Privacy Policy

WHO WE ARE

The Pennsylvania Municipal League (“The League,” “we,” or “us”) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which represents participating Pennsylvania cities, boroughs, townships, home rule communities and towns that share The League’s municipal policy interests.

OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We are committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our website – www.pml.org – and its related pages and content (the “Website”). This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) describes:

  • The types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide us.
  • Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and in email or other electronic communications sent through or in connection with the Website. This Privacy Policy DOES NOT apply to information that:

  • We collect offline or through any other means, including from any other website operated by The League or any third-party.
  • You provide or is collected by any third-party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website. These third-parties may have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to read before providing information on or through them.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION AND HOW WE WILL TREAT IT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND AND ABIDE BY OUR PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS OF USE INTO WHICH THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS INCORPORATED. 

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This Policy may change from time to time, and you are responsible for checking this Privacy Policy periodically for updates when accessing or using the Website. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. If we make material changes to how we treat your personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. Your continued use of the Website after we make changes to this Privacy Policy is deemed to be your acceptance of those changes.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

At any given time, we may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

  • By which you may be personally identified, such as your name, IP or physical address, email address, phone number, or any other identifier that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact or locate you (“personal information”);
  • That is about you but individually does not identify you; and
  • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and other usage details.

We may collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us;
  • Automatically when you access or use the Website; and/or
  • From third-parties, such as vendors or business partners.

INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website, including, but not limited to, information you provide at the time you create an account, sign up for newsletters, post any materials, and/or at the time you contact us;
  • Records and copies of your correspondence with us;
  • Your responses to surveys or questions that we might pose or ask you to complete; and;
  • Limited details of any transactions you may carry out through third-party payments system on our Website.

AUTOMATIC INFORMATION COLLECTION AND TRACKING

When you access and use the Website, we may use technology to automatically collect information to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, which may include:

  • Location data;
  • Length of time you visit our Website;
  • Page views, click-stream information, and referring URL and logs;
  • The resources and devices that you access and use on or through the Website; and/or
  • Information about your device and internet connection, such as the device’s unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, browser type, and network information.

The Website also may access metadata and other information associated with other files stored on your device. Any such information which we may collect through automatic technological means will be aggregated as statistical data and will not include personal information (or will have personal identifiers removed).

TECHNOLOGIES USED FOR INFORMATION COLLECTION AND TRACKING

We may use one or more technologies to accomplish automatic information collection, examples of which are found below.

  • Cookies (or browser/mobile cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on your device. Cookies are a way to carry information from one session on a website to another, or between sessions on related websites, without having to burden a server machine with large quantities of data storage.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of the Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on the Website.
  • Web Beacons and Other Technologies. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity). The information we may obtain in this manner would enable us to customize the Website and to measure the overall effectiveness of the Website.
  • Google.  Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. It uses cookies to collect, for example, information about the operating system and the browser that you use, your IP address, the website you previously accessed (referrer URL) and the date and time of your visit to the Website.  On subsequent repeated visits to the Website, frequently used information is automatically displayed for you.  We are able to track your usage patterns with the help of the cookies. The information generated by cookies about the use of the Website is transmitted to a Google server, which may be located within or outside of, the United States, and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Website.  Google may transfer these rights to third-parties insofar as it is required to do so by law or in order that data may be processed on Google’s behalf. By accepting this Policy, you consent to the processing of your data by Google. 

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information to:

  • Present our Website and its contents to you;
  • Estimate audience size and usage patterns;
  • Maintain information about your preferences and customize the Website;
  • Recognize you when you return to our Website;
  • Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the information and/or for which you provide consent (such as sending you emails or newsletters);
  • Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection; and/or
  • Allow you to participate in interactive features of our Website.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual or device, without restriction. In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:

  • To our affiliates, contractors, service providers, and other third-parties we use to support our business operations;
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of The League’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by The League about our users is among the assets transferred;
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it (such as transmitting emails or newsletters to the email address you provided to us for that express reason);
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information or with your consent;
  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy; or
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, our customers, or others.

Except as provided herein, personal information collected through the Website will not be sold or otherwise disclosed to third-parties for direct marketing purposes.

YOUR CHOICES ABOUT OUR COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We strive to provide you with options regarding the personal information you provide to us. If you do not want us to collect your information, as described in this Policy, do not use the Website. This section describes mechanisms we provide for you to control certain uses and disclosures of your information.

  • Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies or Flash cookies or block the use of other tracking technologies, some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • Email and Promotional Offers. When you contact us through certain forms on the Website, you may be added to our email list to receive email messages. At any time, you can choose to no longer receive such emails by using the “unsubscribe” method found at the bottom of each email or by sending us an email or other correspondence stating your request.
  • Contact us. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, have a specific request to correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us, or if you feel that the Website has not followed its Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, feel free to contact us, as provided below. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.

NO COLLECTION OF INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not solicit or knowingly collect any information from visitors under 13 years of age. Please do not use the Website if you are not yet 13, unless you have the permission of your parent or legal guardian. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us immediately through the Contact Information Section below.

“DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS

For residents of California and Delaware, certain statutes, including California Bus. & Prof. Code § 22575 and 6 Del.C. § 1205C, seek disclosure of how the Website responds to web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personal information about their online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services. Although it is not clear that the statute applies, we believe that an example might be a browser option allowing you to ask websites not to track you across third-party websites so that they can serve targeted or behavioral advertising to you. You should not use the Website if you desire a “do not track” signal, because the Website may not honor it.

USING THE WEBSITE FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

This Policy is intended to cover collection of information on or via the Website from residents of and within the United States. If you are visiting the Website from outside the United States, please be aware that the data protection laws governing this Website might not be as restrictive as those in your country. By using the Website, you understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third-parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

DATA SECURITY

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in any public areas of the Website. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is never completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

CONTACT INFORMATION

To ask questions or to comment about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us any of the following ways:

  • By email to bkosier@pml.org
  • By phone by calling (717) 236-9469 x*224
  • In writing to:

Pennsylvania Municipal League

414 N. Second St.

Harrisburg, PA 17101