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General
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation ("SOLEIF") respects your concerns about privacy. SOLEIF's Privacy
Policy is intended to provide you with information regarding our use of information collected from users of the
AFIHC Experience both on Ellis Island and online at ellisisland.org as well as on the Foundations other
websites: statueofliberty.org, wallofhonor.org and peoplingofamerica.org. As we continue to improve the AFIHC
Experience and to utilize new technologies, SOLEIF's Privacy Policy may change over time. We therefore recommend
that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are familiar with our privacy practices. If at
any time you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may always contact a representative of SOLEIF by
sending an e-mail to
historycenter@ellisisland.org.
Aggregated Information
SOLEIF collects anonymous, non-personal, aggregate information, such as AFIHC Experience usage and traffic pattern
data, through the collection of zip codes and the use of cookies and IP addresses.
SOLEIF uses cookies to provide tailored information on our website. A cookie is a small data file that a website
transfers to online users' hard drives to remember service settings. Cookies do not personally identify SOLEIF users.
Cookies allow SOLEIF to measure user activity on the website and to improve users' experiences. You can set your browser
to notify you when you receive a cookie, and to decline to accept it.
SOLEIF also collects IP addresses from every online user. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned
to your computer and is automatically identified to the SOLEIF web server when you visit the ellisisland.org
website. This information is collected to provide aggregate data to our corporate sponsors and advertisers or other
third parties about SOLEIF's users.
Such aggregate information collected by SOLEIF may be used either by SOLEIF and its corporate sponsors or shared
with unrelated third parties.
Personal Information
Personal identifying information may include name, street address, phone number and/or e-mail addresses, and other
similar information, some or all of which may be requested of you for access to various information or services at
Ellis Island or on the Foundations websites: ellisisland.org, statueofliberty.org, wallofhonor.org and peoplingofamerica.org (the "Service"). SOLEIF collects personal identifying information
from you in circumstances when you knowingly provide such information, including but not limited to when you provide
information in connection with your establishing yourself as a SOLEIF Sustaining Member, in posting Annotations or creating
your own Family Scrapbook (see Use of Interactive Functions below for more information), or in placing an order with the
SOLEIF Store. We will let you know where providing personal information is optional.
SOLEIF uses personal information provided by you in order to improve the AFIHC Experience, to publish information you
have submitted to the AFIHC Experience in posting Annotations and in creating and editing Family Scrapbooks (subject
to the Sustaining Member Terms and Conditions), to help us to service Sustaining Members, to provide you with products
or services and to inform you about additional products or services that may be of interest to you.
SOLEIF may share personal information with third parties in the following circumstances: to our corporate sponsors as
part of normal business operations; where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by applicable law; to
cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities; to protect our rights or property; or to enforce the terms
of our Terms of Service or the Sustaining Member Terms and Conditions, which are applicable to
Sustaining Members and their Guests.
SOLEIF understands the importance of providing you with access to any personal information SOLEIF has collected from you.
If you would like to review or correct any inaccurate information we have collected, you may contact SOLEIF at
historycenter@ellisisland.org.
When you access our site using Netscape's Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape's Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
technology is used to protect your communications through data encryption. All personal identifying information collected
from you is stored in a secure operating environment. If you are a Sustaining Member and knowingly provide personal
identifying information for posting, such as in Annotations or any Family Scrapbooks that are not designated "private,"
then such information will be made publicly available.
Use of Interactive Functions
Sustaining Members and Guests should be aware that any personal information provided in online bulletin boards or other
interactive forums, including but not limited to Annotations and Family Scrapbooks designated public (collectively, the
"Interactive Forums") will not be kept confidential pursuant to this Privacy Policy. Sustaining Members and Guests are
responsible for protecting their own privacy when using the Interactive Functions and are urged to proceed with caution
when posting any personally identifying information. See the SOLEIF Sustaining Member Terms and Conditions
for additional information on the terms of use of the Interactive Forums.
Links to Non-SOLEIF Sites
SOLEIF's website contains numerous links to other websites, particularly those of SOLEIF's corporate sponsors and the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. SOLEIF takes no responsibility for the privacy practices of such other websites.
You should consult the privacy policies of each linked website in order to determine whether the site adheres to a similar
privacy policy as SOLEIF.
Children
SOLEIF does not collect any information from children that would allow a child to be identified unless the child is accessing
the website with his or her parent or guardian's permission using his or her parent or guardian's password.
Use Signifies Acceptance
Your use of the AFIHC Experience at Ellis Island and online at www.ellisisland.org as well as you use of statueofliberty.org,
wallofhonor.org, and peoplingofamerica.org signifies that you agree to the
terms of this Privacy Policy.
You can contact the Foundation at: The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island
Foundation, Inc., 17 Battery Place #210, New York, NY 10004; or by calling 212-561-4500.
Last Updated - July 24, 2007
Terms of Use | Privacy
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