Updated11.18.11

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, a professional organization devoted to furthering the appreciation of classical and orchestral music, has developed this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. Your privacy, and the safeguarding of your information, is of the utmost importance. We want your online experience with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra to be safe, educational, and as enjoyable as one of our live performances.

As the producer of the www.coloradosymphony.org Web site, the following are the Colorado Symphony’s information gathering and dissemination practices:

THE INFORMATION THE COLORADO SYMPHONY GATHERS

The Colorado Symphony is the sole owner of information collected on this site. The Colorado Symphony collects personal information volunteered by our members and guests at several different points on our website. This personal information voluntarily entered by our members and guests is for specific symphony programs, such as ticket sales and event attendance, newsletters and information requests, financial support, and other symphony business. Depending on the specific Colorado Symphony program of interest, this information will consist of contact information, such as a name, address, phone number, E-mail address, and other specific information regarding the symphony program of interest.

ACCEPTABLE USE OF MEMBER AND GUEST INFORMATION THE COLORADO SYMPHONY GATHERS

As a professional organization devoted to the arts, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra is involved in a variety of performances, fund-raising efforts, and publicity and community programs. Many of these programs and efforts require the gathering and use of personal information, voluntarily entered by our members and guests. All voluntary personal information entered by members and guests is used solely for the benefit of the Colorado Symphony. The Colorado Symphony participates in a Scientific and Cultural Facilities District exchange program to occasionally share our patron list with other participating Colorado performing arts organizations. You may request that your information not be shared through this program at any time.

WHAT KIND OF SECURITY PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT AGAINST THE LOSS, MISUSE OR ALTERATION OF INFORMATION UNDER THE SYMPHONY'S CONTROL

The Colorado Symphony takes every precaution to protect our members’ and guests’ information. When members and guest submit personal information via the Symphony’s website, your information is protected by the security practices and systems in place at our hosting service based on the sensitivity of the information. All of the Colorado Symphony’s member and guest information is restricted for use specifically to support the Colorado Symphony.

The Colorado Symphony Web site will support e-commerce transactions in the future. At that time we will secure e-commerce transaction information from members and guests with Secure Socket Level (SSL) encryption to protect information in transit over the Internet. While on a secure page the lock icon on the bottom of Web browser, such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, becomes locked. This indicates that you are entering secure information, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when “surfing” the insecure Web

COOKIES AND LOG FILES

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies are used on the Colorado Symphony’s site only to store and manage individual session information to aid in navigating our site. After you leave the site your session cookie and all your information is removed from your system.

We use Internet IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to any site visitor’s personally identifiable information.

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s privacy policy is the responsibility of the privacy officer. For information email info@coloradosymphony.org