Privacy Statement

Your privacy is one of our primary concerns. PetalumaChamber.com makes every effort to provide you with a safe and private environment. Our privacy policy tells you what information we gather and how we use it. This privacy policy applies to all of the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce sites, including petalumachamber.biz.

Information Collection

PetalumChamber.com collects two types of information:

Personal Information
When you sign up for services, you may be asked to provide personal information. Personal data may also be requested when registering for seminars or email services. This information will not be released without authorization from you and we will not disclose personal identification information.
Website Activity Data
Activity data is gathered through several methods, and is tracked as a whole rather than individually. This allows us to track the PetalumaChamber.com website -- we never use it to personally identify you. By tracking we can build the most effective website for all visitors. Generally, we look at how well pages, products or sections of the website perform based on traffic. Specifically, we can determine which areas are most effective or appropriate based on the amount of traffic to particular areas.

Information Usage

PetalumaChamber.com will not disclose any business personal information that identifies you to any third party without your consent unless we clearly define the nature and manner of disclosure or disclosure is legally required or to protect our rights.

Cookies and Tracking

Websites will commonly write small data files (cookies) to your hard drive during your visits to the site. A cookie file is used in order to track your traffic patterns on a particular site and contains information that can anonymously identify you. This information is encrypted for security purposes. PetalumaChamber.com measures the activity of the site by using cookies. Cookies help us make improvements to the site so you can have a pleasant and productive experience. Cookies are created to identify your computer when visiting our site and are never used to identify you personally. Cookies can't read data off your hard disk, do damage to your hard disk or memory, or read cookie files created by other sites. You can set your browser to send a warning message before accepting cookies or to refuse cookies. Check with your browser for instructions on how to handle cookies.

Notification of Privacy Changes

PetalumaChamber.com reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time. When changes are made they will be posted to the website immediately.

E-Commerce Areas

Information requested by the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce and its websites is provided and approved by you. Information requested by other firms, organizations, linked websites and partner sites reached through any Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce website, but not controlled by The Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce for purchases is provided on a voluntary basis by you. Affiliate online merchants have privacy and data collection practices of their own. Please consult the partner's home page for the company profile, which will detail their practices. The Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce, PetalumaChamber.com and PetalumaChabmr.biz DO NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRACTICES OF FIRMS, WEBSITES AND/OR PARTNER SITES NOT OWNED BY THE PETALUMA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Credit Card Data

PetalumaChamber.com recognizes your concerns about web commerce and transactions using bank and credit card information. Therefore, PetalumaChamber.com is committed to keeping personal information secure during commerce transactions by using a secured SSL encryption with all direct transactions that involve using credit card or banking information. This process allows PetalumaChamber.com to send your credit card number and personal data over the Internet securely. These encrypted data files are securely stored on Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerceowned servers. Once encrypted, only the credit card's authorization company has the ability to decrypt it. PetalumaChamber.com never displays your credit card number online. Additionally, we store any personal information you submitted on forms (i.e. your address, e-mail and billing information) on our secure server. Our server is tightly monitored and controlled. Only those with proper authorization have access to this information.