Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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 Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

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

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

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

Use of your Personal Information

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

Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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, Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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 Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

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

Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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 Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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 Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry pages, or register with Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry site or services, a cookie helps Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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 Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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 Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry 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

Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry at info@sdmuseum.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.