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Internet Privacy Policy
Telluride Foundation, Inc. ("Telluride Foundation") is committed to your privacy on the Internet. This privacy statement demonstrates our firm commitment to your privacy. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of our options and sites. This policy may be updated and revised occasionally so please check back periodically.
Privacy Policy Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat personally identifiable information of yours is collected?
We collect only information that you provide to us. Within some portions of our sites, we provide a profile feature to make it easy for you to purchase or request information. This information may include general profile information, address information, personal interest information and credit card information for e-commerce transactions. During some e-commerce transactions we may ask if you would like additional specific information from Telluride Foundation on programs and products.
What about children's privacy?
Telluride Foundation is a general audience web site that complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Telluride Foundation does not collect individually identifiable information about children online.
What is the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act?
Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, no web site operator is permitted to require a child under the age of 13 to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation. Telluride Foundation abides by this requirement.
How do you track me on the site?
We use cookies to ensure you obtain the information you request. The cookie(s) we pass to you are anonymous. They do not reveal your personal identity, they will not follow you throughout your travels on the Web, nor can they capture private data. Rather, these cookies establish a user session and to allow our server to correctly provide the users with the appropriate frames and content. We track the usage of our web sites in order to modify the site according to our customers' needs. We pay attention to what information is requested and attempt to make it easier to find in the future.
How the information is used and with whom the information may be shared?
The information we collect is used to provide you with customized information on programs and products. This may include follow-ups to e-commerce, e-mail lists and promotions and contests. Telluride Foundation uses cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. As a general rule, Telluride Foundation will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. Telluride Foundation may disclose your personal information to business partners or sponsors. Some or all data collected during a Telluride Foundation promotion may be shared with a sponsor. If personally identifying data about you will be shared, we will tell you before we collect or transfer the data. Many promotions offer opportunities to request additional information from sponsors. By requesting more information, you give Telluride Foundation permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor so they can fulfill your request. In many instances, only your email address will be shared. If more information will be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to the transfer.
What organization is collecting the information?
Telluride Foundation alone is collecting the information during your visit to our web sites.
What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the company's control?
We respect your privacy on our site and maintain your profile information on a secure server. It can be accessed, maintained and used by you, and only you.
What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?
You can contact us by e-mail through any of our web sites or by phone at any of our resorts to request any changes to how we collect, subscribe, unsubscribe or distribute any of your information. Phone, address and e-mail address information can be found at each of our web sites. If you have questions or inquiries about Telluride Foundation's privacy policy please contact webmaster@telluridefoundation.org
Telluride Foundation Web Sites Terms of Service
Thank you for visiting one of Telluride Foundation, Inc. ("Telluride Foundation") Web sites. We've set up some ground rules to ensure we can keep this area useful, fun, and safe for everyone. Telluride Foundation reserves the right to change these guidelines and disclaimers at any time, and you agree that each visit you make to the Telluride Foundation Web sites or authorized Telluride Foundation Web sites (collectively, "The Telluride Foundation Web site") shall be subject to the current guidelines. We encourage you to share your comments and questions with us. We promise to read all the mail you send to us, but we may not be able to respond to all of them. Please note that we assume no responsibility for reviewing unsolicited ideas for our business (like product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Telluride Foundation programs. Also, please remember that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and that you, and not Telluride Foundation, have full responsibility for the message, including its reliability, originality, and copyright. Please do not reveal trade secrets or other confidential information in your messages. Any and all rights to materials and ideas submitted to us become the exclusive property of Telluride Foundation. The Telluride Foundation Web site contains links to and frames of sites that are not maintained by Telluride Foundation. While we try to include only links to or frames of those sites which are in good taste and safe for our visitors, we are not responsible for the content of those sites and cannot guarantee that sites will not change without our knowledge, and inclusion of such links and frames in the Telluride Foundation Web site does not imply Telluride Foundation's endorsement of the linked or framed sites or their content. THE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION YOU FIND ON THE TELLURIDE FOUNDATION WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE TELLURIDE FOUNDATION WEB SITE AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action. You specifically acknowledge that Telluride Foundation is not liable for your defamatory, offensive, infringing or illegal materials or conduct, or that of third parties, and Telluride Foundation reserves the right to remove such materials from the Telluride Foundation Web site without liability. The contents of the Telluride Foundation Web site pages, including, but not limited to text, graphics, and icons, are copyrighted materials and or owned or controlled by Telluride Foundation and contain Telluride Foundation's name, trademarks, service marks, and trade names. You may download one copy of these materials on any single computer and print a copy of the materials for your use in learning about, evaluating, or acquiring Telluride Foundation's services or products. No other permission is granted to you, or anyone acting on your behalf, to print, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, upload, download, store, display in public, alter, or modify these materials. No permission is granted here to you to use, or permit others to use, Telluride Foundation's icons, site address, or other means to hyperlink other Internet sites with any page in the Telluride Foundation Web site, and Telluride Foundation assumes no responsibility for any other party's site hyperlinked to the Telluride Foundation Web site or in which any part of the Telluride Foundation Web site has been hyperlinked. Telluride Foundation may make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or programs described in the Telluride Foundation Web site, including the terms and conditions of your use of this site, without liability. Telluride Foundation offers services and programs in many parts of the nation. The Telluride Foundation Web site may refer to certain services or programs which are not available nationwide, without specifically limiting the offers as such. Such reference does not imply that Telluride Foundation intends to offer such service or programs in all locations.