. . . . . Star275.org Privacy Statement . . . . .

This document was last updated August 1, 2005.

Star Touring & Riding Southwest Territory #275 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 this website; it does not apply to other online or offline Star Touring & Riding websites, products or services. Please read the complete this website 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. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering for our web based forums, registering for a Southwest Territory #275 event, or requesting more information about Star Touring & Riding, and Southwest Territory #275.

Personal information collected by Southwest Territory #275 often is limited to name, e-mail address, club or organization affiliation, and location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

For example: If you are requesting that a club member contacts you about joining Southwest Territory #275, we will request personal information necessary for contacting you, such as: name, address or telephone number, and email address.

Southwest Territory #275 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 Southwest Territory #275 website, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Southwest Territory #275 website.

Southwest Territory #275 also collects information about which pages our visitors have visited within the Southwest Territory #275 website. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked.

Use of your Personal Information
Southwest Territory #275 uses your personal information for the following purposes:

• To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
• To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, discussions, and other information both onsite and offsite.
• To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
• To alert you to upcoming rides and events.
• To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

We do not share any personal data with organizations outside of Southwest Territory #275 Star Touring & Riding. We will occasionally send postal mail or electronic mail to our visitors and members informing them of important upcoming events.

Southwest Territory #275 may disclose your personal information 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 the Southwest Territory #275 site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Southwest Territory #275, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Star Touring & Riding Southwest Territory #275 members, users of the Southwest Territory #275 services, or members of the public.

Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Southwest Territory #275 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.

Registering also allows you to tell us how or whether you want Southwest Territory #275 or its users to communicate with you. Make sure you establish your preferences in the Contact Profile sections on the Southwest Territory #275 website. There, you can decide what information you want to receive and how you want to receive it.

Southwest Territory #275 may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to the Southwest Territory #275 website or a specific Southwest Territory #275 service you requested.

Access to your Personal Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current.

If you register on Southwest Territory #275 or subscribe to a service, you can review and edit your personal information at the Contact Profile section.

At the Contact Profile section you can:

• View and edit personal information you have already given us at Southwest Territory #275.
• Tell us whether you want Southwest Territory #275 to send you event information.
• Subscribe, or cancel subscriptions, to information about our services and events.

Some services offered on Southwest Territory #275 may collect information that is not accessible via the Profile Center. However, in such cases, you can access your personal information by contacting Southwest Territory #275 as described at the bottom of this statement, or through alternative means of access described by the service.

Security of your Personal Information
Southwest Territory #275 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.

Protection of Children's Personal Information
Southwest Territory #275 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 visitors machine (if the visitors accepts cookies) or is read if the visitors has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Southwest Territory #275 Web page. We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on Southwest Territory #275; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about Southwest Territory #275 Web site usage.

Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact Southwest Territory #275 by webmaster.

Changes to this Statement
Southwest Territory #275 will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, Southwest Territory #275 will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.

Contact Information
Southwest Territory #275 welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please contact us by webmaster