Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on the site, place an order, enter a contest or sweepstakes, respond to a survey or communication such as e-mail, or participate in another site feature.

When ordering or registering, we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information, or other information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

We also collect information about gift recipients so that we can fulfill the gift purchase. The information we collect about gift recipients is not used for marketing purposes.

Like many websites, we use “cookies” to enhance your experience and gather information about visitors and visits to our website. 

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, purchase products, enter a contest or promotion, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

• To personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To quickly process your transactions.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.

Email newsletters

If you have opted-in to receive our e-mail newsletter, we may send you periodic e-mails. If you would no longer like to receive promotional e-mail from us, You can unsubscribe anytime. Unsubscribe is always available in our email footer, or you may email us at info@brucemuseum.org to request your name be removed from our email and mailing lists. If you have not opted-in to receive e-mail newsletters, you will not receive these e-mails. Visitors who register or participate in other site features such as marketing programs and 'members-only' content will be given a choice whether they would like to be on our e-mail list and receive e-mail communications from us.

How do we protect visitor information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have exclusive access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. When you place orders or access your personal data, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our databases to be only accessed as stated above.

Conflict of Interest Policy

Each Trustee must conduct all of his or her activities in such a way as to avoid any conflict between the Trustee's personal interests and the policies, operations, or interests of the Museum. Trustees with special areas of interest within the Museum should understand that advocacy for those interests should be advanced only within the framework of the Museum’s interests as a whole. In the event a conflict is unavoidable, the Trustee shall at all times act in a manner consistent with his or her fiduciary responsibility to the Museum and shall exercise particular care that no detriment or appearance of detriment to the Museum results from that conflict.

A Trustee is considered to have a conflict of interest when the Trustee, or any member of his or her immediate family:

(a) has a financial, personal, or professional interest which impairs or might appear to impair the Trustee's independence of judgment in the discharge of his or her responsibilities to the Museum.

(b) could receive a material financial, personal, or professional benefit from the knowledge of confidential Museum information.

(c) would receive financial compensation for personal or professional services rendered to the Museum without the prior approval of the Board of Trustees.