Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Privacy Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, and make use of personal information.

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. (CCGS) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Privacy Policy applies to the Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. website and associated applications, email for communications with CCGS, electronic editions of the 1) Family Tree Newsletter, 2) Family Tree Quarterly, 3) Membership Directory, or 4) genealogical / promotional information that may be of benefit to you, and governs data collection and usage. By using the Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

The website is not intended to subject the Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country, or territory other than the State of Georgia and the United States of America.

Information CCGS Collects From You

In the course of your use of the CCGS website and our services, Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. obtains the following information about you as described below. This data is collected for purposes described under ‘How CCGS Uses Your Information.’

Signing Up for Services: User Information

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc.:

  • Collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address, or telephone number if you voluntarily give it to us directly or by email during any registration, survey process, or meeting.
  • Collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
  • Collects credential login information, which you use to access your account or Members Only pages of the website.
  • Collects personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, postal address, or telephone number if you voluntarily give it to us directly or by email for inclusion in our Membership Directory, which is published in the Members Only section of the website.
  • Your telephone conversations with us, which we may monitor or record.

Use of Services, Website Visits, and Support

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. collects data relating to your online activity on our website with respect to our Services, including the following:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Browser type and version
  • Computer hardware and software
  • Domain names
  • Access times
  • Referring website addresses
  • Geographic location
  • Websites and pages you visit within CCGS
  • Metadata about your use and emails sent to you (including clicks and opens)
  • Issues you encounter requiring our support or assistance
  • Any device or other method of communication you use to interact with the Services

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. stores this data we collect in a variety of places within our infrastructure (including but not limited to BlueHost, SiteLock, or Google), including system log files, back-end databases, and analytic systems.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. does not read any of your private online communications.

Social Media

  • Information from third party social networking sites, including information that social networking sites provide to us if you use your credentials at such social networking sites to log into some of our Services, such as your name and email address to pre-populate sign-up forms.
  • The information you allow us to access varies by social networking site, and depends on the level of privacy settings at the applicable social networking site.

Other Sources

  • Information you provide to CCGS at seminars or meetings
  • Information you provide to CCGS in surveys
  • Information that is publicly available
  • Information you consent to CCGS receiving from third parties

How CCGS Uses Your Information

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc.:

  • Collects and uses your personal information to operate the Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. website and deliver the services you have requested in accordance with any Data Protection act.
  • Uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc.
  • May also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
  • Uses collected data to deliver customized content and advertising within Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Sharing Information

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc.:

  • Does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
  • May, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.
  • May share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
  • Does not share your personal information with any individual or organizations outside of Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. without your explicit permission.
  • Will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc.; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc., or the public.

Tracking Technologies

The Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. uses cookies, tags, scripts, and other similar technologies in the course of our business.

Use of Cookies

The Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. pages, or register with Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. site or services, a cookie helps Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. services or websites you visit.

Cookie Info Script applications and data are hosted using third party hosting services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS delivers an industry-leading network of state-of-the-art data centers located around the world, including in the United States of America and Australia. Like Cookie Info Script, helping to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer data is of the utmost importance to AWS, as is maintaining customer trust and confidence. AWS are certified to the US-EU Safe Harbor Principles and, in compliance with the US-EU Safe Harbor Onward Transfer Principles, act as our agent with regard to data privacy. For more details of AWS’s privacy and security processes, please visit http://aws.amazon.com/privacy/ and http://aws.amazon.com/security/.

Communications

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. uses MailChimp as our communications / marketing automation platform. Information that you voluntarily give to us directly or by email during any registration, survey process, or meeting is entered into MailChimp – your name and email address.

You can change your mind at any time to not receive any information from Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. by clicking the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at ccgs@cobbgagensoc.org. We will treat your information with respect.

Security of your Personal Information

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. secures:

  • Your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
  • The personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

The transmission of information via the Internet, email, or text message is not completely secure. Although Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted through Third Parties or email; any transmission is at your own risk. Once Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. has received your information, we will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorized use, access, or modifications.

Links to Other Websites

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. creates links to other websites such as Adobe, PayPal, Google, other genealogical related websites), which are sometimes used in the sale of products or services offered by Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. Other sites are sometimes linked to for the purpose of providing additional information we feel may be beneficial to the visitor.

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. encourages you to review the privacy policies of websites you choose to link to from Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy policies or other content on websites outside of the Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. websites.

Transparency

People have different privacy concerns. Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. has provided additional details about the information we collect and how we use that information. We have also explained your choices and the control that you have over your information.

Changes to this Policy

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. encourages you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. protecting your information.

Your Rights

Correction

You have the right to require us to correct any personal information held about you that is inaccurate and have incomplete data completed. Where you request a correction, please explain in detail why you believe the personal information Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. holds about you to be inaccurate or incomplete so that CCGS can assess whether a correction is required. Please note that while CCGS assesses whether the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you may exercise your right to restrict our processing of the applicable data.

Withdrawal of Consent

Where you have provided your consent to Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. processing your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. at ccgs@cobbgagensoc.org.

Contact Information

Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. has not adhered to this Policy, please contact Cobb County Genealogical Society, Inc. at ccgs@cobbgagensoc.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and resolve the issue.

Updated: 25 May 2018