Privacy Policy
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families and its affiliates
("Masonic
Center for Youth and Families”)
are committed to protecting your
personal information and developing
technology that gives you a safe
online experience.
Our
Privacy Policy applies to our
websites and governs the collection
and usage of data.
If we make significant changes to
this Privacy Policy, we will post
the updated Policy here.
Each version of this Policy
will be identified at the top of the
page by its effective date.
By visiting our websites, you agree
to accept this Privacy Policy and
our Terms of Use. If you do
not agree with any part of the
Privacy Policy or Terms of Use,
please do
not
use the website.
Collection of your Personal
Information
When you visit our website, we will
not collect any personally
identifiable information about you
unless you provide it to us
voluntarily. We strive to collect
only that information that we think
is necessary for our legitimate
interests consistent with the tenets
of Free Masonry and programs and
services offered by and through the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families. Such information includes
personally identifiable information
such as your e-mail address, name,
home or work address, telephone
number,
and
may include your social security
number and such other personally
identifiable information which you
provide to us to participate in
programs or services we offer or
which may be offered through or
linked to third parties (“Personal
Data”) .
You are encouraged you to review the
privacy statements of those websites
you choose to link from the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families’
websites so that you can understand
how those websites collect, use and
share your information. The Masonic
Center for Youth and Families is not
responsible for the privacy
statements or other content on
websites outside of the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families.
There is also information about your
computer hardware and software that
is automatically collected by the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families. This information can
include: your IP address, browser
type, domain names, access times and
referring website addresses. This
information is used by the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families for
the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and
to provide general statistics
regarding use of the website. It may
also be used to determine what
services and programs offered by or
through the Masonic Center for Youth
and Families are the most popular.
This data is used to deliver
customized content to users of the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families’ websites whose behavior
indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Use of your Personal Information
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families collects and uses your
Personal Data to operate our
websites and deliver the programs or
services you have requested and to
inform you of other products,
programs or services available from
the Masonic Center for Youth and
Families. The Masonic Center for
Youth and Families may also contact
you via surveys to conduct research
about your opinion of current
services or programs or of potential
new services or programs that may be
offered. The Masonic Center for
Youth and Families may, from time to
time, contact you on behalf of
external business partners about a
particular offering that may be of
interest to you. In those cases,
your unique personally identifiable
information (e-mail, name, address,
telephone number) is not transferred
to the third party.
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families may disclose your Personal
Data to its affiliates, employees,
contractors, leadership, members,
service providers, advisors,
accountants, auditors, other
professional advisors and temporary
employees who may use your Personal
Data for the purposes of fulfilling
legitimate business interests as
described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data you disclose through
any of our public message boards may
be collected and used by others.
Personal Data may be made available
to or at the direction of legal or
regulatory authorities, without
notice to you, if required by law or
in the good faith belief that such
action is necessary to: (a) respond
to or be in compliance with legal
process served on Masonic Center for
Youth and Families; (b) protect and
defend the rights or property of the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families; or, (c) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families’ websites or the public.
Cookies
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families’ websites may use "cookies"
to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file
that is placed on your hard disk by
a Web page server. Cookies cannot be
used to run programs or deliver
viruses to your computer. Cookies
are uniquely assigned to you, and
can only be read by a web server in
the domain that issued the cookie to
you.
One of the primary purposes of
cookies is to provide a convenience
feature to save you time. The
purpose of a cookie may be to tell
the Web server that you have
returned to a specific page. For
example, if you personalize the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families pages, or register with the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families’ website or services, a
cookie helps the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families to recall your
specific information on subsequent
visits. This simplifies the process
of recording your personal
information, such as billing
addresses, shipping addresses, and
so on. When you return to the same
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website, the information
you previously provided can be
retrieved, so you can easily use the
features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or
decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but
you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you
prefer. If you choose to decline
cookies, you may not be able to
fully experience the interactive
features of the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families services or
websites you visit.
Security Measures and Safety of
Children
We maintain appropriate security
measures to keep Personal Data
private. We do not rent, sell or
make otherwise available user
information provided via our
website(s) to third parties except
as specified in this Privacy Policy.
