PURPOSE
The High Line Network has adopted this Privacy Statement in order to inform you of its policies with respect to information collected from this website. Your use of this website constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Statement and your consent to the practices it describes.
AUTOMATIC COLLECTION OF ANONYMOUS INFORMATION
When you visit the FHL website, as when you visit most other websites, certain anonymous information about your visit is automatically logged, which may include information about the type of browser you use, the server name and IP address through which you access the Internet (such as “aol.com” of “earthlink.net”), the date and time you access the site, the pages you access while at the High Line Network website, and the Internet address of the website, if any, from which you linked directly to the FHL website. This information is not personally identifiable.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
Personally Identifiable Information is any information that concerns you individually and would permit someone to contact you, for example, your name, address, telephone/fax number, email address or any information you submitted to the High Line Network, that identifies you individually.
The High Line Network will not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it. Therefore, if you do not want FHL to obtain any personally identifiable information about you, do not submit it. You can visit and browse the High Line Network website without revealing personally identifiable information about yourself. You also choose to disclose personally identifiable information about yourself, which will be maintained as described below. The High Line Network may collect personally identifiable information about you from its website by methods such as the following:
Transactions and Activity
If you conduct transactions through the High Line Network website, the High Line Network may collect information about the transactions you engage in while on the website and your other activity on the site. This information may include, without limitation, areas of the website that you visit, transaction type, content that you view, download or submit, transaction amount, and payment, shipping, and billing information.
Email and Other Voluntary Communications
You may also choose to communicate with the High Line Network through email, via our website, by telephone, in writing, or through other means. We collect the information in these communications, and such information may be personally identifiable.
Disclosure of Information
The High Line Network may use unaffiliated companies to help it maintain and operate its website or for other reasons related to the operation of its business, and those companies may receive your personally identifiable information. The High Line Network may also disclose personally identifiable information about you in connection with legal requirements, such as in response to an authorized subpoena, governmental request, or investigation, or as otherwise required by law.
Information Use
The High Line Network may use the personally identifiable information collected through its website primarily for such purposes as:
- Helping to establish and verify the identity of users
- Opening, maintaining, administering, and servicing users’ accounts or memberships
- Processing or servicing transactions and sending related communications
- Providing services and support to users
- Improving the website, including tailoring it to the users’ preferences
- providing users with updates, notices, invitations, and other information about the High Line Network
- Responding to your questions, inquiries, and comments
- Maintaining the security and integrity of its systems
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
This website is directed toward and designed for the use by persons aged 13 or older. The High Line Network will not approve applications of, or establish or maintain accounts or memberships, for any child whom the High Line Network knows to be under the age of 13. The High Line Network does not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If the High Line Network nevertheless discovers that it has received personally identifiable information from an individual who indicates that he or she is, or whom the High Line Network otherwise has reason to believe is, under the age of 13, the High Line Network will delete such information from its systems. Additionally, a child’s parent of legal guardian may request the child’s information be collected or deleted from the High Line Network by contacting us at webmaster@thehighline.org
“COOKIES” AND ADVERTISERS
The High Line Network website’s server or the servers of companies that are used to operate this site, may place a “cookie” on your computer in order to allow you to use the website and to personalize your experience.
A “cookie” is a small piece of data that can be sent by a Web server to your computer, which then may be stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies allow FHL to recognize your computer while you are on its website and help customize your online experience and make it more convenient for you. Cookies are also useful in allowing more efficient log-in for users, tracking transaction histories, and preserving information between sessions. The information collected from cookies may also be used to improve the functionality of the website.
You can visit and browse the High Line Network website without revealing personally identifiable information about yourself. You may also choose to disclose personally identifiable information about yourself, which will be maintained as described below.
Most Web browser applications (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator) have features that can notify you when you receive a cookie or prevent cookies from being sent. If you disable cookies, however, you may not be able to use certain personalized functions of this website.
EXTERNAL LINKS
The High Line Network website may contain links to other websites, including those of advertising or third party content providers who offer downloads on the High Line Network. Please be aware that the High Line Network is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. websites that are accessible by hyperlinks from the High Line Network website may use cookies. The High Line Network encourages you to read the privacy statements provided by other websites before you provide personally identifiable information to them.
SECURITY
The High Line Network maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to help guard personally identifiable information. If transactions are offered on the site, transaction information is transmitted to and from the High Line Network in encrypted form using industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections to help protect such information from interception. The High Line Network restricts authorized access to your personal information to those persons who have a legitimate purpose to know that information and those persons you have authorized to have access to such information. Please be aware, however, that any email or other transmission you send through the Internet cannot be completely protected against unauthorized interception.
CHOICE/OPT-OUT
In order to better communicate with you, the High Line Network may send you emails related to news updates, online transactions, security, or the administration of its website. From time to time, the High Line Network may also wish to send you other messages or updates about the High Line Network and its activities. If you do not wish to receive these communications from FHL, please send an email containing your request to info@network.thehighline.org with the word “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The High Line Network reserves the right to modify or supplement this policy at any time.
CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the information practices of the High Line Network, please contact: webmaster@thehighline.org