Privacy Policy

 

The privacy, confidence, and trust of individuals who visit the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Destination Marketing Organization, d.b.a. Experience Montgomery Alabama website are important to us. No personal information is collected at this site unless provided voluntarily by an individual while participating in an activity that asks for the information.

 

Use of Web Site Agreement

 

experiencemontgomeryal.org is presented by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) from within the United States.

 

The materials provided on the DMO website are protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. The contents of the DMO website are only for your personal, non-commercial use. All materials contained on the DMO website are protected by copyright, and are owned or controlled by the DMO or the party credited as the provider of the content. You will abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any content on the DMO website. You may download and make one copy of the content and other downloadable items displayed on the DMO website for personal, noncommercial use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such content. Copying or storing of any content other than personal, noncommercial use is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of the DMO or the copyright holder identified in the specific copyright notice.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all marks displayed on the DMO website are subject to the trademark rights of the DMO, including without limitation it's model nameplates and its corporate logos and emblems.

 

The accuracy of the information on the DMO website cannot be guaranteed, particularly since this information is subject to change. All product illustrations and specifications are based upon information current at the time of programming. Although descriptions are believed correct, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The DMO reserves the right to make changes at any time, without notice or obligation, in the information contained on the DMO website, including and without limitation to prices, incentive programs, specifications, equipment, colors, and materials, and to change or discontinue models.

 

This Agreement shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers, and other terms contained in this website; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between such other terms and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. This Agreement and any use of the DMO website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama.

 

Collection of Information

 

The DMO only collects the personal information that is necessary to provide the information or services requested by an individual. "Personal information" refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual who is the subject of the information. This is the same information that an individual might provide when visiting a government office and includes such items as an individual's name, address, or phone number. We also collect statistical information that helps us understand how people are using the website through the use of Google Analytics so we can continually improve our services. The information collected is not associated with any specific individual and no attempt is made to profile individuals who browse the website. You may be asked to participate in surveys at this site. Participation is optional, and the choice to participate or not to participate will have no effect on your ability to use other features of the site.

 

Use of Information

 

The DMO uses the collected information to respond appropriately to requests. This may be to respond directly to you or to improve the website. Email or other information requests sent to the DMO website may be maintained or forwarded to the appropriate agencies in order to respond to the request. Survey information is used for the purpose designated in the survey. The DMO uses information collected through Google Analytics (age, gender, interests) to optimize our website and improve our services. Website users can opt out of Google Analytics services here.

 

Security of Personal Information

 

We exercise reasonable care to protect your nonpublic personal information. This includes storing the personal information on our servers behind a secured firewall and ensuring all transmissions to other vendors use secure encryption technology. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. So while we strive to protect your non-public personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us. This is especially true for information you transmit to us via email. We have no way of protecting that information until it reaches us. Once we receive your transmission, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information.

 

Internally, we will limit access to non-public personal information to those associates who need the information to provide products and services to you or maintain or service those products or services. These associates are limited in number and are committed to our privacy and security policies. We will review our security arrangements from time to time, as we deem appropriate.

 

How to opt out of future communications

 

By providing our websites with your email address you provide the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) with your implied consent to receive email communications about our new products and services, third-party offers we may send you, or other promotional communications.

 

If you do not wish to receive such communications, you may opt out by sending an email request to tourism@montgomerychamber.com. In your email, please indicate which mode(s) of communication you would like to opt-out of (postal mail, email, newsletter, or telephone contact). If you are visiting other websites and see an advertisement from CVB, there will be an opportunity to opt-out of future CVB ads on that site as managed by the third-party provider through its opt-out function.

 

Cookies

 

Any web page or application at this site may use cookies. Cookies are short and simple text files that are stored on a user's computer hard drive by websites. They are used to keep track of and store information so the user does not have to supply the information multiple times. The information that is collected through cookies at this site is handled in the same manner as other information collected here. You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies or to notify you when a website attempts to send you a cookie. You can also check your hard drive for cookie files and delete them from your computer.

 

Please note, (a) third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect or receive information from the website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads, (b) users can opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting, and (c) user can access a mechanism for exercising such choice www.aboutads.info/choices.

 

Display Advertising

 

Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) implements the following Google Analytics features using Display Advertising:

 

· Demographic and Interest Reporting

· Google Display Network Impression Reporting

· DoubleClick Campaign Manager Integration

 

Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) uses Google’s interest-based advertising and third-party audience data to better understand and serve the consumer. Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using Ads Settings.

 

Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies and third-party cookies together to report how our ad impressions, other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and services are related to visits to our site.

 

Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce /Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) will not facilitate the merging of personally identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information previously collected from Display Advertising features that is based on the DoubleClick cookie unless we have robust notice of, and the user’s prior affirmative consent to, that merger.

 

Links to Other Sites

 

This website has links to many other websites. These include links to websites operated by other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private businesses. Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these sites and suggests you review their privacy statements.

 

Contact Information

 

The DMO welcomes comments regarding this privacy statement.

Please convey any questions or concerns to:

 

Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce / Experience Montgomery

600 South Court Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104

(334) 261-1100 or 1 (800) 240-9452

Tourism@montgomerychamber.com