Museum of the Grand Prairie 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Museum of the Grand Prairie site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Museum of the Grand Prairie collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Museum of the Grand Prairie 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Museum of the Grand Prairie for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Museum of the Grand Prairie site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Museum of the Grand Prairie public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Museum of the Grand Prairie does not read any of your private online communications.

Museum of the Grand Prairie encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Museum of the Grand Prairie so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Museum of the Grand Prairie is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Museum of the Grand Prairie and Museum of the Grand Prairie family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Museum of the Grand Prairie collects and uses your personal information to operate the Museum of the Grand Prairie Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Museum of the Grand Prairie also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Museum of the Grand Prairie and its affiliates. Museum of the Grand Prairie may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Museum of the Grand Prairie does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Museum of the Grand Prairie 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, Museum of the Grand Prairie 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Museum of the Grand Prairie does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Museum of the Grand Prairie keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Museum of the Grand Prairie, in order to determine what Museum of the Grand Prairie services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Museum of the Grand Prairie to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Museum of the Grand Prairie 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Museum of the Grand Prairie; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Museum of the Grand Prairie, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Museum of the Grand Prairie 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie pages, or register with Museum of the Grand Prairie site or services, a cookie helps Museum of the Grand Prairie 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Museum of the Grand Prairie 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Museum of the Grand Prairie secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Museum of the Grand Prairie 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

Museum of the Grand Prairie will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Museum of the Grand Prairie encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Museum of the Grand Prairie is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Museum of the Grand Prairie welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Museum of the Grand Prairie has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Museum of the Grand Prairie at museum@ccfpd.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.