Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://columbiahistoricalmuseum.org. We are located at 247 E. Brazos Ave., West Columbia, Tx. You can reach us through the contact page, or call 979-345-6125 Thurs. – Sat. from 10am to 2pm.

Comments

No comments are allowed on columbiahistoricalmuseum.org at this time. If and when we do implement the use of comments, when they are left on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

If at some time we implement comments on our News & Events page, if you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Columbia Historical Museum will not share specific data with any third party except in the express interest of fulfilling an request by you or if required by law. We do share information required for Google analytics to determine how people are using our site. This is to better serve the public.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

ColumbiaHistoricalMuseum.org has implemented reCAPTCHA v3 on this site and use of reCAPTCHA v3 is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

ColumbiaHistoricalMuseum.org has implemented Pionet Forms on this site and use of Pionet Forms is subject to the Pionet Forms Privacy Policy.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.