Privacy Policy

Your Privacy

This privacy statement is applicable to www.marbleskidsmuseum.org and the public Web sites directly created and maintained by Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, NC (herein "The Museum"). The following statement applies to the public and addresses the types and use of information gathered on The Museum's Web sites.

The Museum does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals, except when individuals intentionally provide such information in a question, transaction, on a Web form, or other Web-based communication sent to the museum. In order to provide our full range of services, The Museum may collect the following types of information:

• Information you provide - Personally identifiable information sent to The Museum, such as that contained in an email message requesting information, may be seen and addressed by staff for the purposes necessary to serve a message sender's needs. It will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without a visitor's explicit consent (opt-in) or unless required by law.
  
  
• Log information and cookies - The Museum may collect non-personal information items such as date and time or Web site visit, a visitor's Web browser and version, computer Operating System and version, screen colors and resolution, Web browser plugin capability, pages visited, and the referring site to perform statistical analyses of user trends and interests and to generate general reports based on this information, ultimately to better serve the users of this resource. This non-personal information is stored in server logs and will not be sold, shared, or otherwise transferred unless required by law. Users also should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the use of cookies. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies. Information that The Museum may collect or store in cookies is used for internal purposes only and is not sold or shared.
  
  
• Other sites - Within the Marbles Kids Museum website there are links to non-Marbles websites. When you link to third party websites, you leave our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices nor the content of non-Marbles websites, and the presence of such links is not intended to be an endorsement of non-Marbles websites or their content. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you.

Information Security

The Museum takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. However, electronic mail and other Internet communications are not always secure against interception. Access to personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information is limited to The Museum's employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.

Questions or Concerns

Please address any questions about The Museum privacy policy and practices, or use of this web site, to webmaster@marbleskidsmuseum.org.
Or, write to:

Marbles Kids Museum
Web Master
201 East Hargett Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

This policy is effective September 29, 2007. Marbles Kids Museum reserves the right to modify this policy by notifying users of the existence of a new privacy statement. This statement and the policies outlined are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.