This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for
http://saintluciasilver.org
Because we want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, we have agreed
to disclose our information policies and practices. We agree to notify you of:
1. What personally identifiable information of yours or third party
personally identification is collected from you through the web site
2. The organization collecting the information
3. How the information is used
4. With whom the information may be shared
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss,
misuse or alteration of information under Government Information Service control
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If you feel that we are not abiding by our posted privacy policy, you should
contact us:
email:
webmaster@stluciasilver.org
Telephone: (758) 468-2151
Fax: (758) 453-1614
Information Collection and Use
The Department of Information Services is the sole owner of the information
collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to
others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. The
Department of Information Services collects information from its users at
several different points on our website.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any
personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes
their browser, the cookie simply terminates. If a user rejects the cookie, they
may still use our site. Cookies can enable us to track and target the interests
of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Some of our partners use cookies on our site. However, we have no access to
or control over these cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners. This is
not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
In some cases we use an outside shipping company to facilitate information
requests. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally
identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
We partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user
signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information
that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information
except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Department
of Information Services is not responsible for the privacy practices of such
other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to
read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or
contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and
the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and
address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey
information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our
site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email address. The Department of
Information Services will automatically send the friend a one-time email
inviting them to visit the site. The Department of Information Services stores
this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend
may contact The Department of Information Services at
webmaster@stluciasilver.orgto request
the removal of this information from their database.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When
users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line.
All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information, is
restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a
specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our
employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk.
When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your
information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and
privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added,
our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our clients’ information is protected.
Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are
kept in a secure environment.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an
email to
webmaster@stluciasilver.org.
Site and Service Requests
We occasionally send the user site announcement updates. We communicate with
the user to provide requested services via email, fax or phone.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having their information
used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for
the information.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials
from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to
unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us at
webmaster@stluciasilver.org.
Users of our site are always notified when their information is being
collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed
choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside
party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our
Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we
use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we
decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from
that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in
this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy
policy under which the information was collected.
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