Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http://www.outmetrowest.org

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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.

Contact forms

If you fill out the contact form on this site, you have the option of opting in to our email marketing list. You can unsubscribe from this email list (if you chose to subscribe) at any time using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the latest email, or by sending a message to the website owner for removal. By submitting the contact form, you agree to have your name, email address, subject, and message sent to the website owner. This message may be kept indefinitely. Contact form submissions are also kept indefinitely in a database within the website.

Cookies

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

This website utilizes Google Analytics tracking software. If you would like to opt out of all Google Analytics tracking, Google provides instructions on how to opt out from Google Analytics tracking entirely. You may also review Google’s privacy policy by clicking here.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with anyone, outside of the collections means described above and below.

How long we retain your data

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. 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. Contact form submissions may be retained indefinitely.

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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Contact form submissions with mailing list opt in will be sent to MailChimp. Contact form submissions will be sent to the website owner through Google’s Mail servers. Analytics data is sent through Google’s Analytics service. You can review Google’s privacy policy by clicking here.

Our Contact Information

OUT MetroWest
P.O. Box 2122
Framingham, MA 01702
508-875-2122

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