Privacy Policy

ANGOLA MUSEUM
LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY MUSEUM FOUNDATION, INC.
PRIVACY POLICY

Last modified: March 13, 2019

It is important to the Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation, Inc. (sometimes referred to as “We,” “Us”, and “Our”) that visitors to our site understand what information we gather about them, how we use it, and how we work to protect it. By using our website, and/or signing up for services such as membership or our newsletter, you consent to information practices outlined in our Privacy Policy.

Information Collected
We track how our visitors use this site so that we can see what website features people enjoy and engage with the most. We may also analyze and aggregate information about use patterns and share the aggregated data with our third-party licensees. We may also collect personal information about you via registration for newsletters, commenting, donations, membership and other areas. Where you have an opportunity to supply information about yourself, you may choose not to provide requested information but, in such cases, you may not be able to use certain functions on this website.

We will not release your name, email address or any other personal information to anyone outside of our organization without your consent, unless we are under a legal order to do so, or there is an emergency involving danger to a person or property. We will not provide our third-party licensees or anyone else outside our organization with any information specific to you unless we have your consent.

Only authorized employees or consultants are allowed access to personal information about you. Any employee or consultant who violates our privacy and security policies is subject to disciplinary action.

We occasionally have service contractors, third party agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint ventures that perform functions on our behalf, including but not limited to credit card processing and website hosting. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of the data. They are restricted from using or altering this data in anyway other than to provide the requested services to our website. In addition, we may always share, disclose, and transfer all information, postings, and any and all other personal and non-personal information we have collected to a successor entity in the case of reorganization, merger, change in control, or other similar transaction.

Remember that any information you share in public areas becomes public and therefore this Privacy Policy does not apply to any information you choose to make public. We encourage visitors to be cautious about what they disclose and that they do not post any personal information that they expect to keep private. Personally-Identifiable Information is information that can be used to contact you or determine your specific identity. If other information is linked to this information, it also becomes Personally-Identifiable Information.

Use and Disclosure of Anonymous Information
Anonymous Information is any information other than Personally-Identifiable Information, including aggregate information derived from Personally-Identifiable Information.

We may use this information: (a) To improve the website and service, to monitor traffic and general usage patterns, and for other general business purposes, and (b) To inform publishers as to what content is appealing to readers, to inform the usage habits or characteristics of the interested audience, and to advise potential donors so that they may better understand Our user base.

Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a web site's servers and stored on your computer. Each web site can send its own cookies to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) most browsers only permit a web site to access the cookies that the same web site has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

We may use cookies to identify you as a repeat visitor or customer of the website, to maintain session information for logged in users, and to track usage trends and patterns in order to better understand and improve areas of our website.

We have no control over whether and how our third-party licensees use cookies that originate from their website. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but you may not be able to take full advantage of our site's features.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may employ cookies and action tags to measure advertising effectiveness. All computers and servers on the internet use IP addresses to recognize and communicate with each other. We collect IP addresses to administer and analyze our site and report aggregate, non-personal information (such as how many visitors we have). When you call up our site on your computer, our servers enter the IP address of that computer into a log. To maintain our users' anonymity, we do not associate IP addresses with records containing personal information.

We do not and cannot use cookies or IP address tracking to retrieve personal information from your computer.

Security
We employ a number of security methods designed to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information. Your personal data will be stored within a database that is located behind a firewall for added security.

No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. We are not liable for the illegal acts of any third party.

We may not encrypt normal web sessions; however, any transmission to the website or service of credit card information uses SSL encryption to help protect the data.

Links to Other Sites
We provide links and pointers to Web sites maintained by other organizations. We provide these links as a convenience to users, but it does not operate or control such sites. We also disclaim any responsibility for the information on those sites and any products or services offered there and cannot vouch for the privacy policies of such sites. We do not make any warranties or representations that any linked sites, or this site, will function without error or interruption, that defects will be corrected, or that the sites and their servers are free of viruses and other problems that can harm your computer.

Opt-Out Information
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

Children and Minors
Our website is not directed to children and minors, and we do not knowingly collect, either online or offline, Personally-Identifiable Information from children. Children and minors must only use our website with their permission of their parent or guardian. If you believe that we have received information from a child or minor, please contact us and we will take appropriate action.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. If we make any changes regarding disclosure of Personally-Identifiable Information, we will post notice of the new policy at the top of this page.

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability
ALTHOUGH WE TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS TO OUR SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM OUR SITE ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN OUR SITE, NOR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Questions
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or how we use your information, please contact us with the information below:

By Mail:
Angola Museum
Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1
Angola, LA 70712

By Email:
AngolaMuseum@AngolaMuseum.org