Privacy Statement
At, museumworx.com, we are committed
to protecting the online privacy of visitors to our website.
This Policy applies only to the websites and online services
provided by museumworx.com. This Policy does not cover any
interaction you may have with MuseumWorx by telephone, postal
mail, or other offline communications. The purpose of this
Policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather
about you when you visit our website, how we may use that
information, and how we disclose it to third parties.
Our website is not designed for use by children without their
parent’s supervision. We ask that anyone under the age of
thirteen not submit any personal information through our
websites. We do not knowingly collect any personal information
from children under the age of thirteen, and therefore we do not
knowingly distribute such information to third parties.
Our website may contain links to other websites. We have no
control over the privacy practices or the content of any of our
business partners or other websites to which we provide links
from our website. You should check the applicable privacy policy
of the website sponsor when linking to other website.
I. Information That We Collect
Personal Information
In our information forms we may request that you supply us with
"personal information," such as your name, email address,
mailing addresses, home or work telephone number, and other
information. You will always know when we are collecting
personal information, because we only collect personal
information when you voluntarily submit it to us through our
online forms and questionnaires. Although you do not have to
provide us with any information to visit our websites, if you do
choose to give us personal information through our website, we
will collect and retain that information.
Non-Personal Information
When you use our website, we may also collect "non-personal
information," which is information that, by itself, cannot be
used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information
(your age, gender, income, education, profession, zip code,
etc.). Non-personal information may also include technical
information, such as your IP address, the type of browser you
are using, the websites you visit immediately before and
immediately after you visit our website, and other anonymous
data involving your use of our websites.
Online Information Request Forms
We collect personal information from you when you request more
information. For example, we require you to provide your name,
contact information, mailing address before we respond to your
request. We also collect information about your transactions
with us. We may use the information that you provide to
communicate with you about products purchased in reference to
our online catalog, to provide customer support in connection
with those products, and to send you information about other
products and services which we believe may be of interest to
you.
Cookies
We may use "cookies" to enhance your visits to our website. A
cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser
from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Cookies do not store personal information about you, unless you
knowingly provide it. Cookies can store non-personal
information, such as what websites, pages, or advertisements
your browser has accessed. We use cookies to store information
and personalize your experience with our websites. For example,
cookies allow our website to recognize your browser as a
previous visitor, and thus save and remember any preferences
that may have been set while you were previously browsing our
websites. Our cookies can also store your password, personalize
pages, and keep track of selections, such as your time zone and
episode selections, or items you have placed in a "shopping
cart."
You do have control over cookies. Most browsers can be set to
notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. Most
browsers can also be set to refuse to accept cookies, although
this may affect your Internet experience. You can also erase
cookies that are already on your computer. For more information
about working with cookies, you should consult your user manual,
FAQ, or "help" function of your specific browser and operating
system software.
II. How We Use the Information We Collect
Our Services and Websites
We use your personal information to provide you any services
that you may request or require and to communicate with you. We
use aggregated non-personal information about our users to
understand our website’s demographics, such as the percentage of
male and female users, the geographic distribution of our users,
the age ranges of our users, or a combination of these or other
demographics. We use the non-personal information we collect to
analyze how our website are being used, and to improve the
content of our websites, online product offerings, and marketing
and promotional efforts.
Email Communications
If you send us an email with questions or comments, we may use
your personal information to respond to your questions or
comments, and we may save your questions or comments for future
reference. However, aside from our reply to such an email, it is
not our standard practice to send you email unless you request a
particular service that involves email communications, you
otherwise consent to being contacted by email or if such contact
is to communicate with you about products purchased through our
online stores, to provide customer support in connection with
those products, and to send you information about other products
and services which we believe may be of interest to you. There
may be times when you will have the opportunity to subscribe to
an email list or electronic newsletter that will send
information about our website to your email address. However, we
will provide you with the option to change your preferences and
opt-out of receiving those communications. You may request at
any time that we not email you in the future by replying and
typing "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Online Information Request Forms
If you request information from us, we may use the information
you provide to send you important announcements and updates
regarding our websites or online products. You may also receive
periodic mailings regarding new products and services. When you
provide us with your personal information, we use this
information to process your online request. We also use your
address information to provide associated support.
III. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Service Providers
We sometimes engage unaffiliated businesses to assist us in
providing you certain services or products. For example, we may
hire a shipping company to help us deliver our products or
services to you. We may also use third parties to provide
design, fabrication, education, advertising, marketing and
promotional assistance, provide email services, or facilitate
our online services (such as message boards, chat rooms, and
surveys). In those instances, we may need to share your personal
information with them. We require these companies to use your
personal information only to provide the particular product or
service and do not authorize them to use your personal
information for any other reason.
Public Forums
We may in the future feature public forums such as chat rooms,
message boards, bulletin boards, or similar activities where you
and other users of our websites can communicate with one
another. This Policy does not protect you when you use these
public forums or provide information (including personal
information) about yourself. Any information you share in a
public forum such as a chat room, message board, or bulletin
board is public information and may be seen or collected by
anyone, including third parties that do not adhere to our
Privacy Policy.
Other Disclosures
We may disclose personal information when we are required or
requested to do so by law, court order or other government or
law enforcement authority or regulatory agency; to enforce or
apply our rights and agreements; or when we believe in good
faith that disclosing this information is necessary or
advisable, including, for example, to protect the rights,
property, or safety of museumworx.com, our users, or others.
This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. We
reserve the right to use or disclose non-personal information in
any way we see fit.
IV. Security of the Information We Collect
The security of your personal information is important to us.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to
secure your personal information. However, "perfect security"
does not exist on the Internet, and there is always some risk in
transmitting information electronically. The personal
information we collect is stored within databases that we
control. As we deem appropriate, we use security measures
consistent with industry standards, such as firewalls and
encryption technology, to protect your information. However,
since no security system is impenetrable, we cannot guarantee
the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that
information you supply won’t be intercepted while being
transmitted to us over the Internet. Of course, any information
you post to any message board, discussion group, or other public
posting area on our website is available to anyone with Internet
access.
V. Accuracy of the Information We Collect
Any questions you may have regarding our Privacy Policy, the
accuracy of your personal information or the use of your
personal information, or any requests that we correct, update,
or remove your information in our databases, should be directed
via email to info@museumworx.com, or via telephone to (888)
680-1899
You also can write
us at:
MuseumWorx
PO Box 22605
Knoxville, TN
37933-0605
After receiving a
request to change your information, we will make reasonable
efforts to ensure that all of your personal information stored
in databases we actively use to operate our website will be
updated, corrected, changed or deleted, as appropriate, as soon
as reasonably practicable. However, we reserve the right to
retain in our archival files any information we remove from or
change in our active website databases. We may retain such
information to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and
enforce our terms of use. In addition, it is not technologically
possible to remove each and every record of the information you
have provided to us. A copy of your personal information may
exist in a non-erasable form that will be difficult or
impossible for us to locate.
This Policy is effective as of January 1, 2005. We reserve
the right to change this Policy at any time, and will post any
changes to this Policy as soon as they go into effect. Please
refer back to this Policy on a regular basis.
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