Online Privacy Policy Agreement

September 12, 2024

This Privacy Policy outlines how The Clan Forsyth Society USA ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit our website or engage our services, including memberships and purchases.

For website Visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • ·         Information about your browser, network and device

  • ·         Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • ·         Web pages you view while on this website

  • ·         Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • ·         Information about your browser, network, and device

  • ·         Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • ·         Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • ·         Clicks

  • ·         Internal links

  • ·         Pages visited

  • ·         Scrolling

  • ·         Searches

  • ·         Timestamps

 We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

  • ·         These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

  • ·         These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Visitors will be prompted to acknowledge our cookie policy via a cookie banner. By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of cookies, but you may adjust your preferences through the banner

Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

  • ·         Information about your browser, network, or device

  • ·         Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

  • ·         Your IP address

Memberships and other purchases

When you purchase a membership or merchandise though this website, we collect

personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information like your:

  • ·         Billing and shipping address

  • ·         Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)

  • ·         Email address

  • ·         Name

  • ·         Phone number

 This information is obtained either through our payment processor, PayPal, or via your membership application, which you email directly to us. We do not share this information with our web host, Squarespace, or any third parties without your explicit consent. For more details on how PayPal handles your information, please refer to their privacy policy.

 Membership applications submitted via email are only accessible to the officers of Clan Forsyth Society USA for processing purposes. We take reasonable precautions to safeguard this information against unauthorized access, ensuring your privacy is protected.

 Data Retention Policy and Your Rights

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill your membership or purchase request or as required by law. You may request deletion of your information at any time by contacting us.

You have the right to access, update, or request the deletion of your personal information.

Please contact us at ClanForsythUSA@gmail.com to exercise these rights.

What this policy does not cover

This policy does not govern the collection and use of companies that The Clan Forsyth Society USA does not control. If you visit a website that we may mention or link to, be sure to review its privacy policy before providing the site with information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites, and encourage you to review their privacy policies before sharing personal information.

Changes to the privacy policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date." We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.

 If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at: ClanForsythUSA@gmail.com