Privacy Policy

At lewis-clark.org, the Discovering Lewis & Clark website, we respect the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document describes the types of information that is collected and recorded by this website and how we use it.

Cookies

We want to make our website more user-friendly and continuously improve it. We use cookies to collect anonymous information. For example, cookies collect information on what pages were visited and how long each visitor stayed on a page. This anonymous information is used to improve our website content, design, and the services we offer. If you continue to use our website, you agree to the use of cookies.

This website specifically uses Google Analytics to analyze web traffic. Google uses cookies to collect anonymous web traffic data, which we use to improve our online services, information, and user experience. Through our use of the Google Analytics application, neither Discovering Lewis &Clark or Google collect personally identifiable information. The following information may be automatically collected and retained when you view or search the Discovering Lewis & Clark website, or download information:

  • The type of browser and operating system used to visit the site;
  • The date and time of when you access the site; and
  • Which portions of the website you visit.

With Google Analytics, we do not attempt to gain personally identifiable information about individual users and associate it with IP addresses. We do not use the information collected to ascertain your personally identifiable information.

To learn more about cookies, Google Analytics, and internet privacy policies, please refer to:

Third-Party Processors

In general, lewis-clark.org does not collect any personally identifiable information nor does it store such information on its web server.

When necessary to conduct certain business functions—i.e., newsletter registrations and donations—we utilize third party processors who specialize in secure transactions to collect this information. The purpose and use of the personal information collected is apparent when you use these services. These processors are governed by their own privacy policies, and each provides a link to their privacy policy.

We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information collected through third-party processors—or any other means—nor do we allow our processors to share or sell this information.

Children’s Information

We and our parent, the Lewis & Clark Trail Alliance, do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information to us, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately at [email protected], and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights for information collected at lewis-clark.org, please contact us via [email protected].

GDPR Privacy Policy (Data Protection Rights)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access—You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification—You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure—You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing—You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing—You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability—You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact via [email protected].

If you have any questions of concerns related to this policy, please contact us via [email protected].