Yakima Valley Museum knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting yvmuseum.org, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

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WHAT INFORMATION DO WE GATHER?

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The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your yvmuseum.org experience. Here are the types of information we gather.

• Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future website visits for you, improving our website, and communicating with you.

• Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many websites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your browser accesses yvmuseum.org or advertisements and other content served by or on behalf of yvmuseum.org on other websites.

• Mobile: When you download or use apps created by Yakima Valley Museum or our affiliates, we may receive information about your location and your mobile device, including a unique identifier for your device. We may use this information to provide you with location-based services, such as advertising, search results, and other personalized content. Most mobile devices allow you to turn off location services.

• Email Communications: To help us make emails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open email from yvmuseum.org if your computer supports such capabilities. If you want to adjust your preferences or stop receiving emails from us, please click the "Update Profile" or "Unsubscribe" links provided at the bottom of any of our emails.

• Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.

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HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

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• Cookies are unique identifiers that we transfer to your device to enable our systems to recognize your device and to provide features such as personalized information on yvmuseum.org and advertisements on other websites.

• The Help feature on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer. Because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of yvmuseum.org's essential features, we recommend that you leave them turned on.

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DO WE SHARE THE INFORMATION WE GATHER?

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only as described below. We require affiliates of yvmuseum.org to implement controls that either conform to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.

• Promotional Offers: Sometimes we send offers to selected groups of yvmuseum.org customers on behalf of other businesses. When we do this, we do not give that business your name and address.

• Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores, subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets, but remains subject to the promises made in any preexisting Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Yakima Valley Museum, or substantially all of its assets, is acquired, customer information may be transferred.

• Protection of yvmuseum.org and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Biltmore.com, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. This does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.

• With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

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HOW SECURE IS YOUR INFORMATION?

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• We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.

• We reveal only the last four digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.

• It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer.

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OPTING IN AND OPTING OUT

 

You will usually be asked to agree to receive communications about special offers or programs from Yakima Valley Museum, and any of our affiliated brands or divisions at the time you provide your email address to us ("Opt-In"). In the event that you provide your email address via a channel that does not include a mechanism for you to affirmatively Opt-In, you agree that by providing your email address, you are completing an Opt-In and that you will be responsible for opting out of receiving any future communications about special offers or programs by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link provided at the bottom of each email communication (each an "Opt-Out").

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MOBILE APPS

From time to time, we may offer certain mobile applications, including iOS applications ("Apps"), for download. We will use commercially reasonable efforts, given the limitations imposed upon us by third-party providers such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc., to clearly disclose what, if any, Personal Information or Usage Information is collected by the particular App, how it is used, and with whom it is shared. In the event that it is not commercially feasible for us to provide this explanation, for example if you download the App directly via your handheld device without visiting any Internet website where we could publish such explanation, this Privacy Policy shall govern any information collected by us as a result of your use of the App (if any). Please note, CERTAIN PRACTICES ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, FOR EXAMPLE, ANY TRACKING BY GOOGLE, INC., APPLE, INC., OR YOUR THIRD-PARTY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER OF APPS YOU DOWNLOAD. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF SUCH THIRD PARTIES. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS READ AND UNDERSTAND THE POLICIES OF ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER, SUCH AS GOOGLE WITH RESPECT TO ANDROID APPS AND APPLE WITH RESPECT TO IOS APPS, AND YOUR WIRELESS CARRIER, BEFORE MAKING ANY PURCHASE OR DOWNLOADING ANY APP.

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TEXT MESSAGING

From time to time, we may run certain campaigns that provide you with the ability to send a text message to a specific short code and provide an Opt-In to receive future text messages. Your Opt-In request provides us with your mobile phone number. If you choose to Opt-In, you agree that we may, from time to time, send messages to the mobile device associated with that number about new products, promotions, services, or offers. Although there is no fee associated with this service, your carrier may charge you for each message you receive in accordance with your calling plan. You agree that we are not responsible in any way for such charges. If you do not wish to continue to receive any messages via your mobile device, you may Opt-Out at any time. Failure to Opt-Out after you have previously provided an Opt-In constitutes your consent to continue to receive these messages until you elect to Opt-Out and your release of us from any carrier charges associated with such messages.

