Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation, a non-profit company registered in Texas (“The Park”), has created this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of your personal information. The following discloses our general policies relating to information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site (the “Site”).

This Policy tells you, among other things, what information we gather from you through our Site, how we may use or disclose that information, and our efforts to protect it.

Notice of Information Collected and Disclosed
We may request such information from you when you:
Subscribe to a newsletter or ask to be added to our mailing lists.
Register or sign-up to subscribe to a service.
Make a donation in support of The Park.

In connection with your use of our Site, we may collect the following information:
The domain and/or IP address, but not the e-mail address of visitors to our Site. The e-mail addresses of users who communicate with us via the Site or via e-mail. Aggregate information on what pages on our Site users access or visit. Information volunteered by the user, such as information provided if they become supporters of The Park, which may include name, address, e-mail, phone number, fax number, username, password, e-mail address, company name, information posted if you participate in any of our discussion boards, and general requests for information and other personal information. Information you might post to user or discussion community aspects which may be included in the Site.Providing the voluntary data described above is at your sole discretion.  If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the Site, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Site.  We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Site and to create new features, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing user preferences and trends.

The Park is the owner of the information collected on this Site.  The information is not collected for sale to third party marketers and we do not sell or distribute the information collected from the site for commercial marketing purposes. Except as provided in this Policy, we do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone except as permitted by law, however, we may choose to disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processors, data processors, technical systems consultants and programmers and the advertising firms that we use to promote our Site.  Additionally, this information may be shared with The Park partners.  We may use the personal identifying information you provide to monitor usage and traffic-levels, analyze trends, administer the Site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.  We may also use your information to contact you regarding improvements we can make to our Site and our services.  The Park may also share aggregate information about our users with advertisers, sponsors and other third parties, though such summary information will not identify any specifics directly related to your identity.  We may also provide analysis based on the information we collect, to our strategic alliance partners and other risk sharing partners.

We may use your e-mail address to assist you if you forget your log-in information and to send you information about The Park such as our Online Newsletter.  We may also use your e-mail address to contact you directly regarding events, activities of The Park or information that we believe might interest you.  Only The Park (or agents working on behalf of The Park or with the permission of The Park) will send you these direct mailings.  If you do not want to receive such mailings, you can easily opt-out of receiving further marketing from The Park as provided in Choice/Opt Out below.

You authorize us to disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, violation of obligations to us under our Terms of Service Agreement or any other agreement or policy, or other illegal activity.

We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.

Public Forums
This Site may utilize public forums, which may include blogs, forums, message boards and other interactive features. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas is not protected as confidential and becomes public information. You are solely responsible and should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal information in these areas.

Abuse of Terms of Service Agreement
We have the right to share your name and contact information with our attorneys and law enforcement officials, if needed, in the event we believe you have breached our Terms of Service Agreement.

Collection and Use of IP Addresses
We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.  IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.  Please see  Notice of Information Collected and Disclosed above for more information.

Cookies
We may use cookies (a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them), log files, clear gifs or web beacons (known as action tags or single pixel gifs) information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Site; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information such as the services you subscribe to; and (c) to assess the popularity and effectiveness of the material posted on the Site.  We may also use web beacons or similar technology in connection with e-mails sent to users, to let us know whether and when the e-mail was opened.  If we provide forums on the Site which require you to register, The Park may use cookies to store passwords and personal information about you. We may use this information to identify you in our database and to track information while you are on our Site.  Cookies also enable you to enter the Site as a registered user without having to log on each time.You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser.  You do not need to have cookies turned on to use the Site.  However, if you turn off cookies, then you may not be able to utilize certain features of the Site.

Confidentiality of Transmissions
Please remember that transmissions on the Internet are not always confidential.  You are transmitting this information at your own risk.  Please see Security below for more information.

Password Protection
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before creating your user account.  The user that created the account for a user is responsible for maintaining the secrecy of a users unique password and account information at all times.

Disclosure Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Site, in which case The Park may not be able to provide certain services to you.

Choice/Opt Out
If you prefer that we not disclose nonpublic personal information about you to nonaffiliated third parties, you may opt out of those disclosures; that is, you may direct us not to make those disclosures (other than disclosures permitted by law).  If you receive communications from us that you do not want to receive, you can opt out from receiving these communications, by specifically telling us to stop sending them to you.  We will generally be able to give effect to your withdrawal on 30 days’ notice.  If you wish to opt out of disclosures to nonaffiliated third parties, you may e-mail your request to The Park at info@theparkdallas.org.

Onward Transfer (Transfers to Third Parties)
We will apply the Notice and Opt-out policies discussed above in the event we propose to disclose your information to a third party.

Security
We treat data as an asset that must be protected and use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure.

All donations are processed utilizing PayPal which has its own privacy policies that relate to the data they process.  Please click here to review their privacy policies.

Information you elect to post on the Site, e-mails and other information you send to us, except that which you send us on a secure page, is not encrypted and such transmissions cannot be considered a secure means of transmitting sensitive information.  The Park will never ask you to submit your financial data, such as your credit card account numbers, via e-mail.  IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL REQUESTING THAT YOU FORWARD INFORMATION OF THIS NATURE BY E-MAIL, PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY AT info@theparkdallas.org.  DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THE E-MAIL.  You should be aware of the limitations of security, authentication, encryption, and privacy measures used in connection with the Internet and that any information you transmit through the Site may be damaged, corrupted, “sniffed” and/or accessed by another person without your permission.

Regardless of the precautions taken by you or by us, “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet. Third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the site.  Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.  We cannot ensure or warrant the ultimate security of any information you transmit.

Linked Sites
The Site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that The Park may not be responsible for content or the privacy practices of such other sites.  We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Site and recommend that they read the privacy statements of each and every Web site they visit.  This Policy applies solely to information collected by this Site.

It should be noted that The Park utilizes third party vendors for commercial transactions.  Specifically, The Park utilizes PayPal, which provides its own detailed Privacy Policy and User Agreement.  Please review those policies carefully before you disclose any personal information.

Age Restrictions; Children’s Privacy
This Site is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.  If The Park obtains actual knowledge that it has obtained personal information about a child under the age of 13, that information is immediately and permanently deleted from our records.

Changes to Privacy Policy
We may occasionally change this Privacy Policy.  If we do, we will post the changes on the Site.  The changes will take effect as soon as posted.

Correct/Update
The Park provides users the following options for changing and modifying information previously submitted.

You can send e-mail to info@theparkdallas.org.
You can send mail to the following postal address:
Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation
Attn:  Webmaster
1909 Woodall Rodgers Fwy
Suite 100
Dallas, TX  75201

Contact Information
If you have a comment, question or request, or if you need to contact The Park for any other reason, there are two easy ways to do so.
(a)  E-mail:  You can e-mail at info@theparkdallas.org.
(b)  U.S. Mail:  Send mail to The Park at:
Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation
1909 Woodall Rodgers Fwy
Suite 100
Dallas, TX  75201

Acceptance of Privacy Statement
Your use of our Site, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this Policy and the Terms of Service Agreement. BY USING OUR SITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time by posting the changes on this page. The Park will provide you notice of any updates, revisions, supplements, modifications or amendments to this Agreement by placing a “Notice of Modification” link on the Home Page for a 30-day period following the initial posting on the Site.  The changes take effect as soon as posted.  Your continued use of any portion of our Site following posting of the updated privacy statement will constitute your acceptance of the changes.

Updates to Policy
This Policy updated November 1, 2009.