Privacy Notice
effective 01 December 2001

Table of Contents:

Our Commitment To Privacy
The Information We Collect
How We Use Information
Our Commitment To Data Security
How To Correct Your Information
How To Contact Us


Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

The Information We Collect:
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Rothschild Peterson Patent Museum website.

 
On some pages, you may be able to submit an e-mail address. For example, if you wish to receive a subscription to our On-Line Newsletter. In this circumstance, the we only collect:
 
E-mail address
 
In order to verify that you are indeed requesting this information, the subscription will not be entered until you reply to a confirming page sent to the entered e-mail address.

In the future, on some pages, you may be able to order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:

Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Credit/Debit Card Information


In the future, on some pages, you may be able to submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient's address. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:

Name
Address
Phone Number


The Way We Use Information:
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to complete that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.

We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order only to ship the product and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.

We offer gift-cards by which you can personalize a product you order for another person. Information you provide to us to create a gift-card is only used for that purpose, and it is only disclosed to the person receiving the gift.

We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.

You can register with our website if you would like to receive our Newsletter or other updates to our offerings or services. Information you submit on our website will not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the registration form and reply to our confirmation e-mail..

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website. For example, we may analyze visits to individual web pages in order to gauge the popularity certain topics.

Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above.

Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How You Correct Your Information
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error.

To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at museum@patentmodel.org. You may also write us. Our address is:

Rothschild Peterson Patent Museum
Attn:
Alan W. Rothschild
4796 West Lake Road
Cazenovia, New York 13035
USA

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