Community Green Scene   Privacy Policy

Overview

Community Green Scene and our partners (CGS) are committed to respecting the privacy of our users. We strive to provide a safe, secure user experience and will step all commercially reasonable steps to protect your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to the CGS Web Site and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.

Your data will be stored and processed in whole or in part in the United States. The information we gather on the CGS Web Site may be shared with CGS partners on a national basis in order to deliver the information to community and governmental planners, leaders, researchers and decision makers for planning, research and evaluation purposes. Partners include participating community organizations and fire managers.

The CGS Sites contain links to other Web sites over which we have no control. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other Web sites to which you choose to link from our Sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other Web sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information.

Collection and Use of Information by CGS

In some areas of CGS Web Sites, we may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and contact information. In other areas, we may collect demographic information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age, preferences, gender, and special needs. Sometimes we may collect a combination of the two types of information.

We also may gather certain information about your use of the CGS Network, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that may be collected by us. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses, but is not linked to your personal information.

We may sometimes afford you the opportunity to provide descriptive, cultural, behavioral, and preferential and/or life style information about yourself, but it is solely up to you whether you furnish such information. If you do provide such information, you are thereby consenting to the use of that information in accordance with the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy. For example, such information may be used for the purpose of determining your potential interest in receiving e-mail or other communications about particular services.

Our Use of Your Information

We use the information we gather on CGS sites, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving the CGS Site, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the products and services that we offer. If you have provided consent for us to do so, we may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or services available from us and we expand our offerings.

We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding updates at the CGS Site, to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered. We may also provide additional communications, promotions and information on new CGS opportunities which may be of interest to you. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you.

In addition, you may receive free informational newsletters from us relating to topics that may be of special interest to you. We have areas on the CGS Site where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in these areas becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as success stories) for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.

Choices Regarding the Disclosure of Personal Information to Others

We do not disclose your personal information to third parties, or your combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of CGS sites (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as set forth below.

We disclose information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties at the time you register for a CGS account, we supply your contact information to third parties such as data aggregators, HOA or other community leaders and planners, or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you. We use data we have about you (such as the interests and preferences you have expressed) to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services of a particular third-party.
We disclose information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party.
We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
CGS becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular item or link. Such information does not identify you individually.

Use of Cookies

We use "cookies" to help personalize and maximize your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you register for the online survey, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized site experience. When you return to CGS, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing. You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on CGS sites.

Access to and Modification of Your Information

You may review, correct, update or change your CGS profile at any time. From your CGS account you may also opt out of receiving newsletters and certain other information from CGS.

To change your CGS account information, simply log into your CGS account, go to your Profile, review your account information and, if you wish, edit it with the options provided. Click here to access your CGS Account Profile page.

We retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of CGS sites more efficient, practical, and relevant. Of course, you can close your CGS account at any time close your CGS account, in which event we will remove your CGS profile, except for an archival copy which is not accessible on the Internet.

Security of the Personal Information

We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

Children

The CGS Sites are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to Privacy Statement

If we decide to materially change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes through a prominent notice on the web site so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. If at any time, you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please feel free to email us at Deborah @communitygreenscene.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly answer your question or resolve your problem.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please visit us at http://www.communitygreenscene.org

Or you can contact us by calling: 858.753.1982

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