1. Purpose of Policy.
We, Erie County Convention Center Authority (now known as Erie Events), believe in protecting your privacy interests. In order to enhance the products and services we provide and to better meet the needs of our customers, we may use some types of information provided to us by our customers or our website guests. This Privacy Policy describes what measures we take to protect individually identifiable information of our customers, what types of information may be collected by Erie County Convention Center Authority when customers transact with Erie County Convention Center Authority or when guests access our website at www.erieevents.com, and how we may use that information.
By transacting business with Erie County Convention Center Authority or by accessing our website, you are agreeing to the terms of our Privacy Policy. Please read this policy to assure that you understand its contents.
2. Purpose of Policy.
If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at dawn@erieevents.com or 809 French Street, Erie, PA. 16501.
3. Information Collected and How it is Used.
Erie County Convention Center Authority may collect and store various types of information about you. This information may be personally identifiable information such as name, address, telephone number, email address, account access or login information and financial information. We may use information that we collect to provide services to you, process transactions with you, answer inquiries made by you, provide offers for products and services to you, and to otherwise communicate with you. You may opt out of receiving offers for products or services from us by contacting: info@erieevents.com or 809 French Street, Erie, PA. 16501.
Financial information such as your credit card number, the name on your credit card, the expiration date, and the security code may be collected in order to process a transaction between you and us. This financial information will be used solely for processing the financial transaction. Your financial information will be securely held and will not be shared with any third party except our credit card processor for the sole purpose of processing the transaction.
Your account access or login information will not be shared with any third party. We may also collect technical information about your computer and browser and a record of the web pages you visit while on our website. This information may be used by us to gather information about the time spent on our website so that we provide better services to you and make your experience at our website faster and more convenient.
We also collect and store anonymous data which does not identify the particular individual with whom it relates. Anonymous data includes, for example, web pages which are accessed by our web site guests, the volume of traffic on our web site, and the domain name of web page guests. Anonymous data may be collected to track trends and habits of our customers and our website guests in general. We may collect and store anonymous data to monitor our website activity and for administrative or research purposes. Anonymous data may be collected to help us better understand our customers and website guests and to better tailor our products and services to meet their needs. We may share aggregate anonymous data with our business associates and other third parties for purposes of marketing research.
If you have an online account with us, information about your computer usage may be collected automatically through the use of cookies. Cookies are codes placed on your computer hard drive which collect and store information about the type of software, browser, and search engines you use as well as the websites you visit and the amount of time you spend on those sites. This data allows us to better provide services to you and to make your experience at our website faster and more convenient. This information may also be used for marketing purposes. Most web browsers have settings that may be adjusted to allow you to accept or reject a cookie when a cookie is requested. However, in some instances, rejecting a cookie may negatively affect or even preclude your use of a website.
Your information may also be disclosed by us as required or permitted by law in order to comply with a subpoena, court order, or legal proceeding. This information may also be used by us to pursue or defend legal claims.
4. Security.
We apply customarily accepted industry standards to protect your information from unauthorized access, use or alteration. Financial information provided to us such as credit card information is encrypted using industry-acceptable technology.
In the event we believe your personally identifiable information maintained by us has been improperly accessed or disclosed, we will notify you of the improper access or disclosure, if appropriate, as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
5. Public Posts.
If you post personally identifiable information on a public portion of our website, such as in a blog entry, the information you post is instantly made public. Such voluntary disclosures are not subject to this Privacy Policy.
6. Right to Access and Amend Your Information.
You have the right to access and amend your personally identifiable information such as your account access or login information, your contact information, and your financial information. To access and amend your personally identifiable information contact us at: info@erieevents.com or 809 French Street, Erie, PA. 16501.
7. Links to Other Websites.
Webpage links on www.erieevents.com connect and transfer you to outside websites which may not be owned, operated or controlled by Erie County Convention Center Authority or its affiliates. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any website which is not owned or operated by the Erie County Convention Center Authority or its affiliates even though you may access such page by clicking a link on www.erieevents.com. You should consult the privacy policies of those websites before providing any private information.
8. Children.
We do not market our products or services to children under the age of 13 and do not knowingly collect any information regarding children under the age of 13. If you are a child under the age of 13, please do not provide any private information about yourself. In the event we learn that we have obtained information about a child under the age of 13, it will be deleted from our records as soon as possible.
9. Sale of Business.
In the event Erie County Convention Center Authority is sold to another business, we may provide your information to the acquiring company.
10. Changes in our Privacy Policy.
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any amendments to this Privacy Policy will be posted at www.erieevents.com. A paper copy of this Privacy Policy, and any amendments, may be requested by contacting us at: info@erieevents.com or 809 French Street, Erie, PA. 16501. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically to determine if it has been amended.
