Privacy, Cookies and Data Collection

Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra
Peggy Pitz, Executive Director
PO Box 606, Manitowoc, WI 54221-0606
920-684-3492
info@manitowocsymphony.org
email.mso@gmail.com

Peggy Pitz, Executive Director

Notice of Data Collection
This website (manitowocsymphony.org) may collect user data including anonymized IP addresses and visitor data, such as pages you visited during your time here.

Third party services in use on this website include:

MailChimp (voluntary sign up for periodic emails about our organization)
BlueHost (website host)
Google Drive (storage of backups)
PayPal.com (donation processing)
Jotform.com (contact form)
YouTube.com (embedded videos)

The services above are believed to be GRPD compliant and use proper measures to keep your data secure. We do not store your information ourselves or share your information knowingly with any third parties.

To opt out of all data collection, please do not fill out any forms, leave any comments or sign up for our emails while visiting this website.

Alternatively, if at any time you wish to have your personal data deleted, please email info@manitowocsymphony.org

Analytics

We use Google Analytics tracking with anonymous IPs. This means that we cannot identify your location in any greater detail than your approximate city.

Cookies Policy 

manitowocsymphony.org uses cookies.

If you have allowed cookies and wish to revoke consent, click here [cookies_revoke] and choose REVOKE.

Google analytics cookies will then discontinue tracking your visit.

By using this website, you consent to the use of cookies. Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third­ parties we may partner with may use cookies on this website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

What are cookies
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows our website or a third­ party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and more useful to you. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies.

How manitowocsymphony.org uses cookies
When you use and access manitowocsymphony.org, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of this website, to provide analytics, to store your preferences if you are a logged in user, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising. We use both session and persistent cookies on manitowocsymphony.org and we use different types of cookies, including essential cookies. We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Leaving Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies when Commenting

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Third ­party cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third­ parties cookies to report usage statistics, deliver advertisements on and through the website, and so on. This website uses:

YouTube video
Facebook
MailChimp
PayPal
JotForm
Backup Buddy (our website backups)

Additionally, visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

What are your choices regarding cookies

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

How long we retain your data

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. Comments are stored indefinitely.