Privacy
It is the Masonic Youth Foundation’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Masonic Youth Foundation collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Masonic Youth Foundation’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Masonic Youth Foundation’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Masonic Youth Foundation may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Masonic Youth Foundation also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on Masonic Youth Foundation’s member sites. Masonic Youth Foundation only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that site commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Masonic Youth Foundation’s websites choose to interact with Masonic Youth Foundation in ways that require Masonic Youth Foundation to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Masonic Youth Foundation gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with Masonic Youth Foundation are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Masonic Youth Foundation collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Masonic Youth Foundation. Masonic Youth Foundation does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Masonic Youth Foundation may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Masonic Youth Foundation may monitor the most popular member sites on the Masonic Youth Foundation site. Masonic Youth Foundation may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Masonic Youth Foundation does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Masonic Youth Foundation discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Masonic Youth Foundation’s behalf or to provide services available at Masonic Youth Foundation’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Masonic Youth Foundation’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Masonic Youth Foundation will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Masonic Youth Foundation discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Masonic Youth Foundation believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Masonic, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Masonic Youth Foundation website and have supplied your email address, Masonic Youth Foundation may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Masonic Youth Foundation and our products. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Masonic Youth Foundation takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Masonic Youth Foundation uses cookies to help Masonic Youth Foundation identify and track visitors, their usage of Masonic Youth Foundation’s website, and their website access preferences. Masonic Youth Foundation’s visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Masonic Youth Foundation’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Masonic Youth Foundation’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Masonic Youth Foundation maintains a list of email addresses of users who have specifically opted to receive mailings and newsletters from us relating to Masonic Youth Foundation services and events. Participation in this mailing list is strictly voluntary, and any user may opt out at any point by emailing pmyf@pagrandlodge.org a message with a subject of “unsubscribe” from the email address they wish removed from the list. Email addresses from this mailing list are only used for these notifications, and will not be distributed to any third party.
Business Transfers
If Masonic Youth Foundation, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Masonic Youth Foundation goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Masonic Youth Foundation may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Masonic Youth Foundation may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at Masonic Youth Foundation’s sole discretion. Masonic Youth Foundation encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
