Wauconda Area Chamber of Comerce

Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Privacy Policy

The following information states the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce's policy regarding the privacy rights of our Members as well as other visitors to our website. The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce respects your right to privacy and your right to a secure online experience.

By accessing www.waucondaareachamber.org, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collected
The information we collect from Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce Members and other users of our website allows us to personalize and continually improve our online services that are offered. The following identifies the types of information we gather:

• Automatic Information

If you choose to have a Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce password remembered when you visit our website, Cookies are utilized for this password related functionality. Cookies are pieces of data your web browser stores on your hard drive to enable our systems to recognize you and your browser. Most web browsers automatically accept these cookies, and will also allow you to instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable this feature, the described password related functionality and certain other aspects of our website may not function properly.

• Collection of Personal Information

Information about your use of our website; information that you provide us for the purpose of registering with the website (including name, address, phone number, email); information about transactions carried out over this website (including event registration and payment); information that you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the website services; and any other information that you send to the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce, including billing addresses and credit card numbers-- in order to provide a requested service to you.

• Information from Other Sources

For reasons such as improving the personalization of our service, we might receive or collect information about you from other sources and use it to supplement account information.

Sharing Information

• The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce may share your personal information (NOT including email addresses) with its advertisers and business partners. The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of our advertisers or business partners. You are encouraged to read the posted privacy statements and user terms whenever interacting with, and prior to providing any personal information to, any other website.
• The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce may use reputable third parties to manage activities available on our websites such as web hosting, database management and order processing, and authentication. These parties may have access to personally identifiable information submitted by Members who participate in those activities. The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce instructs all third parties to use personally identifiable information for the specific purpose for which it is collected, and not to sell, market or transfer such information to other entities except as needed to provide the designated services.
• The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce posts and displays certain personally identifiable information about its Members on our website and in the Membership directory.
• In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.
• If at any time after submitting your personal information to our website you decide that you do not want to receive additional promotional or marketing information from us, simply follow the "Opt-Out" procedure detailed below.

Information Security

• The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. All personal information you provide will be stored on our secure servers.
• Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be  100% secure. The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce strives to protect your personal information, but cannot ensure or warranty the security of any information you may transmit to us for our online services. When credit card information is transmitted, industry standard encryption is used.
• Please remember that any information you may disclose in our Member directory other public areas of our website or the Internet, becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information in these public areas.

Opt Out Procedure

If you are on our promotional list and would like to be removed, simply contact us in any of the following ways:

• Send us an e-mail through waucondaareachamber.org
• Call the Chamber office at 847-526-5580
• Write to the Chamber at 100 N. Main Street, Wauconda. Illinois 60084

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions

If you choose to visit or use the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce website, any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Illinois. If you have any concern about your privacy while visiting our website, please send a thorough description/explanation to waucondaareachamber.org and we will try to resolve it in a timely manner. As our business changes constantly, this Privacy Policy may change also. Use of information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use. Please check our website frequently for recent changes or additions.