to our e-mailings. We
will update our records as soon as possible. Or you can follow the
unsubscribe directions included in every e-mail message we send. If you
have already unsubscribed from our e-mails, rest assured that we will
continue to honor your request.
Our fulfillment agent's e-mail database will never be released by them
except in response to a lawful court order or when instructed by
Providence Children's Museum Their sole use of your e-mail address and
other information is to communicate with you about your purchase or to
answer questions you may ask, unless you have approved another use. If
you have approved another use, each e-mail will include unsubscribe
instructions.
Providence Children's Museum and Your Postal Address
Like many nonprofits, we occasionally exchange some of our donors'
names and postal addresses with carefully selected nonprofit
educational, cultural, health, and social service organizations. When
you make an online contribution, your name and postal address will be
included as eligible for an exchange. Our exchange program provides
other nonprofits with only your name and postal address.
Please note that on every online contribution form, we give you the
opportunity to opt out of having your name and address shared. If you
already have opted out of having your name and address exchanged, rest
assured that we will continue to honor your request, except where
required by law.
Cookies and
Browsers
In general, cookies -- the informational files that your Web browser
places on your computer when you visit a Web site -- are used on
childrenmuseum.org to track how you and other visitors use our site,
identifying the source of visitors and what pages you use while on our
site, or to facilitate the shopping checkout process. By looking at
this traffic we can better understand our community, which allows us to
improve our Web site and to provide you with an optimal experience and
better service. At no time does the cookie reveal your name, address,
or e-mail address (even if you have entered these in specific areas of
childrenmuseum.org). The childrenmuseum.org Web site cannot extract any
personally identifying information about you from what we receive via a
cookie and your browser.
You can set your browser software to refuse cookies or to alert you
when cookies are being sent. However, some parts of childrenmuseum.org
will not function properly if you do so.
Acceptance
ofPrivacy Policy for childrenmuseum.org
By using this site, you signify your agreement to the terms and
conditions of this Privacy Policy for childrenmuseum.org. If you do not
agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site. We
reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or
remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page
periodically for any changes. Your continued use of childrenmuseum.org
following the posting of any changes to these terms shall mean that you
have accepted those changes.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. Please see our specific "Notice to Parents" for more information about childrenmuseum.org's policies regarding your child's use of this Web site.
