How We Collect and Use Information
The Pelham Historical Society (the "Society" or "We") of Pelham Massachusetts may collect the following type of information
from about you ("the user"):
Information you provide us directly:
We ask for certain information such as your username, real name, birthdate, address, phone number and e-mail address when you
register for an account on any of our services (see our
Terms of Service for
more information about our "
services") including signing up for email notifications, purchasing items through our website,
accessing our Collections database or Wiki, or if you correspond with us.
We may also retain any messages you send through our Services, and may collect information you provide in User Content you post to
our Services. We use this information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of our Services.
Your username and if you choose to disclose it, your real name, will be published publicly. Once published your username and / or
real name may not be able to be removed.
Information we may receive from third parties:
We may receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you use a third party payment service such as Paypal
to make purchases from our Services. Third parties may pass certain information about your use of its service to us.
This information could include, but is not limited to, the user ID associated with your account (for example, your Paypal UID),
an access token necessary to access that service, any information that you have permitted the third party to share with us,
and any information you have made public in connection with that service.
You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and services before linking or
connecting them to our Services. You may also unlink your third party account from our Services by adjusting your settings on the
third party service.
Analytics information:
We may directly collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools and services, to help us measure traffic and usage
trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit
and other information that assists us in improving our Services. We collect and use this analytics information in aggregate form
such that it cannot reasonably be manipulated to identify any particular individual user.
Google reCAPTCHA: Some of our web pages (Entry Forms, Signup Forms, etc) use Google
reCAPTCHA services for spam and robot protection. These pages are indicated by the logo:
and are also subject to Google's
Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Cookies information:
Full details can be found on our
Cookie Policy. When you visit our Services, we may send one or more cookies — a small text
file containing a string of alphanumeric characters — to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets our Services
help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the site. A cookie may also convey information to us about how you use
our Services (e.g., the pages you view, the links you click and other actions you take on our Services), and allow us or our
business partners to track your usage of our Services over time. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close
your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed
by following your web browser's directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser.
You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of
our Services may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled. Full details can be found on our
Cookie Policy(TBA).
Log file information:
Log file information is automatically reported by your browser or mobile device each time you access our Services.
When you use our Services, our servers automatically record certain log file information. These server logs may include
anonymous information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, referring / exit pages
and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on our Services, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed,
and other such information.
Clear gifs/web beacons information:
When you use our Services, we may employ clear gifs (also known as web beacons) which are used to anonymously track the online
usage patterns of our Users. In addition, we may also use clear gifs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails
are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. The information is allows for more accurate reporting and improvement
of our Services.
Device identifiers:
When you access our Services by or through a mobile device (including but not limited to smart-phones or tablets), we may access,
collect, monitor and/or remotely store one or more "device identifiers," such as a universally unique identifier ("UUID").
Device identifiers are small data files or similar data structures stored on or associated with your mobile device, which uniquely
identify your mobile device. A device identifier may be data stored in connection with the device hardware, data stored in
connection with the device's operating system or other software, or data sent to the device by our Services. A device identifier
may convey information to us about how you browse and use our Services. A device identifier may remain persistently on your device,
to help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through our Services. Some features of our Services may not function properly
if use or availability of device identifiers is impaired or disabled.
Location data:
When you access our Services by or through a mobile device, we may access, collect, monitor and/or remotely store "location data,"
which may include GPS coordinates (e.g. latitude and/or longitude) or similar information regarding the location of your mobile device.
Location data may convey to us information about how you browse and use our Services. Some features of the Service, particularly
location-based services, may not function properly if use or availability of location data is impaired or disabled.
Commercial and marketing communications:
We use the information we collect or receive, such as your email address, to communicate directly with you. We may send you emails
containing newsletters, promotions, and special offers. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you will be given the
option to opt out or change your preferences. We also use your information to send you Service-related emails
(e.g., account verification, purchase and billing confirmations and reminders, changes/updates to features of our Services,
technical and security notices). You may not opt out of Service-related emails. You may also be able to be "found" on our Services
based on information that you provide.
