About Our Privacy Notice

The Kiwanis Club Greater West Shore (“Club”) may update this privacy notice from time to time. When an update to the privacy notice occurs, the Club will update the effective date on the privacy notice and contact members by email, notifying them of the change.

 

Reviewing and Correcting Personal Information

You may contact the Club to review the personal information we have collected from you or to request corrections to your personal information. Please contact Kiwanis Club Greater West Shore at KiwanisWS@gmail.com.

 

This Privacy Notice applies to the information collected via email, phone, mail, online forms, paper forms, and the website on which the Club operates. The Website allows users to find out more about the Club and its activities, and, in some cases, to participate in interactive activities on the Website. The Website is only for private, informational, and entertainment purposes. We take your privacy very seriously. The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to disclose to you what information we may collect from you, how we collect it, with whom we share it, and certain other matters related to such information, including the choices you have regarding our collection of information and our use and disclosure to other parties of information we have collected from you.  If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice, you should contact us directly at KiwanisWS@gmail.com.

 

When this Privacy Notice references the term “personal information” we mean information that identifies a particular individual, such as your full name, street address, telephone number, or email address. When other information, such as your job or hobby, is associated with personal information, it also becomes personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Notice.

 

Please read the information below to learn more about our data collection policies and practices.

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1. Types of Information the Club May Collect

2. How The Club May Collect Information

3. How We Use the Information Collected

4. With Whom the Club May Share Your Information

5. Links to Other Websites

6. Security

7. A Special Note for Parents Concerning Privacy

8. Your Acceptance of The Privacy Notice and Changes to the Notice

9. Right to Withdraw Consent

10. Questions About This Privacy Notice

 

1. Types of Information the Club May Collect
Information You Provide Us:  When you contact us by phone, email, postal mail, or when you visit certain portions of the Website, we may ask you to provide us with specific information, including:

• Individual information such as your name, username, internal identifier, government-issued identification, picture, biometric data, age, race, national or ethnic origin, languages spoken, browsing behavior, call logs, links clicked, gender identity, geographic locale, income bracket, etc.

• Indirect information such as your email address, physical address, telephone number, IP address, Mac address, browser fingerprint, etc.

 

Information We Collect on Your Behalf: To properly serve you, we may store your publicly available data, including:

• Thought information such as your opinions, intentions, interests, favorite foods, colors, likes, dislikes, music, passwords, PIN, mother’s given name, etc.

• Social information such as your job title, school attended, certifications, social status, marital status, etc.

• Ownership information such as credit card numbers, purchases, and sales.

• The Club will receive and store certain types of Internet usage information whenever you visit the Website, such as your landing page, order of pages viewed, and other click stream data. See the “IP Addresses and Click Stream Data” section below.

 

2. How the Club May Collect Information

Registration: In order to participate in Club membership activities and also in certain features of the Website, such as receiving electronic versions of Club newsletters, notices, alerts, and invitations, you may be asked to complete a registration form and provide personal information; you will also be asked to choose a username and password and possibly establish your electronic communications preference profile in order to take advantage of the features located on these restricted portions of the Website. Registration is voluntary; however, you do have to register to participate in these portions of the Website. Registration requires the disclosure of certain personal information to us; however, you can control how we use that information by updating your electronic communications preference profile.

 

Opt-Out and Publication Delivery Management: We use an email delivery provider to distribute our electronic communications. You may change your electronic communication preferences by editing your email preference profile on the member page. If you make a change and fail to update your profile you may not receive certain communications. Please also use the profile preferences at any time and unsubscribe (opt-out). By providing your email address, you are opting in to receive information from Kiwanis Club Greater West Shore and its family of programs. You may choose not to receive these kinds of emails by opting out (unsubscribing), changing your email notification settings, or adjusting preferences in your subscription profile. By providing your friends’ email addresses, you acknowledge that you have their permission to do so.

