Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was Last Updated: January 23, 2019
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Privacy Policy applies to the MaineMineralClub.org web site, a service of Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society, and governs data collection and usage. By using the MaineMineralClub.org web site, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.
Collection of your Personal Information
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the MaineMineralClub.org web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through MaineMineralClub.org public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society does not read any of your private online communications.
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society encourages you to review the privacy policy of web sites you choose to link to from the MaineMineralClub.org web site so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society is not responsible for the privacy policy or other content on web sites outside of the Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society and MaineMineralClub.org family of web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society collects and uses your personal information to operate the MaineMineralClub.org web site and deliver the services you have requested. Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from MaineMineralClub.org and its affiliates. Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. MaineMineralClub.org may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society keeps track of the web sites and pages our customers visit within MaineMineralClub.org, in order to determine what Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within MaineMineralClub.org to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
The MaineMineralClub.org web site will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of MaineMineralClub.org, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The MaineMineralClub.org web site use "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.
One of 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 MaineMineralClub.org pages, or register with Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society site or services, a cookie helps MaineMineralClub.org to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same MaineMineralClub.org web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the MaineMineralClub.org features that you customized.
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 Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society services or web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
Email Communications
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society will, on occasion, deliver email to customers which may include offers to customers who have opted to allow us to communicate with them, though not all are subscribers to MaineMineralClub.org’s email newsletters. MaineMineralClub.org will send customers a confirmation email with their registration details. By providing information to Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society you have opted in to receive communication from Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society.
Changes to this Policy
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society encourages you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that MaineMineralClub.org has not adhered to this Policy, please contact Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society at support@MaineMineralClub.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.