Compiled and Edited by:
Nancy B. Simmons and Andrea L. Cirranello
American Museum of Natural History

Privacy

This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit batnames.org and our practices for using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information. We ask only for information that we need to provide you with the services you request; we do not share any information you provide unless required to comply with the law; we store your data on our servers only if required; and we aim to make it simple for you to control any information you provide to us.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

Website Visitors
Batnames.org does not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. Visitors to our website are not required to register or provide information to us in order to view and use the contents of this website. Like most website operators, however, batnames.org collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use our website. From time to time, batnames.org may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of our website.

If you choose to submit papers or contact us, we collect the following information about you: name, email address, and/or institution. We use the information you supply to contact you if needed for further information about the information you have provided to us, and as described in this Policy. Batnames.org does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can may refuse to supply personally-identifying information, although it may prevent you from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Cookies
While batnames.org does not use cookies directly, we may use third-party analytical tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us better understand how you use our website. These analytical tools will place cookies on your computer to collect information. The information collected by these analytical tools will tell us things like which search engine referred you to our website and how you navigated around our website. This information will help us to better serve you. The third party provider of the analytical tools may only use your personal information to perform services for us and is contractually required to maintain all of the information it collects and analyzes for us securely and in confidence. This third party may not share your personal information with anyone else, or use it for any other purpose, except on an aggregate, non-identifiable basis.

Aggregated Statistics
Batnames.org may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to our website. For instance, we may monitor the number of unique visitors and display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Batnames.org does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Security

We take your privacy and security seriously. For this reason, we maintain administrative, physical and technical safeguards that are designed to protect your personal information from accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, access, disclosure or use.

Batnames.org discloses personally-identifying information only to those of its volunteers and affiliated organizations that require the information to provide services available at Batnames.org and that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Batnames.org does not rent or sell personally-identifying information to anyone, and will disclose information to others only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when a disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Batnames.org, third parties, or the public at large. Batnames.org takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of personally-identifying information. We may also disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe the law requires it.

In the event that batnames.org is managed by another entity or website, personal information collected by our website may be transferred to the new management. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any entity or website that assumes responsibility for batnames.org may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Contacting Us

If you have questions or concerns about your personal data please contact us: acirranello@batnames.org.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may from time to time update this Policy, so we invite you to review this web page periodically. In the event this Policy changes, we will inform you by posting an updated Policy on this web page. All changes will go into effect on the date noted above. The new Policy will apply to all past and current users of our website and will replace any prior Policies. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Change log:
No changes to date.