Privacy Policy

Germantown Community Coalition LLC. (“Germantown Community Coalition”) operates GermantownCommunityCoalition.org. It is Germantown Community Coalition's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

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Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Germantown Community Coalition collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Germantown Community Coalition's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Germantown Community Coalition's visitors use its website. From time to time, Germantown Community Coalition may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

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Germantown Community Coalition also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments. Germantown Community Coalition only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

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Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Germantown Community Coalition's website choose to interact with Germantown Community Coalition in ways that require Germantown Community Coalition to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Germantown Community Coalition gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with Germantown Community Coalition are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Germantown Community Coalition collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Germantown Community Coalition. Germantown Community Coalition does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

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Aggregated Statistics

Germantown Community Coalition may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. For instance, Germantown Community Coalition may monitor the most popular posts on GermantownCommunityCoalition.org and may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Germantown Community Coalition does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

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Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Germantown Community Coalition discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Germantown Community Coalition's behalf or to provide services available at Germantown Community Coalition's website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Germantown Community Coalition will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Germantown Community Coalition discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Germantown Community Coalition believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Germantown Community Coalition, third parties or the public at large. Germantown Community Coalition takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

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Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Germantown Community Coalition uses cookies to help Germantown Community Coalition identify and track visitors, their usage of Germantown Community Coalition website, and their website access preferences. Germantown Community Coalition visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Germantown Community Coalition's website, with the drawback that certain features of Germantown Community Coalition's website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

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Business Transfers

If Germantown Community Coalition, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Germantown Community Coalition dissolves, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Germantown Community Coalition may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

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Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Germantown Community Coalition may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Germantown Community Coalition's sole discretion. Germantown Community Coalition encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

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