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Privacy
Policy
The Boy Scouts of America Troop
349, Mountville, PA (BSA Troop 349) is committed to respecting
and protecting the personal privacy of its members and those who
visit its Web site. It is our policy to acquire personal
information from users only by overt and voluntary means, only
when it is in the interest of the user to provide it, and to
utilize this information only for the purpose it was provided.
The information that follows
explains the kinds of information the BSA Troop 349 Web site
collects, how it is used, the conditions under which it is made
available to third parties, how information is maintained, and
our compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act.
What information does this
site collect?
This site collects anonymous
data that is not indicative of and cannot be traced to an
individual without the cooperation of their Internet Service
Provider. This data includes information about the user's remote
IP address, referral data (which page "linked" to the
present request), and the browser software's user-agent string.
This information is accepted passively from the HTTP headers
that are sent from the user when requesting any file from the
server. Other anonymous data entered by the user may be
collected in a common repository, including terms entered into
the search engine, ZIP codes entered into the council locator,
etc.
Personally identifiable data is
collected only by means of form interfaces on the site, into
which the user must voluntarily enter the information requested.
This information is requested only when it is necessary to
accomplish the overt purpose indicated by the interface
containing the form that requests it. Such for interfaces
require only the information reasonably necessary to accomplish
the overt purpose indicated on the interface.
No attempt is made to covertly
or "quietly" collect personally identifiable
information, nor are cookies or any other tracking technology
used for the purpose of coordinating information that a user may
opt to enter in various interfaces on the site.
What organization is
collecting the information?
Information entered by site
visitors is retrieved directly by the BSA Troop 349, Mountville,
PA
How does the BSA Troop 349 use
the information it collects?
The anonymous information
collected is used to monitor the usage of this Web site and the
interests of those who use it. Data such as the volume of
traffic to the server, the number of visitors a certain section
of the site receives each month, or the most popular search
terms are analyzed to derive general statistics about the site's
reach and the audience's usage patterns.
Personally identifiable
information is used only for the express purpose for which it
was submitted. For example, if a user enters their contact
information in the "change of address" form for
Scouting magazine, the information will be used only to change
their address or to correspond with them regarding the change of
address.
With whom does the BSA Troop
349 share the information that is collected?
The BSA Troop 349 does not
share personally identifiable information about its web site
visitors with anyone.
Reports, statistics, and other
analyses of aggregate anonymous information may be shared within
the organization or provided to third parties at the sole
discretion of the Boy Scouts of America. This information does
not include any personally identifiable information.
Exception: the BSA Troop 349
reserves the right to use all information at its disposal and to
share this information with ISPs and other third parties as
necessary to investigate any incident of misuse or abuse of its
site, server, or information systems.
How does the BSA Troop 349
maintain the information it collects?
In most cases, personally
identifiable information is not maintained. Once it has been
used for its intended purpose, it is deleted. Because of the
brevity of this interval, no mechanism is provided to enable
users to alter or delete information they have submitted.
How does the BSA Troop 349
comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
of 1998?
This legislation applies only
to Web sites of a commercial nature. However, the BSA Troop 349
considers it to provide sound advice for any Web site that is
intended for use by children.
Therefore, the BSA Troop 349
does not use its Web site to collect any personally identifiable
information from children under 13 years of age. Any input form
that requests personally identifiable information that appears
on an interface that is expected to be viewed by children under
13 years of age is accompanied by a notice that submissions
cannot be accepted from users under 13 years of age. Where
"age" or "date of birth" is requested, no
information will be stored or transmitted unless the response
indicates that the user is 13 years of age or older.
Providing personal information
is never a prerequisite for accessing any of the content
or resources on this Web site. Specifically, refusal to provide
personal information via a Web interface will never result in a
user being denied access to any on-line content or resource he
would be able to access were the information submitted.
Policy Modifications and
Deviations
This policy was last modified
on October 30, 2007
.
We may modify this privacy
policy and will post those changes here. If the privacy policy
changes in the future, we will not any personal information you
have submitted to us under the current Privacy Policy in a
manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy,
without your prior consent.
It may be necessary to deviate
from this general policy in unique instances and for specific
purposes. In such instances, a link will be provided to a
description of the deviation. This link will be placed where it
can be reasonably expected to be noticed prior to submitting any
information for which this privacy policy is modified or
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