At the Framingham History Center, your privacy is our priority. We are committed to protecting your privacy at all times, in all situations. The information we collect about you when you become a member is used to process your orders and to provide a more personalized experience on our site. Our site uses a 128 bit encrypted SSL to increase the security of our customer’s information. However, the Framingham Historical Society and Museum does not guarantee complete security on stored information, however, we have installed and applied our encrypted pages and installed our SSL certificate to prevent stolen information.
How Do We Use the Information We Collect?
When you register with the Framingham History Center online, we ask
you to fill out a form that requests your name, address and e-mail
address. We do not share this data.
Your name and address information is used solely to process orders unless your prior consent is given. Without your consent, this information will NEVER be sold, given, rented or traded to others for purposes other than order fulfillment.
Your demographic information will be used for several security purposes, to ensure you are who you say you are and in fact you are paying with your credit cards and not someone using your stolen credit cards.
Refer-A-Friend
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our
site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will
automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to
visit the site. Www.framinghamhistory.org and
www.framinghamhistorycenter.org do do not store this information and use
it for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
Our Use of Log Files
When you visit our site we automatically log your IP address, your
browser type and your access times. We utilize this information to
conduct site performance evaluations, to see where visitors are coming
from and to keep track of click stream data (the screens our users visit
on our site). This data helps us to determine what content our members
find most appealing so that we can maximize your enjoyment of the site.
Log files are not tied to personally identifiable information.
Site Security
Allour employees take your personal information very seriously. All
employees must learn and obey our security policies. Access to member
personal information is limited to key management personnel and our
member services department. The information is ID and password protected
and our Web security is reviewed on a monthly basis. We have also
installed and implied our site with a 128 bit encryption SSL.
Correcting/Updating Your Personal Information
After becoming a Framingham History Center subscriber, you may
correct/update your personal information by clicking on the ‘My
Account’ link at the top of any page, entering your ID, password and
birth date when prompted and clicking the Edit Information button. The
changes you make will be reflected in our databases instantly. If you
wish to deactivate your account, you may contact our member services
group through the ‘My Account’ section, or the ‘Contact Us’ section.
Links To Other Sites
This Web site contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when
you click on one of these links, you may be leaving the Framingham History Center site
and entering another Web site. These sites may independently collect or
request information about you and we encourage you to read the privacy
statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from
ours.
Communication
From time to time we may send out email messages alerting you that
products are available, to remind you about providing feedback or for
promotional offers. In addition, you will receive communication from us
1) if you contact us for a particular reason, 2) to receive your orders,
or 3) we need to contact you for administrative purposes such as
winning a contest. Administrative e-mails will not contain promotional
materials. If you choose to receive our News Letters, they will contain
promotional materials from the Framingham History Center.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to
disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a
good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current
judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web
site
Supplementation
We may correct or supplement your address information with
standardized postal representation in order to ensure that your orders
are delivered. We do this since we want to make sure that our members
receive the order and to lower costs associated with our programs.
Contests
Periodically, contests are run on our site. Sometimes contests are
sponsored by our customers. To enter these contests you need only to
enter your ID and password and your guess. At the time of entry, you may
decide if you wish to have your first name and state posted on our site
if you are the winner. Winner’s names are NEVER shared with our
customers without their consent.
Our Use of Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that your browser stores on your
computer’s hard drive which identify you when you enter. The ability to
select samples on our site is not cookie-driven. We may use session
cookies to provide a seamless experience on the site and to combine with
our log files so that we can understand our site traffic and analyze
our demographic information in aggregate form. If you have set your
browser to reject cookies, our site will not identify you when you enter
and you will need to manually type in your ID and password.
Your Feedback is Always Welcome
We welcome your comments and questions about our privacy policy – or anything else you might want to talk about. To contact us click here.
You can reach us via email at director@framinghamhistory.org.
General Inquiries (508) 872-2780
16 Vernon Street PO Box 2032 Framingham MA 01703