Privacy Policy
Masonic Library and Museum
The Masonic Library and Museum respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website, and we are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the type of information that we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
Application
This policy applies to information that we collect:
- On this website
- In email, text and other electronic messages between you and this website
- Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this website
It does not apply to information that we collect:
- Offline or through any other means including on any other website operated by our organization or any third party affiliates or subsidiaries
- Any third party, including our affiliates and subsidiaries, through any application or content, that may link to or be accessible from this website.
User Choice
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to NOT use our website. By accessing this website, you agree to our privacy policy. Note this policy may change from time to time.
Children
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information on this website. If you are under the age of 13 do not use or provide any information on this website, or use any of its features or interactive capabilities. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania ’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania ’s visitors use its website. From time to time, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and payment information. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania only discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that site commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s websites choose to interact with The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania in ways that require The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And vVisitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
We use the information provided by you to:
- Present our website and its contents to you
- Provide you with information and services that you request from us
- Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide your information
- To notify you about changes to our website or information provide through it
- To allow you to participate in the interactive features of our website
- To allow you to participate in the activities of Freemasonry
In any other way that we may specifically describe when you provide the information.
Aggregated Statistics
The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania may monitor the most popular member sites on The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania site. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania uses commercially reasonable methods to protect the information under our control from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s behalf or to provide services available at The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania website and have supplied your email address, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania and our products. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not one hundred percent (100%) secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted by our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.
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. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania uses cookies to help The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania identify and track visitors, their usage of The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s website, and their website access preferences. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Google Analytics
The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania uses first-party and third-party cookies such as Google Analytics to optimize and serve ads based on past visits to our website. We also use this data to remarket Google Ads to specific audiences.
If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics for display advertising, you may do so by using the Google Ads Settings.
There is also a Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on that you can download at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania maintains a list of email addresses of users who have specifically opted to receive mailings and newsletters from us relating to The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, services and events. Participation in this mailing list is strictly voluntary, and any user may opt out at any point by emailing gsoffice@pagrandlodge.org a message with a subject of “unsubscribe” from the email address they wish removed from the list. Email addresses from this mailing list are only used for these notifications, and will not be distributed to any third party.
Business Transfers
If The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania’s sole discretion. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Rights and Changes to this Notice
You have the right to request a paper copy of the Notice of Privacy Practices, if you have previously agreed to receive the Notice of Privacy Practices electronically.
We reserve the right to change or revise the terms of the Notice of Privacy Practices at any time. We will post the most recent copy of the Notice of Privacy Practices on pertinent bulletin boards and our website https://pamasonictemple.org.
Questions and Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our Chief Compliance Officer at 717-367-1121 ext. 33223. We will take no retaliatory action against you if you file a complaint about our privacy practices.
If you have questions concerning this notice, or would like to know how to file a complaint, please contact our Chief Compliance Officer at 717-367-1121 ext. 33223.
Effective Date
This policy is effective as of January 3, 2023.