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The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion Privacy / Terms of Use Statement
(last updated: June 2008)
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The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion is committed to protecting your privacy. This The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion Privacy Statement applies to The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion's family of Web sites and governs data collection and usage at all The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion sites and services. Please read the The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion Privacy Statement below.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion is a general audience web site, intended for users of all ages. Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Privacy Statement.

Collection of your Personal Information.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion collects personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion and its operational service partners collect and use your personal information to operate The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion and deliver the services you have requested. The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, without your explicit consent.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion also uses your personal information to inform you of other products or services available from The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion and its affiliates. The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your personal information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

Certain The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion services may be co-branded and offered in conjunction with another company. If you register for or use such services, both The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion and the other company may receive information collected in conjunction with the co-branded services. In such cases, either a joint privacy statement or a link to the other company's privacy statement will be provided, which will provide you with information about how the other company will use the information and how you can contact the other company with requests to access the information or other inquiries.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion may access and/or disclose your 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 the The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion, including its The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion family of Web sites; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion services or members of the public.

Security of your Personal Information.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion 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 systems with limited access, that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential 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.

Use of Cookies.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies 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 The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion's pages, or register with The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion sites or services, a cookie helps The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as the Support BBS logon and settings, and so on. When you return to The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion features that you customized.

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 prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion services or Web sites you visit.

Changes to this Statement.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. When The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion will use your personal information, The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion is protecting your information.

Disclaimer of Liability .

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion shall not be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the materials or information contained on this website and assumes no responsibility for any user's use of them. In no event shall The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential (including, but not limited to, business interruption or loss of use, data, or profits) regardless of cause, and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, statute, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this website or the materials and information contained on this website, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury, including but not limited to those caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, computer virus, communication line failure, theft, or destruction of data, whether for breach of contract, tortuous behavior, statutory liability negligence, or under any other cause of action.

Users are encouraged to consult with appropriate and accredited professional advisors for advice concerning specific matters before making any decision, and The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion disclaims any responsibility for positions taken by individuals or corporations in their individual cases or for any misunderstanding and losses, directly or indirectly, on the part of any user.

Disclaimer of Warranties / Accuracy and Use of Information.

The materials in this website are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and title to any of the materials provided on this website. The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion does not represent or warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this website or the server that makes it are free of viruses or other harmful components. The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials in this website, or through links to other websites, in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise.

Contact Information.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you believe that The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail.

The 13th District of the Department of Illinois American Legion
c/of David A. Ralston
6828 Baileyville Rd
Baileyville, IL 61007-9633

Telephone:   815-807-8077

E-mail: webmaster@Illinois-Dist13-Legion.org