Updated: January 14, 2011
Information about Privacy on Aotourism.com
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau is committed to protecting your privacy.
You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself.
But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this
privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy
statement only applies to aotourism.com; it does not apply to other online or offline
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau sites, products or services. Please read the complete
aotourism.com privacy statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information)
or allows us to contact you. Personal information collected by aotourism.com often is limited
to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed
to provide a service you requested.
aotourism.com also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software.
This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access
times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service,
to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of aotourism.com.
Aotourism.com also collects information about which pages our customers visit within aotourism.com.
This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with
personal information unless a user consents as described below.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
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To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
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To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, training or software, that you request or purchase.
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To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
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To alert you to updated information and other new services from Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau,
if you so request.
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To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.
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We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and
we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections
of aotourism.com, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal
information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not
provide you the personalized service and won't merge your personal information with site-visitation data.
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in
the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
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conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau or the site
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protect and defend the rights or property of Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau and its family of Web sites, or
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act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau employees,
users of Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau products or services, or members of the public.
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Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Auburn - Opelika
Tourism Bureau or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to
any such transfer of information outside of your country. Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau abides by the safe harbor
framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, aotourism.com will not share that information with
third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be
used for the purposes stated above.
aotourism.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or
service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to
these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.
Security of your Personal Information
Aotourism.com is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies
and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store
the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When
we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption,
such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
Aotourism.com is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.
Use of Cookies
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the
customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics
described above.
We also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter links are clicked by customers. This information is used to
ensure we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information.
Links to Other Sites
This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau. Please be aware
that we, Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects
personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact Aotourism.com by e-mail. If you do not receive
acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe at their
Web site, http://www.truste.org/users/users_watchdog.html. TRUSTe will serve as a liaison with aotourism.com to resolve your concerns.
Changes to this Statement
Aotourism.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also
revise the "updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, aotourism.com will
notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.
Contact Information
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail.
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau
714 East Glenn Ave
Auburn, AL 36830, U.S.A.
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