Privacy Policy OF MOUNTAIN ASCENT ASSOCIATION

Last updated: September 1st, 2018

Mountain Ascent Association operates the www.mountainascent.org website, which provides benefits to members as a not-for-profit corporation registered with the Federal Government and the State of California.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when using the Mountain Ascent Association website.

If you choose to use the Mountain Ascent Association website, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The personal information that we collect is used to provide and improve our member services. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at www.mountainascent.org, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience while using our member services, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you. You can change the settings for others to view your information to no access, public, or members only on your member profile.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Our website uses these "cookies" to collection information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

• To facilitate our member services;
• To provide the services to our members on our behalf;
• To assist us in analyzing how our member services are used.

We want to inform our website users that these third parties have access to your personal information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your personal information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. However no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 14. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 14. In the case we discover that a child under 14 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at (916) 692-0005 or connect@mountainascent.org