Luso-American Fraternal Society is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Luso-American Fraternal Society Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Luso-American Fraternal Society website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Luso-American Fraternal Society collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Luso-American Fraternal Society also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Luso-American Fraternal Society. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Luso-American Fraternal Society for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Luso-American Fraternal Society Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Luso-American Fraternal Society public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Luso-American Fraternal Society does not read any of your private online communications.

Luso-American Fraternal Society encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Luso-American Fraternal Society so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Luso-American Fraternal Society is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Luso-American Fraternal Society and Luso-American Fraternal Society family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Luso-American Fraternal Society collects and uses your personal information to operate the Luso-American Fraternal Society Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Luso-American Fraternal Society also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Luso-American Fraternal Society and its affiliates. Luso-American Fraternal Society may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Luso-American Fraternal Society does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Luso-American Fraternal Society 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. In addition, Luso-American Fraternal Society may share data with trusted partners to help us 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 Luso-American Fraternal Society, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Luso-American Fraternal Society does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Luso-American Fraternal Society keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Luso-American Fraternal Society, in order to determine what Luso-American Fraternal Society services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Luso-American Fraternal Society to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Luso-American Fraternal Society Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 Luso-American Fraternal Society or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Luso-American Fraternal Society; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Luso-American Fraternal Society, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Luso-American Fraternal Society Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Luso-American Fraternal Society pages, or register with Luso-American Fraternal Society site or services, a cookie helps Luso-American Fraternal Society to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Luso-American Fraternal Society Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Luso-American Fraternal Society features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Luso-American Fraternal Society services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Luso-American Fraternal Society secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Luso-American Fraternal Society secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Luso-American Fraternal Society will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Luso-American Fraternal Society encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Luso-American Fraternal Society is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Luso-American Fraternal Society welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Luso-American Fraternal Society has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Luso-American Fraternal Society at webmaster@lusaweb.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.