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Privacy Statement


Amherst Ohio Rotary is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Amherst Ohio Rotary Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Amherst Ohio Rotary website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Amherst Ohio Rotary collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Amherst Ohio Rotary 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 Amherst Ohio Rotary. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Amherst Ohio Rotary for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Amherst Ohio Rotary Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Amherst Ohio Rotary public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Amherst Ohio Rotary does not read any of your private online communications.

Amherst Ohio Rotary encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Amherst Ohio Rotary so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Amherst Ohio Rotary is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Amherst Ohio Rotary and Amherst Ohio Rotary family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Amherst Ohio Rotary collects and uses your personal information to operate the Amherst Ohio Rotary Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Amherst Ohio Rotary also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Amherst Ohio Rotary and its affiliates. Amherst Ohio Rotary may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Amherst Ohio Rotary does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Amherst Ohio Rotary 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, Amherst Ohio Rotary 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 Amherst Ohio Rotary, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Amherst Ohio Rotary does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Amherst Ohio Rotary keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Amherst Ohio Rotary, in order to determine what Amherst Ohio Rotary services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Amherst Ohio Rotary to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Amherst Ohio Rotary Web sites 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 Amherst Ohio Rotary or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Amherst Ohio Rotary; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Amherst Ohio Rotary, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Amherst Ohio Rotary 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 Amherst Ohio Rotary pages, or register with Amherst Ohio Rotary site or services, a cookie helps Amherst Ohio Rotary 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 Amherst Ohio Rotary Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Amherst Ohio Rotary 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 Amherst Ohio Rotary services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Amherst Ohio Rotary secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Amherst Ohio Rotary secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Amherst Ohio Rotary will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Amherst Ohio Rotary encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Amherst Ohio Rotary is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Amherst Ohio Rotary welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Amherst Ohio Rotary has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Amherst Ohio Rotary at troy@3dotsmedia.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.


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