CCN Privacy Policy


10. Coastal Communities Network Privacy Policy

CCN respects your privacy and does everything in its power to protect the confidentiality of any personal information you may give us. We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings. CCN only collects personal information with the knowledge of the individual involved.

We will explain what information is being collected and how it will be used. You have the right to decline to have this information collected or transferred. We will not disclose any personal information about users to any outside parties unless the user was advised of this possibility before providing the personal information. We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law.

You may provide us with information online, in a telephone conversation, or through a completed printed form. The information you provide will be securely stored either on a computer or as part of a hard- copy filing system. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this posting. If you are under 18, be sure to obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before you send any information about yourself (your name, address, e-mail address, etc.) to us or anyone else over the Internet.

There are links on the CCN web site that take you to other web sites outside of our service. Any links provide to third party web sites are provided soley for your convenience. The operation and content of such third party web sites is beyond our control, and we do not endorse in any manner whatsoever or accept any responsibility for the information, content or other material which may be contained on such web sites, the use of such web sites, or any products or services advertised or sold through any such web sites. We will not be liable under any circumstances for any damages whatsoever, direct or indirect, resulting from any use of this web site or any other third party web site linked to this web site, whether or not we are advised of the possibility of such damages.

10.1 Privacy Officer

CCN has a privacy officer who may be contacted for any concerns, clarifications or possible abuse of the privacy policy. Please direct your communications to: Karen Nash

10.2 Internet Policies

Like most major web sites, we use cookies to better understand how our site is used, to make sure the dynamic content is served correctly, and to improve the performance of our site for our users, particularly the way search pages are delivered.

CCN does not use cookies to retain personal information about our users- users remain anonymous- and we do not sell information about our traffic patterns. We use this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This tracking system does not record personal information about individuals or link this information to any personal data collected. In addition, we acknowledge that some members will want access to the Members Only website; we have that personal information in our databases, purely and solely to allow such access.

10.3 Registration and On-line forms info

We may, form time to time, offer seminars/conferences and prepare for our Annual Conference through registration on the Internet. In that case, we will collect only such information as is required to (a) ensure that your confirmation is sent to you at the address of your choosing and (b) that your payment is processed correctly. We will ask you for your name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address.

This database would not be shared, given, sold or rented to any other party under any circumstances. It would reside on our computer, and may only be accessed by a CCN employee who has been authorized to do so.

Passed February 28, 2006