Privacy Policy

The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota recognizes and respect the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers and members and have established this privacy policy as a result. Below we describe why we gather customer and member information, what information we collect, how we collect it, what we use the information for and how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information.

WHY DO WE GATHER INFORMATION?
Since our inception, the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota has consistently provided our members with a quality interactive web experience. We gather personal information to allow us to process your registration and to provide an enhanced and more personalized experience.

HOW WE USE COOKIES
A "cookie" is a small file stored on your computer by a web site which gives you a numeric user ID and stores certain information about your activity on the site. We use cookies to let us know that you are a prior customer and to provide certain features to you but we do not store any personal information or financial information about you using cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but most allow you to instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable this feature, certain aspects of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota such as the Members Only features, will not function properly.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
We use information we collect from you to process your orders and to provide an enhanced and more personalized experience.

HOW TO REMOVE YOUR INFORMATION FROM OUR MAILING LISTS
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem. If you prefer not to receive information from, or to have us provide information about you, to other companies and organizations, please either write us at:

Membership Service Department:
Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota
PO Box 65766
Saint Paul, MN 55165

or send an e-mail to info@bikemn.org

Removal requests will be processed as soon as reasonably practicable.

CORRECTIONS
If you would like to update or correct information previously provided to us, please send an e-mail with your new information.

YOUR CONSENT AND CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Subject to the above provisions, by using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of information by us. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.

YOUR COMMENTS
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota welcomes feedback concerning its privacy policies. Please send your comments and questions.

Use of your Personal Information

From time to time, The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). We use this information to notify contest winners and award prizes and to monitor site traffic.

We may use a third party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests. We will not share the personally identifiable information you provide through a contest or survey with other third parties unless we give you prior notice and choice. We will occasionally send you information on upcoming events and promotions. Out of respect for your privacy, we present the option not to receive these types of communications. Please see Choice/Opt-out below.

The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota may sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail about cycling or related environmental information, 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 Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota will disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota riders, or the public.

Log Files

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota web site.

We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.

Information Sharing and Disclosure Personally Identifiable Information

We share personally identifiable information with some third parties. From time to time, The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota shares names and addresses provided to us with a limited number of organizations that produce bicycle and environmental programming.

Use of Cookies

The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota 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 register for the Saint Paul Classic Bike Tour, a cookie helps the The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota 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 Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily update your registration.

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 features of the The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota or web sites associated with BikeMN that you visit.

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by this site only and does not cover the use of cookies by PayPal and/or The Active Network, Inc. or any sponsors. PayPal and/or The Active Network, Inc.'s cookies do not contain any personally identifying information; they are used to provide features such as personalization, to save your Active.com, PayPal and/or member ID, and to keep track of your PayPal and/or Active.com shopping cart. Again, we encourage you to review The Active Network, Inc.'s Privacy Statement at www.active.com and Paypal at www.PayPal.com.

Security of your Personal Information

The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

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

Choice/Opt-out and Comments

The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

If you no longer wish to receive our promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each communication or you may contact us at Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, P.O. Box 65766, St. Paul, MN 55165 or info@bikemn.org to opt-out.