PRIVACY & TERMS & CONDITIONS
Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://wvfc./org, and WestValley Flying Club, Inc. and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unlessotherwise noted, all references to West Valley Flying Club, Inc. include https://wvfc./org and WVFC. The WVFCwebsite is a News, Information, E- Commerce, Member Resources site. By using the WVFC website, you consentto the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, WVFC may collect personally identifiableinformation, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
If you purchase WVFC’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information isused to complete the purchase transaction.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive datathrough WVFC’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may berequired to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These mayinclude: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners;(c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting yourcredit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will useyour information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you haverequested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
WVFC collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
WVFC may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services availablefrom WVFC and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
WVFC does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
WVFC may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering thatmay 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. WVFC may share data with trusted partners to help performstatistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such thirdparties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to WVFC, and they arerequired to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
WVFC may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith beliefthat such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on WVFC orthe site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of WVFC; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances toprotect the personal safety of users of WVFC, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
WVFC may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within WVFC, in order to determine what WVFCservices are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within WVFC tocustomers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by WVFC. Thisinformation can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring websiteaddresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and toprovide general statistics regarding use of the WVFC website.
Use of Cookies
The WVFC website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that isplaced on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to yourcomputer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued thecookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookieis to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize WVFC pages, orregister with WVFC site or services, a cookie helps WVFC to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, andso on.
When you return to the same WVFC website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so youcan easily use the WVFC features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you canusually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not beable to fully experience the interactive features of the
WVFC services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacypractices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacystatements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
WVFC secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. WVFC uses the followingmethods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through theuse of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of yourpersonal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can beguaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledgethat: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b)security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Sitecannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a writtenwarranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or servicerequested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship withyou, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; orprosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, orexercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the
public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of theinformation is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, providedwe have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationshipwith us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible withthe context in which you provided the
Children Under Thirteen
WVFC does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If youare under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Disconnecting your WVFC Account from Third Party Websites
You will be able to connect your WVFC account to third party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR WVFC ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE
THIS FEATURE. You may disconnect your account from a third party account at any time. Disconnecting ishandled via the application connect with. IE: Facebook, Instagram, etc… Please contact the application provider ifyou are unable to determine how to disconnect if connection was in fact established.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, WVFC may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we mayreceive a notification when you open an email from WVFC or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from WVFC, you may optout of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in theemail or by emailing [email protected]..
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
WVFC reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changesin the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account,by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by
updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after suchmodifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
WVFC welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that WVFC has not adhered to this Statement, please contact WVFC at:
West Valley Flying Club, Inc. 1901 Embarcadero Rd.Suite 100 Palo Alto, California 94303
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone number:
6508562030
Effective as of October 10, 2023