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COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
Because we gather certain types of information about
our users, we feel you should fully understand the
terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use
of that information. This privacy statement discloses
what information we gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION
The Bedford Chamber of Commerce may at any point gather
two types of information about users:
Information that users provide through optional, voluntary
submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive
our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message
boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation
in polls and surveys:
Information The Bedford Chamber of Commerce gathers
through aggregated tracking information derived mainly
by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information
allows us to better tailor our content to readers'
needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better
understand the demographics of our audience. Under
no circumstances does The Bedford Chamber of Commerce
divulge any information about an individual user to
a third party.
USAGE TRACKING
The Bedford Chamber of Commerce tracks user traffic
patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do
not correlate this information with data about individual
users. The Bedford Chamber of Commerce does break down
overall usage statistics according to a user's domain
name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information
from the browser string (information contained in every
user's browser). The Bedford Chamber of Commerce sometimes
tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter
in our Search function, but this tracking is never
associated with individual users. We use tracking information
to determine which areas of our sites users like and
don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not
track what individual users read, but rather how well
each page performs overall. This helps us continue
to build a better service for you.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie"
in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself
does not contain Personal Information although it will
enable us to relate your use of this site to information
that you have specifically and knowingly provided.
But the only personal information a cookie can contain
is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't
read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created
by other sites. The Bedford Chamber of Commerce uses
cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described
above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time
cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your
browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before
accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message
with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned
on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to
participate actively in message boards, forums, polling
and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
The Bedford Chamber of Commerce uses any information
voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience
in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive
or personalized elements on the sites or to better
prepare future content based on the interests of our
users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily
provide in order to send out electronic newsletters
and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys,
message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters
to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on
the newsletter), and occasionally send out special
editions when we think subscribers might be particularly
interested in something we are doing. The Bedford Chamber
of Commerce never shares newsletter mailing lists with
any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors
or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which
areas of our sites users like and don't like based
on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual
users read, but rather how well each page performs
overall. This helps us continue to build a better service
for you. We track search terms entered in Search function
as one of many measures of what interests our users.
But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
The Bedford Chamber of Commerce creates aggregate
reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for
advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our
advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows
our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent
to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns
of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will
never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We
will not disclose any information about any individual
user except to comply with applicable law or valid
legal process or to protect the personal safety of
our users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
We will not share information about individual users
with any third party, except to comply with applicable
law or valid legal process or to protect the personal
safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
The Bedford Chamber of Commerce operates secure data
networks protected by industry standard firewall and
password protection systems. Our security and privacy
policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as
necessary and only authorized individuals have access
to the information provided by our customers.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection
and use of this information by The Bedford Chamber
of Commerce. If we decide to change our privacy policy,
we will post those changes so that you are always aware
of what information we collect, how we use it, and
under what circumstances we disclose it.
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