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Privacy Policy

Online Privacy Policy

Effective September 26, 2009

This Online Privacy Policy is designed to inform you about our collection and use of personal information on this website. From time to time, National Museum of Forest Service History may modify this Online Privacy Policy.

The Only Personal Information We Collect Online is Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us.

The only information we collect about you on this website is information that you voluntarily provide to us. This information may include, for example, name, mailing address, email address, phone number, payment information and similar information. If you supply us with personal information on this website, we will use that information only to contact you so that we can:

• provide you with the information you have requested, or
• send you other information about us that we believe you would find interesting from time to time.

When You Browse the National Museum of Forest Service History Website, You Do So Without Revealing Your Identity.

This website may use cookies solely to aggregate information about the pages that users visit so that we can update and redesign, as necessary, our website in order to provide you with the most useful information. The type of aggregate information that could be used and stored include:

• the IP address from which you access our website
• the name of the domain that you use
• the type of browser and operating system your computer uses to access our website
• the date and time you access our site
• the information that you access on our site

From time to time, however, we may disclose this information to fulfill legal or regulatory obligations or if we determine such disclosure is legally advisable or necessary to protect our rights, the rights of others, or to prevent harm.  In addition, we may aggregate data about users of our site and use it for statistical purposes.  This information helps us to better understand our site’s users and how to improve our site and our offerings for you.

We Use Appropriate Security Safeguards.

National Museum of Forest Service History employs reasonable measures designed to protect personal information collected online against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Unauthorized access of this site is prohibited and is punishable by law.

Children’s Information

Most pages on this website are designed for a general audience.  On these pages, we do not knowingly collect information about children.  Should we become aware that a child under 13 has submitted personally identifiable information in a manner that is not compliant with this Privacy Policy, we will delete it immediately.  We do not accept donations from individuals under 18 years of age.

A Note to Kids

The Museum encourages you to get permission from your parents before sending any information about yourself over the Internet, to us or to anyone else.

A Note To Parents

PLEASE READ. This section of the privacy policy explains our information collection and use practices online for children under the age of thirteen, including what we do with information that we collect and with whom we share that information. We ask that you take the time to review our policy so that you can know exactly how we collect and use information from kids, and so that you will know how you can review or request that we delete your child's information. If you ever have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us at: nationalforest@montana.com.  This privacy policy is intended to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).

What Information We Collect From Children Under Thirteen

Personal information from children under thirteen years of age is not collected on this website without parental consent. 

Parent's Rights

We want you to be comfortable with what your child is doing on this website. Therefore, you may contact the Museum at any time regarding privacy questions or concerns, or to request to review personally identifiable information we have unintentionally collected from your child. You may also contact us at any time to request that we delete your child's personally identifiable information, and/or refuse to permit further collection or use of your child's information. We will take steps to ensure that any person contacting us for a child's information is that child's parent or guardian.

National Museum of Forest Service History. PO Box 2772, Missoula, MT 59806
Phone: 406.541.6374
Email: nationalforest@montana.com

This Website May Be Linked to Other Websites.

As you navigate our site, you may click to websites of other entities. When you link to those third party websites, you leave our site and our privacy policy no longer applies.  Those websites may have their own online privacy statements or policies. National Museum of Forest Service History is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third party sites.