Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce 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 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Web
site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Greater Reston Chamber
of Commerce website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce collects personally identifiable information,
such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Greater
Reston Chamber of Commerce 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 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce. This information can include: your
IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.
This information is used by Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce for the operation
of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics
regarding use of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce public message
boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Greater Reston
Chamber of Commerce does not read any of your private online communications.
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce encourages you to review the privacy statements
of Web sites you choose to link to from Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce so that
you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce is not responsible for the privacy statements
or other content on Web sites outside of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
and Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce collects and uses your personal information to
operate the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Web site and deliver the services
you have requested. Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce also uses your personally
identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce and its affiliates. Greater Reston Chamber of
Commerce may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion
of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists
to third parties. Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce 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, Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce 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 Greater
Reston Chamber of Commerce, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality
of your information.
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce does not use or disclose sensitive personal information,
such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers
visit within Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, in order to determine what Greater
Reston Chamber of Commerce services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver
customized content and advertising within Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce to
customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject
area.
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce 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 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce or the site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce; and, (c)
act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Greater
Reston Chamber of Commerce, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce 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 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
pages, or register with Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce site or services, a cookie
helps Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce 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 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Web site, the information you previously
provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
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 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce services or Web
sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce secures your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce 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
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy
to reflect company and customer feedback. Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce encourages
you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Greater Reston Chamber
of Commerce is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce welcomes your comments regarding this Statement
of Privacy. If you believe that Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce has not adhered
to this Statement, please contact Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce at
info@restonchamber.org. We will use
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.