Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed

Privacy Policy

 

LAST UPDATED: 26 January 2024

This privacy notice describes how Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed (“FMRW”) collects, uses, shares, and retains personal information that you provide to us, or that we collect, when you use the FMRW website located at SheboyganRivers.org and other websites owned or controlled by FMRW (“Site” or “Sites”) or related mobile applications, use FMRW products and services and complete related forms, participate in FMRW events, or communicate with one of our customer service representatives (“Personal Data”).

If you disagree with anything in this Privacy Notice, you must not use the sites or mobile applications, use FMRW products and services or complete related forms, or provide personal information to use in connection with FMRW’s products or services.

Finally, purchasers of FMRW products are subject to separate terms of service. Please refer to your product terms and conditions for those details. In the event of a conflict between this policy and the product terms and conditions, the latter shall govern.

HOW TO CONTACT US

FMRW is headquartered in the State of Wisconsin, in the United States. You may contact FMRW’s internal data protection contact if you have any questions or concerns about FMRW’s policies or practices regarding Personal Data:

Zachary Kunstman, LNRP Content and Design Consultant

zach@zfmk.cf

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership Inc.

Post Office Box 358
Cleveland, Wisconsin 53015

The FMRW's does not have regular hours of operation but is generally available via email Monday through Friday (except national holidays). To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity. Please do not send us sensitive information, such as your credit card or social security numbers, via e-mail. It is possible that during transmission of your e-mail this information may be intercepted by a third party. We cannot guarantee its safety while in transit. If you choose to contact FMRW staff using an e-mail address, a discussion forum, FMRW blog, text message or other electronic communication method, or if you choose to complete an online form provided on the Sites you may be asked to provide your name, e-mail address or other personal information. The purpose of collecting this information is to allow staff to respond to your inquiry or to evaluate individual web services. Only authorized staff will have access to the information provided and the information will only be used for the purpose it was intended.

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA

Your privacy is important to the FMRW. We adhere to all applicable privacy laws and regulations affecting your data, and strive to adopt best practices when it comes to your privacy.

Registration is required to obtain any product or service (tangible or virtual) offered by the FMRW. Individuals can register with FMRW to receive a logon online or by completing a paper form.  Some products and services also require FMRW membership. For additional information on those products please refer to FMRW’s product listing or its terms of service. In all cases registration requires that a valid mailing address be submitted to appropriately fulfil a product or service request. Online registration requires a valid email be provided because an online profile is created during the registration process.

Occasionally FMRW asks for general demographics data as a part of its diversity and inclusion initiatives and commitment. This information is for internal use only and is not required by a registrant at any time. It is not shared with any outside vendors, partners, or online services.

When purchasing a product or service online users are asked to provide a credit card number to complete their transaction. FMRW does not store credit card information after the transaction is complete. FMRW follows Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards for all online and paper sales and this practice is accepted by PCI.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED

FMRW may communicate with its members and customers electronically and through bulk mail advertisements. All electronic communications adhere to the CAN SPAM Act.

Your data is used according to your relationship to the FMRW. A description of the different relationship types is below. Please note, that Friends of Hika Bay controls and operates the data it collects but is maintained and overseen by the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) where the database in which your data is stored, your data is shared with the LNRP.

Customer Data

Customer data generally obtained through online or storefront (paper) registration and sales is for internal FMRW purposes only and is not shared or sold to vendors for bulk mail solicitations. It is used to solicit feedback on the product or service purchased and to inform customer of new products and services available for sale. It is also used for market research within the FMRW, and to develop products and services to benefit the mission of the FMRW.

Follower Data

Follower data is generally obtained through FMRW’s online registration or through paper requests applications submitted to “Stay Connected,” “Stay Informed,” or “Stay Up to Date” with the FMRW. 

Follower data is used to communicate with followers via electronic mail and bulk mail. Names and addresses can be granted access to vendors for bulk mail solicitations on behalf of the FMRW. FMRW does not sell email addresses, telephone numbers, other information, and additional demographic information.

Follower data is used for market research within the FMRW, and to develop products and services to benefit the mission of the FMRW.

Donor Data

Donor data is generally obtained through FMRW’s online giving portal or through paper giving applications submitted to donate financially to the FMRW or an advantage partner. 

Donor data is used to communicate with donors via electronic mail, user profiles, and bulk mail. Names and addresses can be granted access to vendors for bulk mail solicitations on behalf of the FMRW. FMRW does not sell email addresses, telephone numbers, other information, and additional demographic information.

FMRW is in a partnership with the LNRP who has access to membership lists for promotional mailings when a donor has indicated interest or allocated part/all of their donation to the LNRP. Email addresses, telephone numbers, and other demographic data are made available to the LNRP when a donor has indicated interest or allocated part/all of their donation to the LNRP.

Member data is used for market research within the FMRW, and to develop products and services to benefit the mission of the FMRW.

COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, FMRW has implemented the appropriate physical, and electronic procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and by paper. For Site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, FMRW uses Squarespace to host and provide website security to monitor network traffic to identity unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials.

To see a complete list of security measures in place from Squarespace please visit their website at https://www.squarespace.com/measures.

Accessing and Updating Your Information

protected by industry standard security practices. All paper applications are scanned and maintained in a secure server environment.

All records in our database are accessible by their individual, organization, or company owner upon request by contacting the FMRW via written or email request. Changes or updates to your information may be completed in the same format. Contact information for accessing or updating your information can be found in the contents of this document.

WEB BROWSING PRACTICES

Cookies

Our sites use cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this Site.

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this).

The Cookies We Use:

  1. Account related cookies: If you are a contributor, editor or sign up for an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signing process and My Account. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your Site preferences when logged out.

  2. Login related cookies: We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

  3. Email related cookies: Our Site offers email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

  4. Functional and Required Cookies: Squarespace uses some necessary cookies because they allow visitors to navigate and use key features on your site. These cookies vary from site to site depending on the features it uses.

  5. Forms related cookies: When you submit data through an online form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

  6. Analytics cookies: Our Site uses certain third-party cookies, such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google AdWords and Squarespace Analytics. These are trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the Site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the Site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

External Links Disclaimer

FMRW provides links from our Web pages to external Web sites because they provide information that may interest our customers. This is provided as a convenience only. External links do not constitute an endorsement by the FOHB of the opinions, products, or services presented on the external Site, or of any sites linked to it. FMRW is not responsible for the legality or accuracy of information on externally linked sites, or for any costs incurred while using externally linked sites.

Social Networking Sites and Applications

It is important to note that the FMRW also provides links to other third-party sites and applications (e.g, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube). These sites and applications may not follow the same privacy policies as the FMRW. For instance, these sites and applications may use cookies, collect data, and use the data in ways that the FMRW would not. The FMRW is not responsible for the privacy practices on these other sites.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Sites are not directed to children under the age of 13, if you are not 13 years or older, do not use our Site. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If we learn that Personal Data of persons less than 13 years-of-age has been collected through our Site, we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child or a minor under the age of 13 has posted, submitted or otherwise communicated Personal Data to our Site without your consent, please contact us at FMRW@lnrp.org so that we may take appropriate action to remove the minor's Personal Data from our systems.

MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

If we make any material changes to this Notice or the way we use, share or collect personal data, we will notify you by revising the “Last Updated” at the top of this Notice, prominently posting an announcement of the changes on our Site, or sending an email to the email address you most recently provided us (unless we do not have such an email address) prior to the new policy taking effect.

Any changes we make to this Notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notification sent to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Notice.

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