CVA Website Privacy Policy

Chariton Valley Association, INC (“Chariton Valley Association, Inc“) operates www.charitonvalley.org. It is Chariton Valley’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Chariton Valley Association, Inc collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Chariton Valley’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Chariton Valley’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Chariton Valley Association, Inc may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Chariton Valley Association, Inc also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on www.charitonvalley.org blogs/sites. Chariton Valley Association, Inc only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Chariton Valley’s websites choose to interact with Chariton Valley Association, Inc in ways that require Chariton Valley Association, Inc to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Chariton Valley Association, Inc gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at www.charitonvalley.org to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Chariton Valley Association, Inc are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal information required to process those transactions. Chariton Valley Association, Inc collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Chariton Valley Association, Inc. Chariton Valley Association, Inc does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Chariton Valley Association, Inc may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Chariton Valley Association, Inc may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Chariton Valley Association, Inc does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Chariton Valley Association, Inc discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Chariton Valley’s behalf or to provide services available at Chariton Valley’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Chariton Valley’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Chariton Valley Association, Inc will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Chariton Valley Association, Inc discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Chariton Valley Association, Inc believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Chariton Valley Association, Inc, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Chariton Valley Association, Inc website and have supplied your email address, Chariton Valley Association, Inc may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Chariton Valley Association, Inc and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Chariton Valley Association, Inc takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Chariton Valley Association, Inc uses cookies to help Chariton Valley Association, Inc identify and track visitors, their usage of Chariton Valley Association, Inc website, and their website access preferences. Chariton Valley Association, Inc visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Chariton Valley’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Chariton Valley’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Chariton Valley Association, Inc, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Chariton Valley Association, Inc goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Chariton Valley Association, Inc may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

3^rd Party Plugins

Our website uses a variety of plugins to help with user’s experience. For a complete listing of the plugins our website uses, and how they may use or collect your information, please view the 3^rd Party Plugins Page.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Chariton Valley Association, Inc and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Data Storage

Our website is hosted and maintained by Vervocity Interactive. For information on Vervocity and how they secure our data and your information can be found on Vervocity Interactive’s Privacy Policy page.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Chariton Valley Association, Inc may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Chariton Valley’s sole discretion. Chariton Valley Association, Inc encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a www.charitonvalley.org account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.