Safeguarding personal information of
children is extremely important. We
collect the minimum amount of
personal information necessary to
provide the services or programs we
offer. A child's personal
information will always be available
for parental inspection, and service
of any special content will be
terminated upon parental request. We
recognize that there are standards
in the area of children's privacy
that may affect how we process a
child's personal information, and we
will always comply with the law, and
exceed industry standards to protect
children.
All
personal information of minors may
only be provided by, or with consent
and guidance of, their parents or
guardians.
The parent or guardian is
responsible for supervising the
child’s use of, and access to, our
websites.
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families strives to protect the
privacy of the information you
provide so that inadvertent
disclosure of that information is
unlikely. In the event of such an
inadvertent disclosure, we will do
everything commercially reasonable
to limit and remedy the disclosure,
but the Masonic Center for Youth and
Families accepts no liability for
any unintentional disclosure or a
disclosure that occurs due to a
security breach of our systems or
facilities.
Unsubscribing or Opt-Out or Other
Questions of Comments
We are firmly committed to guarding
the confidence you have placed in us
and to use any information you
volunteer responsibly and
professionally.
We frequently provide users the
opportunity to opt-out of receiving
communications from us at the point
where we request your information.
Also, in our e-mail communications,
you will find instructions for
unsubscribing. Masonic Center for
Youth and Families seeks to comply
with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and
will always strive to maintain a
good relationship when contacting
you.
You may use one of the
following options to request removal
of your Personal Data from our
databases or to otherwise ask your
questions or provide your comments
regarding this Privacy Policy.
Please include the exact Personal
Data you would like removed and some
detail about the type of
communication you received from us
or your specific questions or
comments regarding this Privacy
Policy.
By Mail to:
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families
6 Funston Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94128
Attention: Chief Technology Officer
The website is comprised of various
Web pages and websites operated by
the Masonic Center for Youth and
Families and its affiliates (“Masonic
Center for Youth and Families”).
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website is offered to you
conditioned on your acceptance
without modification of the terms,
conditions, and notices contained
herein and subject to the Privacy
Policy and other terms, policies and
procedures which may be posted on a
Web page or website. Your use of the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website constitutes your
agreement to all such terms,
conditions, and notices and Privacy
Policy.
If you do not agree with the terms
of these Terms of Use, please do
not
use the website.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF
USE
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families reserves the right to
change the terms, conditions, and
notices under which the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families
website is offered at any time so
please refer to it periodically.
If
we make changes that we believe will
have a material impact on your use
of the website, we will let you know
by sending you an email if we have a
current email address for you, and
by noting on the website that the
Terms of Use have been updated.
If you disagree with the
changes to these Terms of Use,
discontinue your use of the website.
Your ongoing use of the
website after the changes take
effect signifies your agreement to
the new terms.
We encourage you to review
the Terms of Use regularly.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website may contain links
to other websites ("Linked Sites").
The Linked Sites are not under the
control of the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families and the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families is not
responsible for the contents of any
Linked Site, including without
limitation any link contained in a
Linked Site, or any changes or
updates to a Linked Site. The
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families is not responsible for
webcasting or any other form of
transmission received from any
Linked Site. The Masonic Center for
Youth and Families is providing
these links to you only as a
convenience, and the inclusion of
any link does not imply endorsement
by the Masonic Center for Youth and
Families of the site or any
association with its operators.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website, you warrant to the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families that you will not use the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website for any purpose
that is unlawful or prohibited by
these terms, conditions, and
notices. You may not use the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families
website in any manner which could
damage, disable, overburden, or
impair the Masonic Center for Youth
and Families website, result in the
unauthorized disclosure or use of
personally identifiable or otherwise
sensitive information or interfere
with any other party's use and
enjoyment of the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families website. You may
not use the data or information on
the Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website for commercial
purposes or purposes other than
Masonic-related business. You may
not obtain or attempt to obtain any
materials or information through any
means not intentionally made
available or provided for through
the Masonic Center for Youth and
Families websites.
