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The Maryland Science Center has created this Privacy Policy to explain
why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal
privacy within our website. The following discloses our information gathering
and dissemination practices for the website located at marylandsciencecenter.org.
In order to fully understand your rights we encourage you to read this
Privacy Policy. MSC reserves the right at any time and without notice
to change this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on our site.
Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.
Because we want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, this Privacy
Policy notifies you of what personally identifiable information of yours
is collected through the site; Who collects such information; How such
information is used; With whom your information may be shared; What choices
you have regarding collection, use and distribution of your information;
What kind of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse,
or alteration of information under our control; and, how you can correct
any inaccuracies in your information.
What Information We Collect and How We Use That Information
Our registration forms require users to give us contact information that
may include name, email address, format preference (HTML vs. Text), address,
interests, and similar information. We do not request or store sensitive
information from our visitors, such as social security numbers, nor will
we request information such as passwords. We do not sell or share email
addresses or other personal information.
Internet Protocol Address
We collect an IP address from all visitors to our site. An IP address
is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use
the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server,
administer our Site, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the
site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not
linked to personally identifiable information.
Use of Cookies
Our site may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our site.
Cookies are pieces of information that some websites transfer to the computer
that is browsing that website and are used for record-keeping purposes
at many websites. Use of cookies makes web-surfing easier by performing
certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences
regarding your use of the particular website. Many consider the use of
cookies to be an industry standard. Your browser is probably set to accept
cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can
alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose
to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of
our site will not function properly when you view them.
Security
All information provided to MSC is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket
Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser
automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We
also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of
our site that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of MSC.
Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100%
secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure
or warrant the security of such information.
Other Websites
Our Site contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click
on one of these links, you are entering another website for which MSC
has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements
on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.
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