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PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated October 24, 2026

Thank you for visiting the Dansville Area Historical Society (DAHS, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We respect your privacy. If you have any questions about this policy, or about how we handle your personal information, please contact us at admin@dansvilleareahistoricalsociety.org.

This policy explains, as plainly as we can, what information this website collects, how we use it and what choices you have. If there is anything in it you do not agree with, please stop using the website.

This privacy policy applies to our website, dansvilleareahistoricalsociety.org, including our online shop, our forms and any related services or events (we refer to them together in this policy as the “Site”).

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

 

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Information automatically collected

In Short: Some information, such as your IP address and browser details, is sent automatically when you visit the Site.

Like every website, our web server receives your IP address and basic browser and device details when you load a page. We use this to run and protect the Site. In addition, two Google services and one Cloudflare service load on every page, before you make any cookie choice:

  • Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com) supplies the typefaces the Site uses. Your browser fetches them from Google, so Google receives your IP address and browser details.
  • Google reCAPTCHA (www.google.com/recaptcha) protects our forms from spam. It also receives your IP address and browser details, and may set its own cookies.
  • Cloudflare Turnstile (challenges.cloudflare.com) also protects our forms from spam. When it loads, it runs a quick check in your browser and sends Cloudflare your IP address and browser details. Cloudflare uses this only to tell people from bots, not for advertising. See the Turnstile privacy policy.

Google’s use of this information is covered by its own privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.

Visit statistics (Google Analytics)

In Short: Only if you click Accept on our cookie banner do we use Google Analytics to count visits.

When you first visit, a banner asks whether we may use cookies for anonymous visit statistics (Google Analytics). If you click Accept, Google Analytics loads and records things like which pages are viewed, how visitors found the Site and the general type of device used. If you click Decline, or make no choice, Google Analytics is not loaded and nothing is sent to it. A small cookie remembers your choice. Google Analytics does not store IP addresses. Google keeps the detailed data for a limited time set in our Analytics settings.

Once a month a summary report of visit counts is emailed to the Society and to AllSupport LLC, the company that runs our website. It contains totals only, never information about any one visitor.

Information you give us

In Short: We collect the information you enter when you contact us or place an order.
  • Forms: when you send us a message, we receive what you enter, such as your name, email address and message.
  • Shop orders: when you buy from our shop, we receive the details needed to fill your order, such as your name, address, email address and what you ordered. Payment is handled by PayPal. We never see or store your card or bank details. PayPal’s use of your information is covered by its own privacy policy.

We do not use advertising or social-media tracking, and we do not buy information about you from other sources.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We use your information to answer you, fill your orders and run the Site.

We use the information we collect to reply to your messages, process and deliver your orders, keep the Site working and secure, and understand in total numbers how the Site is used.

We use the information we collect or receive;

To send administrative information to you. We may contact you about your order or message, or about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

In Short: We never sell your information. We share it only with the services that run the Site, or when the law requires.

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:

  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
  • Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
  • Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

Service providers. Your information passes through the services that run the Site: our web host and AllSupport LLC, which manages the website; PayPal, for payments; Cloudflare, for spam protection; and Google, for fonts, spam protection and, only if you accept, visit statistics. Each uses it only to provide its service.

 

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep order records as long as tax and accounting law requires, and messages only as long as we need to answer them.

We keep order and payment records for as long as tax and accounting law requires. We keep messages you send through our forms only as long as we need them to answer you and follow up. Otherwise, we keep personal information only as long as it is needed for the purposes in this policy.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

 

HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal Information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from the Site is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

 

DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Site, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Site. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at admin@dansvilleareahistoricalsociety.org.

 

WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: You can ask us to see, correct or delete your information, and you can change your cookie choice.

To see, correct or delete the information we hold about you, email us at the address below. To change your Google Analytics choice, clear this website’s cookies in your browser; the banner will then ask you again.

If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en

CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

 

DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also Known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Site, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Site, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.

 

DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Last updated” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

 

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at admin@dansvilleareahistoricalsociety.org or by post to:

Dansville Area Historical Society
PO Box 481
Dansville, NY 14437
United States