Use of certain service type information we collect about you:
We use or may use cookies, log file, device identifiers, location data and clear gifs information to: (a) remember information
so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the site; (b) provide custom, personalized
content and information; (c) to provide and monitor the effectiveness of our Services; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total
number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns; (e) diagnose or fix technology problems; and (f) help you efficiently access
your information after you sign in.
Sharing of Your Information:
We will not rent or sell your information into third parties outside of our Services and The Pelham Historical Society
without your consent, except as noted below:
Who we may share your information with: We may share your information with third-party business
partners and Trusted Users for the purpose of providing the Services to you. Third party business partners will be given limited
access to your information as is reasonably necessary to deliver the Services, and we will require that such third parties comply
with this Privacy Policy, or operate under a similar privacy policy.
Who can see User Content: Any User Content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to our Services
becomes available to the public and cannot be removed, except by Pelhamhistory.org or Pelhamhs.org in its sole discretion.
Once posted on our Services, User Content may not be removable from public view, as copies may remain viewable in cached and
archived pages of our Services, on other sites that have republished us, or if other Users have copied or saved that information.
If you do not wish your User Content to be available to the public, please don't post it on our Services. Your username and if you
choose to disclose it, your real name, will be published publicly. Once published your username and / or real name may not be able
to be removed.
Who can see your IP address: If you post User Content on our Services while not logged in, your IP
address will be published with your User Content in order to attribute your contribution to our Services. A selection of
Trusted Users with administrative powers on our Services have the ability to review IP addresses of users to reduce abusive
behavior. Any third party service embedded on our Services such as an advertiser, video provider, social network or other third
party will also have access to your IP address.
Who can see your email address: If you enter an email address, you will enable communication from
our Services and other Users. If you reply to users or participate in group activities such as meetups, your email address will
be shared with these users. In addition, some email addresses such as blocked@pelhamhistory.org forward to a group of Trusted Users,
who will use your email address to reply to the email.
What happens in the event of a change of control:
The Pelham Historical Society and its Services are a local non-profit historical society. As such, in the event of the
dissolution of the Society, Your information such as customer names and email addresses, User Content and other user
information related to our Services may be among the items sold or otherwise transferred in these types of transactions.
We may also sell, assign or otherwise transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, acquisitions,
bankruptcies, dissolutions, reorganizations, liquidations, similar transactions or proceedings involving all or a portion
of the company.
Instances where we are required to share your information:
We will disclose your information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we reasonably believe that such action is
necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to enforce our Terms of Use or to
protect the security, quality or integrity of our Services; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal
safety of Pelhamhistory.org, Pelhamhs.org, our Users, or others.
Sharing certain service type information we collect about you:
We may share certain service type information, including information obtained through tools such as cookies, log files, device
identifiers, location data and clear gifs (such as anonymous usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number
of clicks, etc.): (i) with our third-party business partners for the purposes described in the section above on "How We Collect
and Use Information." We may also aggregate or otherwise strip data of all personally identifying characteristics and may share
that aggregated, anonymized data with third parties.
Ads on Pelhamhistory.org and Pelhamhs.org:
We currently do NOT serve advertisements on any of our Services. This policy may change without notice.
We may also share certain information such as your location, browser, and cookie data and other data relating to your use of our
Services with our business partners to deliver advertisements ("ads") that may be of interest to you. We may allow third-party ad
servers or ad networks to serve advertisements on our Services. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send,
directly to your browser or mobile device, the ads and ad links that appear on our Servicez, and will automatically receive your
IP address when they do so. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, device identifiers, location data,
and clear gifs, see above) to compile information about your browser's or device's visits and usage patterns on our Services and on
other websites, and to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize the advertising content delivered to you.
For example, Google uses DART cookies in order to deliver ads to you through our Services. Google's use of the DART cookie enables
it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Services and previous websites that you may have visited.
