Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or
allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested
such as signing up for an event, requesting information, and/or purchasing official merchandise
from our online store. The personal information we collect may include your name, e-mail, phone,
work or home address, and information to complete your request. Our Site also includes a link to
PayPal, our online payment service provider. Such third party Web service providers may collect
personal data about our visitors.
The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service
provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date
and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address
of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve
the site, analyze trends and administer the site.
Use of your Personal Information
The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the
service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized.
In support of these uses, Galesburg Railroad Days Committee may use personal information to
provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related Galesburg
Railroad Days Committee products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating
the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your
particular preference or interests. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your
interactions with Galesburg Railroad Days Committee, information collected by
GalesburgRailroadDays.org may be combined with information collected by other Galesburg
Railroad Days Committee services.
We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product
or service that you are using and/or requesting. Additionally, with your permission, we may send
you information about other Galesburg Railroad Days products and services.
We merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes,
and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some
limited-entry sections of GalesburgRailroadDays.org, with your approval, we will combine
site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content.
If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won't merge your
personal information with site-visitation data.
When you sign up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional e-mail,
GalesburgRailroadDays.org may use customized links or similar technologies to track e-mail links
that you click. We may associate that information with your personal information in order to provide
you more focused e-mail communications or purchase information. Each e-mail communication
includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication.
Some services on GalesburgRailroadDays.org offer individuals the ability to publicly display certain
personal information. Participation in such services is always optional.
Galesburg Railroad Days Committee occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services
on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering
customer questions about products and services, and sending information about our products,
special offers, and other services. We will only provide those companies the personal information
they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information
and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
Galesburg Railroad Days Committee may disclose personal information if required to do so by law
or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or
comply with legal process served on Galesburg Railroad Days Committee or the Site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of Galesburg Railroad Days Committee; or (c) act in urgent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of Galesburg Railroad Days Committee employees or
agents, users of Galesburg Railroad Days Committee products or services, or members of the
public.
Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or
any other country in which Galesburg Railroad Days Committee or its affiliates, subsidiaries or
agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information
outside of your country. Galesburg Railroad Days Committee abides by the safe harbor framework
as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of
data from the European Union.
Control of your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the Site will
not be shared outside of Galesburg Railroad Days Committee and its controlled subsidiaries and
affiliates without your permission. As described below in the next section, you can access your
personal information and make choices about how you wish to be contacted.
Access to your Personal Information
You can ask us, by sending an email whether we are keeping personal data about you. Upon
request, which you can indicate by sending an email, we will provide you with a readable copy of
the personal data which we keep about you, usually within one week. We may, however, require
proof of your identity prior to releasing such information. We will provide the information without
any charge.
We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have
the data: erased; rectified; amended; or, completed.
We reserve the right to refuse to provide our visitors with a copy of their personal data, but will give
reasons for our refusal. We do, however, allow you to challenge our decision to refuse to provide
you with a copy of your personal data.
Security of your Personal Information
Galesburg Railroad Days Committee is committed to protecting the security of your personal
information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your
personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the
personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in
controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a credit
card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
GalesburgRailroadDays.org is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any
personal information from children.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact Galesburg Railroad Days
Committee.
Changes to this Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the date at the
top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you
either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending you a
notification. 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.
Contact Information
Galesburg Railroad Days Committee welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If
you believe that we have not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us electronically or
via postal mail at the address provided below, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to
promptly determine and remedy the problem.
GalesburgRailroadDays.org privacy
Galesburg Railroad Days
2163 East Main Street
Galesburg, Illinois 61401
(309) 343-2683
webmaster@galesburgrailroaddays.org