Overview

The Green Awning is committed to respecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to this site and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.

The site may contains links to other Web sites over which we have no control. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other Web sites to which you choose to link from our Sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other Web sites so you can understand how they collect, use, and share your information.

Collection and Use of Information by TheGreenAwning.com

In some areas of the site, we request or may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, contact information, billing information and any other information from which your identity is discernible. In other areas, we collect or may collect demographic information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age, preferences, gender, interests and favorites. Sometimes we collect or may collect a combination of the two types of information. Examples of areas on the site where we collect personal or combined personal and demographic data are pages where you can register to become a member of the alumni network. Your profile will be available to other members who have signed up for this site, but no contact information (phone/email) will be displayed. In all of the places where personal information is stored or credit card numbers are processed or stored, the information will be secured through a secure key. You may be asked to log in additionally to access certain areas of the site; this is to protect your privacy from people who may try to forge your identity.

We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of the site, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be collected by us. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses, but is not linked to your personal information.

We may sometimes afford you the opportunity to provide descriptive, cultural, behavioral, preferential, and/or life style information about yourself, but it is solely up to you whether you furnish such information. If you do provide such information, you are thereby consenting to the use of that information in accordance with the policies and practices described in this Privacy Statement. For example, such information may be used for the purpose of determining your potential interest in receiving e-mail or other communications about particular products or services.

Our Use of Your Information

Disclosure of Personal Information to Others

We do not disclose your personal information to third parties, or your combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of the site (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as set forth below.

1. We may disclose information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties at the time you register for the alumni network, we supply your contact information to third parties such as employers, recruiters, data aggregators, marketers or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you. We use data we have about you (such as the interests and preferences you have expressed) to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services of a particular third-party.

2. We disclose information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party.

3. We disclose information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.

4. Members of the alumni network can see only your name and the portions of your member profile that you choose to complete. We attempt to limit access to member contact information to other members (as your email address will not be shared), as well as law enforcement and national security agencies, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to these profiles. We are not responsible for the use made of your profile by third parties who access such profile while they are in our searchable database. You may remove your profile on the site by terminating your membership at any time, but others who have accessed the profiles or obtained a copy of that profile may have retained a copy of your profile in their own files or databases. We are not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of profiles in these instances. Terminating your membership will not automatically result in a refund of your membership fee.

Other Uses of Information

We also share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to the site (for example, the number of visitors to interest group areas), demographics, personal interest, etc. with our partners and other third parties so that they can understand the kinds of visitors to site, how those visitors use the site, and the general profile of our membership.

Posting to Public Areas of the Site

Please remember that if you post any of your personal information in public areas of site (both those accessible to other MBNA members and those accessible to anyone on the internet), such as in online forums, chat rooms such information may be collected and used by others over whom we have no control. We are not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you post or otherwise make available in public areas of the site. In addition, if you use similar technology to access information from our site, third parties may have access to information you provide in connection with such use.

Access to and Modification of Your Information

You may review, correct, update or change your alumni account, profile or account information at any time.

To change your account information, simply sign in to the website using your member ID and password, go to Update Profile, review your account information, and edit it with the options provided.

We retain indefinitely, all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of our site more efficient, practical, and relevant. Of course, you can terminate your membership at any time, in which event we will remove your contact information from the website, but may retain an archival copy of your profile in our database, which is not accessible via the website.

Security of the Personal Information

We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

When you place an enroll or renew your memberships, pay for an event or make any financial transaction online, your credit card information is protected through our secure key. This makes it difficult for your credit card information to be intercepted or stolen while being transmitted.

Changes to Privacy Statement

If we decide to materially change our Privacy Statement for the site, we will post those changes through a prominent notice on the site so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it.

If at any time you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement, or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please feel free to email us at customerservice@thegreenawning.com.