Privacy

The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA) is committed to respecting the personal privacy of our website visitors. The following statement summarizes the privacy practices of the SSEA’s website, informing visitors of why and how the SSEA collects personal information online and how the SSEA uses this information.

This policy applies to the SSEA's website only. We are not responsible in any way for the privacy practices of other websites, which may be linked to the SSEA's website.

What is personal information?

Personal information is any information that can be used to identify a specific individual, and includes such information as a name, a home address, home telephone number and e-mail address.

The SSEA may collect information in a non-identifying and aggregate form to enhance our website design and to share with external groups for any SSEA related business purpose. This information cannot be personally identified with a specific individual.

The SSEA does not automatically gather your personal information. You may anonymously access our website. Personal information is only obtained if you supply it voluntarily when using our website, i.e. contacting us via e-mail, entering a contest, making a purchase, or subscribing to our e-newsletter. In general, it will be obvious when the SSEA is collecting your personal information because you will have to fill out a form.

The SSEA uses personal information in a limited number of ways, foremost to respond to questions or comments. The SSEA will not sell or rent your personal information. We may share your information in the following situations:

• To those suppliers or companies hired to deliver the SSEA's products or services, for example a shipping company that delivers a package.
• In some instances, for example online registration for programs, visitors may be asked to submit credit card information for payment. Credit card transactions are managed by payment processing companies with whom the SSEA has partnered. The SSEA will not authorize these companies to use the information except for the express purpose for which it was provided.

In certain circumstances, the SSEA may use your contact information to inform you of other SSEA products and services. In addition, you may be provided the opportunity to be informed of the products and services of affiliated organizations and other carefully selected cultural institutions. You will have an opportunity at the time we collect the information to indicate your preference for receiving additional information from the SSEA and/or affiliated organizations, and where applicable, for inclusion in information exchanges with other cultural institutions. If you do not wish to have your information used for these or other identified purposes, tell us and we will respect your wishes. The SSEA will seek to require that such affiliated organizations and/or cultural organizations maintain appropriate privacy policies.

The SSEA employs reasonable administrative and technical measures to ensure the security of personal information.

Children should use the SSEA's website with the approval of a parent or guardian. Where appropriate, the SSEA will specifically instruct children not to submit personal information on our website.

The nature of the Internet requires specific information to be exchanged between a Web visitor/user and the SSEA's website. The information collected does not identify you personally and includes:

• Your IP (Internet protocol) address, a number automatically assigned to your computer when you visit the website.
• Your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
• Your type of operating system (Windows, Macintosh etc).
• Your Web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer etc.).

This information is used by the SSEA as an administrative tool for identifying system problems and monitoring network traffic. The SSEA does not attempt to link this information with the identity of the individual visiting our website, except when necessary to protect our service, site, visitors, or others.

Parts of the SSEA's website use cookies. Cookies facilitate the exchange of information fSSEA your Web browser to our Web server. Cookies enable you to use our online registration service and can tell us how you navigate within our site, which facilitates the improvement of the site based on user-activity trends. The SSEA does not use cookies to obtain any personal information about you, including contact information. Your Web browser can be set to detect or reject cookies. However, note that some part s of the SSEA website will not function properly or may be slower if you refuse cookies.