United States Power Squadrons ®
Sail and Power Boating
PO Box 30423
Raleigh NC 27622 www.USPS.org
USPS has created this privacy statement in order to
demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following
discloses our data gathering and dissemination practices the
provisions of which shall be used as a minimum for all USPS Web
sites whether at the National, District or Squadron level,
regardless of where they are located on the Internet.
Upon Entering the Web site - Cookies: We compile information
on the IP addresses that contact us so we can improve the
services provided by our Site, but we will not provide that
information to others. We may keep track of the pages you
visited by placing a small entry in a text file called a
"cookie" on your hard drive. The cookie contains an identifying
number that allows us to track the pages you’ve visited on our
Website. We may also use cookies to save your member access
authorization (for a limited time, on our internal web pages) so
you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit our Site. We
may use member access authorization to maintain the privacy of
our internal web pages. Information voluntarily provided by you
may help us tailor our Site to your needs and interests.
Cookies don’t reveal personal information. The only personal
information a cookie can contain is information you supply
yourself. Cookies can’t read unrelated data off your hard drive.
The help function on most browsers contains information on how
to set your browser to notify you before accepting a cookie or
to disable cookies entirely. However, if you don’t accept
cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of various
features on our site such as membership only pages.
Links: Our Web sites may contain links to external Web sites
that are not within our control. If you decide to use any of
these external links, you will be connected to a site not
covered by our privacy policies. We recommend that you read
their privacy statements, since they may differ from ours. This
privacy statement applies only to information collected on USPS
Web sites.
Order Forms: Our Site uses order forms to request
information, products and services. We collect a visitor’s
contact information (like an E-mail address), unique identifiers
(like a USPS certificate number), and financial information
(like an account or credit card number). Contact information
from the order form is used to send products to our customers.
The contact information is also used to get in touch with the
customer when necessary.
We do not maintain a repository of this information after
the initial information is sent. Financial information that is
collected is used to check the user’s qualifications and bill
the user for products and services. Unique identifiers (such as
a USPS certificate number) are collected from Website visitors
to verify the user’s identity and for use as account numbers in
our record system.
Online Surveys: Our online surveys ask visitors for contact
information (like their E-mail address). The contact information
is used to contact the visitor when necessary.
Requested Information: Whenever our site asks a visitor to
provide information, we will provide the visitor the opportunity
to decline to have their information used for subsequent notices
about our products or publications or those of our associates.
Security: We exercise care and diligence in managing,
transmitting and securing personal information once we receive
it. Your personal information is protected by safeguards that
are appropriate to the sensitivity of the information and are
inline with currently available security technology. This may
include use of passwords and encryption. It is important for you
to understand that data transmission over the Internet is not
100% secure. Despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee the
absolute security of any information you transmit to us, and you
therefore do so at your own risk.
Your Agreement to Be Bound By This Policy: By visiting our
Web site, you agree that your visit is governed by the USPS
Privacy and Data Policy, and that the Policy may be revised from
time to time.
Contact the Web site: If you have any questions about this
privacy statement, the practices of the USPS National Web site,
or your dealings with that Web site, you can contact the
National Secretary: