Scenic Hudson is committed to protecting your privacy. The following Privacy Policy governs the online information collection practices of Scenic Hudson, Inc. sole owner and operator of www.scenichudson.org (“the Site”).

This privacy policy does not apply to any information that you may provide to us or that we may collect offline or through other means (for example, via telephone or through the mail).

By visiting and using the Site, you agree that your use of our Site, and any dispute over privacy, is governed by this Privacy Policy. We may need to change our Privacy Policy at some point in the future; in that case we will post the changes to our Privacy Policy on the Site and update the effective date to reflect the date of the changes. If you use the Site after we post any changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified.

You do not have to identify yourself or provide your name, address, telephone number, email address (“Personal Information”) to use the Site.

Scenic Hudson collects Personal Information only when it is voluntarily submitted to us via an email subscription, advocacy campaign or contest entry. If you should choose to give us your Personal Information, you decide how much information to provide. If you choose to supply an email address, we may use it to provide you news and information about Scenic Hudson and its work.

Your Personal Information is only accessible to Scenic Hudson staff or agents. We do not share any Personal Information with any outside organizations.

Non-identifiable website visitor data may be collected and used in aggregate to help shape, direct, and improve content of the Site.

Cookies

A “cookie” is a small data file that websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as user ID that the Site uses to math with the registration you already provided to us. The only information that a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. The Site uses cookies to authenticate the user and tailor your experience on the Site according to the preferences you specified.

IP Addresses and Log File Data

The IP address is the location of your computer or network on the Internet. We log your IP address for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We also use page hits in the aggregate to track the popularity of pages that people visit in order to improve the quality of the Site. There is no Personal Information collected in our log files.

Opting Out Information

Subscribers to our email list may terminate their subscriptions via a link at the bottom of each email sent from www.scenichudson.org.

Changes to Your Information

You are entitled to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. Please contact us at info@scenichudson.org.

Under 13 year olds

This web site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from or about any person under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years old and wish to ask a question or use this site in any way which requires you to submit your personal information, please get your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf.

Security

The Site has a number of security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Computer systems have restricted access limited only to those persons and organizations necessary to its proper functioning. This access applies to all electronic and physical security measures. Highly sensitive data including credit card information is additionally secured through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Our servers are located in a locked, secure environment.

Links

The Site may provide links to a limited number of other websites whose privacy policies we do not control. Scenic Hudson, Inc., which pays for and authorizes this Site, is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of other websites. When you access another website through the links on this Site, the use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting, so please be sure to read the privacy statements for each website you visit.

Questions

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this website, please contact us at info@scenichudson.org.

Additional Legal Information

Copyrights

All materials posted on this Web site are subject to copyrights owned by Scenic Hudson and other individuals or entities. Any reproduction, retransmission, or republication of all or part of any materials found on this Web site is expressly prohibited, unless Scenic Hudson or the copyright owner of the material has expressly granted prior written consent to so reproduce, retransmit, or republish the materials. All other rights reserved.

The names, trademarks, service marks, logos, graphics, photographs, renderings, copy, and all other materials appearing on this Web site may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or otherwise to indicate Scenic Hudson’s sponsorship of or affiliation with any product or service, without Scenic Hudson’s or the copyright owner of the material, prior express written permission.

Proprietary Disclaimer

Scenic Hudson is providing information and services on the Internet as a benefit and service in furtherance of its mission and purpose. Scenic Hudson makes no representations about the suitability of this information and these services for any purpose.