Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting The The Colorado Mining Association website or interacting with us via e-mail.

The Colorado Mining Association only collects personally identifiable information about you if you choose to give it to us. We do not share any of your personally identifiable information with third parties for their own marketing use unless you explicitly give us permission to do so. Please review this Privacy Statement to learn more about how we collect, use, share and protect information online.

Information Collected

There are two general methods that The Colorado Mining Association uses to collect personal information.

Information We Get

Personal information: You can visit our Web site without providing any personal information. We may collect your personally identifiable information (such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or other identifying information) only when you choose to submit it to us.

Aggregate information: In some cases we also remove personal identifiers from data you provide to us and maintain it in aggregate form. We may combine this data with other information to produce anonymous, aggregated statistical information (e.g. number of visitors, originating domain name of the Internet Service Provider, helpful to us in improving our products and services.

Automatically Collected Information

We automatically receive certain types of information whenever you interact with us on our sites and in some e-mails we may send each other. Automatic technologies we use may include, for example, Web server logs/IP addresses, cookies and Web beacons.

Web Server Logs/IP Addresses: An IP address is a number assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. All computer identification on the Internet is conducted with IP addresses, which allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. The Colorado Mining Association collects IP addresses to conduct system administration and report aggregate information to affiliates, business partners and /or vendors to conduct site analysis and Web site performance review.

Cookies: A cookie is a piece of information that is placed automatically on your computer’s hard drive when you access certain Web sites. The cookie uniquely identifies your browser to the server. Cookies allow us to store information on the server to help make the Web experience better for you and to conduct site analysis and Web site performance review. Most Web browsers are set up to accept cookies, although you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Note, however, that some portions of our sites may not work properly is you refuse cookies.

Web Beacons: On certain Web pages or e-mails, The Colorado Mining Association may utilize a common Internet technology called “Web beacon” (also known as an “action tag” or “clear GIF technology.”) Web beacons help analyze the effectiveness of Web sites by measuring, for example, the number of visitors to a site or how many visitors clicked on key elements of a site. Web beacons, cookies and other tracking technologies do not automatically obtain personally identifiable information about you. Only if you voluntarily submit personally identifiable information, such as by registering or sending e-mails, can these automatic tracking technologies be used to provide further information about your use of the Web sites and/or interactive e-mails to improve their usefulness to you.

Your Choices

You have several choices regarding your use of our Web sites. You could decide not to submit any personally identifiable information at all by not entering it into any forms or data fields on our sites and not using any available personalized services. If you choose to submit personal data, you have the right to see and correct your data at any time by accessing the application. Certain sites may ask for your permission for certain uses of your information and you can agree to or decline those uses. If you decide to unsubscribe from a service or communication, we will work to remove your information promptly, although we may require additional information before we can process your request.

As described above, if you wish to prevent cookies from tracking you anonymously as you navigate our sites, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Security

The Colorado Mining Association uses technology and security precautions, rules and other procedures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, improper use, disclosure, loss or destruction. To ensure the confidentiality of your data, The Colorado Mining Associationalso uses industry standard firewalls and password protection. It is, however, your personal responsibility to ensure that the computer you are using is adequately secured and protected against malicious software, such as trojans, computer viruses and worm programs. You are aware of the fact that without adequate security measures (e.g. secure web browser configuration, up-to-date antivirus software, personal firewall software, no usage of software from dubious sources) there is a risk that the data and passwords you use to protect access to you data, could be disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Links to Other Sites

Our sites contain links to a number of Web sites that may offer useful information to our visitors. This Privacy statement does not apply to those sites, and we recommend communicating to them directly for information on their privacy policies.

Privacy Statement for Children

The Colorado Mining Association Web sites are directed to an adult audience. The Colorado Mining Association does not collect any personally identifiable information from anyone we know to under the age of 13 without the prior, verifiable consent of his or her legal representative. Such legal representative has the right, upon request, to view the information provided by the child and/or to require that it be deleted.

Note to Users of Business or Professional Web Sites

If you have a business or professional relationship with The Colorado Mining Association, , The Colorado Mining Association may use information you submit on our sites, including sites intended specifically for business and professional users, to fulfill you requests and develop our business relationship with you and the entities you represent. The Colorado Mining Association may also share such information with third parties acting on our behalf.

Updates to Privacy Statement

From time to time, The Colorado Mining Association may revise this online Privacy Statement. Any such changes to this Privacy Statement will be promptly communicated on this page. Continued use of our site after receiving notice of a change in our Privacy Statement indicates your consent to the use of newly submitted information in accordance with the amended Privacy Statement. The effective date of this Privacy Statement is 10/25/2007.