Privacy Policy
A legal disclaimer
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.SPIBirding.com and South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center include www.SPIBirding.com. The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center website is a Local Nature Center site. By using the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of Your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
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First and Last Name
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Mailing Address
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E-mail Address
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Phone Number
If you purchase South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction. 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 available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (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; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, 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.
Use of Your Personal Information
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center 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 South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, or the public.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. 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 South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center website.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
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Delete your personal information from our records; and
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Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
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Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
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Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
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Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
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Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
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Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
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Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
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Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
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Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
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Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.