 

Cookies: As with many websites, our Website uses a technology called “cookies.” A cookie is a unique, random number stored in the browser on your computer. Cookies automatically identify your browser to the Website whenever you use your computer to visit the Website. Cookies also let us know how many people visit the Website and where visitors go on the Website. For registered users, cookies can make using the Website easier for you by saving information such as your password. By tracking how and when you use the Website, cookies help us determine which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the Website are based on data obtained from cookies. Accepting cookies allows you, among other things, to personalize your experience on the Website. Cookies may also allow the Website to present to you information that may be of special interest to you. If you do not want information collected by cookies, your browser should contain an option that allows you to disable or delete cookie data at any time. Some areas of the Website, however, may not provide you with a personalized experience if you have disabled the use of cookies.

 

IP Addresses and Click-Stream Data: We may collect Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses and/or click-stream data. An IP address is a number associated with the service through which you access the Internet, like your ISP (Internet service provider) or your company. Your IP address is not personal information. However, we may combine this information with personal information. Click-stream data is information collected by our computer when you request certain pages from the Website. Click-stream data may include such information as the page viewed, the time, the source of the request, the type of browser making the request, the preceding page view and other such non-personal information. When analyzed, this data helps us analyze how visitors arrive at the Website, what type of content is most popular, what type of visitors are interested in particular kinds of content and advertising, and the like.

 

Transaction Information: If you conduct a financial transaction on our Website, such as registering and paying for a special event, we will ask you to complete an order form that will request certain information from you, including contact information, demographic information, and financial information. We will use this information to complete the transaction that you have requested, i.e., to deliver the information, products, or other services that you order, and to send you an invoice (if necessary). For your protection, the Club collects and processes this information through encrypted means.

 

3. How We Use the Information Collected 
As applicable, the Club may use the information you provide to us to:

• Contact you about the Website.

• Contact you about Club activities and events.

• Contact you relating to your membership or user status.

• Confirm or fulfill an order you have made.

• Send your print or electronic publications about the Club.

• Monitor or improve the use of the Website.

• Monitor compliance with the Terms of Use for the Website.

• Maintain website security.

 

4. With Whom the Club May Share Your Information

At times, we may share your personal information with others for various purposes. The following outlines the ways in which the Club may share your information with others and the ways in which you may opt out of having your information shared:

 

Our Agents: We may employ other businesses, certain services, and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, sending emails, Website analysis, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They may have access to personal information needed to perform their specified functions, but may not use it for their own purposes, such as sending you or your friends marketing offers about their products or services. The Club may transfer your personal information to third parties without notice to you to comply with applicable law, and law enforcement agencies, to protect our rights, or to protect the rights of other users of the Website.

 

5. Links to Other Websites

You should be aware that when you are on the Website it may direct you to other Websites beyond our control. For example, if you “click” on a banner advertisement, the “click” may take you off the Website onto a different website. These other websites may send their own cookies to you, independently collect data, or solicit personal information and may or may not have their own published privacy policies.  If you visit a website linked to our Website, you should consult that website’s privacy Notice before providing any personal information.

 

6. Security

We use reasonable measures to protect personal information stored within our database, and we restrict access to such information to the Club’s administrators and agents who need access to perform specific functions. However, please note that we cannot guarantee the security of this information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time.

 

7. A Special Note for Parents Concerning Privacy

We do not collect any personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13) on the Website. If in the future, we decide to collect personal information from children, we will do so in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) including, without limitation, obtaining necessary parental consent.

 

8. Your Acceptance of the Privacy Notification of Changes to the Notice

By using the Website, you signify your agreement to all the terms of our Privacy Notice. We may amend this Privacy Notice at any time. If we make a material change to the way in which we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will post a notice on the Website. We will assume that you have given your permission to the Club to use your information under the terms of the Club’s Privacy Notice if you continue to use the Website thirty (30) days after the Club posts the notice.

 

9. Right to Withdraw Consent at Any Time

Where you have consented to the use of your data, you have the right to withdraw consent. However, withdrawing consent will not affect what we did before the withdrawal. Please contact KiwanisWS@gmail.com if you would like to withdraw consent or if you have any questions regarding the withdrawal of consent.

 

10. Questions About the Privacy Notice

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the privacy practices of the Website in general, please contact KiwanisWS@gmail.com for any data access questions or requests.