Privacy Policy

Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

This website is owned and operated by Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys is committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors. This privacy policy discloses how we collect, protect, and use information you provide us online, as well as how we protect children’s privacy and sets forth the terms of use of this site. By using the pages on this site, you are accepting the practices described in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

If our policy practices  or terms of use change in the future, we will let you know by posting the policy changes on our website. However, we will treat all personal information we collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect at the time the information is collected.

Girl Scouts’ online properties comprise of, but are not limited to, all pages found under www.girlscoutsrv.org, including our online shop.

DATA COLLECTION

Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys uses its best efforts to respect and protect the privacy of its online visitors. At our site, we do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means we do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to view our site. Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys only gathers personally identifiable data, such as names, addresses, zip/postal codes, e-mail addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. For example, personally identifiable information is collected in order to process online transactions, online donations, or job applications. This information is used solely by Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys or other entities who are involved in the operation of this site for internal purposes. We do not sell information you provide to us online to third parties. We will only share personally identifiable information with third parties when (i) the person submitting the information authorizes us to share it; (ii) sharing the information is a necessary operation of the site, for instance, to process a credit card transaction, or (iii) we are required to by law. Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys has no control over or responsibility for the data collection and use practices of third parties that process online transactions.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998(COPPA) protects the personal information of children under the age of 13. This applies to individually identifiable information about a child that is collected online, such as full name, home address, email address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child. The COPPA also covers other types of information—for example, hobbies, interests and information collected through cookies or other types of tracking mechanisms—when they are tied to individually identifiable information. It is important for you to understand this law; we encourage you to read more about COPPA.

Note to Parents on Our Privacy Policy

Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys is committed to providing a safe, secure, and fun online experience for children who visit our site. We are dedicated to safeguarding any personal information collected online and to helping parents and children have positive experiences on the Internet. Consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent.

Parents can revoke their consent and ask that information about their children be deleted from the site by contacting our offices by phone at 800-845-0787 or via e-mail at girlscouts@girlscoutsrv.org. To revoke consent or to review personal information collected from children, we must verify the identity of the requesting parent. When a parent revokes consent, we will stop collecting, using, or disclosing information from that parent’s child. Information collected and used for the sole purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent or providing notice is not maintained in retrievable form by the site if parental consent is not obtained after a reasonable time.

Girl Scouts believes it is good policy not to collect more personally identifiable information from children under 13 than is necessary for them to participate in our online activities. In addition, be aware that all sites that are targeted to children under 13 are prohibited by law from collecting more information than they need.

Submissions

Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys welcomes children to learn more about our organization and, where appropriate, participate in polls and surveys, as well as submit comments, artwork, writings, and other submissions for posting on our website. For this reason, Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys follows the guidelines for interactive electronic media published by the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of the Better Business Bureau for pages targeted to children under 13. However, we encourage this be done only with their parents’ knowledge and supervision. We also encourage children to use an alias (e.g., “Bookworm”, “Skater”, etc.), first name, nickname, initials, or other alternative to full names or screen names which correspond with an e-mail address for any activities which will involve public posting.

In keeping with CARU’s Principle regarding respecting and fostering the parents’ role in providing guidance for their children, we encourage parents to check and monitor their children’s use of e-mail and other online activities regularly.

USE OF COOKIES

Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys website through the use of “cookies.” “Cookies” are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are not programs that come onto a visitor’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys uses “cookie” technology only to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors’ online experience and facilitate their visit within our site.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES

This site may be linked to other sites and services that are not maintained by Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys. These websites have their own privacy policies, which you should review prior to visiting them. We have no responsibility for linked websites and provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.  We do not control the linked sites and make no representations about the other sites you may access through this site.  We do not endorse any product or service offered by any company of person linked to this site, nor are we responsible for the content of any information published on the site of any other party.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

ALL INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.   

LIMITATION OF DAMAGES

IN NO EVENT SHALL GIRL SCOUTS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN RIVER VALLEYS, INC., ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR VOLUNTEERS BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE LINKED TO THIS SITE.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, you can contact us at:

Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys, Inc.
400 Robert St S
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Phone: 800-845-0787

Thank you for visiting our site.

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