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The Society for Marine Mammalogy (“Society”) takes your right to privacy seriously, and wants you to feel comfortable using this website. This privacy policy deals with personally- identifiable information (referred to as "data" below) that may be collected by this website. This policy does not apply to other entities that are not owned or controlled by the Society, nor does it apply to persons that are not employees or agents of the Society, or that are not under the Society's control. Please take time to read this website's Terms of Use.
- Collection of data
Registration for a user account on this website is handled automatically through the website. Please be aware that your name or the e-mail address you provide and any other information you enter may render you personally identifiable, and may possibly be displayed on this website intentionally (depending on choices you make or depending on the way in which the website is configured) or unintentionally (subsequent to a successful act of intrusion by a third party). As on many websites, the Society may also automatically receive general information that is contained in server log files, such as your IP address, and cookie information
- Use of data
Data may be used to customize and improve your user experience on this website. Efforts will be made to prevent your data being made available to third parties unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy; (ii) your consent is obtained, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out for the sharing of data; (iii) a service provided on our website requires interaction with a third party, or is provided by a third party, such as an application service provider; (iv) pursuant to legal action or law enforcement; (v) it is found that your use of this website violates the Society's policy, terms of service, or other usage guidelines, or if it is deemed reasonably necessary by the Society to protect its legal rights and/or property. In the event you choose to use links displayed on this website to visit other websites, you are advised to read the privacy policies published on those websites.
The Society for Marine Mammalogy does not share, sell or distribute information about our members with any other institution (commercial or otherwise), for any purpose. On very rare occasions, the Society will rent on a one-time-use-only basis its membership directory address list to publishers that wish to advertise a new publication the Society believes would be of interest to its membership. Note: e-mail addresses are NOT included with the shared information.
- Cookies
Like many websites, this website sets and uses cookies to enhance your user experience -- to remember your personal settings, for instance.
- Editing or deleting your account information
You are provided with the ability to edit the information stored for your user account information by way of the Edit Profile link in the Member Area after paying for a Society membership. You can request that your user account for this website be deleted; to do so, please contact the Society’s website administrator via email to the website administrator - admin AT marinemammalscience DOT org
Content or other data that you may have provided, and that is not stored within your user account, such as articles published, may continue to remain on the website at the Society's discretion, even after your user account is deleted. Please see the website's Terms of Use for more information.
- Changes to this privacy policy
Changes may be made to this policy from time to time. You will be notified of substantial changes to this policy either by through the posting of a prominent announcement on the website, and/or by a mail message sent to the e-mail address you have provided, which is stored within your Profile settings.
- No guarantees
While this privacy policy states standards for maintenance of data, and while efforts will be made to meet the said standards, the Society is not in a position to guarantee compliance with these standards. There may be factors beyond the Society's control that may result in disclosure of data. Consequently, the Society offers no warranties or representations as regards maintenance or non-disclosure of data.
- Contact information
If you have any questions about this policy or about this website, please feel free to contact via email to the website administrator - admin AT marinemammalscience DOT org
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