privacy statement

introduction

Because personal privacy is becoming an important concern for everyone who uses the Internet, the Afrolumens Project has instituted the following policy regarding the collection of information and personal data of guests and visitors to the Web site Afrolumens.org, and its sub-webs, African American Museum of Harrisburg, Inc., Slavery in Pennsylvania, Rising Free, Century of Change, and To Seek Freedom. All pages contained under the Afrolumens.org domain are subject to, and strictly adhere to this privacy policy. Web sites which are linked from these pages are not subject to this privacy policy, and neither Afrolumens.org nor the Afrolumens Project has any influence upon, nor bear any responsibility for the actions of those Web sites, or persons or organizations connected with them.

data collection

Neither Afrolumens.org nor the Afrolumens Project collects personal data from visitors to its Web site, except as detailed below under "traffic statistics." Afrolumens.org and the Afrolumens Project do not collect the names of visitors to its Web site, and do not record the viewing habits and history of individual visitors. Afrolumens.org and the Afrolumens Project do not use and do not place "cookies" on the computers of visitors to its Web site.

traffic statistics

Afrolumens.org and the Afrolumens Project gathers "traffic statistics:" compilations of data regarding the number of visitors, the pages accessed, domain names, and the activity level of visitors to its Web pages using software supplied by the host server. This data does not identify individual visitors by name or identify which pages and images are requested by those individual visitors. It does compile anonymous statistics regarding the total number of visitors according to specified time increments (hours, days, weeks, etc.), the total number of hits during a specified time period, and the number of requests for individual files, pages, directories and images. It also compiles statistics regarding the number of visitors from specific countries, types of organizations, browser and operating system versions, and referrers.

The traffic statistics do not compile profiles of individual visitors. In other words, even though the server records an individual's IP address, hometown or country and activity, it does not generate a report showing where the person was from, what he or she looked at, and for how long.

correspondence

All information obtained from e-mail, postal letters, and telephone conversations with the staff of Afrolumens.org or the Afrolumens Project is considered to be material intended for our use and may be published.  If we have any doubt about your intentions, we will endeavor to contact you for permission to publish.  Queries and other communications sent to either Afrolumens.org, the Afrolumens Project or to individual staff members, with obvious intent for inclusion on the Website, may be published in good faith without additional request for consent. If any material is published in error, we will immediately remove it upon being notified by the parties concerned.

sharing of personal data

Afrolumens.org will never sell any collected personal information to other persons, companies or organizations.
Afrolumens.org will not share any collected personal information to other persons, companies or organizations, with the following exceptions:

Afrolumens.org will comply with and respond to legal actions, subpoenas and court orders for such data.
Afrolumens.org will share personal data if it is necessary to defend against legal actions or claims.
Afrolumens.org will share personal data if it believes it must do so to report illegal activities, suspected illegal activities, or as otherwise required by law, or upon the advice of legal counsel.
Letters and communications published on the Website may contain the e-mail address of the sender, which are sometimes, without the consent of Afrolumens.org, collected by mass-mailing companies.  Afrolumens.org has no control over this practice.  All correspondents may of course request that their contact information be kept confidential.

questions and concerns

This privacy policy was instituted in July, 2002 and revised September, 2003.  Questions or concerns about this privacy policy should be directed to the Afrolumens editor, George F. Nagle.

postal address: 6431 Shatto Drive, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17111-4640.

Original material on this page copyright 2009 Afrolumens Project
The url of this page is http://www.afrolumens.org/privacy.htm
Contact the editor george.nagle@gmail.com
This page was updated 11 January 2009.