Privacy policy

This Privacy Statement pertains to the personal information we collect or generate about visitors to our website. This Privacy Statement describes the types of information collected, and how your information is used, shared, and protected. It also explains the choices you have relating to your information and how you can contact us. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time.

By visiting our website, you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the website.

What information do we collect?

The types of information about you that we may collect, use, and otherwise handle will depend on your interaction with us. Typically, we will collect, store, and process information about you if you use our website or if you voluntarily provide us with such information. Examples are when you fill out any one of our contact forms, register to become a member of the Madison Historical Society, or register for one of our special events. This information will be processed by electronic means and can include:

  • Contact details including name, email, mailing address, and telephone number.

How do we use your information?

We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of organizational purposes. This may include:

  • Sending you marketing and promotional communications that may include information about upcoming events, community news, or administrative information.

  • Contacting you in response to a form you filled out on our website.

  • Identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our website experience.

Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Madison Historical Society uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Madison Historical Society website, with the drawback that certain features of the Madison Historical Society website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

For more information about cookies, including how to set your browser to reject cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

What third-party applications do we use on our website?

Google Analytics:

Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

MailChimp:

Mailchimp is an online marketing platform owned by Intuit. To view their privacy policy, click here. 

PayPal:

Membership dues and other event registrations submitted on our website are directed to PayPal for processing. We have no access to your credit card data. According to PayPal's Privacy Policy at the time of posting this page, when you visit the PayPal website or use PayPal Services, PayPal may collect data on the pages you access, your computer IP address, device identifiers, the type of operating system you’re using, your location, mobile network information, standard web log data and other information. It may also collect information about your transactions and your activities, including contact, financial and personal information. PayPal does not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. It shares with us only the billing address and order details required for order processing. For more details, see PayPal's Privacy Policy

How to contact us

If you have any questions or comments about Madison Historical Society’s handling of your personal information or this privacy statement, please contact us at:

Madison Historical Society
P.O. Box 148
Madison, NJ 07940
General Email: historicalsociety@rosenet.org