Welcome to https://www.somesmeynell.org (the “Site”). We understand that privacy online is important to users of our Site, especially when conducting business. This statement governs our privacy policies concerning those users of the Site (“Visitors”) who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on the Site and make use of the various services offered by Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary (collectively, “Services”) (“Authorized Customers”).
“Personally Identifiable Information”
Refers to any information that can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name and email address. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.
What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?
We may collect basic user profile information from all of our Visitors. We collect the following additional information from users who choose to provide this information: name and email address
How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?
We may email Visitors about research or purchase and donation opportunities on the Site or information related to the subject matter of the Site. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Visitors in response to specific inquiries or to provide requested information.
With whom may the information be shared?
We may share aggregated information about our Visitors, including the demographics of our Visitors, with our affiliated agencies and third-party vendors.
How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information collected by Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or employees of Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary except for use as indicated above.
What choices are available to Visitors regarding the information’s collection, use, and distribution?
Visitors may opt-out of receiving unsolicited information from us or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at somesmeynell@gmail.com
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.
We use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Cookies used by our service providers
Our service providers use cookies, and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
How does Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary use login information?
Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, browser versions, pages visited, date and time of visit, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user’s movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.
How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?
The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors is only accessible to a limited number of qualified individuals who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications, and databases are subject to errors, tampering, and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences.
How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Visitors may contact us at somesmeynell@gmail.com to update their name, email, or opt out of communications from the site.
Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
We provide Visitors with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site’s database by contacting them. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor’s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.
Your rights
These are summarized rights that you have under data protection law
- The right to access
- The right to rectification
- The right to erasure
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to object to processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to complain to a supervisory authority
- The right to withdraw consent
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address “Children”, anyone under the age of 18 years, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18 years.
If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please get in touch with us immediately using the contact details provided. If we come to know that children below 18 years have provided personal information, we will delete the information from our servers immediately.
Compliance With Laws
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with the law. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Customers.
What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?
We will let our Visitors and Authorized Customers know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Customer has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized Customer to allow such Visitor or Authorized Customer to prevent such disclosure.
Links
https://www.somesmeynell.org contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, get in touch with us at somesmeynell@gmail.com
Last Updated: December 3, 2025