Clan Gordon Pipe Band is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Clan Gordon Pipe Band Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Clan Gordon Pipe Band website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Clan Gordon Pipe Band collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Clan Gordon Pipe Band also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Clan Gordon Pipe Band. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Clan Gordon Pipe Band for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Clan Gordon Pipe Band Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Clan Gordon Pipe Band public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Clan Gordon Pipe Band does not read any of your private online communications.

Clan Gordon Pipe Band encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Clan Gordon Pipe Band so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Clan Gordon Pipe Band is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Clan Gordon Pipe Band and Clan Gordon Pipe Band family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Clan Gordon Pipe Band collects and uses your personal information to operate the Clan Gordon Pipe Band Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Clan Gordon Pipe Band also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Clan Gordon Pipe Band and its affiliates. Clan Gordon Pipe Band may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Clan Gordon Pipe Band does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Clan Gordon Pipe Band 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. In addition, Clan Gordon Pipe Band may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Clan Gordon Pipe Band, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Clan Gordon Pipe Band does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Clan Gordon Pipe Band keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Clan Gordon Pipe Band, in order to determine what Clan Gordon Pipe Band services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Clan Gordon Pipe Band to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Clan Gordon Pipe Band Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 Clan Gordon Pipe Band or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Clan Gordon Pipe Band; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Clan Gordon Pipe Band, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Clan Gordon Pipe Band Web site 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 is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Clan Gordon Pipe Band pages, or register with Clan Gordon Pipe Band site or services, a cookie helps Clan Gordon Pipe Band 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 Clan Gordon Pipe Band Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Clan Gordon Pipe Band 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 Clan Gordon Pipe Band services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Clan Gordon Pipe Band secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Clan Gordon Pipe Band secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Clan Gordon Pipe Band will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Clan Gordon Pipe Band encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Clan Gordon Pipe Band is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Clan Gordon Pipe Band welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Clan Gordon Pipe Band has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Clan Gordon Pipe Band at bryan@tuey.net. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.