Privacy Policy
The Framingham History Center is committed to protecting your privacy when you use our online services ("Services"). In this policy we explain how and why we collect your information, what we do with it and what controls you have over our use of it.
From time to time, we add or change functions, features or products to our Web Sites or add or change Services. This, and our commitment to protecting the privacy of your personal information, may result in periodic changes to this Privacy Policy. As a result, please remember to refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly to review any amendments.
Any questions regarding our Privacy Policy should be directed to contact at The Framingham History Center at info@framinghamhistory.org.
Your Acceptance of These Privacy Statement Terms
By using any of the sites within our web site network ("Web Sites") or our Services, you unconditionally agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
What Data Do We Collect and How Do We Use It?
The Framingham History Center collects and processes information about you in order to:
(i) process orders or applications submitted by you;
(ii) improve our Services and Web Sites
(iii) carry out research on the demographics, interests and behaviour of all of our customers; and
(iv) send you information we think you may find useful
You may be asked, either when you register with us, or at other times, for information about yourself, such as your name, e-mail address, postal address and telephone number. In addition, when you order certain goods or services from our Web Sites, we will need to know your credit/payment card number and expiration date.
You are under no obligation to provide this information, but if you don't then we may not be able to provide you with certain services or personalise your experience and tailor our Services for you (for example, tell you about special offers on things you're interested in).
Log Files/IP Addresses
When you visit our Web Sites, we automatically log your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by our web server. We use IP addresses to help us administer our Web Sites and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.
Non-Personal Information
We may automatically collect non-personal information about you such as the type of internet browser you use or the site from which you linked to our Web Sites. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on our Web Sites. We may from time to time supply the owners or operators of third party sites from which it is possible to link to our Web Sites with information relating to the number of users linking to our Web Sites from their sites. You cannot be identified from this information.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web Site transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of a Web Site if you do so. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Although they do identify a user's computer, cookies do not personally identify customers or passwords. Credit card information is not stored in cookies.
With Whom Is the Information Shared?
The Framingham History Center will not share, sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information to third party suppliers who provide services on our behalf.
The Framingham History Center may disclose aggregate statistics about our Web Site visitors in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will not include personally identifying information.
The Framingham History Center may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if it believes that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of The Framingham History Center and its Web Sites, visitors to the Web Sites and customers of our Services.
Links
Our Web Site contains links to the sites of third parties. When you visit these sites, we suggest that you read their privacy policies. The Framingham History Center is not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites.
We will only sell or rent your personal information to a third party either as part of a sale of the assets of a The Framingham History Center company or having ensured that steps have been taken to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.
Security
The Framingham History Center places a great importance on the security of all information associated with our customers. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of customer data under our control. With regard to our Web Sites, we use secure server software (SSL) to encrypt financial information you input before it is sent to us. While we cannot ensure or guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur, we use our best efforts to prevent this.
Comments
Please e-mail any questions, concerns or comments you have about our Privacy Policy to info@framinghamhistory.org or write to us at:
Framingham History Center
16 Vernon Street
Framingham, MA 01703
