Western Montana Gay & Lesbian Community Center

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Effective Date: January 15, 2007

We at GayMontana.org are committed to protecting the privacy of our users. We have prepared this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to inform you how we handle the information that we collect about you or that you choose to submit to us.

Notice - Information We Automatically Collect

We automatically collect certain information to help us understand how our users use the Website (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as "Usage Data"). This allows us to enhance your experience on the Website, to deliver content specific to your interests.Third parties who place advertisements on the Website may also collect information through cookies or tracking pixels to ensure that their advertising systems and technologies work properly and to allow them to track responses to their advertisements. Cookies or tracking pixels set by these third parties are governed by the privacy policies set by those third parties. In addition, third-party partners, advertisers, and other web sites you may access via the Website have different privacy policies and are not subject to this privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy statement of each web site to find out how your personal information is protected.

We do not share Usage Data with third parties. We may combine Usage Data with Personal Information (as defined below) in a manner that enables us to trace Usage Data to an individual user. We do so, however, only for our own internal purposes and will not share such combined data with third parties unless you have given us permission to do so or we are required to do so by law.

Information You Choose To Submit

When you register to become a WMGLCCyber member or when you participate in certain Website activities (e.g., comments submission, submission of events, requesting a group listing), we may ask that you provide us with demographic information (e.g., gender, age, zip code) and with information through which you could be contacted (e.g., your full name, postal or e-mail address, or phone number) (which we will refer to in this privacy policy collectively as "Personal Information"). We will not share your Personal Information with third parties unless you have given us permission to do so. In addition, when you make donations to the Western Montana Gay & Lesbian Community Center or make other purchases, we may ask that you provide us with information (e.g., credit card number, billing, and shipping information) we will need to enable us to provide you with the requested product or service. We will share such information (e.g., to our billing vendors) with third parties to the extent necessary to fulfill your order or to complete the Website activity.

Other Authorized Disclosures

Notwithstanding anything in this privacy policy to the contrary, we may share any information we have collected about you or that you have submitted: (1) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims or demands; (2) if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person; (3) if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding situations that involve abuse of our Website infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as voluminous spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of the Website infrastructure); and (4) if GayMontana.org is acquired by or merged with another entity (in which case we will require such entity to assume our obligations under this privacy policy).

Data Integrity and Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We also take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Information is relevant for the purposes for which it is to be used and that the Usage Data is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete, and current.

Modifications and Deactivations

If you would like to modify any Personal Information you previously submitted through the Website, visit your account information section to which you made the submission. If you have agreed to receive communications from us or to permit us to share your Personal Information with third parties, you may request that, in the future, we not send you communications or share your Personal Information by writing to our website manager by contacting the center either via email or by writing the Western Montana Gay & Lesbian Community Center. Please note, however, that we reserve the right to send you administrative messages relating to the Website (e.g., about changes to this privacy policy). If at any time you would like us to deactivate your membership and remove your account from WMGLCCyber, please write to us at our the Western Montana Gay & Lesbian Community Center address or email the website manager . Please note that (1) we will retain your Personal Information in back-up storage after deactivation, and (2) we are not responsible for removing information about you from the database of any third parties to whom you previously authorized us to share your Personal Information.

Changes to Policy

Due to changes in legislation, best practices, or enhancements to functionality and content, we may make changes to our privacy policy and will reflect those changes in this statement. We may update this policy from time to time. If we make any significant changes to the way in which we treat Personal Information about you, we will inform you of such changes via e-mail or by posting a notice on relevant areas of the Network. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please feel free to write to us at the address given above.