I. Our Commitment to Your Privacy
The Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston (EGMH), respects the privacy and personal information of its constituents. This Privacy Policy governs the way the EGMH collects and uses information both online and offline, including at www.egmh.org and its subdomains, and including websites accessed through users mobile devices as well as downloadable mobile applications (“Websites”). The EGMH has adopted a policy of not sharing with third parties any personal identifying information you provide when purchasing a membership, ticket, item from the EGMH Shop, or making a donation except (1) to the extent required by law, (2) to acknowledge your donation in our publications, (3) to share your name, postal address, email address and/or telephone number with other non-profit organizations, (4) to share your name, postal address, email address and/or telephone number with other organizations or companies whose products might be of interest to you, or (5) to share your personal identifying information with third-party vendors to help us manage the website, process transactions, and better respond to the needs of our visitors.
II. The Information We Collect
The EGMH collects personal identifying information in order to better fulfill your online orders, facilitate customer service, and inform you of the Museum's products and promotional offers. This information is only collected when knowingly provided by individuals. The types of personal information collected throughout the Museum’s website are: name, shipping and billing addresses, email address, phone number and credit card information.
III. How We Use the Information You Provide
The EGMH understands and respects personal information. We collect and use the information you provide to personalize the Websites so that we can better meet your needs, fulfill your online order, facilitate customer service, inform you of products and promotional offers, analyze trends and collect statistics. We maintain the data that you provide, along with a record of your transactions, in secure databases.
A. When You Make a Donation or Purchase a Membership (online or on-site)
When you join the EGMH family of members or make a donation online or on-site, you will be asked to provide us with the information needed to process your membership or donation transaction and to acknowledge your generous contribution to the EGMH. This information will include your name, billing and mailing addresses, telephone number, email address and credit card information. Your credit card information will not be used for any purpose other than to process your transaction. We retain your personal identifying information for our records, however, the EGMH will not share this personal identifying information with third-parties, except as set forth in the section above entitled "Our Commitment to Your Privacy."
B. When You Purchase Tickets or Shop Online
When you purchase tickets or shop online, you will be asked to provide personal identifying information necessary to fulfill the order. This may include your name, billing and shipping addresses, telephone number, email address, and credit card number. Your credit card information will not be used for any purpose other than to process your online transaction. We retain your personal identifying information (as described in the section entitled "Our Commitment to Your Privacy") for our records and may share your name, postal address, email address and/or telephone number with other organizations or companies whose products might be of interest to you.
The EGMH regularly sends emails to our members to provide them with previews of upcoming exhibitions and other programs the Museum has to offer. If you do not wish to receive emails from the EGMH, please see the "Unsubscribe / Opt-out" section.
The Museum may use communications with our Sites, transaction details, and identifying information (such as IP addresses in order to maintain audit trails for security purposes). In addition, when you access and use our Sites, we automatically record information about that activity. This includes your browser type, your operating system and device model, your device’s IP address or other identifier, the types of information you search for and view on our Sites, locale preferences, system memory information, and your mobile carrier. If you arrive at our Sites by clicking on a link on another website, we may also take note of the web page you visited before you came to our Site. The museum does not sell or rent foregoing information to third parties.
IV. Privacy Protection of Children
The EGMH takes special care in protecting the privacy of children. For this reason, we do not knowingly collect personal identifying information from children under the age of thirteen (13). The EGMH encourages all parents to participate in their children’s exploration of the Internet and to teach them about protecting their personal information while online. We urge those concerned or with questions to contact the Museum for more information.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and allow the use of information as described in this policy, we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We utilize SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology, which encrypts our visitor's credit card numbers, names and addresses.
The EGMH website utilizes "cookies," which are small data files that are automatically sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. They do not contain any personal identifying information about you and are generally used to gather information in order to analyze the EGMH website's activity and traffic. This measure is intended to improve our website content and navigation. Like many websites, our Sites use Google’s Analytic services, which involve the use of cookies to collect web traffic data. Per the applicable service terms, Google Analytics does not collect personal identifying information using such cookies, and Google’s use of data is subject to Google’s privacy policy. You have the option to set your browser so that it does not accept cookies. Most areas of the EGMH website will function without cookies; however, if you wish to register, sign in, or shop online, cookies are required.
VII. Revisions to the Privacy Policy
Please take note that the EGMH may revise its privacy policy at any time. Revisions may arise in response to changes in the law, policy, or other factors. These revisions are effective immediately upon posting on the EGMH website. If we make any revisions to this policy that materially alter our practices with regard to the personal information we have previously collected from you, we will endeavor to notify you in advance of such change, by highlighting the change in this policy or by sending an email to you at the email address we have collected. Check here often for updates.
The EGMH respects your preferences as they pertain to institutional use of personal identifying information. You may opt-out of any of the following EGMH uses of your personal identifying information:
To opt-out of the above uses, or to unsubscribe to the EGMH email list, please send an email request containing your name and postal address to officemanager@egmh.org
To opt-out of uses by third-parties, or to unsubscribe to the third-party email list, please refer to the privacy policy located on the third-party website.