By way of example, and not as a
limitation, you agree that, when
visiting or using a Masonic Center
for Youth and Families website, you
will: (a) not defame, abuse, harass,
stalk, threaten or otherwise violate
the legal rights (such as rights of
privacy and publicity of others);
(b) not post any abusive, obscene,
vulgar, slanderous, hateful,
threatening, sexually-oriented,
pornographic, misleading,
fraudulent, otherwise objectionable
material of any kind or any other
material that may violate any
applicable laws or violate or
infringe any third party rights or
violate any confidentiality
obligations; (c) not use any website
for illegal purposes; (d) not
advertise or offer to sell or buy
any goods or services for any
business purpose unless such website
specifically allows such messages;
(e) not conduct or forward surveys,
contest, pyramid schemes or chain
letters; (f) not harvest or
otherwise collect information about
others, including e-mail addresses,
without their consent; (g) comply
with all requirements, procedures,
policies of the website and all
applicable laws and regulations
including U.S. export control laws,
policies, procedures, laws,
regulations and directives governing
privacy and the Terms of Use posted
on the websites; (h) not take any
action that imposes, or may impose,
in the sole discretion of the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families, an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on the
infrastructure or otherwise be
disruptive including but not limited
to “flooding” any group with posts;
(i) not to upload, post, use or
otherwise make available any content
that contains software viruses or
any other corrupt computer code,
files or programs that impair the
use of any computer software or
hardware or telecommunications
equipment; or (j) not use
information or data on the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families
website for commercial purposes or
purposes other than Masonic-related
business.
USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families website may contain
bulletin board services, chat areas,
news groups, forums, communities,
personal web pages, calendars and/or
other message or communication
facilities designed to enable you to
communicate with the public at large
or with a group (collectively, “Communication
Services”). You agree to
use the Communication Services at
your own risk and that you are
solely responsible for the contents
of your private and public
communications, whether uploaded,
posted, emailed or otherwise
transmitted. You agree only to post,
send and receive messages and
material that are proper and related
to the particular Communication
Service and otherwise in compliance
with these Terms of Use and any
other applicable terms of use.
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families has no obligation to
monitor the Communication Services.
However, the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families reserves the
right to review materials posted to
a Communication Service and to
remove any materials in its sole
discretion. Masonic Center for Youth
and Families reserves the right to
terminate your access to any or all
of the Communication Services or
website at any time without notice
for any reason whatsoever.
Always use caution when giving out
any personally identifying
information about yourself or your
children in any Communication
Service. The Masonic Center for
Youth and Families does not control
or endorse the content, messages or
information found in any
Communication Service and,
therefore, the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families specifically
disclaims any liability with regard
to the Communication Services and
any actions resulting from your
participation in any Communication
Service. Users are not authorized
the Masonic Center for Youth and
Families spokespersons, and their
views do not necessarily reflect
those of the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families.
Materials uploaded to a
Communication Service may be subject
to posted limitations on usage,
reproduction and/or dissemination.
You are responsible for adhering to
such limitations if you download the
materials.
Password and User Name
Access to some content accessible
from this website is password
controlled. By registering for
an account, a password and the right
to use the protection portions of
this website, you are certifying
that you are an authorized to access
and use the website and agree to be
bound by Terms of Use (and any
additional terms required for access
to password controlled content) and
that the user name and password are
unique to you. You are solely
responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your user name
and password. You are advised
that you could be held liable for
losses incurred by the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families as a
result of the misuse of your user
name, password or account.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHERWISE
SENSITIVE DATA AND INFORMATION
Some of the websites include
personally identifiable or otherwise
sensitive data or information. You
acknowledge and agree that, by your
use of such websites: (a) you are an
authorized user of the website; (b)
you will use this website in
accordance with the Privacy Policy,
Terms of Use and other posted use
requirements; (c) you will use your
best efforts to maintain all
personally identifiable and
otherwise sensitive information in
the highest confidence and only use
such information for such purposes
consistent and in accordance with
the posted Privacy Policy, Terms of
Use and other posted use
requirements.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO MASONIC CENTER
FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES OR POSTED AT
ANY MASONIC CENTER FOR YOUTH AND
FAMILIES WEBSITE
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families does not claim ownership of
the materials you provide to the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families (including feedback and
suggestions) or post, upload, input
or submit to any Masonic Center for
Youth and Families website or its
associated services (collectively "Submissions").
