The Novice Historical Society is committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is intended to describe how your personal information is processed and used, and we will make every effort to ensure that our activities keep with the spirit of this Privacy Policy. Please note that by visiting and using www.novicehistory.org, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

What Information is The Novice Historical Society gathering about its visitors, and how is it being used?
Every computer connected to the Internet is provided with a domain name (e.g. google.com) and an IP Address (e.g. 198.160.122.10). When a visitor requests a page from within the www.novicehistory.org Web site, our Web Servers automatically identify and log the HTTP request that is made to our Web Server. This information reveals nothing personal about you. In fact, the only information that we automatically gather and log is as follows:

• The IP address of the site that may have referred you
• Your IP address
• The web page that you may have linked to us from, if any
• The product identifier for version and make of browser (e.g. Internet Explorer 4.5)
• The operating system platform that you may be running (e.g. Macintosh or Windows)
• Search words or terms that are passed from a search engine (e.g. Google, Yahoo or Lycos)

There is absolutely nothing special about the information just described, and the practice of collecting this data has been generally standardized by virtually every Web Server on the Internet today.

The purpose for this information is actually two-fold. One, The Novice Historical Society has found it advantageous to examine visitor traffic in its aggregate so that we can ensure maximum compatibility for the various Browsers and Operating Systems that visit our site. Additionally, as any business should attest, it is our desire to generate greater amounts of visitor traffic. By analyzing visitation patterns, referring URLs and Search Engine terms, we can provide content that is relevant to our visitor’s requests and behavior.

What about Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data that are transferred to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser from our Web Server. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read cookie files that may have been created from other sites. The www.novicehistory.org Web site utilizes cookies as a means of providing personalization features to our visitors. For example, we utilize cookies to remember settings (zipcodes, accessibility settings, etc.) that you may have made at our Web site.

You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. Typically, by accessing the browser's help feature you can obtain information on how to prevent your browser from accepting all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our Web site and other web sites may be diminished, and some features may not work as intended.

How does www.novicehistory.org protect my personal data?
The Novice Historical Society uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure or unauthorized modification. All our employees who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obligated to respect the confidentiality of your personal data.

What other information does www.novicehistory.org request?
We may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting a survey, adding you to our mailing list or to have someone contact you for additional information by your request. Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information is requested. We maintain a strict "No Spam" policy that means we do not intend to sell, rent or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third- party, without your consent.

In addition, The Novice Historical Society will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed to receive. If you are a member of our Mailing List, you will be contacted with announcements, news and new products or services. You have the option of "Unsubscribing" from our Mailing List at any time, thereby disabling any further such e-mail communication from being sent to you. If you wish to have specific communications with a member of the The Novice Historical Society staff, you will be required to provide specific information that will be routed to the appropriate contact within The Novice Historical Society.

How does www.novicehistory.org support the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule?
We observe appropriate national laws and regulations on children's privacy, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 in the United States. The Novice Historical Society does not actively market to children, and we never knowingly ask a child under 13 to divulge personal information. If a child under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian may e-mail us, and we will remove the information and unsubscribe the child from any promotional contact opportunities.

Will The Novice Historical Society disclose the information collected to Third Parties?
The Novice Historical Society will disclose your personal information or any of its log file information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such actions are necessary to:

• Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on The Novice Historical Society
• Protect and defend the rights or property of The Novice Historical Society, or visitors of The Novice Historical Society
• Identify persons who may be violating the law, the legal notice or the rights of third parties.
• Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities.

The Novice Historical Society uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure.

The Novice Historical Society reserves the right to transfer information in connection with the sale of all or part of The Novice Historical Society capital stock or assets to any third party. Furthermore, we are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. The Novice Historical Society also provides "links" to a wide variety of other Web sites on the Internet. We are not responsible for their Privacy Policies or how those web sites manage information about their users. We strongly urge you to check with those web sites to determine their privacy policy.

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page so that you are always aware of the information that we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.