he Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley does not read any of your private on-line communications.

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley and The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley 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. In addition, The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley 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 The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, in order to determine what The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Use of Cookies

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley Web site use "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 The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley pages, or register with The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley site or services, a cookie helps The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley 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 The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley 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 Genesee Gay Alliance services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Changes to this Statement

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley is protecting your information.

Contact Information

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.