Privacy Statement

Catawba Lodge Privacy Statement

Catawba Lodge is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Catawba Lodge Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Catawba Lodge website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. If you have any questions, please email the webteam.

Collection of your Personal Information

Catawba Lodge collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Catawba Lodge also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Catawba Lodge. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Catawba Lodge for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Catawba Lodge Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Catawba Lodge public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Catawba Lodge does not read any of your private online communications.

Catawba Lodge encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Catawba Lodge so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Catawba Lodge is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Catawba Lodge and Catawba Lodge family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Catawba Lodge collects and uses your personal information to operate the Catawba Lodge Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Catawba Lodge also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Catawba Lodge and its affiliates. Catawba Lodge may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Catawba Lodge does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Catawba Lodge does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Catawba Lodge Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Catawba Lodge or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Catawba Lodge; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Catawba Lodge, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Catawba Lodge Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, 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 personalize Catawba Lodge pages, or register with Catawba Lodge site or services, a cookie helps Catawba Lodge to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Catawba Lodge Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Catawba Lodge features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Catawba Lodge services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Catawba Lodge secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Catawba Lodge secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Catawba Lodge will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Catawba Lodge encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Catawba Lodge is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Catawba Lodge welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Catawba Lodge has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Catawba Lodge at webmaster@catawba459.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

Have any comments? E-mail the webmaster webmaster@catawba459.org

Privacy Statement

Copyright © 1998-2016 Catawba Lodge,

Mecklenburg County Council, BSA. All rights reserved.

Revised: October 1, 2016