Emerald Keepers Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority.  This Statement of Privacy applies to the Emerald Keepers website (www.emeraldkeepers.org).  By using the Emerald Keepers website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Data

When donating, making a purchase or filling out a form on our website, Emerald Keepers may collect personally identifiable information such as your:

·      First and Last Name

·      Mailing Address

·      Email Address

·      Phone Number

If you make a purchase or donate directly on our website, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the donation transaction.  Our data processor for donation transactions is Squarespace.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain services available on the website. This may include: 1) Sending us an email through a contact form. 2) Making a purchase or donation to Emerald Keepers on our website via our data processor Squarespace.  3) Signing up for our mailing list.  To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to Emerald Keepers. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

 

Use of Personal Information:

Emerald Keepers collects and uses your personal information to operate its website.

Emerald Keepers may add your personal information to Emerald Keepers’ donor list and database so you can be contacted about other Emerald Keepers news, activities or fundraising campaigns.

 

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Emerald Keepers does not sell, rent or lease its donor list/database to third parties.

Emerald Keepers may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you an email or postal mail, provide donor support, or arrange for deliveries.  All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Emerald Keepers, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Emerald Keepers may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 Emerald Keepers or the website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Emerald Keepers; and, (C) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Emerald Keepers, or the public.

 

Automatically Collected information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Emerald Keepers. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses.  This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Emerald Keepers website.

 

Use of Cookies

The Emerald Keepers website uses “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.

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 the Emerald Keepers pages, or register with the Emerald Keepers website or services, a cookie helps Emerald Keepers to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. 

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 Emerald Keepers services or websites you visit.

 

Security of Personal Information

Emerald Keepers secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  Emerald Keepers website uses SSL Protocol for this purpose.  When your personal information (such as credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

 

Email Communications

From time to time, Emerald Keepers may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Emerald Keepers or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving email communications from Emerald Keepers, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button or emailing an unsubscribe request to emeraldkeepers@gmail.com.

 

Changes to this Statement

Emerald Keepers reserves the right to change this policy from time to time.  Emerald Keepers encourages you to periodically review this statement to review this Statement to be informed of how Emerald Keepers is protecting your information.

 

Contact Information

Emerald Keepers welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.  If you believe that Emerald Keepers has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Emerald Keepers at:

Emerald Keepers

PO Box 181212

Coronado, CA 92178

info@emeraldkeepers.org