GSCC Privacy Policy

The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce values and respects the privacy of our members. It is our policy to protect the information you provide. The following paragraphs describe what information the Greater Sumter Chamber collects, why we collect it, and how it is treated.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please send an email to chamber@sumterchamber.com or call us at (803) 775-1231

What information does the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce collect?

When you register for an event:

• Your name
• Your e-mail address
• Your company name
• Your contact information, such as phone number, fax number and address
• Your state and county
• Your credit card information, such as card number, type and expiration date

What does the Greater Sumter Chamber do with your information?

Internally, any financial information you provide via the event registration section of our web site is only used for billing purposes related to the event for which you've registered.  Your financial information is not stored or recorded for future use.

The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate organizations retain the option to sell our membership list with your contact information (e.g., name, company name, company address) at any time to active members who are in good standing within the organization. We do not at anytime sell your email address to anyone. Members may choose to opt out of this list by contacting the membership department at (803) 775-1231.  We do not disclose members' financial information.

Periodically throughout the year we update our members via email newsletters. If at any time you want to opt out of receiving our email newsletter, each newsletter includes instructions for doing so.

What about site security?

The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce is committed to ensuring the security of your information. The Greater Sumter Chamber uses Authorize.net, a leading provider of Internet trust services, to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. You can go to www.authorize.net find out more on how they protect you.

Our site does link to third party sites, and the Greater Sumter Chamber claims no responsibility for the privacy and data usage on any third party site.

What about children using this site?

While there is no content at www.sumterchamber.com that is unsuitable for children, we do however process monetary transactions. We are also linked to hundreds of other business locations and do not control or monitior their content.

CORRECT AND UPDATE

The Greater Sumter Chamber allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided. This may be done by emailing the corrected or updated information to chamber@sumterchamber.com or by logging-in as a member and updating the information personally. Unfortunately, to the extent that such information is also stored in other databases, we cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will reach the other databases. We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is removed from or corrected in our records.

HYPERLINKING

The Site may provide a link to other sites by allowing the user to leave the Site to access third-party material or by bringing the third-party material into the Site via "inverse" hyperlinks and framing technology (a "Linked Site"). The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce has no discretion to alter, update, or control the content on a Linked Site. The fact that the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce has provided a link to a site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners, or its providers. There are inherent risks in relying upon using, or retrieving any information found on the Internet, and the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce urges you to make sure you understand these risks before relying upon, using, or retrieving any such information on a Linked Site.

Notification of Changes.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that users are always aware of how we use your information and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any time we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated in this policy, we will notify our users by email or a posted change to this policy at such time. We reserve the right to amend or change this policy at any time.

Contacting the Web Site.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site or your dealings with this web site, you can contact the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce at chamber@sumterchamber.com .

Legal Disclaimer.

Although we go to great lengths to ensure the information is accurate, we strongly recommend you consult an expert, including but not limited to a lawyer, accountant, financial services consultant, or other professional as appropriate. Nothing contained in this web site is to be considered as the rendering of legal, financial, professional or other advice for specific cases, and users are responsible for obtaining such advice from their own legal, financial or other counsel. The information contained on this site is intended for educational, background and informational purposes only.