Collection of Personal Information

Howe Caverns explicitly asks when it needs information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information"). Personal Information may include your e-mail address, name or phone number. At times we may also ask for anonymous demographic information, such as age, gender or travel preferences.

Howe Caverns may also record information about your computer hardware and software. This information could include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.

Use of Personal Information

Howe Caverns will not sell, lease or rent any personal information to any outside party. Howe Caverns collects and uses your personal information to operate our Web site and to deliver the services you have requested. Unless you have specified otherwise, Howe Caverns may use your personal information to tailor e-mail, mail or fax communications regarding upcoming events, special promotions or general news.

At no time, unless you have requested otherwise, shall we allow any third party to communicate with you via the e-mail, mail, phone or fax information you have provided us, unless it is required due to the nature of the product or service being provided. If that is the case, communication will be limited to that necessary to provide the product or service only.

Some of your personal information, such as your browser type and access times, are used by Howe Caverns for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Web site.

Howe Caverns tracks visitor paths and traffic patterns in order to determine what site pages and services are most popular. This information is used to maintain quality of the service and to aid in the development of new or modified resources. In addition, this information may be used to deliver customized content to visitors whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject matter or service.

Howe Caverns 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 Howe Caverns or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Howe Caverns, and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Howe Caverns, its Web sites, or the public.

Use of Cookies

Howe Caverns may set and access "cookies" on your computer. These cookies help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your computer 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.

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 certain features of the Web site.

Security of Personal Information

Howe Caverns secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted through the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encrypted protection.

Changes to this Statement

Howe Caverns will occasionally update this document. Howe Caverns encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Howe Caverns is protecting your information.