Privacy Policy

One of the main priorities of the Chautauqua County Historical Society (CCHS)—accessible from our website at www.cchsmcclurg.org and our archive site at www.mcclurgmuseum.org—is the privacy of our visitors. This privacy policy contains types of information that is collected and recorded by CCHS and how we use it. 

If you have additional questions or require more information about our privacy policy, do not hesitate to contact us at cchs@mcclurgmuseum.org. Our privacy policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Please note that CCHS may revise this privacy policy at any time. We encourage you to periodically visit this page to review our most current policy. Your continued use of this site will constitute your acceptance of any changes to the policy.

Information You Provide

CCHS collects personal information from you when you engage in online or in-person transactions such as purchases, registrations, donations, or membership renewals. Personal information may also be transmitted as part of a form submission or in connection with other programs, activities, services, or resources available on our website.

For example, we collect personal information on our website when you:

  • Communicate with us through www.cchsmcclurg.org.

  • Complete online forms.

  • Create an account.

  • Make a donation.

  • Purchase a membership.

  • Purchase merchandise.

  • Purchase tickets.

  • Register for a program.

In addition, we may collect personal information outside our website via:

  • By phone.

  • Completing contact information on forms at local events.

  • In-person ticket or membership sales.

  • On-site (e.g., signing the visitors’ log at McClurg Museum).

  • Mail returned because of deliverability.

Personal Information and How It Is Used

Personal information includes your name, address, email address, telephone number, IP address, credit card information, website cookies, and location. Personal information does not include data from which you can no longer be identified due to encryption or anonymity.

The information we collect in person and online is used solely for internal purposes only. CCHS does not share, lend, or sell any personal information of its supporters and website users to other individuals or organizations for commercial or any other purposes.

We may use personal information to contact you to provide information about other CCHS activities, programs, membership and fundraising opportunities, products, and special events that may interest you. You can opt out of having your information used by CCHS for these purposes, or you can update your contact information anytime by contacting us at cchs@mcclurgmuseum.org.

CCHS engages third party vendors to help process online and offline transactions, better respond to the needs of our visitors, and enhance our marketing efforts. Our use of Google Analytics complies with its privacy policy. They may use information about your visits to the website and other sites to personalize advertisements for goods and services. 

CCHS may use or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on CCHS; (b) protect and defend CCHS rights or property, the website, or CCHS users; and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of CCHS affiliates, agents, or the users of the website or the public.

Log Files

CCHS follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, CCHS uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information. For more general information on cookies, please read the article, “Cookies,” at Privacy Policy Generator.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

CCHS complies with COPPA and does not knowingly market to or allow third parties to collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their children’s online activity.

If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Security

The online transactions conducted on the CCHS website are protected by security features designed to prevent the unauthorized release of your personal financial data. All credit card information complies with current PCI standards and will be tokenized and held on third party sites.

While CCHS has endeavored to create a secure and reliable website, be advised that the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from this website over the internet cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, CCHS and its employees, agents, officers, directors, legal representatives, predecessors, successors, and assigns are only responsible for information after receipt and while in our custody and control. You assume the sole and complete risk for using this website and must make your own determination as to these matters.

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act sets rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to unsubscribe from emails, and indicates the penalties for violations.

We collect your email address to:

  • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.

  • Send you additional information related to your product and/or service.

  • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after an original transaction has occurred.

In accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to:

  • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.

  • Identify the message as an advertisement in a reasonable way.

  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.

  • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.

  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

Rights to your Personal Data under the GDPR

If the GDPR applies to you, then you have rights as an individual under this regulation, including the right to:

  • request access to your personal data stored by CCHS and request certain information in relation to its processing;

  • request a change and/or update be made to your personal data stored by CCHS; 

  • request restriction of processing of your personal data;

  • request erasure of your personal data stored by CCHS; and

  • object to the processing of your personal data.

To exercise one of these rights, please contact CCHS at cchs@mcclurgmuseum.org.

This website is published in the United States and is subject to laws of the United States. If you are located in a country outside the United States and voluntarily submit personal information to CCHS, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this privacy policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage of that information in, the United States. CCHS shall not be liable under any circumstances for damages resulting from use of information collected from visitors to the website.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Without limiting the foregoing, all materials on this website are provided "as is" without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular use, copyright ownership and/or non-infringement, or other third party proprietary rights. CCHS may update, change, or delete content at any time. CCHS makes reasonable, ongoing efforts to revise and update the website, but does not warrant that the website will provide continuous, prompt, secure, or error-free service, and assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions, including the inaccuracy of content, or for any damages or losses that users or any third party may incur as a result of the unavailability of the website. CCHS assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to or viruses that may infect a user's computer equipment or other property resulting from use of the website or downloading of any materials from the website. At its discretion, CCHS may discontinue or take down the website or any section or material within the website at any time.

Limitation of Liability

Neither CCHS, its affiliates, trustees, officers, employees, or agents shall have any liability for any damages, including without limitation, any direct, indirect, incidental, compensatory, punitive, special, or consequential damages (even if CCHS has been advised of the possibility of such damages) arising from or related to use of the website, content, and/or compilation.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

CCHS is committed to complying with U.S. copyright and related laws and requires all users of the website to comply with these laws. Owners of copyrighted works who believe that their rights under U.S. copyright law have been infringed may take advantage of certain provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") to report alleged infringements. A copyright owner of any content should contact CCHS immediately to report any concerns of infringement by providing notice to the CCHS's designated agent as required by the DMCA, Title 17 U.S.C. § 512. If such notice is provided by email, please address it to cchs@mcclurgmuseum.org.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms and conditions.

Contact Information

Questions, concerns, or complaints regarding CCHS’s privacy policy or practices should be directed to cchs@mcclurgmuseum.org.