Who we are:

We are the Coastal Dunes Branch of the California Writers Club.

Our website address is: https://coastaldunescwc.com.

GENERAL – APPLIES TO PAGES ON OUR SITE:
Coastal Dunes CWC respects the privacy of our users. Please read this privacy policy carefully.  If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason, by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy.  You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted. 

  1. COOKIE POLICY
    We use cookies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies in your browser settings, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site.

By using the Site, you agree to be bound by our Cookie Policy.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

2. USE OF YOUR INFORMATION COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may collect information about you on our site, which may include:

Personal Data
Personal information, such as your name, physical address, email address, and telephone number that you voluntarily give to us when you fill out our Contact Form or Membership Application. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using our site and prevent us from responding to your inquiry or processing your application.

Derivative Data
Information our hosting company’s servers automatically may collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

Mobile Device Data
Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.

3. THIRD PARTIES
We do not engage with any of the following third party entities from our website, and therefore we do not disclose any of your personal information to any of the following:
Social media or social networks.
Direct marketing companies or services.
Website analytics companies or services.

4. USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may use information collected about you from the Site to:                                                                                                                 
-Email you regarding your Contact form inquiry or membership application.

-Respond to customer service requests, resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.

5. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information.  While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that no security measures are perfect, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or misuse. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

 6. POLICY FOR CHILDREN
We do not knowingly solicit information from children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using our Contact page.

7. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
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 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 page.

 8. CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using our Contact Page.  

Blog section: Privacy Regarding: Comments

When visitors leave comments in the Blog section of our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website via the Blog page of our site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website