The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce
Website Privacy Statement

This document was last updated on 3/19/2008.

1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing lakeelsinorechamber.com, you acknowledge and fully understand The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.

2. PARTICIPATING MERCHANT POLICIES
Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online merchants and our Members, Affilitates and others who participate in The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce collects certain information from and about its users three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies and Session Variables.

a. Web Server Logs.
When you visit our Website, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
• Your Internet protocol address.
• The kind of browser or computer you use.
• Number of links you click within the site.
• State or country from which you accessed the site.
• Date and time of your visit.
• Name of your Internet service provider.
• Web page you linked to our site from.
• Pages you viewed on the site.

b. Use of Cookies and Session Variables
The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce may use cookies and/or session variables to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies and session variables cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies and/or session variables are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.

The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as merging into The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce.com a site that relies on third-party cookies).

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our Website.

c. Personal Information UsersVisitors to our website can register to become a chamber mamber. When you register, we will request some personal information such as name, address, email, telephone number or facsimile number, and other relevant information. If you are purchasing a service or becoming a member, we will request financial information. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the services or membership you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information. You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.

We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary including:

• To fulfill your service requests for services.
• To protect ourselves from liability
• To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
• In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.

4. STORAGE OF DATA
Data about affiliated organizations (active, pending or inactive members or non-member VIP's) are retained in a database which is secured via common, best-practices methods. These data are used strictly for communication between the chamber and our members or non-member VIP organizations, and is offered publicly only via our Membership Directory or our "Member Billboard" advertisements. Membership data is also used to coordinate mass mailings or e-mailings to you, a process which you can control via our "Chamber Club" control panel.

5. ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable information in your web account file is correct and current. You may review this information by contacting us by sending an email to our support attendant --info@web-excellence.com.

6. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

7. CONTACTING US
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices, please contact us via email atinfo@lakeelsinorechamber.com or send your comments to:

The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce
Attention: Privacy Statement Personnel
Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce
132 West Graham Avenue
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530

The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve any problem or question.