The Chatham County Historical Association (CCHA) is committed to providing excellent customer service and an enjoyable experience while visiting our website. Part of achieving this goal involves gathering information that helps to ensure our site meets your needs. CCHA respects your privacy, and this privacy statement provides important information about how we gather and protect the personal information of our online visitors. Use of our website constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this privacy policy.

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy or the practices of our website, please contact us at Webmaster@chathamhistory.org.

About the information we collect

The Chatham County Historical Association gathers two types of information through its website. The first is routine statistical information gathered as visitors browse through our site, and the second is personal information voluntarily supplied by visitors.

Routine information

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. We use these statistics to help make our site more useful to visitors and to improve the services we offer, but we do not match this information with users' personally identifiable information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Personal information

When you visit our site, we do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily choose to provide us with the information. However, some services on the site require that you furnish personal information. Examples include purchasing items from our online store, answering surveys, registering to receive electronic newsletters, or becoming a member of CCHA. In connection with your use of such services, you may be asked to provide contact information (such as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address), financial information (such as your credit card type, number and expiration date) and demographic information (such as your zip code or age). Credit card information is used only for your intended purchase (i.e., store purchase, membership purchase or donation) and is processed by a secure service called AffiniPay. Contact information is used to respond to your inquiries and to send products and services requested from our website.

Mailing Lists

The purpose of CCHA’s email list is to keep you updated on exhibits, events, and special offers. The information you provide us will be kept confidential, and CCHA will not sell, rent, or share your email address with other organizations. You may modify or cancel your subscription at any time.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a small data file that a website transfers to a user's hard drive when a user visits the website. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages visited. A cookie can't read data off a hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. CCHA does not use cookies to store any personal information about a user. If your web browser is set to refuse cookies, some features of our site may not work properly.

Security

The security of your financial information (credit card type, number and expiration date) is a primary concern of CCHA. We have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Credit card information is transmitted in an encrypted format to help protect it against unauthorized use.

Children

CCHA will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without first gaining consent from a parent or guardian. If your child sends us an email with a question or request for information (such as information on Chatham history for a school project), we will respond using his or her email. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children’s online activities.

Links to other websites

As a service to visitors, our website contains links to other sites. The linked sites are not under the control of CCHA, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of any linked site. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by chathamhistory.org.

Updates to our privacy policy

From time to time, we may make changes to our information-gathering practices or alter the way our website functions. We will update this statement accordingly, and we encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on privacy practices on our website.