Other advertising networks also use similar cookies, clear gifs, or other mechanisms to deliver targeted advertising to you through
our Services. You can delete these cookies by following the instructions of your browser.
You may opt out of use of Google's DART cookie and cookies placed by Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) certified ad networks here:
http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp . Opting out of these cookies will be effective not only on our Services, but
on all websites with NAI certified advertising networks. However, these opt-outs will be ineffective on networks that are not NAI
certified.
Please note that an advertiser may choose to show an ad to a certain audience of Users (e.g., based on demographics or other interests).
In that situation, we or our Partners determines the target audience and our Services serves the advertising to that audience and
only provides anonymous data to the advertiser. If you respond to such an ad, the advertiser or ad server may conclude that you fit
the description of the audience they are trying to reach.
To enhance your user experience or help us improve and measure our effectiveness, we may embed code from third parties on our Services.
Examples of such parties may include Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google, YouTube, Howcast, VideoJug, AOL, and others. These third
parties may collect information about you including IP address, cookies in ways we do not control.
Our Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of third-parties. Please consult the respective privacy
policies of such third parties or contact such third parties for more information.
How We Store and Protect Your Information
Storage and Processing:
Your information collected through our Services may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country
in which we or our subsidiaries, affiliates, or service providers maintain facilities. We may transfer information that we
collect about you, including personal information, to affiliated entities, or to other third parties across borders and from
your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are located in the European Union
or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer
information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as
your jurisdiction, and you consent to the transfer of information to the U.S. or any other country in which we or our parent,
subsidiaries, affiliates, or service providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described
in this Privacy Policy.
Keeping your information safe:
We care about the security of your information, and uses commercially reasonable safeguards to preserve the integrity and security
of all information collected through our Services. To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting
a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. You are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from us, at all
times. However, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or guarantee that information on
our Services may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes to the
functionality of third party sites and services that you add to our Services, such as social networks. We are not responsible for
the functionality or security measures of any third party.
Compromise of information:
In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable
steps to investigate the situation and where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised
and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Your Choices about Your Information:
You control your account information and settings: You may update your account information and email-communication preferences at
any time by logging in to your account and changing your profile settings. You can also stop receiving promotional email
communications from us by modifying your preferences at http://www.pelhamhs.org/wiki/Special:Preferences.
We make every effort to promptly process all unsubscribe requests. As noted above, you may not opt out of Service-related
communications (e.g., account verification, purchase and billing confirmations and reminders, changes/updates to features
of the Service, technical and security notices). If you have any questions about reviewing or modifying your account information,
you can contact us directly at info@pelhamhistory.org.
Opting out of collection of your information for Tracking / Advertising:
Please refer to your mobile device or browser's technical information for instructions on how to delete and disable cookies,
and other tracking/recording tools. Depending on your type of device, it may not be possible to delete or disable tracking
mechanisms on your mobile device. Note that disabling cookies and/or other tracking tools prevents us or our business partners
from tracking your browser's activities in relation to our Services, and for use in targeted advertising activities by third parties.
However, doing so may disable many of the features available through our Services. If you have any questions about opting out of
the collection of cookies and other tracking/recording tools, you can contact us directly at info@pelhamhistory.org.
How long we keep your private profile information:
Following termination of your User account, we may retain your private profile information for a commercially reasonable time for
backup, archival, or audit purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that you choose to make public on the service may
not be removable.
Children's Privacy:
We do not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register as
Users. Our Services and its content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected
personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly
as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@pelhamhistory.org.
Links to Other Websites and Services:
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites or services linked to or from our Services, including the information
or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Services to another website, our Privacy Policy
does not apply to third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including
those that have a link or advertisement on our website, are subject to that third party's own rules and policies. In addition, you
agree that we are not responsible and we do not control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content.
If you are using a third-party website or service (like Facebook, Google groups, or an IRC chatroom) and you allow such a third-party
access to you User Content you do so at your own risk. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means
(including offline) or from other sources other than through our Services.