This Web site, westcamNe.org, is owned and operated by WESTCAM Inc. (or WESTCAM) of New England, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our online properties comprise of, but are not limited to, all pages found under www.westcamNe.org and may include certain partner sites. This privacy policy applies to these sites and other sites, or other online services we may provide that link to this policy (collectively, referred to hereafter as the site).

WESTCAM is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of our visitors. This privacy policy discloses how we collect, protect, and use information you provide or we collect online. If our policy practices change in the future, we will let you know by posting our revised privacy policy on our website. By using the pages on this site or other services covered by the posted Privacy Policy, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

WESTCAM may automatically collect certain technical information from your computer such as your Internet service provider, your Internet Protocol address, your browser type, your operating system, the pages viewed, the pages viewed immediately before and after accessing the Web site, and the search terms entered to get to our site. This information allows us to improve and customize our services. We and our service providers may collect this information using “cookies,” which are small text files that many websites save on your computer, or similar technologies. See the section on “Use of Cookies and Similar Technology” below for more information.

The personally identifiable information you provide is used by WESTCAM and other entities who maybe involved in the operation of this site or who provide support for WESTCAM objectives and programs, for general business purposes and for the purposes for which you provided the information. General business purposes include, for example, WESTCAM membership, activities, program participation, marketing, promotions, fundraising activities and communications. The purposes for which you provide information includes our use of your personally identifiable information to process online transactions, purchases, and donations, facilitate participation in WESTCAM programs, including services.

We do not sell information you provide to us online with third parties. We may share personally identifiable information with third parties. WESTCAM has no control over or responsibility for the data collection and use practices of third parties that process online transactions. For example, if you make donation(s)/purchase(s) on our site using a PayPal account or similar account of a third party payment provider, certain information is transmitted to the payment provider and is subject to the third party’s own privacy policy.

Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by WESTCAM Web site through the use of “cookies” or other similar technologies such as web beacons. “Cookies” are small text files a Web site can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are not programs that come onto a visitor’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. “Web beacons” are a small snippet of code embedded in webpages typically used to monitor activity on a webpage and transfer or collect information, such as information about your Internet Protocol address, the URL of the page on which the beacon is located, the browser type that is accessing the site, and the ID number of cookies placed on your computer.

WESTCAM uses “cookie” technology only to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors’ online experience and facilitate their visit within our site. WESTCAM may use web beacons to improve website services, conduct website analytics, first party advertising relating to us and our sponsors, and to optimize the browsing experience.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (that is, not including your name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you on this or other websites.

This site may be linked to other sites and services that are not maintained by WESTCAM These Web sites have their own privacy policies, which you should review prior to visiting them. We have no responsibility for linked Web sites and provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.

The safety and security of your online experience is of the utmost concern to us. We take measures to implement reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

Protecting the safety of your credit card information is also important to us. For card transactions we process, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to protect the security of your credit card information as it is transmitted to us. SSL is an Internet encryption technology, and a method of scrambling data as it travels from your computer to our Web site servers. We also encrypt your credit card number when we store your order and whenever we transfer that information to participating merchants. All online payment transactions are made via PayPal.

To make sure you are accessing our secure server before you submit sensitive information, check the document for your browser for indication of an SSL connection (most browsers utilize an unbroken or closed padlock). Verify that SSL is active before submitting sensitive information to our server. To double-check, verify that the URL or Address line of your browser for our site begins with “https.”

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer. If you are under 18, you need parent/guardian permission to use a credit card to make purchases online.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at info@westcamNe.org.

Thank you for visiting our site.
WESTCAM Inc. Team