We respect the privacy of every individual who visits our website. This privacy statement outlines the information we will collect and how we will use it.

When you visit our website, we will not collect any personally identifiable information about you(such as your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily.

If you choose to give us this information for newsletter subscription, online purchases, employment center registration, restricted access rights, etc., it is our intent to let you know how we will use such information. If you tell us that you do not wish us to use this information as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes.

We will not edit any information you provide to us, but may remove it from public view if it conflicts with the purpose of this website. We will not give or sell your personally identifiable information to any outside organization for the organization’s own use without your consent. We will not disclose your personal information unless acting under a good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

1. Conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process.
2. Protect and defend the rights or property of the Grand Lodge of Ohio.
3. Enforce Masonic Law where Members are concerned.
4. Act to protect the interests of our members or others.

Safeguarding personal information of children is extremely important. We collect the minimum amount of personal information necessary to provide the services we offer. A child’s personal information will always be available for parental inspection, and service of any special content will be terminated upon parental request. We recognize that there are standards in the area of children’s privacy that may affect how we process a child’s personal information, and we will always comply with the law, and exceed industry standards to protect children.

Security

We are committed to keeping secure the data you provide us and will take prudent and reasonable precautions to protect your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse or alteration.

Our Use of Temporary (unstored) Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many commercial Web sites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user’s computer. Most browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Netscape, are initially set up to accept all cookies.

If you’d prefer, you can set yours to refuse stored cookies. However, if you do not accept temporary (per-session) cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of some features of our web site.