Privacy Statement
This Privacy Policy applies to the United States
of America
This policy describes the ways we collect, store, use and protect your
personal information. You accepted this policy when you registered for
membership.
We may amend this policy at any time by posting a revised
version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we
post it.
In addition, if the revised version includes a substantial
change, we will provide you with 30 days’ prior notice by posting notice of
the change on the "Policy Updates" page of our website.
We last modified
this Policy on January 18, 2009.
How we
collect information about you
If you register as a member, we collect
the following types of information from you:
Contact information - your
name, email address, graduation year, house and similar information.
How we use cookies
We send a "session
cookie" to your computer when you log in to your account.
This type of
cookie helps us to recognize you if you visit multiple pages on our site
during the same session, so that we don’t need to ask you for your password
on each page. Once you log out or close your browser, this cookie expires
and no longer has any effect.
You are free to decline our cookies if your
browser permits, but doing so may interfere with your use of our website.
How we protect
and store personal information
Throughout this policy, we use the
term "personal information" to describe information that can be associated
with a specific person and can be used to identify that person.
We do not
consider personal information to include information that has been
anonymized so that it does not identify a specific user.
We store and
process your personal information on our web host servers in the US, and we
protect it by maintaining electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance
with applicable US federal and state regulations.
Computer safeguards
such as firewalls and data encryption, are used to protect your information.
We authorize access to personal information only for those Board members who
require it to fulfill their assigned responsibilities.
How we use the
personal information we collect
Our primary purpose in collecting
personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and
customized experience.
We may use your personal information to:
provide the services and support you may offer to our program; process
transactions and send notices about your transactions; resolve disputes,
collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
prevent potentially prohibited
or illegal activities, and enforce our User Agreement; customize, measure,
and improve our services and the content and layout of our website; send you
update notices, and promotional offers
How
we share personal information with other MHSAA registrants
We post
your name, graduation year, house you belonged to and photograph you
uploaded to our site for other visitors to see.
Your registered email
address is not published since this is your access to our online community
where you can amend any previous information you provided at registration.
How we
share personal information with other parties
MHSAA will not sell or
rent any of your personal information to third parties in the normal course
of doing business.
How you can
access or change your personal information
You can review and edit
your personal information at any time by going to our “ online community ”
and logging in to your account using your registered email address.
How you can contact
us about privacy questions
If you have questions or concerns
regarding this policy, you should contact us by using this form or writing
to us at MHSAA, Attn: Secretary, 2152 Ralph Avenue, Suite 344, Brooklyn, NY
11234.