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SPECIAL NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL USERS

By using the website, you agree and acknowledge that the website is hosted in the United States. If you are attempting to access the website from a physical location within the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the website, which is governed by U.S. law, the Privacy Notice, and the Terms of Use, you are transferring your Personal Information to the United States and you consent to (i) such transfer, (ii) the application of the laws of the United States and/or the State of Washington with respect to any dispute arising from or related to the Privacy Policy and/or your use of the website, other than such rules, regulations, case law, and/or international treaties that would result in the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or the State of Washington, and (iii) the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Washington and the federal courts sitting in Washington. Any claim or dispute between you and us that arises in whole or in part from your use of the website or in connection with the Privacy Policy shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Washington, U.S.A. Each party hereby agrees that such court shall have in personam jurisdiction and venue with respect to such party, and each party hereby submits to the in personam jurisdiction and venue of such courts and waives any objection based on inconvenient forum.

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CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, we may revise the Privacy Policy. If you disagree with the terms of any Privacy Policy at any time, your sole remedy is to terminate your use of the website and inform us of such termination as described in Privacy Policy. Continued use of the website constitutes your agreement to any Privacy Policy as in effect.

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MISCELLANEOUS

If any part of the Privacy Policy is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Privacy Policy shall continue in force and effect.

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RESERVATIONS

When a Customer contacts us to inquire about or revise an existing reservation, we require the original confirmation number or last four digits of the credit card number used for the reservation to confirm identity. When a Customer contacts us to make a reservation, we need certain information such as name, address, and telephone number to respond to the inquiry and to make the reservation. A credit card number is necessary to guarantee the reservation. Yakima Valley Museum will charge the credit card account of a Customer to collect a deposit at the time of the reservation and to collect the appropriate charges from a Customer who fails to arrive and fails to cancel the reservation in a timely manner. Yakima Valley Museum may impose other conditions on the reservation such as minimum length of stay, advance deposit, and other terms of the contract. A Customer should always ask for and record a confirmation number when making, changing, or canceling a reservation. Information collected as part of the reservation process is used as this Policy describes whether or not the Customer actually utilizes the reservation. Yakima Valley Museum may, but is under no obligation to, contact Customers with reservations to inform them about changes in the status of the activity for which the reservations are made and may suggest alternatives.

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EMAIL

We may ask Customers to submit their email address when they make reservations with or purchases from us. The primary purpose for capturing your email addresses is to send you a sales or reservation confirmation. Our confirmations may contain additional offers based on information you provide. When Customers provide their email address to us, they may consent to receive email offers from or through us. We may also collect Customer email addresses and share them with our third-party service providers for purposes of conducting consumer research and surveys. Customers will always have the ability to opt out of future email communications; however, we will continue to send emails to confirm your reservations or purchases.

It is our intent to only send email communications (other than confirmation) to Customers who have consented to receive them and/or to Customers who have permitted third parties to share the Customer's email address for purposes of receiving promotional emails. At any time a Customer may opt out of receiving email communications by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link provided at the bottom of each email communication.

We currently use third-party email service providers to send emails. We prohibit service providers from using our Customer's email address for any purpose other than to send Biltmore-related email.

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SWEEPSTAKES/CONTESTS

Occasionally, we run sweepstakes and contests. We ask Customers who enter in the sweepstakes or contest to provide contact information (like an email address). If a Customer participates in a sweepstakes or contest, his/her contact information may be used to reach him/her about the sweepstakes or contest, and for other promotional, marketing, and business purposes. All sweepstakes/contests entry forms will provide a way for participants to opt out of any communication that is not related to awarding prizes for the sweepstakes/contest.

You must be 18 years or older to participate in our sweepstakes/contests, and 21 years or older for any wine or beer sweepstakes/contests. For complete rules and regulations for specific sweepstakes/contests, please click the link provided within the sweepstakes or contest.

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