Disclaimer Statement

The troop’s website endeavors to provide up-to-date and useful information to its members and friends. At times, the troop website links to WebPages that provide its members and friends with useful, relevant and/or interesting links. It should be noted that these linked sites are independently run outside of the troop.  As such, the troop can not take responsibility for the privacy practices, activities or content of these external sites.

 

If you feel that any of links listed here are inappropriate, please contact the webmaster.

 

Privacy Statement

 

Website Privacy / COPPA Statement

This domain is not an official electronic publication of the Boy Scouts of America, Bill Hart District, or the Western Los Angeles Area Council.   The website owner, authors and any organizations mentioned herein disavow liability for misuse of any materials found at this domain.  It is our goal to provide material of value to individuals in our unit and members of the Boy Scouts of America.

 

Troop 228 is committed to respecting and protecting the personal privacy of its members and those who visit its website. It is our policy to acquire personal information from users only by overt and voluntary means, only when it is in the interest of the user to provide it, and to utilize this information only for the purpose it was provided.

 

The information that follows explains the kinds of information Troop 228 website collects, how it is used, and the conditions under which it is made available to third parties, how information is maintained, and our compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

 

1.      This site collects anonymous data that is not indicative of and cannot be traced to an individual without the cooperation of his or her Internet Service Provider. This data includes information about the user's remote IP address, referral data (which page "linked" to the present request), and the browser software's user-agent string. This information is accepted passively from the HTTP headers that are sent from the user when requesting any file from the server.

 

2.      Troop 228 does not use its Web site to collect any personally identifiable information

 

3.      No attempts will be made to covertly or “quietly” collect personally identifiable data, nor are cookies or any other tracking technology used for the purpose of coordinating information that a user may opt to enter in various interfaces on the site.

 

How Does Troop 228 Use The Information It Collects?

4.      The anonymous information collected is used to monitor the usage of this website and the interests of those who use it. Data such as the volume of traffic to the server, the number of visitors a certain section of the site receives each month, or the most popular search terms are analyzed to derive general statistics about the site's reach and the audience's usage patterns.

 

With whom does Troop 228 share the information that is collected?

5.      Troop 228 does not share, sell or give personally identifiable information about its web site visitors with anyone.

 

6.      Reports, statistics, and other analyses of aggregate anonymous information may be shared within the organization at the sole discretion of Troop 228. This information does not include any personally identifiable information.

 

7.      Exception: Troop 228 reserves the right to use all information at its disposal and to share this information with ISPs and other third parties as necessary to investigate any incident of misuse or abuse of its site, server, or information systems.

 

How does Troop 228 maintain the information it collects?

8.      No personally identifiable information is collected.

 

Does Troop 228 comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998?

9.      This legislation applies only to Web sites of a commercial nature. However, Troop 228 considers it to provide sound advice for any Web site that is intended for use by children.

 

10.  Troop 228 will not use its website to collect any personally identifiable information.

 

Policy Modifications and Deviations

11.  We may modify this privacy policy and will post those changes here.

 

Updated 1/05