Privacy Notice


Marshall Point Lighthouse, operating as Marshall Point Lighthouse & Museum (the “Company”) is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its users. Our Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service, or interact with us offline, such as through email or telephonic communications.

For the purposes of this Agreement, “Site” refers to the Company’s

website, which can be accessed at https//:www.marshallpoint.org.


The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” “Committee Members” refer to the Company. “You” refers to you, as a user of our Site or our Service. By accessing our Site, you accept our Privacy Policy and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for the Site. It will notify you of the following:

  • What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared. Choices available to you regarding the use of your data.

  • The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

  • How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1. Information Collection, Use, and Sharing 

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you

submit and number of clicks. Personal Information includes your email and/or contact information, which you submit to us through the Site, via Facebook, Instagram, or during a business transaction with the Company. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request.

2. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed to anyone under the age of 13. The Site does not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have gathered personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us at (207) 372-6450.


II. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

Personal Information:

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for the Company, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to user’s email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support, and inform users about events.

We may share Personal Information with outside parties if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable legal process or enforceable governmental request; to enforce applicable

Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations; address fraud, security or technical concerns; or to protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of our users or the public as required or permitted by law. 


Non-Personal Information:

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Site and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Site. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information, and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners and other third parties at our discretion.


In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another entity, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to the Site so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check the Site periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used. We do not send out unsolicited email, such as advertisements or promotions. 


Your Access to and Control Over Information 

You may opt out of any future contact from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.

  • Change/correct any data we have about you.

  • Have us delete any data we have about you.

  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.


III. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION

We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as name, email address or phone number), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only Committee Members who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, responding to requests for site use or volunteer interest) are granted access to personally identifiable information. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.


IV. Donations 

We use PayPal to process donations on our website. They collect the information necessary to process the donation and share relevant information as necessary with us and other vendors. View PayPal’s Privacy Policy for more information. https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full


V. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

As part of the Site, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Site and the Service. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on our Site or via our Service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.


VI. Cookies 

We use cookies on our site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help improve your access to the site and identify repeat visitors to the site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, Squarespace). View their privacy policy for information on their use of cookies. https://www.squarespace.com/privacy


VII. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

The Company reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms of Service at any time. We will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on our Site. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the Site and this privacy page for updates.


VIII. CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us by sending an email to (207) 372-6450.

If you feel we are not abiding by this privacy policy, contact us immediately via telephone at (207) 372-6450.

Last Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated on 09/24/2019