Privacy Statement
Privacy Statement
Western Wood Preservers Institute (WWPI), which publishes and maintains the PreservedWood.org website, 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 PreservedWood.org website and governs data collection and usage. By using the PreservedWood.org website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
PreservedWood.org collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. PreservedWood.org 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 PreservedWood.org. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by WWPI for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PreservedWood.org website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through PreservedWood.org public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: WWPI does not read any of your private online communications.
WWPI encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from PreservedWood.org so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. WWPI is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the PreservedWood.org and WWPI family of websites.
Use of your Personal Information
WWPI collects and uses your personal information to operate the PreservedWood.org website and deliver the services you have requested. WWPI also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from PreservedWood.org and its affiliates. WWPI may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
WWPI does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. WWPI may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, WWPI may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to WWPI, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
WWPI does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
WWPI keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within PreservedWood.org in order to determine what PreservedWood.org services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within PreservedWood.org to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
WWPI websites 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 WWPI or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of WWPI; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PreservedWood.org, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The PreservedWood.org website 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 PreservedWood.org pages, or register with PreservedWood.org site or services, a cookie helps PreservedWood.org 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 PreservedWood.org website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the PreservedWood.org 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 PreservedWood.org services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
WWPI secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. WWPI 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 websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
WWPI will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. WWPI encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how WWPI is protecting your information.
Contact Information
WWPI welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that WWPI has not adhered to this Statement, please contact WWPI using the contact form. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.