Privacy Policy
Please Touch Museum® knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we (Please Touch Museum®) appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting pleasetouchmuseum.org, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that we reserve the right to make changes to our site and policies at any time and without notice.
Your Personal Information
Please Touch Museum® collects and stores information about you in various ways. This information is vital to certain services we provide for you. Here are the types of information we collect and methods in which we transfer your information:
- Email communications:
- Emails that you send to us are stored in a database. Please Touch Museum’s® web site will sometimes automatically respond to inquiries and transactions you submit. Please note that if a transaction uses a credit card number only the last four digits will be sent via email.
- Information you enter:
- Every time you enter information into our web site your information gets stored into a database. We use this information to respond to your requests, mail prizes and purchases, send confirmation letters, and improve our web site for you. If you do not want information about you stored in our database simply do not enter it into one of our online-forms. Please note that certain kinds of information are vital, and sometimes required, to participate in services and contests that we provide through our web site.
Sharing Your Information
Please Touch Museum® is not in the business of selling information about our customers to other individuals or organizations. However, Please Touch Museum® does share information about you with affiliated businesses and organizations outlined below.
- Agents:
- We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and analyzing data about you to help us create a better experience for you.
- Protection of Please Touch Museum® and others:
- We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law, enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of Please Touch Museum®, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Securing Your Information
We protect the security of your information during transmission by using a technology called Secure Socket Layer (SSL); which encrypts information you submit.
It is important for you take action against unauthorized access to your information. Please be sure to close out all browser windows when you are finished using a shared computer.
Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser. Cookies allow certain pages to communicate to each other, and display information that you entered into our system. All cookies used on Please Touch Museum's® web site are temporary and are deleted when you complete a transaction, or end a session by closing your browser and all its daughter windows.
If you do not want cookies placed on your hard drive the “help” portion on the toolbar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies, how to have your browser notify you when you receive a cookie, or how to disable them all together. Please note that by disabling cookies you will not be able to take full advantage of the some of the features on Please Touch Museum’s® web site.
Children
Please Touch Museum does not sell products or services to children. We sell children’s products and services for purchase by adults. If you are under 18 years of age you may use Please Touch Museum® and our web site only with the involvement of your parent or guardian.
Terms of Use and Revisions
If you choose to visit PleaseTouchMuseum.org your visit and any dispute is subject to this Policy and our Terms of Use. This includes limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Pennsylvania. Our organization and web site change constantly. As we change, this Policy and our Terms of Use will change accordingly. Use of information that we gather is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use.
We reserve the right change this Policy at our discretion, and without notice. It is the responsibility of you, the user, to frequently check for changes to this document.
Please Touch Museum is a non-profit organization. A copy of the official registration and financial information can be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.