rochesterastronomy is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology
that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy
applies to the rochesterastronomy Web site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the rochesterastronomy website, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
rochesterastronomy collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. rochesterastronomy also
collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by rochesterastronomy. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This
information is used by rochesterastronomy for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the rochesterastronomy Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through rochesterastronomy public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: rochesterastronomy
does not read any of your private online communications.
rochesterastronomy encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from rochesterastronomy so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. rochesterastronomy is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the rochesterastronomy
and rochesterastronomy family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
rochesterastronomy collects and uses your personal information to operate the rochesterastronomy
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. rochesterastronomy also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from rochesterastronomy and its affiliates. rochesterastronomy may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
rochesterastronomy does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
rochesterastronomy may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business
partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases,
your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone
number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, rochesterastronomy
may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send
you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All
such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to
provide these services to rochesterastronomy, and they are required to maintain
the confidentiality of your information.
rochesterastronomy does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
rochesterastronomy keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
rochesterastronomy, in order to determine what rochesterastronomy services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within rochesterastronomy to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
rochesterastronomy Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice,
only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on rochesterastronomy or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of rochesterastronomy; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of rochesterastronomy, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The rochesterastronomy Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page
server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, an