Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to lowell-light.org, and Lowell Light & Power, and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Lowell Light & Power include lowell-light.org and “LL&P”. The LL&P website is an information site. By using the LL&P website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message. We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by LL&P. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the LL&P website.
Lowell Light & Power (LL&P) uses Google Analytics, which may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type using cookies. This information is used to create reports for system administration and is COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS.
Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps website owners understand how visitors engage with their website. Google Analytics customers can view a variety of reports about how visitors interact with their website so that they can improve it.
Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. If you do not want anonymous information collected, you can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this page. (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en)
Sharing Information with Third Parties
LL&P does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
LL&P may share data with trusted partners to help send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, arrange for deliveries, or help perform statistical analyses. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to LL&P, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
LL&P may 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 LL&P or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of LL&P; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of LL&P, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The LL&P website may 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.
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 interactive features of the LL&P services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
LL&P secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. LL&P uses the following methods for this purpose:
• SSL Protocol
When personal information is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a European Regulation concerning the use and processing of personal information. We are committed to processing your information in compliance with the GDPR upon its effectiveness on May 25, 2018.
As a general matter, you can browse our website without submitting your personal information to us. However, you may submit personal data to us when contacting us. We will use reasonable efforts to securely process all personal information in line with the rights specified under the GDPR, in particular those related to the following requests:
• Access to your personal information;
• Correction of the personal information that we hold;
• Deletion of your personal information;
• A restriction of processing of your personal information;
• Transfer of your personal information to another party; or
• Objection to processing of your personal information based on LL&P legitimate interest (or those of a third party) to use it and there is something about your particular situation that causes you to object to such processing.
We hold your information and use it as described in this Privacy Policy and will use reasonable measures to ensure that your personal information is only transferred to third parties who also maintain at least the standard of protection required under the GDPR.
Children under 13
LL&P does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Changes to this Statement
LL&P reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by updating this policy. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Lowell Light & Power welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy statement. If you believe that LL&P has not adhered to this Policy, please contact Lowell Light & Power at:
Lowell Light & Power
127 N. Broadway
Lowell MI 49331
Telephone Number:
(616) 897-8402
Effective as of November 2022