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Privacy Statement

We collect information voluntarily given by visitors to this website for four reasons:

  • To get your feedback
  • To better understand the makeup of our audience
  • To be able to respond to your questions
  • To enable you to share your thoughts and achievements with others

We care about the privacy and safety of our visitors. For that reason, we do not sell or otherwise make available personally identifiable information to any person or organization. This includes information such as last names, email addresses, street addresses and phone numbers.

Notice of Information Practices

Information on Website Operator
The website you are visiting is operated by Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc. (GSEM).  GSEM is chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA to provide Girl Scout services in eastern Massachusetts.  In addition to reaching us via the internet, you may contact us at the following location:

  • Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc., 95 Berkeley Street, Fourth Floor, Boston, MA 02116, phone 617 482 1078, fax 617 482 9045

The privacy information contained on this website relates only to the GSEM combined website that you are now visiting. GSEM respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website. This notice outlines the information that may be forwarded to GSEM via our website, and how our Council will collect and use any such information that is transmitted to us.  This notice also will instruct you on how you can verify the accuracy of your personally identifiable information submitted to us and how you may request that we delete your personally identifiable information from our databases.

Personally Identifiable Information
The information gathered by GSEM is limited to only such data as is voluntarily submitted to us by visitors to the site.  Such information includes general contact information and specific facts that may be relevant to a topic on which they are contacting us.

Use of Personally identifiable Information
GSEM will store and process your personally identifiable information in databases pertinent to the reason you submitted it.  GSEM will not give or sell your personally identifiable information to any outside organization under any circumstance.  Your information may be shared with agents or volunteers for GSEM in connection with services these individuals or entities perform for our Council, but only on an “as needed” basis related to specific Girl Scout activities sponsored by our Council.  

Security
GSEM is committed to keeping secure the data you provide us. We will take reasonable precautions to protect your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse or alteration. Agents or volunteers for GSEM who have access to your personally identifiable information in connection with providing Girl Scout services are required to keep the information confidential and are not permitted to use this information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for GSEM.

Deletion or Change of Personally Identifiable Information  
If you have submitted personally identifiable information through this website and you would like to have that information changed or deleted from our database, please contact us via email or send a letter to the addresses provided above. We will then use reasonable efforts to remove your personally identifiable information from our files or change such information as you request.  You may also contact us through any of the above methods to request the personally identifiable information that GSEM has collected about you through its website.  GSEM will use reasonable efforts to supply you with this information and correct any factual inaccuracies in this information.

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