However, by posting, uploading,
inputting, providing or submitting
your Submission you are granting
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families, its affiliates, employees,
contractors, leadership, members,
service providers, advisors,
accountants, auditors, other
professional advisors and temporary
employees, permission to use your
Submission in connection with the
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families’ legitimate interests
consistent with the tenets of Free
Masonry and programs and services
offered by and through the Masonic
Center for Youth and Families
including, without limitation, the
rights to: copy, distribute,
transmit, publicly display, publicly
perform, reproduce, edit, translate
and reformat your Submission; and to
publish your name in connection with
your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with
respect to the use of your
Submission, as provided herein.
Masonic Center for Youth and
Families is under no obligation to
post or use any Submission you may
provide and may remove any
Submission at any time in Masonic
Center for Youth and Families’ sole
discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting,
providing or submitting your
Submission you warrant and represent
that you own or otherwise control
all of the rights to your Submission
as described in this section
including, without limitation, all
the rights necessary for you to
provide, post, upload, input or
submit the Submissions.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
You agree to use the Masonic Center
for Youth and Families website at
your own risk and that you are
solely responsible for the contents
of your private and public
communications, whether uploaded,
posted, emailed or otherwise
transmitted.
There are no warranties of any kind, express or
implied, including but not limited
to IMPLIED warranties of
merchantability, fitness for any
particular purpose, TITLE or
non-infringement REGARDING THE
INFORMATION, PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE MASONIC CENTER FOR YOUTH
AND FAMILIES WEBSITE AND, THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL
SUCH INFORMATION, PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN
“AS-IS” BASIS.
In no event shall THE MASONIC CENTER FOR YOUTH AND
FAMILIES be liable for any direct,
indirect, incidental, special,
exemplary, consequential or punitive
damages (including, but not limited
to, procurement of substitute goods
or services; loss of use, data,
DAMAGE TO SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE, LOST
profits or business interruption)
however caused and on any theory of
liability, whether in contract,
strict liability, or tort (including
negligence or otherwise) arising in
any way out of MASONIC CENTER FOR
YOUTH AND FAMILIES WEBSITE even if
advised IN ADVANCE of the
possibility of such damage.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY
PORTION OF THE Masonic Center for
Youth and Families WEBSITE, OR WITH
ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE
AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO
DISCONTINUE USING THE Masonic Center
for Youth and Families WEBSITE.
DISCLOSURE
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families reserves the right at all
times to disclose any information as
necessary to satisfy any applicable
law, regulation, legal process or
governmental request, or to edit,
refuse to post or to remove any
information or materials, in whole
or in part, in the Masonic Center
for Youth and Families’ sole
discretion.
TERMINATION AND ACCESS RESTRICTION
The Masonic Center for Youth and
Families reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to terminate your
access to the Masonic Center for
Youth and Families website and the
related services or any portion
thereof at any time, without notice.
INTERNATIONAL USE
The website, including the
information provided on the website,
is designed for and intended for
users in the United States.
We make no representation
that the website is applicable to,
appropriate for, or available to
users in locations outside the
United States.
Accessing the website from
territories where the content is
illegal is prohibited.
If you choose to access the
website from a location outside the
U.S., you do so on your own
initiative and you are responsible
for compliance with local laws.
INDEMNIFICATION
Upon a request by us, you agree to
defend, indemnify, and hold harmless
us, our employees, contractors,
officers, directors, agents, parent,
other affiliated companies, and
suppliers, from all liabilities,
claims, and expenses, including
attorney's fees, that arise from
your use or misuse of the website.
We reserve the right to
assume control of the defense of any
third party claim that is subject to
indemnification by you, in which
event you will cooperate with us in
asserting any available defenses.
TRADEMARKS
All trademarks appearing on the Services are the property of their respective owners, including, without limitation, the Masonic Center for Youth and Families . No right, license or interest to such trademarks is granted by these Terms of Use.
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